Planet Mapping

[Low Rider]

Is there any point to mapping non landable planets? i suppose you get you name on them but other than that and a bit of credits is it worth while? Does anyone know the payout on the planet types mapped; rocky, icy, gas, earth like, etc - meaning non landable and are landable with sites higher, how much?

[malorob]

so when frontier add landable atmosphre planets are you going back to map them then or better to do it now ?

[Maik | TEKKnPLAY]

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/2-3-exploration-payouts-visual-guide.339546/

[morgoth13]

Is there any point to mapping landable planets?

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

It's definitely worth mapping planets like Earth Like Worlds, Water Worlds, Ammonia Worlds... Mapping like quadruples the payout and you can get millions from one star system!

Originally posted by T3kkn0id:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/2-3-exploration-payouts-visual-guide.339546/

The data is outdated - payouts were seriously boosted since then. Here is the updated version:
https://i.imgur.com/1meKYTH.jpg

[malorob]

Originally posted by morgoth13:

Is there any point to mapping landable planets?

depends on the player......
when i go out i map everything but that is what i do, as they say every penny helps.
but i do not prob everything.

sum people only search for earth likes and that is all they look for. or they only look for the higher paying worlds.

after 600 jumps into the deep you do start to wonder should i keep scanning everything lol

[ExtremelyMift69]

I detail map all water world. Some of those are worth over a million when mapped, landable or not. Fly safe Cmdr. o7

[Rhudda]

Newbie here. Would someone be so kind as to explain/confirm these abbreviations for me?
FSS = Full Spectrum System Scanner
DSS = Detailed Surface Scanner
FD = ?
Honk = Discovery Scanner
Terr. = ?

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by Hagrid Glodson:

Newbie here. Would someone be so kind as to explain/confirm these abbreviations for me?
FSS = Full Spectrum System Scanner
DSS = Detailed Surface Scanner
FD = ?
Honk = Discovery Scanner
Terr. = ?

FSS: The sensor you use in Supercruise to locate and identify signals and polanetary bodies in the system. All ships have it equipped as standard.

DSS: This sensor is used to map specific bodies, fins points of interests and mining hotspots, and increases the value of the exploration data. This one HAS to be installed by the user in an optional slot.

FD: Frontier Developments, the development studios for this game

Honk, Discovery scanner: the Old ways in which exploration was done, now obsolete.

Terr: Probably referring to Terraformable, being one of the types of planets you can enconuter (and certainly one that's worth quite a few credits to scan)

[Rhudda]

Thanks much, this has already helped a bunch.

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

FD: Frontier Developments, the development studios for this game

This can't be right, though, as it's one of the categories on the discovery chart linked above. You get different values for FSS, FSS+FD, FSS+DSS, and FSS+FD+DSS, so I suspect it's another kind of scanner, but I don't know which.

Terr: Probably referring to Terraformable, being one of the types of planets you can enconuter (and certainly one that's worth quite a few credits to scan)

That seems reasonable. On the chart, planets with "terr" are worth a lot more than the equivalent without.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

FD: Frontier Developments, the development studios for this game

Nice guess. But it's rather "First Discovered" - if you are the first one to scan it. :)

[HamakiBCN2]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

FD: Frontier Developments, the development studios for this game

Nice guess. But it's rather "First Discovered" - if you are the first one to scan it. :)

Thanks. I guees i missed the context ;)

[morgoth13]

Originally posted by malorob:

Originally posted by morgoth13:

Is there any point to mapping landable planets?

depends on the player......
when i go out i map everything but that is what i do, as they say every penny helps.
but i do not prob everything.

sum people only search for earth likes and that is all they look for. or they only look for the higher paying worlds.

after 600 jumps into the deep you do start to wonder should i keep scanning everything lol

My question was somewhat rhetorical. I'm the same way, I have to almost physically restrain myself to keep from spending hours mapping every single body in every single system. But going around and seeing everything is probably what I enjoy most in the game. Hell, I'd land om them all and drive around a bit if there were enough hours in the day.

But mapping landable planets doesn't really get you anything more than mapping atmospherics, just a bit of extra money vs a more basic scan. Most of the ones you can land on are pretty much useless dead rocks, the biggest bonuses come from ones you can't. It shows you where the occasionally-interesting geological sites are which is helpful if you're looking for materials but you can find those with a detailed FSS scan too and save the time of flying all the way out to see an empty world or twelve..

[Planewalker]

Game has builtin codex, pilots handbook, as well as help on a lot of pages.
(exploration, mining, mercenary, explanation of icon meanings etc etc)

They contain tonnes of information about everything in the game.


Why this isn't being conveyed from the start is a mystery tho.

[Rhudda]

Originally posted by Dolphin Bottlenose:

Originally posted by HamakiBCN2:

FD: Frontier Developments, the development studios for this game

Nice guess. But it's rather "First Discovered" - if you are the first one to scan it. :)

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!

[malorob]

Originally posted by morgoth13:

But mapping landable planets doesn't really get you anything more than mapping atmospherics, just a bit of extra money vs a more basic scan. Most of the ones you can land on are pretty much useless dead rocks, the biggest bonuses come from ones you can't. It shows you where the occasionally-interesting geological sites are which is helpful if you're looking for materials but you can find those with a detailed FSS scan too and save the time of flying all the way out to see an empty world or twelve..

i have a bad desire just too complete all codex in each system and scanning all the way gets to be a bit crazy , now back at the bubble to build a better exploration ship. just wish the anaconda could hold a adder that would complete my explore build.

need to engineer the crap out of the conda so i can maybe mine sum rings or do other things just too break up the madness.

i flew to hutton the other day as i was getting bored in the bubble , need to get back out soon lol