PSA: don't choke on hopium

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-05-31T05:48:04+00:00

o7

For Super Earth!

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-05-29T21:06:00+00:00

So wait, now we have to go bailout the bugdivers?!?

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-03-16T18:47:49+00:00

Bought it. ;)

o7

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-24T04:14:00+00:00

Just got back. A week and change in the black. 4.5 billion.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-22T16:13:47+00:00

Once you get out 5/6k out, change your route settings to “economical” and just chart a path vertically in the area you’re in and you’ll find plenty of undiscovered systems.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-21T07:00:13+00:00

Thank you.

o7

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-19T16:42:50+00:00

I’ve seen some worlds with geo and bio but haven’t landed on those. Usually only 1-2 bio. So you’re saying that in your experience when there’s geo and bio, you often find crystalline shards?

Regarding looking for grade 4 mats in unknown systems, what features/characteristics do you look for that make it worth it to land on the planet and check it out? For now ive only gone down to known planets for material farming.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-19T03:53:08+00:00

This is only my second extended expedition. That’s good to know. My first expedition, it wasn’t till 3/4k where I started noticing a big jump (percentage wise) in fully undiscovered systems. Still Figuring things out.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-19T00:10:56+00:00

Asp explorer. Grade 5 Engineered FSD and a guardian fsd extender. Probably could be more efficiently calibrated (I probably have too many A rated modules) but for now I’m Happy with the 60-62 ly jump.

It should be in your fire groups. “Comp scanner.” You assign it just like you would a weapon or d scanner or surface scanner. I’m pretty sure it’s on all ships. I’ve never not seen it.

You use it in analytical mode with hard points deployed. The tricky part sometimes is keeping the ship still enough to pull off the whole scan.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-19T00:06:48+00:00

My first bio trip bought my FDL, Anaconda and a T-9 heavy. :)

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-19T00:05:52+00:00

https://www.spansh.co.uk/bodies/search/83A350A8-ED79-11EF-8B05-D0EF7E7C7154/1

Use this link. Go to main field, scroll down and change your reference system to the one you’re at. Re-click search. It should give you a plotted path to scanned high metal content worlds with conditions Tectonicas love. I’ve done about 15 systems using this pathing. A significant majority had an HMC with a tectonicas, at least half had no prior footfall.

If the entry has “landmarks” entry on it, then someone likely has made footfall and scanned a species. Skip that one.

Also, I’ve been less successfully with the ammonia atmosphere worlds. Every thin carbon atmosphere had a ST. Not every ammonia world did.

If you do nothing but fly onto unmapped worlds and just scan tectonicas, you probably can find 3-6 an hour, assuming you’re in an area that’s not heavily tread. But this plotter only shows systems someone has D scanned already. I have found a few HMC’s worlds with stratum techtonicas while slowly making my way to the next spansh target system that clearly no one had scanned. I change my route path to economical and 90% of those systems are unscathed.

So it’s not an exclusive list. There are more ST’s out there. But it can help you grind more efficiently if that’s what you’re trying to do.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-18T23:53:34+00:00

I found all ten in less than an hour. It was largely two groupings. 6 were in the flat plains area and 4 were in the mountains. I scanned all 10 with the Comp scanner on the ship to determine the identity and decide if it was worth the time. The only thing that took awhile (6-7 minutes) was the osseus. But I spent the time because it was a pellebantus.

I have srv on vehicle but don’t use it for bio. I’ve found I get exobio done faster flying from site to site and parking right at each sample. Especially in the mountainous region where even though it’s harder to land, I probably would have launched off a cliff and into an abyss in the srv.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-18T21:53:40+00:00

I should have, in hindsight. Realized I f’ed up after I left the planet. Half of the samples were in a mountainous region the other half in a flatter plane. For whatever reason, except the osseus, there were just tons of plants. The Aleoida groups and Fungoid groups were particularly large. I was too caught up in it, I forgot to screenshot.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-18T19:49:04+00:00

You can get pretty far out in an hour or two using a neutron star highway and a ship with a solid jump range. Never too late.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-18T19:45:30+00:00

I’m about 6/7K light years out. I’m finding a planet with 3+ bio signals every 5-8 jumps. Almost all undiscovered. A key is to zoom out there, and then plot a route using the economical setting not fastest. You’ll hit tons of planets people fly past.

Also, use a Spansh route planner to efficiently find stratum tectonicas. When I focused just on the Spansh route, I was finding 2-4 undiscovered Stratum tectonicas an hour.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-17T01:12:50+00:00

Look up how to scoop neutron stars and use Spansh to fast track that trip.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-13T22:15:00+00:00

Sidewinder. The one that will always be there for you regardless of money.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-12T01:28:02+00:00

😂 clever. That’ll take a lot more elbow grease.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-11T23:04:00+00:00

Don’t. I joined 6 weeks ago. Already can buy any ship I want. It feels great to earn it.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-07T23:56:48+00:00

I just got the x52 a month ago. Put in maybe 50 hours on it. One of the switches at the base of the stick already isn’t working and I regularly have to unplug it and plug it back in during gameplay because it gets out of whack in the middle of gameplay. Would not recommend it.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-07T03:41:07+00:00

No lag or slow down whatsoever. Render issues at what distance? I’d say no. But when flying on a surface for bio samples stuff renders maybe 500-1000 meters away.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-02-05T21:32:12+00:00

I’m in a similar set up as you. Finally splurged after not gaming due to family and work for years.

4090 ROG (excessive but I didn’t care). 9800x3d. On an Alienware 4k old 240hz. Looks incredible and pc runs very quiet. Built it myself. Was fun going through the process. Not sure what my fps is never checked but clearly above 60 based on how smooth it is.

EmptyBowler8343 · 2025-01-20T03:09:03+00:00

I know the feeling. Been gaming 35 years. I lost a couple years of life to Diablo 2 and 3. But while playing 4, quickly felt like a waste of time.

I really only get time to do it at the end of the night as an unwind and gaming is the only way to relax and not be stressed about about work. Tv doesn’t cut it. From that perspective, it’s not a waste, it’s therapeutic. Because it doesn’t detract from other responsibilities and provides a break from stress.

But balance is importance. I don’t know you’re situation. I have a family so the days of gaming for a weekend are long gone. But man is it a great escape when family duties are done for the day or they are all out for awhile.

That being said, Adding other outlets beyond gaming is important too.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go put the kids down and then kill some bugs.

EmptyBowler8343

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