Carrier Exploration/Exobiology Rank?
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if you want it to count for powerplay, you have to sell it to a station controlled by your faction.
if you want the universal cartography to count for the current community goal (if you went and signed up at Trailblazer Echo | HIP 90578 ) then you have to turn it in there.
if neither of those matter to you, then you can just outfit vista genomics and universal cartography on your carrier and go zoom zoom (outfit redemption also if you want to turn in codex discoveries)
i dont think the price difference from powerplay counts toward Elite ranking, it's just bonus credits and helps powerplay ranking.
if you want the universal cartography to count for the current community goal (if you went and signed up at Trailblazer Echo | HIP 90578 ) then you have to turn it in there.
if neither of those matter to you, then you can just outfit vista genomics and universal cartography on your carrier and go zoom zoom (outfit redemption also if you want to turn in codex discoveries)
i dont think the price difference from powerplay counts toward Elite ranking, it's just bonus credits and helps powerplay ranking.
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Unless it's changed, carriers take a cut of cartographic data but not of exobiology data. I guess this could be an oversight and might change.
Nothing worse than carrying around millions or even billions in data and you slip up on a neutron star or a high g planet. I'd second using the carrier for the reason of even if it does impact rank progression, you can't lose what you've already handed in.
Hmm... isn't the ranking up based on the "raw" value of the exploration data and not on the real (and reduced) payout (on a carrier) ? 
At least that's what I always thought...
At least that's what I always thought...
Hmm... isn't the ranking up based on the "raw" value of the exploration data and not on the real (and reduced) payout (on a carrier) ?
At least that's what I always thought...
Not sure, would need to test, but the actual loss in income is only 12.5% because UC only gets 12.5% while the other 12.5% goes to the carrier bank, but I think, not for certain, that the rank is based on your earnings, not what you sell, so it would seem under that basis that you would rank slower selling to carrier. But then you only need to, as mentioned, terminally lithobrake once with a billion in UC data and that's all pointless. I mean it could get to the point you were actually worried about visiting planets at all due to the amount of loss one mistake could lead to. I remember coming back from Beagle Point with about 3b in UC data, having been out that long that was the one and only time I switched to solo to enter the bubble and practically crawled into the starport because I had nearly forgotten how to land. That was fun!
Hmhm... but what about PP2 and the (e.g.) +50% in payout for UC discovery data then ? Shouldn't that speed up the levelling significantly in return when it's all about the payout ?
Hmhm... but what about PP2 and the (e.g.) +50% in payout for UC discovery data then ? Shouldn't that speed up the levelling significantly in return when it's all about the payout ?
Yes, getting bonus payout should increase leveling speed if it is all about the money you earn from it, as far as anything I have seen it's about what you personally earn, but as I said, I haven't tested that myself, don't know if anyone has done it, but the bonus +50% should go towards your rank.
Oh, yes.
If exploration rank matters to you, go do Ram Tah's mission. That will bump your exploration rank up very quickly.
If it's exobio you want do a tour if the Spires.
If it's exobio you want do a tour if the Spires.
For exobio data sell it on your carrier, apart from the cost of the shop (fitting & running costs) there's no downside and it will give you a revenue stream you can use to pay for carrier upkeep. If you sell each plant individually you'll top up your weekly free ARX more quickly too.
If you play a lot you'll soon have more Credits than you know what to do with & there's no better way to rank up in exobio that selling first discovery bio data.
Exploration data is more of a dilemma because carriers take a cut of the value & explo rank is based on the value you sell it for. Safer to sell it at lower profit than to lose it all in a rebuy but that's something only you can decide imo, I hang onto mine & sell it tactically in populated systems but I've lost plenty through rebuys & just take the loss with good grace.
Exploring with a carrier is nice, but slow & mining alone for trit can be the worst part (imo).
Didn't realise that, I thought it was just the total value, mind you when I am out in the black doing exo I usually fill my free ARX in a day or two so it's not really an issue, I am in the bubble at the moment so it takes longer but I usually get my 400 by the end of the week so that's good. So exo counts in the number of times you sell and not the total value, or some such silly process?
yeah mining for trit is extremely bad. i think the max content on a roid i've seen is like .44 for tritium. i know platinum i've seen about double that.
so on average, tritium mining is half the speed of platinum mining, or less.
it's really better to just buy tritium for 49k each before you head out into the black. then mine stuff that is faster mining than tritium. sell it upon your return.
mine tritium in emergencies of course; but the mining rate is slow
so on average, tritium mining is half the speed of platinum mining, or less.
it's really better to just buy tritium for 49k each before you head out into the black. then mine stuff that is faster mining than tritium. sell it upon your return.
mine tritium in emergencies of course; but the mining rate is slow
I can't imagine ever ging back to "olde skool" exploration i.e. without a carrier. I have a flower shoppe on board as well as an astronomer who pay for the stuffs I collect.
Mining for tritium though... that's... almost futile given how (relatively) little asteroids yield when taking into account how much of the stuff the carrier chews through. A 500% increase in what 'roids give up would make a completely self-sufficient carrier far more viable. Heck, if one fancied it, one would never even need to go back the bubble or bubblette.
Mining for tritium though... that's... almost futile given how (relatively) little asteroids yield when taking into account how much of the stuff the carrier chews through. A 500% increase in what 'roids give up would make a completely self-sufficient carrier far more viable. Heck, if one fancied it, one would never even need to go back the bubble or bubblette.