"Oh Noes!! New players won't have anywhere to explore! This is so unfair!"

[Quineloe]

Anyone who worries about running out of things to explore hasn't done an exploration trip more than 2000ly from Sol. I occasionally encounter a star that someone else has explored. But it's very rare -- less than 1 in 1000.

The distance you have to travel to get firsties does constantly increase, no denying that. When Tsu had the CG, I had to travel 500 LY away from it for the firsties and even at 1k I sometimes ran into stuff already claimed. When LA had the CG however, it was just 300 LY and I had firsties claimed. I don't think I travelled more than 500 LY from it and I had lots of firsties in Wregoe and Wredguia.

I think Nebulas and points of interest are goners now as well.

However, when planetary landings become a thing, that's another firsty opportunity for FD (I hope they don't pass on that)
first discovered by cmdr y
first landing by cmdr x

 

[Philip Foster]

DANGIT!!

Or Thargoids.

 

[Kloothufter]

I went towards a nebula the other day and literately every system along the way had already been discovered.

I went to the core (now on my way back) and visited only 2 previously discovered systems, the Great Annilihator & Sag A itself. Same story on the way back, there are so many stars that the chance of crossing someone elses path is apparently very low