Passenger missions and exploring

[atomic7431]

So basic question, do you take the mission and then upon entering a system honk and carry to the next.
Or do you honk check the system map and scan any that are gas giants etc,
or do you honk and only scan systems no one has been in before?

asking as my 8000ly passenger journey may take me a while as im honking and saying `just check the map incase no ones been here` or incase some planets havent been scanned`

The passenger mission is fast becoming a side quest lol

But i know i could do the passenger mission and then go unlock some upgrades via engineers for faster scans etc, decisions.

So do i honk and go or keep scanning all which have not been scanned before?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Not one method of exploring is right. And I don't even have a set way to explore myself as it tends to change depending on the mood I'm in. From scanning entire systems I liked, to only scanning ELW, WW and AW planets, to traveling the galaxy without even looking at the system map.

Where does the 8000 LY trip take you?

 

[Deleted member 115407]

Use this chart... https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ation-values?p=5486920&viewfull=1#post5486920

Just chill and jump/honk. After each honk check you local map to see if there is anything profitable worth a detailed scan. If there is, you make the decision from there whether to stick around and DSS or not.

Keep in mind that even if something juicy has already been discovered, it's still worth scanning if you show it as unexplored.

Stop to scan the expensive stuff and you're going to bank - 8k Ly just made me something in the 35-40M range on explo data.

 

[goemon]

/moved to exploration subforum

for me, this fully depends on "mode" or "mood". if i'm travelling as fast as possible, i won't open the system map, instead of it i fly races against myself (beat the last 1000 ly time!).

usually, i will honk, scoop and allign for the next jump, and will open the system map while charging the FSD. if anything there meets my eye there (a potential earth-like world, an ammonia world, a waterworld, or something weird), i will cancel the jump, throttle down, and use the system map sounds to determine, whether it really is an ELW for exampel: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ds-and-how-to-know-everything-from-System-Map

sometimes, i'm more in survey/exploring mood, and i will scan all high metal content planets, and all gas giants. sometimes i'm just scanning the star while refueling my DBE. as i'm already elite in exploration, payouts aren't important for me, but this thread has a visual guide to how much is a scan of what worth: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/339546-2-3-exploration-payouts-visual-guide

a 8000 ly passenger mission i would break down into parts/legs, visiting interesting sights on the way, like planetary nebulas. i normally have an idea before hand how many sessions i want to spent on that mission. 8000 thousand lightyears distance, so 16000 ly in total, would be typically 6-10 sessions for me. if i'm behind schedule, i will switch to fast travel.

 

[atomic7431]

wow that was quick thanks all

Will look at the link and go from there, i have this i cant leave a system without scanning it all except the rocks around the suns but this approach will take me an age to get to destination lol

 

[sb413197]

wow that was quick thanks all

Will look at the link and go from there, i have this i cant leave a system without scanning it all except the rocks around the suns but this approach will take me an age to get to destination lol

I filter out all stars except for A, B, and G and nonsequence. When I jump in, I stop the engines, start the discovery scan, and target the star when available which is around when the discovery scan is finishing. While scanning the star I start the system map. I will target HMC/metal rich worlds that I don't have to travel to (50ls and closer) and stars less than 5k because I also don't need to travel there. Then I will use the habitable worlds ranges to grab likely habitable HMCs, as well as all water, ammonia and earth worlds less than 50k away. Then it's off to the next system.

I just returned from an exploration run of about 100 hours. I brought 8 passengers on my anaconda. Made about 300 million from passengers, leveled li yon rui to level5 and sold the data for 1.8 billion.

 

[goemon]

I filter out all stars except for A, B, and G and nonsequence. .

with that filter you are missing the star type with the highest probability for earth-likes, justsayin'

for pure speed i sometimes filter for m - those stars are cooler and allow you to engage hyperjump more early.

and i sometimes filter for O,B,A and enjoy flying in cool light.

and sometimes i'm not filtering at all.

non-sequence always on, of course!

 

[FredReynolds]

with that filter you are missing the star type with the highest probability for earth-likes, justsayin'

Not to drive off topic, but which star type are you referring to then? I thought it was O,B,A, and M? I'm curious as I've been mostly in the galactic south and getting tired of all the brown dwarfs with "snow balls"

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Not to drive off topic, but which star type are you referring to then? I thought it was O,B,A, and M? I'm curious as I've been mostly in the galactic south and getting tired of all the brown dwarfs with "snow balls"

The F type. If you go for those shiny planets, F, G, M, A should be on in the filter.

O's and B's hardly ever have ELWs, but have weird systems, with lots of suns and gas giants in them, so I usually include them as well.

 

[Sapporo]

I usually scan Class 2 GG all the time, HMC most of the time if I think they are terraformable. ELW/WW/AW I scan all the time regardless of distance (although if there's one WW 500kls away and I wanna get going, I'll probably skip it).

 

[duckofdeath]

Only advice I have when you accept long range passenger missions from the Bubble is that, one or two of them are located in the upper/lower fringe of the galaxy and will require a long jump range. So, make sure to check where you're going and see if your FSD (and boost materials) is good enough to get you there.

 

[atomic7431]

Only advice I have when you accept long range passenger missions from the Bubble is that, one or two of them are located in the upper/lower fringe of the galaxy and will require a long jump range. So, make sure to check where you're going and see if your FSD (and boost materials) is good enough to get you there.

ooops i will just have to hope now..... lol

 

[FredReynolds]

The F type. If you go for those shiny planets, F, G, M, A should be on in the filter.

O's and B's hardly ever have ELWs, but have weird systems, with lots of suns and gas giants in them, so I usually include them as well.

Rep for you! Thanks for the information. So tired of brown dwarf with 6-12 snowballs, lol.