Large RIWs and small ELWs overlap on the FSA,
This was what I asked about. Do you have proof? A screenshot of an ELW showing up (before scanning) in the RIW range, as noted by the text too? If so, I'd like to see it. As you said, it might be worth looking into the discovery rates of these, but I'd like to see it actually happening first.
Still, in the meantime, everything required is freely available to all, so you yourself could check the discovery rates as well.
What I am saying is that if you're simply using the FSS to spam the "minigame" and then look at the system map, then you're missing out on a lot of the stuff the Stellar Forge has to offer
By the way, you seem to use a different definition of mini-games than standard. First off, it's not pejorative. Second, it's about a smaller game within a game, one that's separate from it - different interface, controls, and so on. The FSS fits this perfectly. While you're operating it, you are separated from your ship and its controls. It has its own controls, rules and so on.
Granted, it is a simple mini-game (as opposed to more complex ones), and any complexity of it comes not from the FSS itself but from the galaxy generated by the Stellar Forge.
As such, it could also be replaced for a better system for all, and even then you still wouldn't need to lose the rather common but transitory things you're looking for.
However, in the meantime, we have been left with inferior tools for finding the really rare and permanent finds, the ones that not just one, but many people find worth visiting. (For examples, check the GMP - although they do add relatively common things there as well.) Sure, some are still found, but not as many as before. Which is a problem for FD as well, because the more things
players share with each other, the more they are going to visit, and explore along the way - ultimately leading to playing the game more.
Exploration is interesting in this regard: it's a player activity that can (and most often is) played alone, and yet the more players explore, the more they get others to explore as well. It's not the only such activity, of course - plenty of such like PMFs, player events, CGs and so on - but as long as you share your finds with others, they might also find them interesting and go out themselves, even without you interacting with them any other way. We even have the Codex to facilitate this in-game now, such as it is.
