Nobody is losing
I've noticed that some players seem to believe they are losing their First discovered tags(or feel like they are). Not including the tags in populated areas, those should be removed anyway. As for all of the other tags, You are definitely not losing the first discovered tags for places you actually first discovered. Doesn't make sense for it to say cmdr Joe Shmoe discovered a system that has always belonged to the federation. That example should read "Discovered by Zachary Hudson's grand dad and his merry band of space station builders." A number of people are upset about the new mapping system that was implemented. Try to keep in mind that mapping is mappig, but discovering is "DISCOVERING". Mapping is like Christopher Columbus (even he gets too much credit), but the U.S of A is America, you know, because Amerigo Vespucci was the first to discover America. Otherwise, some of us in the world would be living in the United States of Columbus. Anywho, you guys aren't losing anything. Everyone who is now mapping systems, sees your name first and we know who gets the credit for planting the flags. Personally, I started playing Elite a little late and If not for this update, I don't think I would've ever gotten into exploration. Which is a shame considering what I've been missing out on. In response to the codex, I too think it would be cool for each player to be able to see their firsts listed in the codex whether it be discoveries or mapping. Ah, reminds me. "When turning in Mapping data, It reads as first discovered. Should say first mapped." Final note. Mapping takes longer than the previous method of flying to each planet and doing a basic scan, and you don't get mapping credit if you do not fly to each body and do the mapping mechanic thing. So, Discovering may be easier. Maybe, idk If scanning in FSS counts for discoveries, but I do know that it doesn't count for first mapped tags. Well, happy trails in the void Commanders.
