Elite: Dangerous (continued)

[felter]

Position 2822 with 364 objects to my name. Pretty good considering I haven't played the game for a month or more.

That list is static, it was last updated on Feb 3rd and is not going to be updated again.

[felter]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

[Avis]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I don't think that figure is objects that they have flown up to and individually scanned, because I certainly haven't individually scanned 497 objects while I was out on my deep space escapade.

I did however discover 52 virgin systems and for the vast majority I simply activated my advanced discovery scanner, so the 497 objects I've discovered from 52 systems is about right.

[felter]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I don't think that figure is objects that they have flown up to and individually scanned, because I certainly haven't individually scanned 497 objects while I was out on my deep space escapade.

I did however discover 52 virgin systems and for the vast majority I simply activated my advanced discovery scanner, so the 497 objects I've discovered from 52 systems is about right.

The list at the top states that it is sales first, and you can't sell the data unless you have scanned it, or at least that's how I see it, as you can't sell unknown data which is what it is till it is scanned.

[Avis]

The list at the top states that it is sales first, and you can't sell the data unless you have scanned it, or at least that's how I see it, as you can't sell unknown data which is what it is till it is scanned.

Of course you can sell 'unknown data' all you have to do is enter a system hit the discovery scanner all the objects are flagged as 'unknown objects' then go and sell the data, you won't get paid quite as much but you still get credited for discovering them.

As I said, on that list I'm credited with discovering 497 Objects (from another look up thing I happen to know I've discovered 52 Systems) I have scanned very few objects up close and personal.

Try this (it tells you how many systems not just objects

EDIT,, though looking at the list of things I've discovered all are named :-/

[Oldman]

Well.... ...against my better judgment perhaps, I finally bought an Orca. Very 'posh' though, and I must admit it felt great just to sit 'virtually' in the cockpit and fiddle with the controls. Can't find the air conditioning switch at the moment, and where the &*%^$£ did they put the dvd player and home cinema screen?.

Managed to keep my original Asp too, though it's not the high spec it once was, but I'm working on it. I need to 'ferry' the Orca back to my 'home' systems at some point, so's I can keep my collection of ships in one place...at the moment it's more or less the standard spec....though I've fitted it out with a reasonable fuel scoop and docking computer. I'm not too happy about movin' it at the moment until I've fitted some substantial upgrades etc....but I've got to admit, I felt a great sense of achievement (in my own little way ) once I'd committed myself to buying it.

Had a laugh though (eventually) when I was leaving the station (Where I'd left the Orca), in my Asp, I was just about to exit the station when a large ship appeared in the entrance...so I used my vertical thrusters to dip down below the entrance and let it pass overhead.
Usually the passing ships dock somewhere further inside the station, not this one...it decided to dock more or less straight down where I was positioned, and with a loud scraping of metal it pushed me slightly to the side. This is no word of a lie...it was a b****y Orca!
No damage sustained to the Asp though...anyway....back to some hard trading again, but I suppose I've set myself another kind of goal now, which is part of the fun (for me) in playing this game.
It's maybe going to be a tough ride if not interesting to see where passenger ships are going to figure in this game, with the introduction of 'wings' the Orca could be at a real disadvantage at the moment, the speed and boost speed is pretty high, so it 'should' be able to escape from most interdictions..*shrugs*...we'll have to see how they (The Developers) factor this scenario/mechanic into the game.

Oldman

[theeclownbroze]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

[muppetts]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

Maybe my math is wrong but would that not mean he was scanning an object every 45 seconds?

even 1 a minute is 33 hours which is slightly more 1 day! So I would say hack not bot.

[muppetts]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

What are your current ranks?

[theeclownbroze]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

Maybe my math is wrong but would that not mean he was scanning an object every 45 seconds?

even 1 a minute is 33 hours which is slightly more 1 day! So I would say hack not bot.

Most of those objects under my name were just discovered, I did not waste a lot of time scanning bare iceworlds.

