how do i know what exotic ships are rare

[Zephyr6000]

I have 3 exotic ships and I don't know if they are rare or not. are there rare characteristics or do they not matter. I have a yellow ship with 1 giant wing on top and 2 foldible wings that go on the bottom when i fly, it has gold accents and 2 engines in the back witch stick out (not the chicken wing style engines), I think it is a Miskito class. I also have a white Royal class ship, with gold accents, and 2 wings that fold down and 1 tiny wing on the top, it has a really big engine that looks like a triangle and it has a shute that folds down. And lastly I have a red guppy class ship, with the chicken wing thrusters and it is really small. I would send pictures but I don't know how

[Weaver]

Squid ships are the only real rare exotic type. Regular exotics physical look have no effect on their stats.

Once upon a time with the regular classes of ships (shuttles, fighters, explorers, haulers) physical characteristics determined maximum slots, but now they only effect starting slots.

Go with whatever you like the look of.

What people call "rare" changes depending on whatever is popular or sought after at the time. Then it's found, a ton of people get it via gylph sharing, and now it's no longer rare.

It's like with the Capital Freighters, they are less frequently encountered than regular frieghters, but most players have one, so they are very common to see.

[Kobs]

Any ship with 2 long thrusters in the back are rare, guppies even more for the simple reason that they're nowhere to be found,

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2523635836

[lordoftheapes79]

yeah, just squid ships are the real rare ones. The Royal balls are more of an "uncommon" ship, mostly their advantage is that they're always S class, so you never have to spend the nanites to upgrade them.

[DeadOrAlive]

btw ... if you like to get some more exotic-ships you never seen before, try to check YT-videos (be sure the videos arent years old or check at least the comment-area from the video)

or try this page

https://nmsce.com/

often the crashed-ship-loc works from years ago as well, but ofc i didnt tried all ;-)

[Wile E Coyote, Super Genius]

Go with what you like best. Nobody in NMS multiplayer gives a crap what anyone else have on so yea.

Rare in this case meaning it doesn't spawn as often. That would be squid for exotic. A lot of players also like the guppies or mosquito exotics. All can be and have been shared with coordinates for years so nothing really considered rare these days.

[NZ.Zero]

On a galactic scale, looking at every individual ship design seperately...

The rarest individual ship is a living ship since they have so many variations and don't spawn so each one is very rare and almost unique.

The second rarest is a Royal exotic since they have many variations but spawn infrequently, so each variation is very rare.

The third rarest is a 'standard' system ship, since they have so many variations that each system's ship designs are unlikely to be the same in any other system - (although in that system they seem common).

The least rare is the squid, (on a galactic scale).since they have no variations except colour, so although they are very hard to find, the same colour of squid will be exactly the same.'model' and will be found by many other players in other systems in exactly the same variation as yours.

Sounds weird because squids are so individually rare, but this is borne out by the 'ship.finder' websites where you'll see several variations for a particular colour of squid, but usually only one location for everything else.

One possible exception is the solars - there seems to be a heavy weighting towards certain models and colours - e.g. I'm sure I've seen white and silver ravens in 2 or 3 systems now. So certain solars may be the commonest, but we can't know for sure without knowing how their seeds work.

[taniwhat]

It's rare when you have specific requirements and just can't find that ship ;)