Trees, trees everywhere and not a drop of space

[Midnight Paleontologist]

I'm about 30 hours in now and I can't help but notice that every planet that isn't dead has plentiful trees (or tree-sized mushrooms, or cactuses, depending on the environment) - no matter the planet, the flora is always set to 'high' or 'bountiful', something to that description. Was it always like this, or was it changed in one of the updates? And if so, why? With ice and toxic worlds particularly, it just makes them all feel really samey.

Am I just not searching enough? Have I got a bizarre run of chance?

[iambear.]

There are barren planets. Your RNG might just favor trees.

[Orion Invictus]

You're just not searching enough.

[Midas]

Most planets that aren't toxic, nuclear, or dead will generally have trees, yes. So contrary to reality where most planets seem to be barren and/or gas, in NMS the majority of planets have flora and fauna. Dead worlds are actually rare in my experience. I've only found like 1 dead planet for every 4 systems I've explored on average.

[✨ZV✨]

oh you are just going through RNG you'll definitely find different planets keep exploring

[Midnight Paleontologist]

Originally posted by bear.:

There are barren planets. Your RNG might just favor trees.

Originally posted by Zvrra:

oh you are just going through RNG you'll definitely find different planets keep exploring

So I'm aware that dead worlds exist; I've come across a few myself now. My question isn't about dead worlds; it's more a question of how much variation there is on life-bearing worlds. Every snow planet I've been to has been heavily forested. I'm not expecting to come across any none-dead worlds that are completely lifeless, but is it possible, for example, to come across a frozen planet that looks more like Hoth (no large plant life) than Sweden? Or a a desert world that looks more like Tatooine or Dune than the American Southwest?

[Mr Fantastic]

Originally posted by Hedonist:

Originally posted by bear.:

There are barren planets. Your RNG might just favor trees.

Originally posted by Zvrra:

oh you are just going through RNG you'll definitely find different planets keep exploring

So I'm aware that dead worlds exist; I've come across a few myself now. My question isn't about dead worlds; it's more a question of how much variation there is on life-bearing worlds. Every snow planet I've been to has been heavily forested. I'm not expecting to come across any none-dead worlds that are completely lifeless, but is it possible, for example, to come across a frozen planet that looks more like Hoth (no large plant life) than Sweden? Or a a desert world that looks more like Tatooine or Dune than the American Southwest?

For me I got like 20 planets with vegetation and fauna for every 1 that was completely barren. The weirdest for me though is that there is very little variation in the vegetation types and after a couple planets you're already seeing the same thing you saw 30min ago in another system, so much for uniqueness.