Insane! I have seen many videos of obsidian but this video was the first time I thougt the exact same thing, and then the first Comment i read is yours!! Glitch in the Matrix!
For newer explorers who are just coming to the game, there was an important addition to the game that I assume came after this video was published. The Full Spectrum Scanner. This lovely scanner lets you do fairly robust planetary scans from anywhere in the system. This not only increases the value of your scans (though the DSS is still the best for value), but it gives you planetary maps within the system map without having to travel to a planet and perform a Detailed Surface Scan. So, if you're just looking for some funky planets to explore as Ant mentions later in the video, pop your FSS first and take a look around!
@BMO I only use FSS, and I sell the scanning data at any starport or outpost, on "Universal Cartographics" I don't know how DSS works, I did not understand
@@AksenowtCc You'll need a Detailed Surface Scanner, costs 250K. Doing a DSS on a world dramatically increases the value you get, but it's only really worth doing on water worlds, ammonia worlds and earth like worlds. You can get 1m per water world this way.
I know a ton of people have probably already left posts like this, but if you're new and frustrated it really is worth taking the time to learn everything. Elite is one of the coolest experiences you can have with a game.
*ED* is experiencing a slow death... better to learn Star Citizen. Many top ED players are now playing Star Citizen... it's growing and expanding every month with new features.
How to make your own road to riches: 1) Go to your star class map 2) Select stars that favor earthlike worlds; namely A, F, G, and maybe K if you cant plot a route using just the 3. (dont take this as earthlikes cant exist outside these classes, simply that the goldilocks zone for stars outside this range is too small, making earthlikes and other terraformables unlikely) 3) Add well paying stars; namely the bottom 3, Wolf-Rayet, White dwarf , and non-sequence. Also add stuff that will give you a good view if you care, like carbon and O 4) Apply filter to route 5) Find a nice end goal like Colonia or a nebula and plot route Unfortunately this method excludes ammonia worlds that favor colder stars, like M. But the vast majority of those stars only have useless balls of rock and ice so its not usually worth it. Enjoy the trip CMDRs o7
The thing is... Ive found several earth likes in neutron and black hole systems, but the systems always have other stars within the system that can host earth likes. So even if you have A, F, G, and K set to filters, theres plenty of opportunities to find earthlikes in any other system. You have to look to see what other stars are in the said system you're jumping to.
Longterm explorer here: very good video, new explorers will find it very useful (I find the structure of the information most useful, but it covers what's needed for a new player). My longest trip around the galaxy lasted 5 months IRL, playing 2-4 times a week, 2-3h each time (watching a show or some youtube while playing the game).
@@denmanfite3156 Yes, it most definitely is more so than how exploration is portrayed in other games. I've looked to find Earth-likes and metal rich worlds, detail scan them and whatever other interesting/odd stellar system I came across. I also made a point of finding all the different star types available at that point at all stages of their development (i probably completed 75% of the matrix of stars available in game at that point). Learned a lot about stellar classification and their lifecycle in the process from external sources. What you probably got used to as "exploration" is in fact looting and is designed more towards the insta-gratification types (and hey, this can be done quite well and be experienced for enjoyment - not a problem when done right; when done wrong, it's only for the... intelectually challenged). And it already has a name that is more befitting: looting. E:D's concept is closer to what actual explorers would be doing: an expedition around the galaxy, mapping and data collection - still unrealistic for gamey purposes, but closer to what it should be all about.
Dear mister ant, thank you for all your videos. just today i decided to start my journey to colonia and back. i think most dedicated players wouldnt think twice about this little trip. but as for someone who issnt among those players this was quite the decicion for me. its taken me quite a while get my little diamondback together and propperly outfitted (i'm sure you remember how frustrating the first dozen hours of this game can be). im not even sure why im telling you this but i just wanted to let you know that is was you. your videos. your voice, that guided me to this undertaking. i guess it might be nice to know how your work is impackting someones life half a world away. thank you once again. Nick
Just bought the game. Ant is a big reason why. Always found games like this to be boring and grindy but this has made me think twice. Looking forward all the failing and learning that is coming my way. Feels good to play a game where ill be learning instead of mindlessly shooting or repeating the same actions.
I am playing since about a week, googled a lot and watched lots of videos but this one is by far the best. It's useful and inspiring material :) Nice of you to give credit to people with fits, it's a small detail that is too often forgotten.
Professional narration, soothing voice, great editing, breathtaking views and very informative. If I didn't know better, I could easily mistake this for a space documentary by the Discovery Channel or National Geographic.
Yep, even though its a game and you can go grab a cup of tea at any point, you are glad to return to populated space. Suppose its the possibility that if you F**k up you loose all the hard earned data, exploration stress, lol.
@Cheeky J: Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. It was only 4 months of data for me. Took a whole day off from flying and then when straight back out to do it all again. It's just rank progression and credits after all. So much of it is about the experience, the intangibles, seeing the galaxy from a completely different perspective. Oh and never leave the flight deck when exploring without appropriately shutting down all flight systems as you never know what you will crash into, even when theoretically nothing or no-one else should be there.
Why not include the ability to scan for RARE materials like Low Temp Diamonds in the void, I'd happily explore with my T9 kitted for Exploration AND Mining, The advantage of being able to mine LTD's in the void is that piracy should be non existent, but knowing F-Dev they'd make finding LTD's random, i.e. no scientific procedure and Pirate NPC's would magically appear in the middle of no where to steal the rocks.
