I thought I was an explorer, but

[Traveller_GG]

I've only been to 1300 systems in total;, and some of you guys have farmed over 1500 Neutron systems just for the money!

Looks like I'm going to be hanging around the small shiny ones for a while

and just to keep Alex B happy:

"I thought I was an explorer then I took an Adder to the knee"

(IGMC)

 

[dognosh]

Most of us who farm are doing it because we want the Elite rank , and access to Shinrata ( as we missed out on the KS deal )
We are still true explorers, just slightly sidetracked for a while.

I am on 1600 Neutron stars, and even though I am still right in the middle of the Neutron fields, I have stopped farming(I have enough data for Elite now once I get back) , and now exploring properly

 

[Alex Brentnall]

Don't worry you'll get there, some of us have been exploring months and others like me have just done one huge trip over 2 weeks.

Also Im a tad disappointed, with the title I expected this to be more along the lines of the opposite of "You know you're an explorer when"??
For example: I thought I was an explorer, but

then I flew into a star.

 

[Hell Razor5543]

I thought I was an explorer, but... Every astronomical object I have so far discovered had "Kilroy was here" graffiti on them!

 

[Lance 'Spacecat' D.]

"I thought I was an explorer, but..."

"...many light years from inhabited space, I saw a trio of sidewinders in a Unidentified Signal Source."

 

[IronLIch]

If you want to feel like a real explorer, try the Buckyball Run A*!

I ran it last week (14 hours and 32 mins) and it was terrific. Changed my whole outlook on the game.

I expect to make 30-50 million Credits in scans on the way back too. There are loads of Earth-Like Planets around Sgr A* to scan and the environment is unexpectedly bright and beautiful.

Might be a good way to reignite your explorer's flame.