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CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN

CMDR CHIGGY VONRICTOFEN
16 untagged ELWs in a single day, including 3 doubles, and this beauty, (my 14th ringed one).

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osser

osser
have you ever found one of mine chiggy?
just curious :)

cmdr tootiny.

its super big out there and come to think of it I've not come across one of yours... but I will :)
 
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CMDR Pugwash

CMDR Pugwash
It is true that they seem to come in batches. I suppose that is because the conditions for their creation must exist in "zones" so to speak.
 

osser

osser
When we look at the numbers it becomes absolutely staggering though guys. Correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm off base:

400 billion systems in ED


if 1 in 400 systems have an ELW... That's 1 billion ELW's.


I believe the ratio is much better.
Do you agree Chiggy? by now you must have a solid take on this.

IMO we've only made a tiny (haha a TOOTINY) dent in the big picture.

If I'm right I love it.

We are pioneers lets keep going commanders.

kudos to you fellow ELW hunters.

I'm working towards another really long trip into the black. goal is to leave in late Nov.

cmdr Tootiny
 

marx

marx
osser said:
When we look at the numbers it becomes absolutely staggering though guys. Correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm off base:

400 billion systems in ED


if 1 in 400 systems have an ELW... That's 1 billion ELW's.
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I think you're being a bit optimistic there. There are 400 billion systems in ED, but we don't know how exactly they are distributed according to star types. However, we do know that Frontier aims for realism, so if they went with what we currently know the distribution of stars in the Milky Way to be, then the vast majority of those star systems will be dwarf stars. For example, see the Wikipedia article on stellar classification: 76% of main sequence(!) stars would be class M, red dwarfs. The classes A and F which appear to have the best chances of containing Earth-likes in Elite would make up 3.6% only.
Then there are of course lots of dwarf stars outside the main sequence in the galaxy-wide, so the ratio of class M per total systems would be less than three-quarters.

For the sake of simplicity, let's give a rough estimate of 1% of total systems being class A/F. In that case, we have four billion systems. If we go with 1 in 75 such systems having an ELW, then that would be 53 million (rounded down) Earth-likes around class A/F. Counting in the others with much worse chances, we could go with a rough estimate of somewhere between 100-200 million ELWs then. One-tenth of your estimate, but still an incredible amount. For comparison, EDDN currently has a bit under 25,000 Earth-likes listed. So, if suddenly ELW farming were made the most lucrative method of earning credits and a hundred times as many players would do it as they do now, there would still be practically zero danger of running out of ELWs to find.
 
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osser

osser
marx said:
I think you're being a bit optimistic there. There are 400 billion systems in ED, but we don't know how exactly they are distributed according to star types. However, we do know that Frontier aims for realism, so if they went with what we currently know the distribution of stars in the Milky Way to be, then the vast majority of those star systems will be dwarf stars. For example, see the Wikipedia article on stellar classification: 76% of main sequence(!) stars would be class M, red dwarfs. The classes A and F which appear to have the best chances of containing Earth-likes in Elite would make up 3.6% only.
Then there are of course lots of dwarf stars outside the main sequence in the galaxy-wide, so the ratio of class M per total systems would be less than three-quarters.

For the sake of simplicity, let's give a rough estimate of 1% of total systems being class A/F. In that case, we have four billion systems. If we go with 1 in 75 such systems having an ELW, then that would be 53 million (rounded down) Earth-likes around class A/F. Counting in the others with much worse chances, we could go with a rough estimate of somewhere between 100-200 million ELWs then. One-tenth of your estimate, but still an incredible amount. For comparison, EDDN currently has a bit under 25,000 Earth-likes listed. So, if suddenly ELW farming were made the most lucrative method of earning credits and a hundred times as many players would do it as they do now, there would still be practically zero danger of running out of ELWs to find.
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And That is a solid take.
Yes we need to figure in the massive amount of M / L / T / Y and non- sequence stars.
I went off a 1 in 400 ratio. but I now see the flaw in that looking at the big picture.
However it makes it much more thrilling to find an ELW orbiting those rare ones.
And I think we'll all agree we've only made a small dent in it.
 

Macros Black

Macros Black
Congratulations, Chiggy.

On average I get 1 ELW every 270 jumps. Got 2 yesterday in Neutron star systems. Found a Neutron system with a S & MS class star. Plus a terraformable and an Ammonia world. That system deserved a complete scan.

Edit: Forgot about the White dwarf that also decided to join.

Have encountered a few Chiggys myself :)
 
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osser

osser
MacrosTheBlack said:
Congratulations, Chiggy.

On average I get 1 ELW every 270 jumps. Got 2 yesterday in Neutron star systems. Found a Neutron system with a S & MS class star. Plus a terraformable and an Ammonia world. That system deserved a complete scan.

Have encountered a few Chiggys myself :)
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Oh My!
I would love to visit that system. Can you PM it to me after you've sold it? time is of no matter. I'd love to see it.

CMDR Tootiny

PS in return I could direct you to a system with 2 ELW's orbiting an L star ;)
 
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