How rare are Earth like worlds?

[ellay]

I would think it depends on how you explore, it's down to luck. If you explore by aiming for a way point & then using the fastest route planning then the chances of finding one would be a lot lower than if you used economy route planning & visited every system on the way.

Actually - Mathematically, the odds are precisely the same.

 

[theEmohawk]

I've tried looking. And I've tried not looking, so I've given up. Water Worlds are a dime a dozen and always hurt when I realise they're not my first Earth like.

Yep, that stings. I still look at them on the system map and think "Yay! It's an EL."... only to be let down when I scan it and it turns out to be a WW with a little bit of brown as well as the blue and the clouds. Your first EL will be quite a kick, don't forget to use the selfie cam.

I've spent months out there, I was a pathfinder, but should be Elite by the time this latest mission is done. And I've never found an Earthlike. And that's fantastic, makes that first one all the more special.

That's quite incredible (and unlucky) odds.

I'm 18 EL in 3600 systems (I think around 500 of those system were from inhabited space before I set off on my, currently, 6 week trip) - so odds of 1 in 200 for me.
I found my first a couple days into the trip, and the second was the next system I jumped to. I've found several EL clustered in nearby systems. I've spent a chunk of the trip targeting mainly F class stars, but it seems that if the RNG wants you to discover an EL then it will throw one into some really unusual places. I want to find multiple EL in one system, so far I have an EL+2WW, and 3WW (2 of them TC), but no double EL in a system.

 

[Slippery Jim DiGriz]

I'm about 7,000 LY from Sol and so far on this trip I found 4 new Earth likes in the first 3,000 LY and none since, the first was only about 700 LY out so they are still some to be found close to home.

Keep looking, you'll find one eventually - take screen-shots, check for lights on the dark side and avoid any ancient automated defence systems if you happen to find Magrathea.

 

[Grazbaat]

I think that 1:150 or 1:200 is kind of the ratio you can expect by scanning a "mix" of stars. I'm a bit over this, kind of 1:250 because I scanned tons of O, WR and other exotic stars.

My best find so far is four ELW's in a single system . Here's if you want to have a look: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=138866