Elite Dangerous is so inconsistent.

[Bob McBobblehead]

Elite Dangerous is so inconsistent.

If you find barnacles on a planet and scan it you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.
If you find an Unknown Structure and scan it you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.
If you scan the Thargoid Scout at the alien crash site you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.

So why is it not so for the other crashed Thargoid alien crash sites, why can't we scan it and get a permanent way point. For example the crash sites with Thargoid flower ships in Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4, HIP 17862 and HIP 17403.

 

[Factabulous]

Elite Dangerous is so inconsistent.

If you find barnacles on a planet and scan it you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.
If you find an Unknown Structure and scan it you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.
If you scan the Thargoid Scout at the alien crash site you get a permanent way point so it's easy to revisit.

So why is it not so for the other crashed Thargoid alien crash sites, why can't we scan it and get a permanent way point. For example the crash sites with Thargoid flower ships in Pleiades Sector AB-W B2-4, HIP 17862 and HIP 17403.

Errrrm, u can. I have permanent waypoints for those. Might need to scan something at the site, you know, like you did at all the other types of site...

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Errrrm, u can. I have permanent waypoints for those. Might need to scan something at the site, you know, like you did at all the other types of site...

I take it all back then. I've not visited those sites in a while, I shall now go check them out.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Hm... Never tried that (I don't have such stuff in Colonia).

I take it this does not work for discovered/visited spots of Volcanism or Organics, right? That would come in handy.

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Hm... Never tried that (I don't have such stuff in Colonia).

I take it this does not work for discovered/visited spots of Volcanism or Organics, right? That would come in handy.

Not sure, not tried those yet.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

All persistent POI coords get saved in your nav computer.

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

Errrrm, u can. I have permanent waypoints for those. Might need to scan something at the site, you know, like you did at all the other types of site...

I'm at the Thargoid crash site in HIP 17403. There is plenty of Thargoid sensors, but can't find anything to scan to make a perm way-point. This was probably a wasted trip.

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

All persistent POI coords get saved in your nav computer.

I'm at the HIP 17403 crash site at this very moment, there is nothing saved in my nav computer.

 

[NecoMachina]

There is nothing at the HIP 17403 site to scan to give you the permanent waypoint. There are the 3 Unknown Artifacts that you can scoop up, and the bits of Thargoid tech materials, but nothing is targetable / scannable on the ship itself. And yes, many things in this game are inconsistent.

 

[JonLuis69]

I'm at the HIP 17403 crash site at this very moment, there is nothing saved in my nav computer.

Is that the crash site with the wandering waypoint? There is a crash site that shows up in supercruise as crashed ship I think, or alien crash site. But the waypoint used to be wandering around all over the shop.

Not sure if it is fixed.

 

[NecoMachina]

Is that the crash site with the wandering waypoint? There is a crash site that shows up in supercruise as crashed ship I think, or alien crash site. But the waypoint used to be wandering around all over the shop.

Not sure if it is fixed.

Yes, that's the one with the POI near the planet for tourist missions. But there is nothing to scan on the surface of the planet to give you a persistent POI for the crash site itself.