Back in Update #62 you indicated an explored game of around 0.000223 percent.
Just over a year later, what is it now?
Just over a year later, what is it now?
Percentage of Explored Game, What is it now?
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Minuscule. There are tens of millions of stars per player. At the current rate it'll take thousands of years for the player base to explore the game entirely.
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If the explorer hall of fame is right (it probably isn't) there's only 100 Elite explorers, that doesn't seem like a lot of ground covered.
Not a whole lot more. We still have a lot of work to do to get the first % 
As racthel 5000 said. The galaxy is huge, and the word is an understatement. The explorers have gone EXTREMELY FAR, but that is quantity. Distance has been traveled is what has been accomplished. Most systems haven't been touched. There are too many.
This game made me understand more than ever why scientists suggest the idea of automated survey ships. Make plenty of them, send them into space and let them survey automatically.
This game made me understand more than ever why scientists suggest the idea of automated survey ships. Make plenty of them, send them into space and let them survey automatically.
Your math is logarithmically off. 400 billion star systems is 4 hundred thousand million. Roughly one million players means 400,000 star systems per player. Not tens of millions.
Still a really large number though. (I know there are more than one star per system on average but exploration is done on a systems basis).
Well I'm only about 2000Ly out from sol but every single star has a name on it. EVERY single star. I'm not only landing on OBAFGKM either, and also I first did 700 up and then 1000 left before pointing towards sag.
So I'd say most of the area that anyone will ever see is already spoken for. You have to really really get out there if you want your name on any earthlikes.
So I'd say most of the area that anyone will ever see is already spoken for. You have to really really get out there if you want your name on any earthlikes.
I've done about 400k myself, so if we arent at a 100% yet, I think you guys are dropping the ball.
Depends which direction you go. I have found masses of untagged system 500ly out but that was heading in a direction with nothing of interest along it such as a nbula.
You are travelling along a popular route. 2000 ly away to a random direction, and there aren't any discovered systems.
Even if it was possible to explore larger percentages of this galaxy, it would only begin to slow down as we uncover more of it. Because no systematic approach would of been applied and with no display of system discovered, finding the remaining unexplored would be near on impossible.
Imagine theoretically that 82% of the galaxy had been explored, now go and randomly find all the unexplored systems in amongst those 400 billions.
Imagine theoretically that 82% of the galaxy had been explored, now go and randomly find all the unexplored systems in amongst those 400 billions.
Humans are creatures of habit and patterns. So in theory most players will travel the same routes when heading out into the big black! I found this on my first exploration trip to a nebula but now I don't go in a direction and change my course up and down the galactic plain as much as I can. If you just pick a direction it's going to be a good 5000-6000 ly before you start seeing systems that aren't discovered.
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Just don't think about it. It's something that will blow your mind if you will try to think about it. DON'T. Just play. That is it.
unless your American. their billion is only 100 million.
I'm currently on a trip, been claiming whole systems starting around 300ly from the bubble. I suggest you hit that route planner and make some adjustments...
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Huh? Wasn't that the old British billion?
Well if there is 400 000 star systems per player.......
I'm 1/2 way toward elite explorer in terms of money made (about 66 million), and to make that, I've visited 4100 systems and scanned about 5500 objects.
So I would guess that about 0.01% of the galaxy at best has been explored, assuming every player has done exploring to my level (which they have'nt).
Saying that, I have seen plenty of systems that have been explored before I got to them, but thats only because the route to Sgr A* is fairly popular with explorers.
So set out in a slightly different direction for your first 2000 ly, then head to Sgr A* and you'll get more unexplored worlds
Bill
And watch out for anything ... 'unusual'
I'm 1/2 way toward elite explorer in terms of money made (about 66 million), and to make that, I've visited 4100 systems and scanned about 5500 objects.
So I would guess that about 0.01% of the galaxy at best has been explored, assuming every player has done exploring to my level (which they have'nt).
Saying that, I have seen plenty of systems that have been explored before I got to them, but thats only because the route to Sgr A* is fairly popular with explorers.
So set out in a slightly different direction for your first 2000 ly, then head to Sgr A* and you'll get more unexplored worlds
Bill
And watch out for anything ... 'unusual'