I'd say the chance of finding an earthlike in any systems is less than 1%. Water worlds, probably around 2% or something, maybe more. I did once find a system with 2 earthlikes, was a very nice find.
Water worlds instead of earth-like
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Guys, I'm on a journey 18k ly long. Never crossed a single earth-like until now, the 333. scanned system. So out of a thousand systems, only 3 is earth-like per my revenue. BUT! Be warned, this one had no solid surface, only water! So it quite looked just like any water world, which I have found more than I could dare count. Guess how surprised I was 
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Found two just yesterday. I'm around 10k ly out (rough guess, I don't have the game open to check). Either I'm a bipedal truffle hog for earthlikes or you're just plain unlucky. Given the limited sample size, I'd like to assume the latter.
A lot of the planets around the core worlds are terraformed; insofar as we know, actual earth-like worlds are extremely rare. It makes sense that you'll find more earth-like planets around the core-worlds than not; in addition, you mentioned finding earth-like worlds around the core worlds with a 0 pop well, grats, you found a new planet to colonise.
Point is, the further you get from core-systems and colonised space, the more rare earth-like planets become. You've about 400 billion stars to explore, stop complaining and start exploring; you know, I think your actual complaint is less about the lack of earth-like worlds and more about the fact that you won't be making as much as cash as you'd hoped you would. ;-)
Point is, the further you get from core-systems and colonised space, the more rare earth-like planets become. You've about 400 billion stars to explore, stop complaining and start exploring; you know, I think your actual complaint is less about the lack of earth-like worlds and more about the fact that you won't be making as much as cash as you'd hoped you would. ;-)
We are talking hundreds of billions here. Earth like worlds will be spread thinly across the galaxy. However, clumps of earth like worlds will appear in areas with favorable conditions. Populated space is one of those clumps. I have found other clumps. It is the same principle as when you hit patches of brown dwarfs.
Basically, I'm saying your sample size is woefully too small to be of any significance when making conclusions on the galaxy. We haven't even scratched the surface, no, we haven't even blown all the dust of the surface before scratching it.
I find it is best to just pick up and move to a whole other region when my results are sub par
Basically, I'm saying your sample size is woefully too small to be of any significance when making conclusions on the galaxy. We haven't even scratched the surface, no, we haven't even blown all the dust of the surface before scratching it.
I find it is best to just pick up and move to a whole other region when my results are sub par
All I care about is whether or not we get to land on water-worlds and re-enact the events of Interstellar. I want TARS to come save me. And be sarcastic.