I have just bought this and a joystick. I have followed your vids on various games, always top notch. I cannot believe the depth of this game. I had to stop ur vid, my head was fried lol. Billions, trillions of places? Overload!!
Thanks for mentioning Universal Cartographics. You helped me make a million credits, and three achievements! Fortunately I was in a station that had it when I started watching the video.
Of course.... Leave it to a Malkavian to tell people to make their first foray into 'Goid infested space..... Gotta love a good madman giving out advice. ;)
The last time I ventured into the elite universe was with the original way back in the 80s. I've jumped in again, been overwhelmed and realised I'm just going to have to keep jumping back in every day until I can get my head round it all. I'm definitely excited and want to delve deeper into this majestic universe. Your video's will be a constant for a while
Cheers as ever. Having done a lot of exploring I always was a bit random about it. Learned the lesson about auto repair early on but also did it by thinking.. that way... 25000 LY or so.. and back again. So I learned some things I probably should have already known after the amount I've done.. so thanks for this. Great for the player new to exploration and useful to one, like me, who may have gone about it in an inefficient way.
Hey Ant, thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial and making it available to all of us. I've been playing the game for a year and still learned a thing or two from this video.
Played elite back when it was in beta YEARSSSS ago. Just came back can't believe how much they have done. It's amazing and beautiful. Thank you very much you helped me jump back into it
@@Johnnymagnet92 White dwarves have a pair of jet cones coming out of either end, and a massive exclusion zone (basically where your ship exits supercruise automatically and starts taking severe heat damage). You can use the jet cones to supercharge your ship's FSD to get a nice boost to how far you can travel on your next jump, but in order to get that charge you have to navigate around the exclusion zone without getting caught by it. And, as it so happens, the instant you jump into a system with a white dwarf as it's primary star you are put within seconds of the exclusion zone; either you pay attention and avoid it ASAP or you get roasted before you have time to get back to your controller (never go AFK when jumping!)
@@SinfireTitan the one time i tried to use a white dwarf, the tumbling that the jet cone does to a ship forced me to face directly towards the white dwarf, and i died
The three tier stellar scanners are patched out as of 3.3 Beyond update. As exploration and mining got a "overhaul" in this update. New module that can help exploration/ survivability away from stations is the repair limpet controller for hull repair if ya smash your ship up on asteroids or planet surfaces.
Excellent informative vid as usual ObsidianAnt! Found that wee Veil Nebula by mistake last night, and what a beautiful place it is! Out doing a shortish jaunt just now as its my first time into the black with my Anaconda, and want to see if I'd like to use it for DW2 later in the year. Keep up the great work, cheers!
I had no idea what the jet cone boost was. That's insane! Thanks for the info that I'll probably never use because I'm too scared, but it's cool as all hell.
Darren Calvin yeah you should be able to find massive destroyed thargoid ships floating around and you should also be able to see meteorites and comets flying around
@John Kurtz are there any signs on scan results telling us there are constructions on the surface of a recently scanned planet? or can we only find these things by flying around each planet and using our eye balls?
I’m currently 12,000 light years from home, on my first exploration voyage. I have one heat sink left, 17% hull integrity, and no way to replenish or repair. No more landings! I’m heading home, and taking what I’ve learned, so my next trip will be less perilous! 😀
so a tip for the newer people watching this video in 2021: this vid is old so there have been changes that are listed below :- 1. the discovery scanner comes pre-fitted in all ships and has the infinite scan distance. To use this all you have to do is go to your firegroups and assign the dicovery scanner to whichever one you prefer. 2. there is also a full spectrum scanner that comes pre-fitted to any ship that you buy, similar to the discovery scanner. For the FSS (Full Spectrum Scanner) however, you need to add a keybind in order to use this. (i know its dumb) it has its own area in the settings which can be found under controls. 3. you still need to buy the detailed surface scanner. But the way to use it has been changed. you now need to fire things at a planet once you get near it. There are tutorials available on youtube that go more in depth on how to use these. EDIT: just wanted to add that im pretty sure you no longer take damage from using supercharged frameshift drives
@ObsidianAnt :) not to take anything away from Fdev but. Whilst ED claims a 'true 1:1 scale' model of our galaxy it isn't. The Milky Way is about 200,000ly across. The journey from Sol to Beagle point in ED roughly 65,000ly - so giving some space for variance and to reach the dusty edges... The galaxy in ED is roughly 1:3 making it one 27th of the volume of the real thing but still containing about 400bn stars. Stellar Forge is an absolute triumph in procedural creation, none the less the game 'smalls it up' probably for easier overall navigation? How this effects the 200,000 Real stars included in ED, I don't know. How far is Alpha Centuri from Sol in the game? Could give us some idea of whether those stars are in their true position or have also been scaled down... So it's fantastic, i agree but not quite full sized. A Mini Way if you will :D
Did you know, that you've a golden voice? Perfect for space-documentarys for tv shows like bbc worlds or something? I really enjoyed your video and ofc your voice!
Be nice if there was a mod that compiles every players traveled paths and applies it to the galactic map. Would make exploring so much easier and would reveal all the missed worlds in areas where people assume they'd had been found.
new to ED. spent a decade on eve online. Joined ED because of the ability to log out and the world not crumble under me. Exploration sounds fun. Enjoyed the video.
Dude love your passion for the game and providing content. KGB foam helps a lot! I play on Xbox so it’s hard to navigate all this stuff but bought to sell my type-6 and trick out my cobra mk3. Loved your what’s going on vid cauuuuse it’s like, “ ok what the heck is going on in this game and why should I be concerned about a princess murder?” Anyway, really appreciate the vids man.
