Fellow Explorers,
I will post this here instead of the Engineers forum because it probably won't be seen there before it disappears and this may be helpful.
As you know, the Distant Worlds Rock Rats will soon become a thing of the distant past with the changes to the DSS. However, a couple of us have started looking into the next step of this process. Everyone will know what is on each planet, maybe even more likely locations to find very rare materials (due to science from the, uhm, scientists).
What about the QUANTITY of materials on each surface?
The theory is that a planet with pristine reserves will afford some advantage to finding rare (R) and very rare (VR) materials. Now, the sample size is small, as is my propensity for statistics, however the initial tests have been overwhelmingly positive.
I'm intentionally not focusing on the type of rock even though there is evidence to show that the VR will drop from "Outcrop 2" (O2) and "Metallic Meteorites" (MM) more often than others.
ASSUMPTIONS/KNOWNS:
1. We know that searching in wings increases the frequency of all materials so will ignore that as well and focus on solo prospecting.
2. The reserves level applies to the entire system as listed on the SYSTEM MAP.
3. Like-for-like comparisons are almost impossible without a much larger investment in time/resources.
4. I didn't focus on very common materials so they're not included. I did include the Commons as some people have problems finding Arsenic.
5. When possible, I landed in large craters on each planet and stayed in that topography.
My search focused on two systems, Shinrata Desira and Delkar. Shinrata has common reserves and Delkar has pristine. I logged what I found each hour and spent 3 hours on each planet intentionally split between two play sessions (~1000 GMT and ~2100 GMT).
Here's a link to the DATA
Preliminary data from this small data set shows about 3x the chance of finding VR's and almost 2x the chance of finding R's on a planet with pristine reserves.
Shoot holes in the theory, add to it, question it all as you wish. I will keep adding data points but, if this is true, I wanted you all to be able to use the information as soon as possible.
Fly safe.
I will post this here instead of the Engineers forum because it probably won't be seen there before it disappears and this may be helpful.
As you know, the Distant Worlds Rock Rats will soon become a thing of the distant past with the changes to the DSS. However, a couple of us have started looking into the next step of this process. Everyone will know what is on each planet, maybe even more likely locations to find very rare materials (due to science from the, uhm, scientists).
What about the QUANTITY of materials on each surface?
The theory is that a planet with pristine reserves will afford some advantage to finding rare (R) and very rare (VR) materials. Now, the sample size is small, as is my propensity for statistics, however the initial tests have been overwhelmingly positive.
I'm intentionally not focusing on the type of rock even though there is evidence to show that the VR will drop from "Outcrop 2" (O2) and "Metallic Meteorites" (MM) more often than others.
ASSUMPTIONS/KNOWNS:
1. We know that searching in wings increases the frequency of all materials so will ignore that as well and focus on solo prospecting.
2. The reserves level applies to the entire system as listed on the SYSTEM MAP.
3. Like-for-like comparisons are almost impossible without a much larger investment in time/resources.
4. I didn't focus on very common materials so they're not included. I did include the Commons as some people have problems finding Arsenic.
5. When possible, I landed in large craters on each planet and stayed in that topography.
My search focused on two systems, Shinrata Desira and Delkar. Shinrata has common reserves and Delkar has pristine. I logged what I found each hour and spent 3 hours on each planet intentionally split between two play sessions (~1000 GMT and ~2100 GMT).
Here's a link to the DATA
Preliminary data from this small data set shows about 3x the chance of finding VR's and almost 2x the chance of finding R's on a planet with pristine reserves.
Shoot holes in the theory, add to it, question it all as you wish. I will keep adding data points but, if this is true, I wanted you all to be able to use the information as soon as possible.
Fly safe.
