They added the material % to the system map :D
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Had to read this twice to make sure it was real. Definitely a welcome and needed addition. Does this apply to rings too or was that already there?
Yeah it gave me a warm fuzzy science station spock kinda felling. Agreed
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That's too bad. Seems like it would have been natural to do this for both. Maybe in the future.
Well, of course they did... and this will mean that the engineers are meant to be fixed as well.
I swear they wait until I leave the bubble before throwing game play changes around. It's a conspiracy maaaaan.
I swear they wait until I leave the bubble before throwing game play changes around. It's a conspiracy maaaaan.
This is awesome, not only like Zijan said there is a bit more "science" and less "random" in the gameplay, but like the wake scanner, yet another piece of equipment gets more valid uses. Now FD just have to make the cargo scanner more useful by allowing players to bust smugglers by scanning their cargo and getting a percentage of the applied fine.
Oh thank the space gods! That desperate wandering I am doing on my way back from Beagle Point 2 (only about 200 lys from the planet) is not so bleak now!
I just wanna wait for the arrow and the big fat red cross...
In fact, I just want to teleport the mats from orbit.
In fact, I just want to teleport the mats from orbit.
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Yay, science ! o/
*Proceeds to modify spreadsheets*
*Proceeds to modify spreadsheets*
It does, of course, drastically change the mentality behind whether or not you scan a system. If you're actively looking for a material you are damn' well going to be scanning all the (landable) worlds now, and these will include all the dinky (and myriad) moons around the gas giants.
There's going to be much more complete system maps in our future I would say.
There's going to be much more complete system maps in our future I would say.
Well, if they had not reduced the need for the materials, so you will do less searching for them ... But, sure, anything that encourages what might be thought of as good practices is good. I know that the engineers have been the source of many complaints from lots of people, but they did encourage me to do some new things. I had never bothered with a wake scanner before I needed some wake scan data. I even did quite a few random missions because they were offering materials (even got a Polonium from one). I guess I will be doing less of that, now.
Third planet I scanned in the system I was in, indicated Po at .25%. Drove around for about 30 mins shooting everything and all I got was lots of Vanadium before my patience ran out. Didn't even see one metallic meteorite.
Still, it beats blindly landing on a planet hoping that it might have what you need. At least you know which planets you can avoid now.
Still, it beats blindly landing on a planet hoping that it might have what you need. At least you know which planets you can avoid now.