So, for a player that has been playing this game since the 2014 Preview days, it seems weird that my combat rank is still Dangerous @ 27%, Explorer @ 85%.
It seems like for every 10 million I hand in on Exploration data I earn .25%. Since I've been picking up and playing this game in the last few months (hadn't played since the late 2.5xxx(?) version) I've seen my explorer rank grow from 83%, to 85%. This includes a few trips to Colonia and back, and a visit to Sag - A with a detour on the way back to discover black holes, as well as several excursions out into the Synuefe sectors. I have probably done half a billion in exploration, since returning to the game for 3.0. Does it seem normal for exploration rank to be crawling this much? Or am I experiencing a corruption/ bug?
Before my return back to the game I was hunting pretty avidly, week-after-week, just BH'ing high res and hazardous zones, which was always a favorite past time. It was my preferred way to making a measly 3 mil+ every hour, as my objective was not $$, but rather fun and faction reputation. I also had been avidly merit farming, and making thousands in just hunting Federal agents, and couriers but, still...my combat rank is Dangerous @ 27%. I've literally not seen that one move in a very, very long time. I honestly can't think of the last time I seen it move.
Just wanted to get opinions. Even if I wasn't trying to rank... one of my ranks should be Elite by now. Just by sheer consequence of shooting down an excessive amounts of Wanted targets, with no real aim, or objective other than having fun, since 2014. Even if no missions were involved at all...but I have done SEVERAL passenger missions, including back in the Quince hey days of passenger runs, where all you had to do was stack all you could and scan one beacon to complete them all. I also did a ton of early Quince surface scanning jobs, shortly after. Back when you could just buy a Sidewinder, scan, blow up and return to Hub to complete the mission. Back before any ranking nerfs, etc. In fact I did so many passenger and scanning runs it helped me to afford and deck out both a Clipper and a Cutter, as that was back in my imperial naval rank grinding days, starting from almost nothing, all the way up to Jarl (?). And even after buying the Cutter and realizing that to fully upgrade it was going to take 2x the cost of the ship itself, I came back for more scan jobs. All that in mind, does it sound just a little bit weird my rank progression is this slow? I've heard of people just turning in one trip to Sag - A just to fully rank their Exploration. Yet I can do the same and maybe see 1% increase.
It seems like for every 10 million I hand in on Exploration data I earn .25%. Since I've been picking up and playing this game in the last few months (hadn't played since the late 2.5xxx(?) version) I've seen my explorer rank grow from 83%, to 85%. This includes a few trips to Colonia and back, and a visit to Sag - A with a detour on the way back to discover black holes, as well as several excursions out into the Synuefe sectors. I have probably done half a billion in exploration, since returning to the game for 3.0. Does it seem normal for exploration rank to be crawling this much? Or am I experiencing a corruption/ bug?
Before my return back to the game I was hunting pretty avidly, week-after-week, just BH'ing high res and hazardous zones, which was always a favorite past time. It was my preferred way to making a measly 3 mil+ every hour, as my objective was not $$, but rather fun and faction reputation. I also had been avidly merit farming, and making thousands in just hunting Federal agents, and couriers but, still...my combat rank is Dangerous @ 27%. I've literally not seen that one move in a very, very long time. I honestly can't think of the last time I seen it move.
Just wanted to get opinions. Even if I wasn't trying to rank... one of my ranks should be Elite by now. Just by sheer consequence of shooting down an excessive amounts of Wanted targets, with no real aim, or objective other than having fun, since 2014. Even if no missions were involved at all...but I have done SEVERAL passenger missions, including back in the Quince hey days of passenger runs, where all you had to do was stack all you could and scan one beacon to complete them all. I also did a ton of early Quince surface scanning jobs, shortly after. Back when you could just buy a Sidewinder, scan, blow up and return to Hub to complete the mission. Back before any ranking nerfs, etc. In fact I did so many passenger and scanning runs it helped me to afford and deck out both a Clipper and a Cutter, as that was back in my imperial naval rank grinding days, starting from almost nothing, all the way up to Jarl (?). And even after buying the Cutter and realizing that to fully upgrade it was going to take 2x the cost of the ship itself, I came back for more scan jobs. All that in mind, does it sound just a little bit weird my rank progression is this slow? I've heard of people just turning in one trip to Sag - A just to fully rank their Exploration. Yet I can do the same and maybe see 1% increase.
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