I am dumb. Plz halp.

[Deleted member 110222]

Level one scans, level two scans, level three scans...

What's the difference and how do I do each level?

 

[Zeeman]

L1 - honk
L2 - point ship at planet and wait for time sink to expire
L3 - As per L2, but have a DSS equipped.

Z...

 

[iain666]

L1 - honk
L2 - point ship at planet and wait for time sink to expire
L3 - As per L2, but have a DSS equipped.

Z...

Probably, maybe, most of the time. Many people have dubious numbers in there suggesting that it has been buggy at least some of the time...

 

[Deleted member 110222]

L1 - honk
L2 - point ship at planet and wait for time sink to expire
L3 - As per L2, but have a DSS equipped.

Z...

Wait... Will a level two reveal surface materials then?

 

[Codger]

Wait... Will a level two reveal surface materials then?

No, just names and stuff like that.

 

[Zeeman]

Probably, maybe, most of the time. Many people have dubious numbers in there suggesting that it has been buggy at least some of the time...

I have over 170k L3 scans, allegedly. That's a lot of time pointing at planets...

Z...

 

[Deleted member 110222]

No, just names and stuff like that.

Oh okay then, cheers.

 

[disorganise]

Are you *sure* the honk is level 1?

I always assumed the passive "I'm within 10 ls of a body" was level 1, with level 2 being "body targetted" and level 3 "body targetted with DSS on board"

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Err.....I'm not even seeing level 1 listed?

 

[Ashnak]

https://imgur.com/DSGUEB4[/URL]

Neither do I - but I see something else, which is interesting. Did you cash in all/most of your explorations yet, or are you (still) out on a long trip (Beagle Point)?

If the former:

Spoiler

Those L3 scans seem to make a big difference in payout.

 

[disorganise]

I'm still out.....about 29 kylies from Jaques. (which really means I've probably only moved about 12 from BP )

What *I* find interesting is that rule of thumb 1,000 ish credits per lvl 3 seems to be the total for all exploration for both of us. Wonder about others?

 

[Jackie Silver]

Level 1 - 1/6 of the total credits
Level 2 - 3/6 of the total credits
Level 3 - 6/6 of the total credits
plus 50% bonus for first discovery.

so for a previously undiscovered Earth-like you're looking at;

about 10000 for the honk (level 1)
or
60000 for scanning with a DSS fitted (level 3) and then an extra 30000 for first discovery, a total of around 90000

So nine times higher for getting up close and personal.

 

[newman1702]

Are you *sure* the honk is level 1?

I always assumed the passive "I'm within 10 ls of a body" was level 1, with level 2 being "body targetted" and level 3 "body targetted with DSS on board"

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Err.....I'm not even seeing level 1 listed?http://i.imgur.com/fqjbnan.jpg

Yes, level 1 are honks - they only reveal basic information about any astronomical body discovered, such as orbital parameters etc. Level 2 gives you more information, and level 3 gives the most as it involves using the DSS. I wonder if we'll get more levels when bodies with atmospheres become landable - a level 4 might involve a surface survey of life forms present on an ELW or something like that...

 

[iain666]

What *I* find interesting is that rule of thumb 1,000 ish credits per lvl 3 seems to be the total for all exploration for both of us. Wonder about others?

46,482,720 CR exploration profits and 5,398 Level 3 scans here. That's 9,000ish credits per lvl 3 so it doesn't hold. Or just adds further evidence to how utterly fubared the numbers are...

 

[The Tick]

Probably, maybe, most of the time. Many people have dubious numbers in there suggesting that it has been buggy at least some of the time...

Can confirm. Right after these statistics were added to the UI, the displayed number was clearly bugged (my level 3 scans were '0' at that time, I think). So I wouldn't trust those numbers, at all.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

After DWE it listen far too many lvl 3 scans for me. It added around 130,000.

Now I did a lot of scanning during DWE, but that would have meant I did a 1,000 each day on average.