Earth like worlds

Sadistic Intentions · Mar 7, 2015

So I've been doing a bit of exploring in the past week or so, probably racked up around 300 previously undiscovered/explored systems and scan everything except the belts. Out of all these systems I have found one undiscovered/unexplored earth like world. So I'm wondering what y'all think the ratio of these is? I suspect I was lucky to find one in 300 systems but I'm curious as to how many and how often the fearless explorers among you have found.
ATM I'm roughly 400ly from the veil nebula down to 53% hull and a pretty badly cracked canopy rofl. Should I turn around and head back to 17 Draconis? or keep on boogying?
Dangerously is the only way to live!! wait that's goin in my sig!
Cheers Commanders!

lolanon · Mar 7, 2015

You live more dangerously then me!

If you for you lose all unsold data!

Surly_Badger · Mar 7, 2015

I think it's probably lower than 1 in 300. I've scanned, um, a lot of systems, and only found one.

On myself, I enforce a hard turn-around limit at 75% but that's because I'm a fairly cautious fellow. I've noticed that over time I am getting the body-reflexes trained into me so that I won't hit the FSD too close to a sun, or whatever - I am making fewer mistakes. But I still make too many. You've always got to be able to get back home, so the fun decision is when to turn around.

The more experienced explorers here have the confidence in themselves to fly with more damaged ships. As Dirty Harry says, "do you feel lucky?"

thehairymob · Mar 7, 2015

If I were you I would think of heading back if you have a cracked canopy. Just next journey be a bit more careful. For instance when jumping cut power when in hyperjump by hit the "x" key after entering hyperjump. When you arrive at the destination you won't then slam into the star.

Feldspar · Mar 7, 2015

What, exactly, are you doing to incur so much damage? I've just done both Veil nebulae, Sadr, North America and the Pelican and I have 3% hull damage from seeing how close I could pass a planet at speed and a ring system I did not see.

Unfluffydave · Mar 7, 2015

To guess the ratio of Earth Types to others would be pointless. The chance of an Earth Type depends on the star you are exploring, if all you explore are T-Tauris or Red Giants then you are going to be very lucky to find one at all, but if you explore Yellows you stand a greater chance for example. There is a very good guide to exploring here on the forums:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81653

Sadistic Intentions · Mar 7, 2015

Feldspar said:
What, exactly, are you doing to incur so much damage? I've just done both Veil nebulae, Sadr, North America and the Pelican and I have 3% hull damage from seeing how close I could pass a planet at speed and a ring system I did not see.

Umm well yeah lol same sort of thing, I like to come in hard and if I look like overshooting I open the throttle and try to skim the atmosphere hehe, that and getting interdicted with a hot hull while fuel scooping, oh and I have a new fangled i97 3000 THz quantum computer setup in my cockpit to surf the galaxy net and play computer cricket on while I explore so I get a tad distracted at times =P

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Unfluffydave said:
To guess the ratio of Earth Types to others would be pointless. The chance of an Earth Type depends on the star you are exploring, if all you explore are T-Tauris or Red Giants then you are going to be very lucky to find one at all, but if you explore Yellows you stand a greater chance for example. There is a very good guide to exploring here on the forums:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81653

Curiosity is never pointless and I don't discriminate when exploring I explore every unexplored system I pass through on my route. I am interested to find out how rare earth like worlds are. Is that a bad thing?

lolanon · Mar 7, 2015

If I get interdicted when I go exploring and take damage I turn back. Only happen ex first couple of test journeys.

Ravenov · Mar 7, 2015

I say keep going, just in case you scanned one of the two that i found on my current trip of which i haven't sold the data yet

Sadistic Intentions · Mar 8, 2015

Ravenov said:
I say keep going, just in case you scanned one of the two that i found on my current trip of which i haven't sold the data yet

If it is one of your 2 I just handed it in and received the first discovery credit for it. I thought the payday for it was a bit stingy tho. I don't want to post the location and payday for it coz I dunno how feral people are about technical spoilers

acg515 · Mar 8, 2015

I've explored for the last 3 months and I've never found an Earth Like system out there.

I've found probably 50 that were terraformable though. It just depends. The idea of an earth like planet being out there, we know they will be rare.

Kzak · Mar 8, 2015

There's a fair few Earth-like planets with landmasses around. Just yesterday I found a new undiscovered one within 500 LY of Sol.

Kancro Vantas · Mar 8, 2015

Returning from a 3 weeks exploration, still few days to go. Total traveled so far: 16,000 ly. Earth Like Planets: 5.

BUT, here is the deal: I found the first one just outside civilization when heading out. Then, 10,000 ly later found my second. Finally, last two days, I've found 3 more. I'm still 8,000 ly out so chances are I will score one more. But yes, definitely has to do with area, type of star, etc.

EDIT: I've visited almost 1,000 systems so far.

DidierDrbois · Mar 8, 2015

22,000 LY from home, 900+ systems visited (although not all scanned thoroughly), one Earth-like. It was undiscovered but it's bang on the Sol - Sagittarius A* highway so doubt I'll get it tagged with my name.

Many water worlds though.

Rekal · Mar 8, 2015

I've found 9 that I know with screenshots of in 3600 systems so far this trip. I didn't start screenshots to record them until I hit about 1200 systems, so I have more waiting for when I return. 9 in 2400, or 1 in 267 for me. I guess that sounds reasonable. Some people find doubles and triples, mine have all been singles.

CharlesD · Mar 8, 2015

I haven't found one yet. I'm about 12000 ly out heading for Sagittarius A*.

mossfoot · Mar 8, 2015

CharlesD said:
I haven't found one yet. I'm about 12000 ly out heading for Sagittarius A*.

I've found a few, but none with visible land, just ice caps - found a water world however with a string of Hawaii like islands... go figure.

Pete · Mar 8, 2015

I found my first one yesterday orbiting a fairly close binary in a pretty cool system, I'll post the data when (if?) I get back from exploring. It's my second earth-like in approx 750 systems visited - the first was before systems had claimed tags, and when they were introduced I found someone else got to it first. This one is 100% mine.

Terraformable planets are a dime a dozen, I often find several in a single system. The other day I found 2 metal planets that were terraformable right next to two water worlds that weren't listed as terraformable, even though they looked far closer to an earthlike state in terms of pressure/temperature/atmosphere then the metal planets. I really can't get my head around "candidate for terraforming" - I have no idea what the criteria is.

-- Pete.

lolanon · Mar 8, 2015

I found one yesterday undiscovered. On my way back now to claim it. If I don't get damaged by all these brown dwarfs!

This one has land mass too. Got some pictures I'll post when I'm back.

elayeth · Mar 8, 2015

Feldspar said:
What, exactly, are you doing to incur so much damage? I've just done both Veil nebulae, Sadr, North America and the Pelican and I have 3% hull damage from seeing how close I could pass a planet at speed and a ring system I did not see.

I did almost the same trip and received 7% of dmg total. 5% because of looking at system map while cargo scooping. Didnt work that very time for me. 2% of trying to repair FDL while supercrusing. Oh well. ;-)

Never found any earth like world. Over 500 systems scanned. I guess, i am unlucky.