exobiology-Same plants on different planets

[Dziondziak]

I find the same plants on multiple planets. Is it worth going and finding all 3 again if I have already scanned them on a different planet.?
Ive found Lime Stratums like 30 times. Am I wasting time scanning again?

 

[Major Klutz]

I don't bother with bacteria or stratums anymore and I'm about to give up on tussock.
I should lookup the payout on different types so see what's worth the most to scan. I haven't sold anything to Vista yet, still making my way back to Colonia.
Every once in a while you run across something cool though that is it's own reward.

 

[LifesAJourney]

The payouts are per species and per system. So it's definitely worth scanning the same stuff in different systems. I'm not sure about different bodies in the same system, though.

 

[Orvidius]

The payouts are per species and per system. So it's definitely worth scanning the same stuff in different systems. I'm not sure about different bodies in the same system, though.

Yep, same holds true on the bodies. It's a species-per-planet payout.

 

[Major Klutz]

Do different species pay more than others?
I would assume bacteria and stratum are so common they don't pay much and the rarer species would pay more.

 

[marx]

Do different species pay more than others?
I would assume bacteria and stratum are so common they don't pay much and the rarer species would pay more.

They do, see the payouts here. Generally, rarity does seem to be the factor for determining price - except for poor little amphora plants.

 

[Major Klutz]

Ahh, so it's not just the type. There are rare species of Bacteria and Stratum that pay a lot.
Honestly though I can't be bothered to scan bacteria anymore. They are spread out and hard to spot from the air and the time it takes to find and scan three of them, I could be landing on the next planet.
Stratum are everywhere and easy enough to scan but boring.
Fungoids aren't boring but they are (for me) hard to find so I often give up looking for them.
I want to balance the payout vs the time it takes to locate them.

 

[marx]

I want to balance the payout vs the time it takes to locate them.

In that case, go for water atmosphere planets, leave out whichever Bacteria, Fungoida and Strata you get there. Frutexa Sponsae might or might not be easy to find, while Concha Renibus is easy to find but doesn't pay well. Sample everything else you find, and you should get a good payout in decent time. (I did one timed run on a "fresh" planet, it was 5.7 million Cr in 36 minutes spent planetside.)

The catch is finding those water atmo. planets, of course. But hey, there's always crowdsourced data

 

[S~P]

Ahh, so it's not just the type. There are rare species of Bacteria and Stratum that pay a lot.
Honestly though I can't be bothered to scan bacteria anymore. They are spread out and hard to spot from the air and the time it takes to find and scan three of them, I could be landing on the next planet.
Stratum are everywhere and easy enough to scan but boring.
Fungoids aren't boring but they are (for me) hard to find so I often give up looking for them.
I want to balance the payout vs the time it takes to locate them.

True, I don't bother with bacteria unless i run into it while looking for something else.