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crua9

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I was wondering. How much does the average explorer make per hour

At this time I'm making anywhere between 100-500k on average in combat, 100k-200k in trading, and about 10k or so in mining per hour.

NOTE: I had another question, and I don't know if I posted it in the wrong place since no one is answering it. For those of you that explores. Please take a look at my ship question.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=143702&p=2208891&highlight=#post2208891
 
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iain666

iain666
Don't really know, not actually gone home to sell any data in months so it's hard to say what it will work out to if I ever do...
 

highpsiturbo

highpsiturbo
my last trip worked out to about 200k per hour, but I think the "above average" explorers probably don't care about the money...
 

Katejina

Katejina
crua9 said:
I don't understand
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Those of us who explore don't do it for the creds. We do it because we enjoy it. Even knowing that water worlds, earthlikes and terraformable planets are worth a decent amount, we don't consider the fact of whether or not exploring is a lucrative occupation.
 

Lance 'Spacecat' D.

Lance 'Spacecat' D.
Agreed, exploration outside known space is very 'Zen'.
It's you and the dark and the little wonders hiding here and there for you to uncover. The occasional nebula (I recommend the view from inside the Bug Nebula, btw)
...Maybe the voices inside your head...

Credits become a concern as distant as inhabited stars, and we become... treasure seekers, where does that one shiniest rock or beautiful vista lie. :)
 

Kancro Vantas

Kancro Vantas
crua9 said:
I was wondering. How much does the average explorer make per hour

At this time I'm making anywhere between 100-500k on average in combat, 100k-200k in trading, and about 10k or so in mining per hour.
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Hi OP...this is a somewhat hard question to answer....because exploring is sooo different and people do it for so many reasons, one of the least being money....but here it goes:

You could make 70k to 100k per 40-50 objects systems, in civilized space, and if you are good pilot, you can rack those in 25 mins. Other smaller systems can pay out 20-30k.

If you are the first exploring said systems, pay off increases 50%.

Here are the caveats:

- How often you find a system that big.
-How quick can you scan it.
-How far do you have to travel to sell the data.
-The virgin systems are for the most part, 500 ly or more out of civilized space.

Now, go and figure out, how much per hour would you do?

Is not a big figure as much as a lump sum, that you can collect in one single flight or during several days exploring thoushands of systems before returning to civilization to sell it.

Anyway you see it, other professions do more money per hour. With exploring you are locked...you can't do anything else if exploring out of civilized space...many of us even forget how to land again in a station...

But still, do a try and scan around and see how you like it...I made like 400k in an hour just before my last expedition...was surprised I could rack that much in civilization so quick...but that's not the norm....
 
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crua9

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I had another question, and I don't know if I posted it in the wrong place since no one is answering it. For those of you that explores. Please take a look at my ship question.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=143702&p=2208891&highlight=#post2208891



Lance 'Spacecat' D. said:
Agreed, exploration outside known space is very 'Zen'.
It's you and the dark and the little wonders hiding here and there for you to uncover.
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So is there anyone that will try to take you out in the systems you're talking about?
 

Ziljan

Ziljan
Using the most efficient methods I could devise, I made about 500,000CR per hour of exploring with a DSS. So it's definitely not a money maker. The low income didn't bother be as much as the fact that this "efficient method" meant I didn't actually see anything except stars and orbital lines. If I had explored the systems enough to get visual contact of planetary bodies, or companion stars systems, or spent any time taking pictures or basking in the beauty of the Galaxy, I would have cut my income by about 80-95%.
 

Fen Harel

Fen Harel
I agree with the others, explorers are not looking for the credits. Anyone who is worried about credits/hour (as opposed to just being curious) is probably better off looking for other ways to play.

It does pay, and it does pay well - if you put in the time. My last exploration lasted a little over a month and a made enough to get a very nicely kitted out Clipper, which I am delighted with. I'm not sure how that come out per hour, a lot less than if I spent the time doing others things I'm sure. I may have ended up with a couple hundred thousand per hour. Something like that.
 
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Varrag

Varrag
Credits per hour? Sounds so... grindy. No idea here either, sorry OP. I know some explorers are in it exclusively for money (like neutron field farmers), but I believe that the majority does not care so much about it. Exploration can pay relatively well, though: after my last expedition I cashed in around 85 million Cr, bought Vulture and T7 and pimped them out, but on the other hand I have been out there for 6+ weeks...
 
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Katejina

Katejina
On a scale of 1 to 10, based on the premise that you're already ~500ly out (generally away from populated space), probably about a 2.
 

Surly_Badger

Surly_Badger
My last expedition out netted me 30 million credits. But I was out for about a month. If you are just grinding money, go farm RES.
 

Varrag

Varrag
crua9 said:
how dangerous is exploring?
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Very little. Sometimes after the jump you may find yourself stuck between two extremely close binary stars and suffer heat damage, but this is pretty rare. IMO, main dangers are: a) to fall asleep while SC'ing towards the star (and not waking up when you crash into it - true story); b) cabin fever - once you put tens of thousands light years between you and your home, things can get a little bit... crazy... ;)
 

Andromalius

Andromalius
Difficult to answer since I'm not timing, and I've gone the choice of going waaaaaay out in space and to come back in a few weeks/months. Not really doing it for the money, If I wanted more money I would have stuck to my T7 and gone up the usual trade ships. I expect to make a few hundred millions when I'm back but I'm not in any kind of hurry, and if for some reason I screw up and blow my ship I won't cry over the loss, I can pay insurance and go at it again.
 

Ziljan

Ziljan
crua9 said:
how dangerous is exploring?
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If you don't have any experience, then you can cook your ship a little while learning how to refuel, but it's virtually impossible for you to actually lose a ship even as a novice. Exploring is actually the safest part of ED. Too safe if you ask me.
 

Murishani

Murishani
Regarding the safety of exploring I agree with others saying its very safe, and with Ziljan when they say it is too safe.
However it really should be noted that simple mistakes in deep space can be dangerous in ways that they are not in the bubble.

Basically my opinion is that it is safer almost always but when something does go wrong, it gets decidedly more lethal much more quickly. A broken canopy for instance, inside the bubble means your tour of duty is over and you need to retire to the station in the next 5 to 10 minutes. A broken canopy in deep space means finding a pretty planet for a grave, writing letters to your loved ones and consigning yourself to the void.

The most serious concern to me is how explorers make their money, I know that for most of us the money isn't a concern but for those of us who are still needing the credits we're getting from our exploration, a simple mistake or an overly aggressive NPC/Player deciding to pop our canopy or kill us for grins on the way to turn the data in can mean days, weeks (or even more), of work down the drain in an instant. That's a risk worth considering too since no other profession risks quite that much time to make its (scant) profits.
 
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