500 million in one small system .. 5 x planets Stratum Tectonics + more BUT ONE Question?

[craigorious]

So I hit the Jack pot 5x planets with Stratum Tectonic value $19,810,800 x 5 for the first foot on the surface.
QUESTIONS: Once you have had first footfall will the planets reset after a time so you can shut down the game go back to the same system and earn the same reward?

If you have made the first footfall can other commanders do the same?

I didn't keep the coordinates of the system .. but I think I could find the system again.

[JohnRando]

A first is a first, there is only one first.

You won't make money out of the things you already discovered, even after a decade, and no other captain will get the +4x bonus on the exo you discovered first.

And congrats on the find, depending where it is, even without the bonus that system may be worth the hike for some.

[Spanospy]

Footfalls can be only earned by the first cmdr that disembarks on the planet, and as far as I understand it are permanent for that planet. It cannot be redeemed again.

[Gropax]

no but i can go there and get 100m from one system that is how everyone makes billions exo scanning the bubble.

[frumple]

First footfall is registered immediately, and can be seen on the system map immediately (might need to close/reopen map).

There is no need and no way to "turn in" first footfalls, unlike exobio data or system scan data. As far as i know there's no money for the achievement either.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Gropax:

no but i can go there and get 100m from one system that is how everyone makes billions exo scanning the bubble.

Probably more... Quite a lot of the time people assume that "first footfall" means someone has already sampled everything. Frequently this isn't the case, some players will just scan the high value targets then move on to the next planet... I even found one planet where the highest value plant hadn't been sampled but everything else had. Hell, I rarely scan 100% of the samples on a single body, and almost never do all the planets in a system if there's more than 3 or 4 with life.

[1Nf@MOu$( Mr.Thorp )]

a buddy of mine and I now call them stratum tech-money-cas. Its awesome when you get a system with multiple planets with them. sometimes you just get 1-2. Also, not all stratum are techtonicas, some pay way less.

However you sort of nailed it. This is in fact how folks go out and come back with billions. Just a few good systems can easily make you 1B+. just gotta find them first.

[Sighman]

BTW for people who ignore all bacteria...

Bacterium Informem 8,418,000 (x 5 for first discovery)

Also...

Fonticulua Segmentatus 19,010,800

Stratum Cucumisis 16,202,800

[Driku]

>First footfall
>Can others be the first too?

Bruh.

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Sighman:

BTW for people who ignore all bacteria...

Bacterium Informem 8,418,000 (x 5 for first discovery)

Also...

Fonticulua Segmentatus 19,010,800

Stratum Cucumisis 16,202,800

There's 11 species over 85 million (counting FF). And several just below that.

I'm an FF junkie...

[brionl]

Originally posted by Sighman:

BTW for people who ignore all bacteria...

Bacterium Informem 8,418,000 (x 5 for first discovery)

Also...

Fonticulua Segmentatus 19,010,800

Stratum Cucumisis 16,202,800

Well,
A) Bacterium is so hard to spot it can take me 15 minutes to find 3 of them.
2) In my Type-8 I can do a trade run in about 10 minutes and make 10-15 million profit. And keep repeating it for hours (If I could stand to do it that long, I usually can't).

[Devilish Dave]

Originally posted by funkynutz:

Originally posted by Gropax:

no but i can go there and get 100m from one system that is how everyone makes billions exo scanning the bubble.

Probably more... Quite a lot of the time people assume that "first footfall" means someone has already sampled everything. Frequently this isn't the case, some players will just scan the high value targets then move on to the next planet... I even found one planet where the highest value plant hadn't been sampled but everything else had. Hell, I rarely scan 100% of the samples on a single body, and almost never do all the planets in a system if there's more than 3 or 4 with life.

I scan everything on the planet if I discovered it. It feels bad doing 80% of the completion and than bailing. The place where you give in your genetic finds, should penalize those players who just scan the good stuff and leave all else in the dust.

And reward the person who scans everything, even if the most profitable biological was scanned by someone else.

Same should be with the DSS scans. Someone who only DSS the profitable planets and leaves the others, should have a deduction turning those in.

I guess you can say I just don't like lazy people nor those who cut corners and impatiently jump to the next system as opposed to finishing what they have started.

[frumple]

Originally posted by Devilish Dave:

Same should be with the DSS scans. Someone who only DSS the profitable planets and leaves the others, should have a deduction turning those in.

Discovered Icy planets pay 5,000 cr.
DSS scanned Icy planets pay a little more, i cannot be bothered to check how much, but it's probably still less than 10,000 cr.

Life is short, ED is a game, and icy planets are not worth anyone's time. That's why they're skipped (the ones with no bio signs or at least rarer geological features)

Originally posted by brionl:

A) Bacterium is so hard to spot it can take me 15 minutes to find 3 of them.

You're not wrong they're hard to spot sometimes but you can learn how to spot them, and learn how to hunt them.

The first one is hard to spot. Once you know what the "stain" looks like, the rest are easier to find.
It did take me 15-20 minutes to find bacteria at first. I have since learned how not to waste so much time and how to avoid terrain where they're difficult to spot.
I'm not the cleverest person in the world so if i can find them is 5 minuts, i think everyone can.

I suggest flying slowly at low altitude, but also thrusting from time to time. Sometimes, even in a teal zone, you can be in a dead area so rushing forward is a good thing to try.
If possible, try to search inside craters, to avoid flying in circles and because such an area is easier to scout.
Sometimes the bacteria colonies are more spread out.

But you know this. It's still worth altering the way you fly.
There's a knack to finding them. You can develop your technique if you try, or you can just skip them.
Personally, i think the mountainous plants/fungi are much more annoying.

[Desdinova]

Originally posted by brionl:

Originally posted by Sighman:

BTW for people who ignore all bacteria...

Bacterium Informem 8,418,000 (x 5 for first discovery)

Also...

Fonticulua Segmentatus 19,010,800

Stratum Cucumisis 16,202,800

Well,
A) Bacterium is so hard to spot it can take me 15 minutes to find 3 of them.
2) In my Type-8 I can do a trade run in about 10 minutes and make 10-15 million profit. And keep repeating it for hours (If I could stand to do it that long, I usually can't).

You're not wrong, and I've done both (though not in a Type 8), but exploration and exobiology is fun and you get to drive a outer space dune buggy. Doing trading loops is just a grind like John Work at his Tunnel Mill in 19th century Clark County, Indiana.

[craigorious]

Don't disregard the single planet with one Biosignal if the distance to the planet is great. Often, they can reveal a valuable Bio sample, and because people often flag it, you will most likely be the First footfall, so your reward is four times.

I got my first fleet carrier thru Bio .. from the Bubble to Colonia and I just exobiology sampled all the way, by the time I got there I nearly had 5 Billion. After this trip to Beagle pt I'll have another 5 Billion. I have yet to be able to name a new star that would be the best.

[craigorious]

Thanks for everyone's contribution though ... oh also the further you get away from the bubble the more chances of big rewards,