So I stopped to scan my first star and the destroyed everything with heat damage.... it’s like hey let’s take a road trip, 30 min into a 10 hour drive and I wreck the car lol... pit stop
I'm looking for others to pilot up with on the xbox, let me know if you'd like to jump in together sometime. I haven't played in a while but want to get back into it.
Bro thank you that tip about the little blue reticle pointing you towards your lockon is going to save me so much aimless spinning in the dark. Taking notes man ahahaha 100 hours in still learning basics
AS SOON AS I START MY JOURNEY INTO THE ABYSS, RIGHT AFTER DOING HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RESEARCH ON WHAT TO TAKE AND EVERYTHING FOR EXPLORATION, HE THEN MAKES AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWING HOW TO EXPLORE!!! WHY!!!
@XrotarebiL: until you've travelled a bit, the longest route you can plot is 1000 light years. You'll need to make your journey with a string of 1000 ly plots.
I enjoyed this video so much I am doing something I have never done before. I stopped it at the very end and went back to the beginning to watch it again. I wish there was a way I could pin it on my recommended list to give me the opportunity to watch it any time I had a question about exploration without having to search for this video every time. Well done - 4.0 - Subscribed.
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Amazing video, Ant. I just got this game for xmas and I love it. I just learned how to mine valuable minerals too.
Thanks for this - as a long time astrophotographer i really appreciate the views with my oculus and Will have to give try following your recommendation!
Here's a question: doesn't applying the KGB FOAM filter to route mean you'll miss scanning all the planets and black holes/neutron stars on the way to your destination? Wouldn't it be better to plot without a filter and then seek a KGB FOAM star periodically to scoop up?
In our first astronomy course the teacher used to say: "Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me" to make us remember the correct order in the H-R diagram, might be useful here as well
i prefer planetary nebula's. aspecially the systems around it.. (both Ringed ELW's i found have a nice view of one. +mine are all withing 4kLY from colonia :P)
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE, EXTENDING YOUR JUMP RANGE: 13:01 & 13:23 Extending your jump range to 200LY is great, BUT remember you have to get back! That means you either need enough materials for the return trip OR you need to find those materials / neutron stars beyond that LONG jump.
You do professional voice overs don't you? Thanks for the great videos with all the help because I am new to Elite Dangerous and your videos have helped me quite a bit already and I subscribed yesterday.
I started my journey to the California Nebula which initially seemed like a massive undertaking. Shortly after messing about in the Nebula, asteroid base and moon base alike, I had set my sights for the Bubble Nebula. Like all things uncertain, I found myself making a quick course adjustment to the Heart and Soul Nebula...which is almost 3 times the distance from Sol to California. After adjusting my route to one less traveled, I was flooded with undiscovered systems that were lovely to explore and discover in turn for some credits. I’m currently now set to take off for the Bubble Nebula, of course after I spend some time in the beauty...the next course of action will be Sagittarius A. Be brave, be adventurous fellow explorers :)
Brilliant. I have been considering elite for awhile now and know that you can explore and I got that you had a jump drive, but how? Then you just lay it out there, almost casually, everything I've been wondering about and more. Thank you. Off to see what else you've got.
My first jump, I got scared and made damn sure I could make it back! My first missions we're plotting on if I could make it back to my starting point. Now I'm doing 374LY Jumps in my D'Back Explorer!
currently on a sojourn to a black hole near the galactic core, started in nanomam, going 20,654ly to get there, already about 7000ly in. The screenshots i've gotten are fantastic
Mr. Ant, I have recently decided to begin a trip to the Delta Quadrant, (Upper right hand corner of the galaxy), I'm currently about 1,000 ly from Sol but I've ran into a problem. I looked at my map and did the math and it said that it would be well over 600 jumps just to get to the border of the Delta Quadrant. I stopped my expedition for a while because I can't decide weather I should continue, or go back. By the way, I love your videos, they are very informative and entertaining! Your fellow commander, CMDR Tribble Kibble
Hey ObsidianAnt, just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos and I cannot wait to get started on my E:D journey!!! I will keep gathering knowledge from your amazingly well made videos, full of tips and insights, combined with fantastic cinematics and production quality! I was actually intrigued by the cinematics per se, and was wondering if you could maybe make a video some day kind of showing us how you take all those b-roll shots and make it look as gorgeous as you do? Keep up the great work, and enjoy your journeys in the drift Sir! P.S. Big cheers from Rome, Italy ^_^
1. Throttle to zero when the jump countdown starts 2. For the love of god Frontier make system scan a single push (hold down = RSI) 3. For the love of god Frontier fix the Asp Explorer the DBX should not out perform on jump range
...or simply add automatic respawn of the ship if it gets destroyed just after reentry, I never ever have an issue with reentry into star and last thing I want is to unnecessary slow down jumps even more, aint nobody have time for that, full speed exit ftw.
Thanks for all that great info. I've just started on ED, haven't even made a half million yet, so this was just what I needed to plan my investments in the game.
Still exploring in my Chieftan and I love it hahaha. Would be nice to have one more slot for spare fuel tanks but my fuel scoop is quick enough that it only takes like ten to fifteen seconds to top off.
