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shikamaru317 on 22 June 2023
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gtotheunit91 said:
shikamaru317 said:

Honestly 10% feels low to me from a gameplay perspective. Sure, it's alot less than 10% in the real universe, NASA has estimated that just 1% of planets in the Milky Way galaxy are orbiting their star within the habitable zone (the zone where temperatures on the planet could potentially allow water to exist in liquid form, without water a planet can't sustain life), and alot less than that 1% in the habitable zone would actually have life on them. But ignoring the science of the real galaxy, and speaking from a gameplay perspective, having over 900 planets (in a game with 1000+ planets) that are just barren rock where you can go to mine minerals and complete the surveying completion list by cataloging each mineral that can be mined on that planet, feels a bit lacking to me honestly. That kind of seems like a lot of busy work for those who like to complete games 100%, having 900 planets where the only thing to do is surveying all of the mineral that can be mined. 

I mean, if there's 1000 planets and 100 of those planets have life on them, that's more than enough for me lol. I have no intention of trying to visit all 1000 planets the game has since all 100 of those planets that do have life in them will most likely have every mineral and resource I'll ever need. 

So many of these empty planets are just going to be blank canvases for modders to go crazy with for years and years.

Yeah, it definitely won't be an issue for the average gamer, the average gamer may take the time to survey a handful of those 900+ lifeless barren rocky planets and moons just to get the survey completion reward for those planets, but they will spend the vast majority of their time on the 100 or so planets with life on them, especially the ones with human settlements and therefore human quest givers. 

I just feel bad for the completionists who may actually have to attempt to complete the surveying checklist for all 900+ lifeless rocks for some kind of in-game reward or achievement. Time to pour one out for Jirard "Dragonrider" Khalil, aka The Completionist, and all of the other completionists out there.