I've been thinking about exploration and scanning stuff. I've found that the rewarding bit of exploring is actually spotting that moving cluster or dot in the star field. Did that move, did it not? Having to fly around to find out if that dot is moving etc. More rewarding to discover stuff this way than by simply pressing a button.
I think there could be more progression on the scanners and maybe toning down the advanced discovery scanner to something like the A-class one I suggest below and making it an achievement to work up to.
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My suggestion. Extend the module class system to scanners to have more of them. So
E - current Basic Discover Scanner. 500ls scan.
D - current intermediate. 1000ls scan
C - new scanner. 2500ls scan
B - new scanner. 5000ls scan for planets, picks up stars up to 100k ls
A - new scanner. 10000ls scan for planets, picks up all stars in system.
I think there could be more progression on the scanners and maybe toning down the advanced discovery scanner to something like the A-class one I suggest below and making it an achievement to work up to.
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My suggestion. Extend the module class system to scanners to have more of them. So
E - current Basic Discover Scanner. 500ls scan.
D - current intermediate. 1000ls scan
C - new scanner. 2500ls scan
B - new scanner. 5000ls scan for planets, picks up stars up to 100k ls
A - new scanner. 10000ls scan for planets, picks up all stars in system.