I'm elite in exploration, and found exploring to be very disappointing. I never could suspend disbelief. That is, I always felt like I was just sitting at my computer pressing a button to RNG the next system map. I just didn't feel like I was actually "out there". Also, nebula visuals were pretty disappointing. They either look blotchy from a distance, or just like a blob of fog when you are in them. They never had the "sharp" edges from a distance, and really didn't show much color variance. FWIW, I'm on a 1080 at 1080p with everything maxed. Maybe things start to look good at 4k? Lastly, there just isn't anything out there to find. I never felt like I'd pop into a system and find something unique or rare. I'm not too critical with FD for this one, as it's hard to imagine what they could do to include that in the game, without it being common, or at least, 234533 people have found that before.
play the game in vr if you ever get the chance, totally different experience. you really feel like youre alone in your ship out in the middle of nowhere. honestly i cant imagine playing ED in 2d.
Frantic Uploader forget about nasa image of nebulas because them are photoshopper personally i like ed graphics of space it give you that sensation of absolute that no game can give
4k doesn't improve it that much to be honest. I have used 4K VR as well and at first it was jaw dropping and amazing beyond belief, but after a while it too gets old, especially when you realise there is nothing out there that you haven't already seen thousands of times before. Have over 1.2million Ly travelled so far. Keeping an open mind about Q4 changes.
Random thargoid or guardian abandoned structures or signs of developing Intelligent life would be really nice. I'm with you on the nebula disappointment. They're all pretty much copy past except for some of the named ones. Being able to detect things like geysers or sites from low orbit would be nice too instead of having to fly around for ages.
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The David Attenborough of Elite Dangerous
I was thinking the exact same thing. If it wasn't for the accent I would have gone with Marty Stalford.
Insane! I have seen many videos of obsidian but this video was the first time I thougt the exact same thing, and then the first Comment i read is yours!! Glitch in the Matrix!
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Omg the Six million Dollar man 😳😳😳
yes indeed
For newer explorers who are just coming to the game, there was an important addition to the game that I assume came after this video was published. The Full Spectrum Scanner. This lovely scanner lets you do fairly robust planetary scans from anywhere in the system. This not only increases the value of your scans (though the DSS is still the best for value), but it gives you planetary maps within the system map without having to travel to a planet and perform a Detailed Surface Scan. So, if you're just looking for some funky planets to explore as Ant mentions later in the video, pop your FSS first and take a look around!
@BMO I only use FSS, and I sell the scanning data at any starport or outpost, on "Universal Cartographics"
I don't know how DSS works, I did not understand
@Darren Bootland so it's not included in the FSS, and it adds more data? I don't have Horizons, idk if it's something related to Planet Landing?
@@AksenowtCc You'll need a Detailed Surface Scanner, costs 250K. Doing a DSS on a world dramatically increases the value you get, but it's only really worth doing on water worlds, ammonia worlds and earth like worlds. You can get 1m per water world this way.
@@robertcsimpson damn 1 million? It's a lot, but I haven't find any water/ammonia/earth-like recently, I have to be honest. Is it actually worth?
Edit: I bought Horizons for €7,50
I know a ton of people have probably already left posts like this, but if you're new and frustrated it really is worth taking the time to learn everything. Elite is one of the coolest experiences you can have with a game.
*ED* is experiencing a slow death... better to learn Star Citizen. Many top ED players are now playing Star Citizen... it's growing and expanding every month with new features.
@@MikeStJacques Star Citizen.. that's one of those old flat-screen games isn't it?
How to make your own road to riches:
1) Go to your star class map
2) Select stars that favor earthlike worlds; namely A, F, G, and maybe K if you cant plot a route using just the 3. (dont take this as earthlikes cant exist outside these classes, simply that the goldilocks zone for stars outside this range is too small, making earthlikes and other terraformables unlikely)
3) Add well paying stars; namely the bottom 3, Wolf-Rayet, White dwarf , and non-sequence. Also add stuff that will give you a good view if you care, like carbon and O
4) Apply filter to route
5) Find a nice end goal like Colonia or a nebula and plot route
Unfortunately this method excludes ammonia worlds that favor colder stars, like M. But the vast majority of those stars only have useless balls of rock and ice so its not usually worth it.
Enjoy the trip CMDRs o7
DblDg1252. Nice info! Will give that a try. Been a year since I explored but been getting the itch lately! o7
fly safe cmdr o7
Yeah, I've seen an Earthlike in a black hole/neutron star system.
wow im jealous, was it undiscovered?
The thing is... Ive found several earth likes in neutron and black hole systems, but the systems always have other stars within the system that can host earth likes. So even if you have A, F, G, and K set to filters, theres plenty of opportunities to find earthlikes in any other system. You have to look to see what other stars are in the said system you're jumping to.
Longterm explorer here: very good video, new explorers will find it very useful (I find the structure of the information most useful, but it covers what's needed for a new player). My longest trip around the galaxy lasted 5 months IRL, playing 2-4 times a week, 2-3h each time (watching a show or some youtube while playing the game).
@Aries Pony Aj SecondChannel I was gonna comment, but now im not...
What was ur jump range?
Is that really exploring though?
@@abdullahamem 30-35 ly, can't remember exactly. It was before engineering upgrades and fsd boosts.
@@denmanfite3156 Yes, it most definitely is more so than how exploration is portrayed in other games. I've looked to find Earth-likes and metal rich worlds, detail scan them and whatever other interesting/odd stellar system I came across. I also made a point of finding all the different star types available at that point at all stages of their development (i probably completed 75% of the matrix of stars available in game at that point). Learned a lot about stellar classification and their lifecycle in the process from external sources.
