Just out of curiosity what does this amount to in stratum tectonica?
I remember pre-U14 it was at least 100-150 first discovered stratum tectonica (the optimal plant to scan since it's plentiful and easy to spot) to get an elite rank.
Elite Dangerous Exobiology Rank Threshold Rebalance Information
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I remember pre-U14 it was at least 100-150 first discovered stratum tectonica (the optimal plant to scan since it's plentiful and easy to spot) to get an elite rank.
im 30% towards the 1st rank with 6,810,000 credits from exobio, which would imply the first rank is 22,700,000, if so - it's a 15x increase
which would put Geneticist to 3.24 billions, Elite Rank to 6.6 billions and Elite V to 23.1bn
an issue, for people that were Geneticists at 220 millions, now they're only Collectors (new rank 192 millions)
that is IF the 15x ranking multiplier is correct
Hi FDEV,
I made Elite in Exobiology on 09-NOV (that's 20 days before Update 14 dropped) and was working towards Elite I with over Cr92m held on board, having already progressed ~11% (basically I would have been at 53% to Elite I. I have since sold further data I should be further along.
Log in today....
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Is there any news why this is?
I made Elite in Exobiology on 09-NOV (that's 20 days before Update 14 dropped) and was working towards Elite I with over Cr92m held on board, having already progressed ~11% (basically I would have been at 53% to Elite I. I have since sold further data I should be further along.
Log in today....
???????????????????????
Is there any news why this is?
Frontier, why didn't you apply the same multiplier to everyone's already-handed-in Exo data before resetting the ranks? Then when you changed the rank levels, everyone would be aligned with the new schema. Instead, you've taken all the Exo work that was done before the payment increase and made it completely worthless. I can't believe that anyone at FD actually thought this through properly.
I know that you're working with something of a skeleton team compared with earlier years, but I'm just one person without access to the database, so if I can figure it out, I would actually expect you guys to be able to.
I know that you're working with something of a skeleton team compared with earlier years, but I'm just one person without access to the database, so if I can figure it out, I would actually expect you guys to be able to.
Our total credits score from handing in/selling bio samples is what is used to trigger the ranks, now they have increased the number of credits required to trigger each rank and when they did that they made sure that the highest rank we had reached was kept even though our credits total was no longer high enough to trigger that rank which is why people went to 0% rank.
What it seems they haven’t done is put a flag in there to prevent us being awarded a lower rank when our credits score reaches that trigger.
Well for those who didn’t jump on the gold rush I am sure it is an oversight, or maybe a punishment for not grinding the opportunity.
I tried to warn those who wanted a rank progress adjustment as well that this might happen.
Sorry you (and a few more) had to be the sacrificial lamb.
Be fair now, that few more is everybody who had done some exobiology and was intending to do more.I tried to warn those who wanted a rank progress adjustment as well that this might happen.
Sorry you (and a few more) had to be the sacrificial lamb.
Disemboweled Ego, the new rewards have been updated in the wiki, they seem to match my findings.
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Note: the rank figures haven't been updated.
Exobiologist
Exobiologist is a career that involves On Foot scientific activities. A Genetic Sampler of the Artemis Suit is used to collect samples of alien species. The data can be sold to Vista Genomics. Your ship should be equipped with a Detailed Surface Scanner to find exobiology. This career is...
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Sorry, no disrespect meant, but I call .
Unless I'm doing something horribly wrong, it takes me at least 3 minutes for a single species, and that's IF the clusters are really close from each other and on flat, smooth terrain.
My method is: drive to 1st cluster on SRV, get off, get sample, get back in SRV, drive to next cluster, rinse and repeat. Is there a fastest, more efficient way of doing this that I don't know about?
I really would like to see video evidence of complete sampling of
"a lot"️ of different species in 10 minutes, PLEASE.It could be that the display label reset on the rank-up event is a mistake. But that you've been demoted is intent and was explained so in the original post. Your rank progress is lost and you will have to do the same work (or even more) to get it back again. Welcome to Elite, and pray that they don't alter the deal any further.
use the ship, not the srv
preferably a very small ship (i use a dbx and even it's a small ship, there are smaller and better ships for exobio)
I'm not saying, that it is my average time for whole planet with 3/4 signals
I said, that SOME SPECIES can take few minutes, not that "x different species combined require few minutes", my bad, I understand you could misunderstood me
You know. "x thing can take few minutes" "y thing can take few minutes". And species, which require only few minutes to complete sample are...welp, big part of new bio content.
I think, that I could count more requiring stuff on 1 hand.
I even checked logs by EDD from last session.
13:08- first sample.
13:12-third sample.
So even if I find planet with 3/4 "easy" types of life it still isn't a lot of time.
(but I hate fungoidas)
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This. I do it (well, did it, won't touch it with a ten-foot pole now) with an iCourier trimmed for speed. Take-off, keep gear down, skim around with NV on, spot bio, land again, hop out. Fastest method IMHO.
DBX is in the back as well.
You do use the ship to make short hops and try to land in a place with 2 different species every 3 hops so you can finish up one and start on the next one without having to take off/land again. You also focus on stuff that grows in flat areas and ignore the stuff that only grows in extremely uneven terrain/cliff sides. If you don't see multiple other plants in the area while scanning the first one you go to another planet instead of wasting time finding a good area in a planet that might only have sparse plant life all over. This especially applies to bacteria - don't go for them while trying to be efficient unless you've seen many while looking for other plants and know they're plentiful and easy to spot.I really would like to see video evidence of complete sampling of
The main time waster overall imo is overcommitting to trying to scan a plant that turns out to be hard to find when you could just go to another planet instead.
Exploration could use a boost IMO, it's a bit low compared to other professions. Combat, you really need to fight thargoids to get the big payouts or do wings (or both), but solo late game farming CNBs, you can certainly get 30-50 million an hour. The point is that income levels aren't based on what you as an individual pull in, but rather what is possible when doing things in an optimal way. I do not make 100 million an hour every time I play the game, because sometimes I'm prioritizing other things over making credits, but there are lots of options for making 100 million credits an hour if you know how to do it, and that's really what the balancing should be targeted towards.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with making less than 100 million an hour playing however you want. There's a lot more to this game than making credits, but if you have credits too easily, it can throw off the early game as well as the idea is that people kind of work there way up and learn as they go before they have tons of options to pick from. Throw that off too far and people will end up advancing too quickly and just end up lost or frustrated as this game gives almost nothing to guide players other than help from other players.