Are "pristine metallic" rings actually listed as such?

Andovar

Andovar
So I've decided to give mining a go again. Just wanted to try something different. (last time I tried it was before limpets were available, so you can imagine i didn't enjoy it much back then)

Anyway, after gearing up and fiddling around in an asteroid belt to get the hang of things, I went looking for some pristine metallic rings to get the juicy stuff.
Looked and looked, and the best I could find was just metallic. Where's the pristine??
So I decided to "cheat" and look online. Found the edtools.ddns.net site which lists pristine rings. Though even when I visited some of those rings listed, they still showed in the system map as simply "metallic".

I thought maybe the planet needed a detailed surface scan, but you can's DSS known bodies.

Are these rings dynamic? Meaning they can be over-farmed to remove their pristine status?
 

YinYin

YinYin
Metallic is a resource type (belt/ring specific).

Pristine is a reserve type (system specific).

They are noted in different places.
 

Dimensions

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The distinction is between metallic rings and metal rich rings, which is a bit too subtle really.

Metallic rings = pristine rings

Metal rich rings = not pristine

Check the planet description for metallic rings (i.e. pristine rings), or check a third party website for ones in your area.
 
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YinYin

YinYin
Andovar said:
Ah, ok, thanks.
So where do you see this "reserve type" of the system?
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Further up, below the main info of a body (just like the resource type this info may not be available to you if you haven't done a detailed surface scan yet).

Dimensions said:
The distinction is between metallic rings and metal rich rings, which is a bit too subtle really.

Metallic rings = pristine rings

Metal rich rings = not pristine
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nope ... there are pristine metal rich rings and non pristine metallic rings
 

DocPossible

DocPossible
Andovar said:
Ah, ok, thanks.
So where do you see this "reserve type" of the system?
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In the system map, select any planet and go to the details tab. It's sandwiched between the text at the top and the data at the bottom - right above the Earth Masses line.

Don't get too obsessed with the Pristine thing. As far as I can tell that just influences the amount of stuff in each body, rather than the quality. You're no less likely to find Painite in a Common ring than a Pristine, but the Pristine one will have more when you do find a body with it. Personally, Common and Major metallic rings close by are better for me than trogging a long way to a Pristine one.
 

JuicerPrime

JuicerPrime
Andovar said:
Ah, ok, thanks.
So where do you see this "reserve type" of the system?
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On the description of each ringed planet in the System Map - it's a single sentence hidden in the rest of the planetary description and easy to miss. It'll say Depleted Reserves, Low Reserves, Common Reserves, Major Reserves or Pristine Reserves, depending on yield, and it seems to be a system-wide rating (no difference between planets).

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Miner Generally useful mining link if you haven't checked it out already, and best of luck plundering those 'roids [money]
 
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Dimensions

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YinYin said:
Further up, below the main info of a body (just like the resource type this info may not be available to you if you haven't done a detailed surface scan yet).



nope ... there are pristine metal rich rings and non pristine metallic rings
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Okay. That is have I found pristine rings the last time I did this. maybe I just got lucky.
 

YinYin

YinYin
DocPossible said:
Don't get too obsessed with the Pristine thing. As far as I can tell that just influences the amount of stuff in each body, rather than the quality. You're no less likely to find Painite in a Common ring than a Pristine, but the Pristine one will have more when you do find a body with it. Personally, Common and Major metallic rings close by are better for me than trogging a long way to a Pristine one.
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Very much so. It's always a balance between how much you need and how long it takes you to travel to a reasonable location for that amount.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
There appears to be a bug atm the moment where newly scanned (not in UC) systems do not show the reserve, but in all cases when that happens it seems to be a pristine.
 

Red Anders

Red Anders
Dimensions said:
Okay. That is have I found pristine rings the last time I did this. maybe I just got lucky.
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You did. Pristine simply describes the level of reserves left in the system, i.e. how heavily it has been mined in the past, ranging from 'depleted' which is basically all mined out, up to 'pristine' which is pretty much untouched. Entirely separate from that is the type of ring; you can have pristine metallic rings, pristine metal rich rings and come to that, pristine ice rings.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
It was reported. I supposed I could go into beta and check if it's changed.

e: It appears to be fixed. At least the one system that I know where it wasn't showing in 2.2 is now showing in 2.3 beta
 
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