What you probably got used to as "exploration" is in fact looting and is designed more towards the insta-gratification types (and hey, this can be done quite well and be experienced for enjoyment - not a problem when done right; when done wrong, it's only for the... intelectually challenged). And it already has a name that is more befitting: looting. E:D's concept is closer to what actual explorers would be doing: an expedition around the galaxy, mapping and data collection - still unrealistic for gamey purposes, but closer to what it should be all about.
Dear mister ant,
thank you for all your videos. just today i decided to start my journey to colonia and back. i think most dedicated players wouldnt think twice about this little trip. but as for someone who issnt among those players this was quite the decicion for me. its taken me quite a while get my little diamondback together and propperly outfitted (i'm sure you remember how frustrating the first dozen hours of this game can be). im not even sure why im telling you this but i just wanted to let you know that is was you. your videos. your voice, that guided me to this undertaking. i guess it might be nice to know how your work is impackting someones life half a world away.
thank you once again.
Nick
Thank you! It's so nice to know the videos are appreciated. I really hope you enjoy your journey, and that you find a load of great sights! :)
I found the first few hours the best. Now i just feel like im doing the same thing over and over. Jump.
Just bought the game. Ant is a big reason why. Always found games like this to be boring and grindy but this has made me think twice. Looking forward all the failing and learning that is coming my way. Feels good to play a game where ill be learning instead of mindlessly shooting or repeating the same actions.
Ohhhh man... DB...
Asp ex is the only way to go for affordable exploration.. engineered thrusters and fdl.. * chef kiss* mmwaah!
Bro wrote a letter on yt 😭😭
For those with short attention spans make sure you watch the loadout section, especially 22:38, unless you want to call upon the Fuel Rats
A life saver, thank you
I got saved by them last night. Awesome people
I am playing since about a week, googled a lot and watched lots of videos but this one is by far the best. It's useful and inspiring material :) Nice of you to give credit to people with fits, it's a small detail that is too often forgotten.
Professional narration, soothing voice, great editing, breathtaking views and very informative. If I didn't know better, I could easily mistake this for a space documentary by the Discovery Channel or National Geographic.
This game is so heavily underrated
There are two types of explorers: those who suck at combat (me included) and those who are stark raving mad from being out in the void too long
Yep, even though its a game and you can go grab a cup of tea at any point, you are glad to return to populated space. Suppose its the possibility that if you F**k up you loose all the hard earned data, exploration stress, lol.
@Cheeky J: Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. It was only 4 months of data for me. Took a whole day off from flying and then when straight back out to do it all again. It's just rank progression and credits after all. So much of it is about the experience, the intangibles, seeing the galaxy from a completely different perspective. Oh and never leave the flight deck when exploring without appropriately shutting down all flight systems as you never know what you will crash into, even when theoretically nothing or no-one else should be there.
Why not include the ability to scan for RARE materials like Low Temp Diamonds in the void, I'd happily explore with my T9 kitted for Exploration AND Mining, The advantage of being able to mine LTD's in the void is that piracy should be non existent, but knowing F-Dev they'd make finding LTD's random, i.e. no scientific procedure and Pirate NPC's would magically appear in the middle of no where to steal the rocks.
@@cmdrblp or having to do repairs in deep space after one too many close calls with a star
@@tudomerda Request granted :D
I have just bought this and a joystick. I have followed your vids on various games, always top notch. I cannot believe the depth of this game. I had to stop ur vid, my head was fried lol. Billions, trillions of places? Overload!!
The fact that you can sort only fuel stars was a game changer and should be in every new player tutorial.
Thanks for mentioning Universal Cartographics. You helped me make a million credits, and three achievements! Fortunately I was in a station that had it when I started watching the video.
Maia is a great first trip for a budding explorer
There are other nebula relatively nearby and a fair number of stations for repair
maybe I'm a madman, bur my first exploration trip was to colonia. And not on the beaten path either, I detoured to nebula all over the place
DblDg1252 mine was straight for sag A, but for the mentally stable players shorter forays might be more fun, at least initially
Of course.... Leave it to a Malkavian to tell people to make their first foray into 'Goid infested space..... Gotta love a good madman giving out advice. ;)
Shawn E blessed are the explorers for they shall be cut down in the crossfire
Mine was Maia. It seemed like such a daunting task back then but now it feels like it’s around the corner
The last time I ventured into the elite universe was with the original way back in the 80s.
I've jumped in again, been overwhelmed and realised I'm just going to have to keep jumping back in every day until I can get my head round it all.
I'm definitely excited and want to delve deeper into this majestic universe.
Your video's will be a constant for a while
Your guides are easy to follow and very informational, along with a voice I could listen to for days. Keep up the good work!
Cheers as ever. Having done a lot of exploring I always was a bit random about it. Learned the lesson about auto repair early on but also did it by thinking.. that way... 25000 LY or so.. and back again. So I learned some things I probably should have already known after the amount I've done.. so thanks for this. Great for the player new to exploration and useful to one, like me, who may have gone about it in an inefficient way.
Hey Ant, thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial and making it available to all of us. I've been playing the game for a year and still learned a thing or two from this video.
Played elite back when it was in beta YEARSSSS ago. Just came back can't believe how much they have done. It's amazing and beautiful. Thank you very much you helped me jump back into it
Re: neutron stars and white dwarfs, I tried boosting from a white dwarf...
Once.
I'm relatively new to ED, but from the way your comment is structured I'm guessing it didn't go in your favour xD
What happened?
