Sorry if this is posted somewhere i couldn't find. Im wondering, how many credits worth of exploration data does a player need to sell to get to elite? Or is it calculated some other way?
Exploration Elite?
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Elite wiki says 320,000,000 (Estimated), not sure if that's up to date though. For some reason I expected it to be more.
Ya i was expecting it to be a billion like trade elite. Figured someone here would know.
You can gain rank by driving the SRV, the further from Sol you are the greater increase. You gain rank when finding materials for the first time on the surface of a planet, with smaller increases with subsequent finds. So the credit amount needed can vary.
Oh really? Never knew driving SRV give exploration rank. Must not give alot im guessing? Or maybe driving Srv 40kly away gives a ton? Interesting.
It does not,he must be confused
Exploration Rank is based on "money" like all the others,sell Discovery Data and increase your rank.
What you mean with "recharge"?Speaking of SRVs, I don't suppose we can recharge them from our ships yet? Need some of that high-19th-century-tech for that I guess.
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It does not,he must be confused
"Searching planets by driving in the SRV will also accrue explorer rank increases and the bonus is scaled depending on how far away from Sol you are."
Dev Update (03/12/2015) | Elite Dangerous Community Site
300m was passed when I got mine, so I think fennster above is on the money
You are relying on old scrolls from the past?"Searching planets by driving in the SRV will also accrue explorer rank increases and the bonus is scaled depending on how far away from Sol you are."
Dev Update (03/12/2015) | Elite Dangerous Community Site
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You know how many times the game has changed since 2015? Wake up..
Fuel and/or charge. It's just very gamey that we have to collect blasted rock droppings when we have these massive, powerful ships at our disposal – assuming that's still the case.
Mats required for SRV onboard refuel/repair/restock ammo are very easy to accumualte,after a while you will flood with them.Fuel and/or charge. It's just very gamey that we have to collect blasted rock droppings when we have these massive, powerful ships at our disposal.
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You are relying on old scrolls from the past?
Do you have anything to show it's been changed or you just think it's been changed because other things have changed?
Yes it's changed a lot,the % you got from Passengers Mission for example,toward the Epl. Rank increase, driving an SRV will gain peanuts for your rank,you can discover new mats in the first weeks of gameplay and then what? There are only "so many" of them,so to get back to the topic selling Expl Data is the only viable way to increase rank,and these days it could not be easier.The amount required is around or a bit more than 300 millions.
So why require it in the first place? Seems like tail wagging the dog game design. Oh well...
Why require Mats to service your SRV on field? Well try to break your car somewhere and then you find a garage shop the "will require" materials to fix your stuff,that's why.
So it does increase rank now, I thought you said it doesn't and I'm confused? Never said it was viable, just pointing out that credits are not the only source of rank.