Finally made Elite in Exploration, 1 down 2 to go !

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It's taken 4 or 5 trips to the Neutron cluster and a trip to Sagittarius A, but i finally did it.......... I'm an Elite Explorer :cool:
12,240 systems and approximately 200,000Ly and I'm there......
I have really enjoyed the over 1250hrs it's taken me so far to get here.
Now to complete my Elite trader then try and learn to fight :eek:
1 out of 3 ain't bad :D
 

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Great for you :) Congrats.

Exploring is just a waaay to boring for me - can't find myself happy because of unusual planet, extra large gas giant, etc. Exploring, after few days starts to get me really depressed realizing how far I am from any dot on radar. Once I turned back after maybe a week or so away and just flew back straight to Sol - just to see Earth for a while ...

Even trading is better. You can drop it off at any point, get to do some missions, shoot someone, etc. Exploring is pretty hardcore, at least now.
 

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Yes and no, i built a collage of my exploring and had it printed on a 48" x 27" canvas.
I like exploring it relaxes me but i think i'll do it as a side event now with mining and trading.
I still want to explore, but I certainly won't be going on any long trips until i get all 3 Elites.
 

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blitzspear said:
It's taken 4 or 5 trips to the Neutron cluster
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Congrats, know from first hand experience it is an absolute grind doing that! The sad part is that with a galaxy of 400 billion stars and the promise of "untold adventure" for an explorer that this is the approach we have to resort to gain Elite in Exploration.
 
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encrypted said:
Great for you :) Congrats.

Exploring is just a waaay to boring for me - can't find myself happy because of unusual planet, extra large gas giant, etc. Exploring, after few days starts to get me really depressed realizing how far I am from any dot on radar. Once I turned back after maybe a week or so away and just flew back straight to Sol - just to see Earth for a while ...

Even trading is better. You can drop it off at any point, get to do some missions, shoot someone, etc. Exploring is pretty hardcore, at least now.
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I found like you it was boring, but if i set goals, like getting to Sagittarius A, or going to neutron cluster (about 17k Ly out), I could just do that.
I don't tend to scan complete systems, only ones that interest me, I'm normally a jump,scoop,scan,jump kind of explorer.
The fast pace of jumping in eco mode and scanning with an advanced kept my interest.
Mainly i found i couldn't get to trader elite fast enough, and with 'industrial scanning' and tagging neutron stars i could get to explorer elite first.
I predominantly did it for Founder World access for 10% discounts, but since Powerplay, (today alone I bought 6 ships with 20% discounts) explorer elite and founder access isn't as important.
Certainly continue exploring but it won't be my main focus now.
 

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Exploration Elite is simply a numbers game when you come right down to it for rank alone.
155mil is Elite Explorer, a system wide scan is 1x, surface scanning every object is 2x and first discovery adds an 1x ie making it 3x.
So a advanced scan making you 10,000cr, you tag everything with a surface scan you get 20,000 and if all are 1st discoveries you get 50% more ie 30,000.
So take 155mil divide by your average system scan = no. of systems to scan.
Neutron stars are quick and easy, jump in and tag, with first discovery it's 19kx3 = 57k a system. That's the fastest way to Elite explorer as there are far more neutrons than blackholes (being an extra 3k more).
Some prefer complete scans of all objects, but i didn't have the patience for that. Scan high value objects and jump and scan.
 
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blitzspear said:
Exploration Elite is simply a numbers game when you come right down to it for rank alone.
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Aren't all Elites like that? Just numbers games?
Trading is certainly, though I realize with Combat it's combined with finding the right (i.e. higher ranking than you) opponents.
Numbers game = good technique + time + persistence + a little luck.
 

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LameoveR said:
Congratulations!
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Thanks, one thing about it... When i started out, 140Ly for a rare trip was a long trip.
Now after taking an Anaconda to Sagittarius A, with a jump a minute roughly for 12-14hrs straight each way (I can often play 12-14hrs straight on weekends, I have a VERY understanding wife) 140 Ly trips around inhabited space is nothing to me now. Taking a step back from long exploring, trading should be a quick breeze now :)

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Fen Harel said:
An excellent accomplishment! Congratulations Commander!
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Thanks, right time for bed, up in 6hrs for work :-, I'd be triple elite by now if i didn't have a pesky full-time job :)
 

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NICE!!!!!!! Just went to Founders World to park up for the night.... 10% discount no, with Elite ranking I get 12.25%.
Excellent every ship and module in the game. Well worth it in the end.
 
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