Elite: Game talk
22 Feb 2021, 11:39am
I was just wondering if someone could help me with answering:
How many photos do I need to upload in order to achieve 'The Photographer' & 'The Writer' ?
Whilst I'm here could someone correct me on my understanding on how much of the map in Elite Dangerous has been discovered? To my understanding it is only 0.04% & It would take another 36,000 years until everything were to be discovered. Is this accurate? - Note, I am only parroting what I have read else where and it seemed pretty realistic, although now I question this because when I look at the Exploration Saturation Map on Edbastro.com it seems to contradict my understanding, because it looks like much more has been discovered. Could anyone enlighten me?
Thankyou!
22 Feb 2021, 11:50am
GattekaHey everyone hows it going? I hope this is the right place to ask something basic like this but,
I was just wondering if someone could help me with answering:
How many photos do I need to upload in order to achieve 'The Photographer' & 'The Writer' ?
Whilst I'm here could someone correct me on my understanding on how much of the map in Elite Dangerous has been discovered? To my understanding it is only 0.04% & It would take another 36,000 years until everything were to be discovered. Is this accurate? - Note, I am only parroting what I have read else where and it seemed pretty realistic, although now I question this because when I look at the Exploration Saturation Map on Edbastro.com it seems to contradict my understanding, because it looks like much more has been discovered. Could anyone enlighten me?
Thankyou!
For gallery / log books: I think there is a reason that only Artie knows how this is calculated but I suspect it is not only quantity but also quality involved. Perhaps it is something related of how many likes your screenshots or logbook entries gets.
And yes, your data for the map is correct. Those values were given by Frontier. Do not be fooled by heatmaps, they are not telling you the entire story as they do not show you how many system are missing.
22 Feb 2021, 12:06pm
EpisparhGattekaHey everyone hows it going? I hope this is the right place to ask something basic like this but,
I was just wondering if someone could help me with answering:
How many photos do I need to upload in order to achieve 'The Photographer' & 'The Writer' ?
Whilst I'm here could someone correct me on my understanding on how much of the map in Elite Dangerous has been discovered? To my understanding it is only 0.04% & It would take another 36,000 years until everything were to be discovered. Is this accurate? - Note, I am only parroting what I have read else where and it seemed pretty realistic, although now I question this because when I look at the Exploration Saturation Map on Edbastro.com it seems to contradict my understanding, because it looks like much more has been discovered. Could anyone enlighten me?
Thankyou!
For gallery / log books: I think there is a reason that only Artie knows how this is calculated but I suspect it is not only quantity but also quality involved. Perhaps it is something related of how many likes your screenshots or logbook entries gets.
And yes, your data for the map is correct. Those values were given by Frontier. Do not be fooled by heatmaps, they are not telling you the entire story as they do not show you how many system are missing.
That makes sense! I imagined it would be something along those lines.
And thankyou very much for clarifying that for me I have been pondering on the thought since seeing the map, especially because I cannot see the depth of it
22 Feb 2021, 12:10pm
SakashiroLast night after I finished engineering, the game was showing a wrong rebuy value for my Mamba. Although I made sure I bought everything in Li Yong-Rui control systems, the discount on the ship's rebuy wasn't 17.5% but 12.5%.
Will check again later to see if the problem persists. If it does, I may file my first bug report with FDev...
When I export the Mamba build from Inara to EDSY, it shows the same rebuy as the game. According to EDSY, only the hull was bought at 17.5% discount. All the modules appear with the 12.5% discount, as if I had bought them at Shinrarta Dezhra. Has anyone seen this happen before?
22 Feb 2021, 12:29pm
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22 Feb 2021, 1:20pm
GattekaTo my understanding it is only 0.04% & It would take another 36,000 years until everything were to be discovered.
And by 99% it will be completely worthless icy/rocky bodies that look all the same. I guess that for 7 years that the game is running, every "point of interest" is visited, mapped, photos made, a bunch of carriers are floating around.
22 Feb 2021, 1:37pm
EpisparhPoor Saka ... bothering about meaningless credits , huh?
Since the rebuy cost is calculated from module values, maybe this bug makes it possible to sell modules at a profit. There may be a get-rich-quick exploit hidden in this.
Will do some research on it later...
22 Feb 2021, 1:53pm
https://edsy.org/s/vzfoGzE This ship was bought and upgraded only in LYR systems....and yes the ship price is with the included 30% Lakon discount (this is the only reason I got that trash, it was cheaper than Type-9)
22 Feb 2021, 2:12pm
EpisparhAre you sure the system was controlled by LYR at the time of purchase?
100% sure. I literally checked for "Li Yong-Rui control system" on the starport screen every time I clicked the outfitting button. I bought modules in multiple LYR systems, and the game upgraded all of them to ShinDez levels, except for the hull.
If I find out how to trigger this bug, I'll resell 7A shield generators at 2.5 million Cr profit per piece until I have enough cash for a carrier.
22 Feb 2021, 2:23pm
Yay, no more smoke in the cockpit!
22 Feb 2021, 2:30pm
SakashiroBtw, the Mamba has a crappy jump range, but it scoops fuel like a pro! You can almost scratch the exclusion zone of a star, the ship will never heat up beyond 64%.
Yay, no more smoke in the cockpit!
Fuel scoop on Mamba/FDL
Better use size 4 slot for something more useful - SCB, HRP or MRP. Those ships are moved only by ship transfers or FC. I've seen some gankers use fuel scoop but usually it is size 1 or 2 and they literally make a camp fire for several minutes until they get fuel for the next jump.
22 Feb 2021, 2:44pm
EpisparhSakashiroBtw, the Mamba has a crappy jump range, but it scoops fuel like a pro! You can almost scratch the exclusion zone of a star, the ship will never heat up beyond 64%.
Yay, no more smoke in the cockpit!
Fuel scoop on Mamba/FDL
Better use size 4 slot for something more useful - SCB, HRP or MRP. Those ships are moved only by ship transfers or FC. I've seen some gankers use fuel scoop but usually it is size 1 or 2 and they literally make a camp fire for several minutes until they get fuel for the next jump.
Engineering required a lot of traveling and a few SRV rides, too. I'll change the optional internals soon.
22 Feb 2021, 2:59pm
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