[DW2] How many have dropped off?
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Yeah, I'm out exploring planetary nebulae out on the edges of the western neutron fields in a roundabout trip from Colonia to the latest wp.
Welp, I managed to dust myself off and get back in the saddle again. Playing only in the Fleetcomm PG from here on out and over the course of the last 2 days I made it the 14kly (160 jumps) needed to catch up to WP6. I should probably start using something like EDDiscovery or ED Market Connector from here on out. Any thoughts on which one is better for logging/tracking progress?
EDDiscovery is for exploration. EDMC is for trading. Right tools for the right job.
but doesn't EDSM only register those that use it or have an EDSM account? since not everyone has edsm accounts it doesn't give an accurate number I think :S
Yeah, most of my XBox friends don't use EDSM but are still on the expedition.
Arrived at the latest waypoint Wednesday night and just now switched to the new basecamp per the warning. Just waiting for Sunday now.
It is not accurate measurement but looking at percentages it gives you a rough idea.
I did sign up, but never actually started ^^;
Mostly because I don't have access to Discord (only have a PS4 and no PC) and flying on my own is more fun without waiting for other people I can't properly interact with.
However, I am in Colonia right now and plan to fly to Sag A in the next days and help with the community event at the new station there. But after that is done I am on my own again. Yes, I do plan to fly to Beagle Point, but not as a part of the DW2 fleet.
Mostly because I don't have access to Discord (only have a PS4 and no PC) and flying on my own is more fun without waiting for other people I can't properly interact with.
However, I am in Colonia right now and plan to fly to Sag A in the next days and help with the community event at the new station there. But after that is done I am on my own again. Yes, I do plan to fly to Beagle Point, but not as a part of the DW2 fleet.
I am way behind, mainly due to the limited play time. Personally I would have liked a bit more time to get to the major waypoints.
Actually, personally I think EDD works great for trading, missions, and mat-gathering as well. It also syncs with EGO and Inara.EDDiscovery is for exploration. EDMC is for trading. Right tools for the right job.
The drawback is that EDD is a bit heavier, sometimes slows down (for whatever reason), and larger footprint (how many gigabyte data?), while EDMC is small and quick.
Unfortunately for me, we're doing a huge construction work here at the house, and even though it's not really hinder me to work, it's the interruptions slowing me down, and on top of that, my desktop started acting up earlier this week. Not sure what's going on, so I've been investigating what's wrong (not sure yet, but have suspicion, but in the process a monitor stopped working UGH!), and I've been busy getting my laptop being up to date with log files and bindings so I can play on that one instead. But I'll catch up.
With that said, I kind'a agree with you. Doing WP to WP in a week isn't so bad, but going to the POIs between, you have to get to one each day, and if you want to do your own discoveries, then you'll fall behind. If it had been two weeks between, there had been plenty of time do to more exploration. One week is a bit tight.
I haven’t dropped out, but I am trailing far behind. Between our store being in crunch mode the last month to prepare for yesterday's inventory, and a couple of real life issues, I haven't had much time to play. It doesn’t help that when I do have time to play, I keep getting distracted by Interesting Things(tm), so I keep getting sidetracked.
It doesn’t help that when I do have time to play, I keep getting distracted by Interesting Things(tm), so I keep getting sidetracked. 
FINALLY I arrived at WP6. See you around guys.
+1 to this.
If EDSM originally was tracking 10k commanders, and now it says only 6k are left, then you can estimate that there is approximately 60% of the entire group left. So, if 15k people were in the starting set, then it is not an unreasonable estimate to guess that there are about 9k total left. Note, the numbers I give here are just examples, not actual numbers.
This is not to say that there are not systemic sources of bias in this estimate. For example, perhaps people who are logging data to EDSM are more "hardcore", and therefor less likely to drop off then the group of people who are not logging data. If this was the case, then perhaps the attrition rate for non-logging group would be higher than 40%.
In the absence of hard data to provide a quantitative correction for sources of bias, however, the best one can do is present the numbers we do know about (the starting number of tracked individuals and the remaining number of tracked individuals), and then extrapolate. It is important to always keep in mind that the uncorrected extrapolation is, at best, a rough guess (as said by Dr. Nagi)
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