How to find asteroids for deep core blasting
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After learning to recognize the shapes of the core asteroids, I have found this technique to work well. I usually fly in shallow s-turns below the rings for more coverage and better visibility, and then the brightest of the correct shape are the core asteroids most of the time, but there is an imposter in the icy rings.
The US military thinks so. Lots of good people got washed because of color blindness.
The PWS emits a fairly narrow beam ahead of the ship, so I too have found that an S-shape flight through the field (it's a small Cobra IV) or inverted below the field works best for me.
I discovered a deep core deposit within 5 k of the hotspot, so they can be found close to it, as well as further away.
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Really? I just fire it once and look around, Corvette has a good viee of the sides so I can usually look at stuff 180 degrees to either side of me witjout having to move my shio at all.
Guess I'm not looking from side to side enough then. I'm sure that will improve the odds of discovery.
Yeah use headlook and you'll see yellow rocks appearing wherever you look (assuming there are rocks with deposits). A ship with good visibility helps.
This is nice! Thank you!! 
There needs to be a height indicator for asteroid belts and what not. You say "be this high up" but how high is that? Because I've gone super high and asteroids still glow pretty far and they're not even motherload.
If you want a 100% success rate on finding mother lode asteroids, I'll need to shamelessly self-promote my method.
Night vision ON.
I refer to 'moss' simply because it looks like it, not because it is
Part you need is at 47m20s in.
Have fun.
[video=youtube_share;dQSzX4vxgm4]https://youtu.be/dQSzX4vxgm4?t=2792[/video]
Night vision ON.
I refer to 'moss' simply because it looks like it, not because it is
Part you need is at 47m20s in.
Have fun.
[video=youtube_share;dQSzX4vxgm4]https://youtu.be/dQSzX4vxgm4?t=2792[/video]
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Really hate posting this as:
1) it's not a video i made
2) All you lot will find core asteroids now and there won't be any left for me.
But here it is watch this video till the end, it's the only way to find core asteroids reliably and quickly, the method just works.
[video]https://streamable.com/9d5uu[/video]
1) it's not a video i made
2) All you lot will find core asteroids now and there won't be any left for me.
But here it is watch this video till the end, it's the only way to find core asteroids reliably and quickly, the method just works.
[video]https://streamable.com/9d5uu[/video]
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Won't play on the website; going to YouTube starts from the beginning. Please can you give us a time stamp for where to start?If you want a 100% success rate on finding mother lode asteroids, I'll need to shamelessly self-promote my method.
Link starts the vid at the right moment. Night vision ON.
I refer to 'moss' simply because it looks like it, not because it is
Have fun.
That doesn't seem to work for me. I hold the pulse button down but I get no black lines. It must be a VR thing only no? Unless someone can prove otherwise.
Nope definitely not, i'm not using VR.
The first time you use the scanner the black lines won't show on the second pulse they do, if our in a metalic / metal rich ring the lines will be greenish rather than black.
Sure. 47mins 20s in.
I fly just below the “mass lock” threshold, all pips to engines, FA off and point down at 45 degrees holding the pulse button down. I also yaw a bit L-R-L to catch periphery rocks. Works a charm.
After hours and hours of searching for an asteroid with fissures with no luck at all, used the OP's "fly high and scan" method and found 3 in less than a minute. Duly repped
Drifting through an asteroid field is incredible enough in VR. Blowing one up is something else altogether. 10/10 FDev
Drifting through an asteroid field is incredible enough in VR. Blowing one up is something else altogether. 10/10 FDev