I still use them cause i can jump longer but i once died in one because i was in the jet for too long and it just ripped my ship apart
@@Johnnymagnet92 White dwarves have a pair of jet cones coming out of either end, and a massive exclusion zone (basically where your ship exits supercruise automatically and starts taking severe heat damage). You can use the jet cones to supercharge your ship's FSD to get a nice boost to how far you can travel on your next jump, but in order to get that charge you have to navigate around the exclusion zone without getting caught by it.
And, as it so happens, the instant you jump into a system with a white dwarf as it's primary star you are put within seconds of the exclusion zone; either you pay attention and avoid it ASAP or you get roasted before you have time to get back to your controller (never go AFK when jumping!)
@@SinfireTitan the one time i tried to use a white dwarf, the tumbling that the jet cone does to a ship forced me to face directly towards the white dwarf, and i died
Still referencing this video two years afterwards, thanks for such great content.
This is the best exploration tutorial I've come across. Thanks so much, great work!
As ever an absolutely fantastic video, especially as I’m about to embark on a major exploration tour. Many thank OA O7
Great video Obsidian. I've got almost 200 hours into Elite and have never went exploring. This video has got me planning a jump into the black...
You must have a pretty powerful rig to not lag when surfing through the galactic core in the galaxy map.
The three tier stellar scanners are patched out as of 3.3 Beyond update. As exploration and mining got a "overhaul" in this update. New module that can help exploration/ survivability away from stations is the repair limpet controller for hull repair if ya smash your ship up on asteroids or planet surfaces.
How to explore in Elite: Just keep jumping lol
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You didn't watch the video it seems.
Valorin lol it was a joke bro I’m elite in exploration i dont even need to watch the video
Lmao, well he has a point when you look at your console and it’s says “500 jumps remaining”
@CptPakundo: haha I think the same thing every time i hear it.
Been playing since 2.1, never knew you could search for a nebula name. Thanks.
Excellent informative vid as usual ObsidianAnt! Found that wee Veil Nebula by mistake last night, and what a beautiful place it is! Out doing a shortish jaunt just now as its my first time into the black with my Anaconda, and want to see if I'd like to use it for DW2 later in the year.
Keep up the great work, cheers!
I had no idea what the jet cone boost was. That's insane! Thanks for the info that I'll probably never use because I'm too scared, but it's cool as all hell.
Yes exploring is fun but there needs to be more to discover like land marks ruins and lots more. Thanks for video cmdr obsidian ant 🐜 enjoyed cmdr o7
Darren Calvin yeah you should be able to find massive destroyed thargoid ships floating around and you should also be able to see meteorites and comets flying around
You can find abandoned super ships and abandoned thargoid bases...
We Do These Things Not Because They Are Easy But Because They Are Hard. (JFK paraphrased).
@John Kurtz are there any signs on scan results telling us there are constructions on the surface of a recently scanned planet? or can we only find these things by flying around each planet and using our eye balls?
Julian Pearce and all the other things.
I’m currently 12,000 light years from home, on my first exploration voyage. I have one heat sink left, 17% hull integrity, and no way to replenish or repair. No more landings! I’m heading home, and taking what I’ve learned, so my next trip will be less perilous! 😀
It's akin to playing dark souls with no estus flasks left and 200,000 souls on your person.
You can also get a guardian fsd booster and use the mechanic to increase the range (almost 60 on my asp explorer)
Most informative, and as a primarily solo player I shall be using these to go out and find wonders, thank you my friend, and keep up the good work
so a tip for the newer people watching this video in 2021:
this vid is old so there have been changes that are listed below :-
1. the discovery scanner comes pre-fitted in all ships and has the infinite scan distance. To use this all you have to do is go to your firegroups and assign the dicovery scanner to whichever one you prefer.
2. there is also a full spectrum scanner that comes pre-fitted to any ship that you buy, similar to the discovery scanner. For the FSS (Full Spectrum Scanner) however, you need to add a keybind in order to use this. (i know its dumb) it has its own area in the settings which can be found under controls.
3. you still need to buy the detailed surface scanner. But the way to use it has been changed. you now need to fire things at a planet once you get near it. There are tutorials available on youtube that go more in depth on how to use these.
EDIT: just wanted to add that im pretty sure you no longer take damage from using supercharged frameshift drives
About the supercharge fsd, it damages your fsd 10% but not the hull
@ObsidianAnt :) not to take anything away from Fdev but. Whilst ED claims a 'true 1:1 scale' model of our galaxy it isn't.
The Milky Way is about 200,000ly across. The journey from Sol to Beagle point in ED roughly 65,000ly - so giving some space for variance and to reach the dusty edges...
The galaxy in ED is roughly 1:3 making it one 27th of the volume of the real thing but still containing about 400bn stars.
Stellar Forge is an absolute triumph in procedural creation, none the less the game 'smalls it up' probably for easier overall navigation?
How this effects the 200,000 Real stars included in ED, I don't know. How far is Alpha Centuri from Sol in the game? Could give us some idea of whether those stars are in their true position or have also been scaled down... So it's fantastic, i agree but not quite full sized. A Mini Way if you will :D
Did you know, that you've a golden voice? Perfect for space-documentarys for tv shows like bbc worlds or something? I really enjoyed your video and ofc your voice!
Be nice if there was a mod that compiles every players traveled paths and applies it to the galactic map.
Would make exploring so much easier and would reveal all the missed worlds in areas where people assume they'd had been found.
I started playing ED because of this channel... I have my days where I hate the game though and also have my days where I'm loving it :)
Wanted to mention, that I like the wide angle change you've made @ObsidianAnt.