All I did was go to as many star systems that I knew were not explored and scanned anything of value

[theeclownbroze]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

What are your current ranks?

wait 2 days and find out

[felter]

It's the sheer numbers. It's roughly 1.3 ships per minute, but not just that, but that's per minute for 24 hours a day, for 7 whole weeks. That's also not taking into account refuelling, travel between systems, or even interdictions. We are talking no breaks, no sleeping, no eating, no toilets, just scanning. It's hard to believe the numbers, even with an 8 hour break for sleep and other things, we are talking about just over 2 objects a minute or under 30 seconds for each one. That is way out there.

[theeclownbroze]

It's the sheer numbers. It's roughly 1.3 ships per minute, but not just that, but that's per minute for 24 hours a day, for 7 whole weeks. That's also not taking into account refuelling, travel between systems, or even interdictions. We are talking no breaks, no sleeping, no eating, no toilets, just scanning. It's hard to believe the numbers, even with an 8 hour break for sleep and other things, we are talking about just over 2 objects a minute or under 30 seconds for each one. That is way out there.

You still don't understand.

The 96 thousand number is just the total amount of objects discovered by me, Not the actual number of things I spent 30 seconds scanning each, You can find EVERYTHING in a system using the advanced discovery scanner.

Each procedurally generated system can have up to 200 objects in them (not a solid number but up to that ball park)

I visited about 8500 systems in total where I got my elite rank around in exploration. Do the math and find the average amount of Celestial objects in each system.

No I didn't have a life, but it's the price you pay for these competitions.

[theeclownbroze]

Further, it's misleading, those objects coming up under my name were not all obviously scanned with the detailed surface scanner. Know the difference.

A lot were, but the sheer majority of those names were just pings from my advanced discovery scanner, In game they show up as unexplored, Out of game and presented as a file dump they named them all.

[Redvers Ganderpoke]

you won't get paid quite as much but you still get credited for discovering them.

-/

since 1.1 you only get the "first discovered by:" tag if you actually detail scan the object. But as you say you get paid for the scanning of the whole system using the discovery scanner. I was averaging 30 sectors an hour yesterday - in, scoop and discovery scan and the occasional detail scan.
BTW if anyone goes to the American Nebula there's a shortage of scoopable (if that's a word) suns

[muppetts]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

What are your current ranks?

wait 2 days and find out

As an average person I would think you are insane with the time and skill you have put into this task, as a gamer however I think WOW!! COOL!

[theeclownbroze]

The person at the top of that list OnePercent, if that list is correct he was discovering an average of 1976.142857 objects per day, not just discovering them but flying to them, scanning them and finally docking to sell the data collected.

Yeah right, anyone else suspect the use of a bot.

I can assure you I did NOT use a bot

I am in the race to elite competition, I went a bit crazy, But it was all my hard work.

What are your current ranks?

wait 2 days and find out

As an average person I would think you are insane with the time and skill you have put into this task, as a gamer however I think WOW!! COOL!

Well thanks.

[edqe]

Announcement: Elite: Dangerous coming to Xbox One

[matthewfarmery]

I'm not really sure how this will pan out, I guess they could have done this for new players, but still, is the game really feature complete to be made available for a console?

I'm not really sure on that, by the looks of it, the game is still pretty shallow, so to me, I don't think it will work too well for console players.

[Krusade]

Huh, I can't see this working that well on any of the consoles tbh. Sure the basic controls can be mapped to the pad but in my very brief period playing the game (since Sunday) I've regularly been needing extra buttons that my stick simply doesn't have. However if it does work that's great, and if it sells well, that's even better. I'll be sticking with the PC version though.

Speaking of the PC version as I said I only just started playing at the weekend and only really been able to put a couple of hours in the first of which was simply learning the controls (and learning then again when my new stick arrived in the post). I am enjoying the solo experience thus far, I've got no intension of going multi player until I've learned to play the game a bit and got the hang of combat. Not really done much beyond a few delivery missions. Got about 10k in the bank which won't get me far but I would like to start upgrading my little Sidewinder soon. Any advice as to what I should look at upgrading first?