Exobiology: why do people say the Heatmap reflects height and not lifeform density?

[Crank Larson]

You are seeing the underlying terrain variation bleeding through the mask. There is no heat.

That's the only thing I've ever seen it display.

 

[quilvein]

Difficult.

And as I found out recently, if you get just 1 biological signal, it may not be Bacteria. Some people have found Stratum as the single signal...

Correct but it does rell you what the 1 species is though.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

There is no heat, thus it's not a heatmap and the gradations in hue is just the underlying terrain giving players seeking for heat distribution a straw to grasp and be led on a false path. ED is good at that. It's wasting player time with non-working mechanics and ambiguously describing game features.

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

Wait a minute, so one of the few positive UI changes (heat map) is no longer a heat map now?

I wouldn't call it a positive change. What makes you think so?

 

[rootsrat]

Except that the information provided in the Codex is vague bordering on non-descriptive.

Erm... that's exactly what I mean. There is no updates to cater for the new gameplay mechanics.

What however IS there (Pilot's Handbook) is actually pretty well described IMO.

 

[Deleted member 182079]

I wouldn't call it a positive change. What makes you think so?

Less gamey than x numbered "go here" markers, making the rest of the planet pointless to land at.