Another important Module, if you have the time to grind for it, is the guardian FSD Booster which gives you a 10,25 Ly increase in Jump Range
I like how frontier put in Easter eggs for upgrades.
Hey Obsidian Ant - thanks for this informative video! Insightful & awesomely produced as always. PS: I love your voice mate!
Your videos are always amazing. Thanks very much for your passionate work!
Why don’t FDev link all Ants Tutorial UA-cam videos to the game to aid new starters, far more useful than what’s in game already.
Yup yup
Excellent video Cmdr ObsidianAnt. You've made me want to get back out into the black again. Thank you and cheers!
new to ED. spent a decade on eve online. Joined ED because of the ability to log out and the world not crumble under me. Exploration sounds fun. Enjoyed the video.
Jesus man, its impressive work you have done here.
Awesome video Obsidianant. It was your exploration videos a few years ago that made me interested in exploration
Dude love your passion for the game and providing content. KGB foam helps a lot! I play on Xbox so it’s hard to navigate all this stuff but bought to sell my type-6 and trick out my cobra mk3. Loved your what’s going on vid cauuuuse it’s like, “ ok what the heck is going on in this game and why should I be concerned about a princess murder?” Anyway, really appreciate the vids man.
I always just remember its the top 7 stars on the list, I didnt know about the phrase until this video
So I stopped to scan my first star and the destroyed everything with heat damage.... it’s like hey let’s take a road trip, 30 min into a 10 hour drive and I wreck the car lol... pit stop
I'm looking for others to pilot up with on the xbox, let me know if you'd like to jump in together sometime. I haven't played in a while but want to get back into it.
Masterpiece. Beautifully written, coherent and the visuals are a treat. NICE ONE GEEZAH I SAID NICE ONE
tbh you are awesome your narration is just pure smooth hope you get more subscription
Bro thank you that tip about the little blue reticle pointing you towards your lockon is going to save me so much aimless spinning in the dark. Taking notes man ahahaha 100 hours in still learning basics
AS SOON AS I START MY JOURNEY INTO THE ABYSS, RIGHT AFTER DOING HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RESEARCH ON WHAT TO TAKE AND EVERYTHING FOR EXPLORATION, HE THEN MAKES AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWING HOW TO EXPLORE!!! WHY!!!
Perfect timing! Literally just finished building my Exploraconda, lol
@XrotarebiL: until you've travelled a bit, the longest route you can plot is 1000 light years. You'll need to make your journey with a string of 1000 ly plots.
Just got a DBX! See you in the Black Commander!
I enjoyed this video so much I am doing something I have never done before. I stopped it at the very end and went back to the beginning to watch it again. I wish there was a way I could pin it on my recommended list to give me the opportunity to watch it any time I had a question about exploration without having to search for this video every time. Well done - 4.0 - Subscribed.
Amazing video, Ant. I just got this game for xmas and I love it. I just learned how to mine valuable minerals too.
It's great isn't it?
Do you find much of the community to be a bunch of ungrateful moaning pricks as well, or is it just me?
@@Johnnymagnet92 lol. You noticed that, too, Huh?
Beautiful transition!!!
I read the title as 'How to Explode'
That's probably what you'll most likely do
Time to work on them reading skills
Profile pic checks out.
>Right panel
>Ship Tab
>"Self Destruct"
Promii, from seeing that your pic is a kerbal, I think you already know how to.
i can listen to this guy speak all day
What an amazing game this is, and thx very much for your very informative videos.
Thanks for this - as a long time astrophotographer i really appreciate the views with my oculus and Will have to give try following your recommendation!
Here's a question: doesn't applying the KGB FOAM filter to route mean you'll miss scanning all the planets and black holes/neutron stars on the way to your destination? Wouldn't it be better to plot without a filter and then seek a KGB FOAM star periodically to scoop up?
Luckily the current game version shows you the last star you need to refuel from. A very welcome addition indeed!
pro tip: its a lot easier to find black holes with the realistic map setting on as they have stark contrast to the rest of the galaxy
That shot at 2:52. Very nice!
In our first astronomy course the teacher used to say: "Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me" to make us remember the correct order in the H-R diagram, might be useful here as well
Fuel Rats use KGB FOAM which isn't the proper sequence but is useful for remembering scoopable stars
Even as an experienced explorer, I learned a couple new things!
Damn Obsidian, your B-roll is always top notch.
honestly, this video should have way more views
Wow just what I was looking for the go out into the galaxy fully perfect nice one thanks
Thank you sir, for the vids. Very helpful without hand holding, Well done.
i prefer planetary nebula's. aspecially the systems around it.. (both Ringed ELW's i found have a nice view of one. +mine are all withing 4kLY from colonia :P)
Almost 30minute Obsidian Ant video, it's not my birthday, right?
most informative and well presented video on game seen to date - many thanks 👍
This has been explained so well. Thank you!
This is more like it! So glad to see some of the old Ant back
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE, EXTENDING YOUR JUMP RANGE: 13:01 & 13:23 Extending your jump range to 200LY is great, BUT remember you have to get back! That means you either need enough materials for the return trip OR you need to find those materials / neutron stars beyond that LONG jump.
You do professional voice overs don't you? Thanks for the great videos with all the help because I am new to Elite Dangerous and your videos have helped me quite a bit already and I subscribed yesterday.
Holy shit what a magical voice.
Glad this appeared on my youtube homepage
I started my journey to the California Nebula which initially seemed like a massive undertaking. Shortly after messing about in the Nebula, asteroid base and moon base alike, I had set my sights for the Bubble Nebula. Like all things uncertain, I found myself making a quick course adjustment to the Heart and Soul Nebula...which is almost 3 times the distance from Sol to California. After adjusting my route to one less traveled, I was flooded with undiscovered systems that were lovely to explore and discover in turn for some credits. I’m currently now set to take off for the Bubble Nebula, of course after I spend some time in the beauty...the next course of action will be Sagittarius A. Be brave, be adventurous fellow explorers :)
Great video and content I am subscribed to your channel for about 6 months. Keep up the good work thanks. Cheers 😉🤣🤣👍👍🍻🍺
A brilliant video. Thanks for that. It was just what I was looking for 👍
i think you should do an updated version of this video since everything in the game has changed and there are far different tools to use now.
Brilliant. I have been considering elite for awhile now and know that you can explore and I got that you had a jump drive, but how? Then you just lay it out there, almost casually, everything I've been wondering about and more. Thank you. Off to see what else you've got.
My first jump, I got scared and made damn sure I could make it back! My first missions we're plotting on if I could make it back to my starting point. Now I'm doing 374LY Jumps in my D'Back Explorer!
currently on a sojourn to a black hole near the galactic core, started in nanomam, going 20,654ly to get there, already about 7000ly in. The screenshots i've gotten are fantastic
very helpful, and almost to informative. (lot's of info but great) Thank you for taking the time to make it.
Great video - learnt so much from this
I got more to learn about than I realized. But thanks anyway. I like what I heard here! A lot.
Mr. Ant,
I have recently decided to begin a trip to the Delta Quadrant, (Upper right hand corner of the galaxy), I'm currently about 1,000 ly from Sol but I've ran into a problem. I looked at my map and did the math and it said that it would be well over 600 jumps just to get to the border of the Delta Quadrant. I stopped my expedition for a while because I can't decide weather I should continue, or go back. By the way, I love your videos, they are very informative and entertaining!
Your fellow commander,
CMDR Tribble Kibble
Wow. Exploration was so easy a few of years ago. No wonder where ever I go eveything has be discovered.
Hey ObsidianAnt, just wanted to say that I absolutely love your videos and I cannot wait to get started on my E:D journey!!! I will keep gathering knowledge from your amazingly well made videos, full of tips and insights, combined with fantastic cinematics and production quality! I was actually intrigued by the cinematics per se, and was wondering if you could maybe make a video some day kind of showing us how you take all those b-roll shots and make it look as gorgeous as you do?
Keep up the great work, and enjoy your journeys in the drift Sir!
P.S. Big cheers from Rome, Italy ^_^
1. Throttle to zero when the jump countdown starts
2. For the love of god Frontier make system scan a single push (hold down = RSI)
3. For the love of god Frontier fix the Asp Explorer the DBX should not out perform on jump range
If you set your throttle to zero during the countdown, or in witchspace, you'll be at zero when you exit.
@Penny correct - never get hot toes again
...or simply add automatic respawn of the ship if it gets destroyed just after reentry, I never ever have an issue with reentry into star and last thing I want is to unnecessary slow down jumps even more, aint nobody have time for that, full speed exit ftw.
randomnickify Lol that is fine when you have nimble ships but with a fucking LARGE ship, good luck.
DBX should outperform, it's smaller therefore has less mass and can jump further. Asp is overused as is.
Thanks for all that great info. I've just started on ED, haven't even made a half million yet, so this was just what I needed to plan my investments in the game.
Good way to make early cash is to ferry rich tourists around relatively close star systems. Close meaning less than 200ly!
Thank you for this video! Very helpful!
This game looks amazing! It looks like Eve mixed with no man sky.
It is my dude, It is.
Very helpful video, thank you!
11:41 The very easy way is to simply mark the first 7 star types at one go, since these are the scoopable ones, instead of memorising a weird anagram.
Still exploring in my Chieftan and I love it hahaha. Would be nice to have one more slot for spare fuel tanks but my fuel scoop is quick enough that it only takes like ten to fifteen seconds to top off.
I'm elite in exploration, and found exploring to be very disappointing.
I never could suspend disbelief. That is, I always felt like I was just sitting at my computer pressing a button to RNG the next system map. I just didn't feel like I was actually "out there".
Also, nebula visuals were pretty disappointing. They either look blotchy from a distance, or just like a blob of fog when you are in them. They never had the "sharp" edges from a distance, and really didn't show much color variance. FWIW, I'm on a 1080 at 1080p with everything maxed. Maybe things start to look good at 4k?
Lastly, there just isn't anything out there to find. I never felt like I'd pop into a system and find something unique or rare. I'm not too critical with FD for this one, as it's hard to imagine what they could do to include that in the game, without it being common, or at least, 234533 people have found that before.
Frantic Uploader you should go to the abandoned super ships.
play the game in vr if you ever get the chance, totally different experience. you really feel like youre alone in your ship out in the middle of nowhere. honestly i cant imagine playing ED in 2d.
Frantic Uploader forget about nasa image of nebulas because them are photoshopper personally i like ed graphics of space it give you that sensation of absolute that no game can give
4k doesn't improve it that much to be honest. I have used 4K VR as well and at first it was jaw dropping and amazing beyond belief, but after a while it too gets old, especially when you realise there is nothing out there that you haven't already seen thousands of times before. Have over 1.2million Ly travelled so far. Keeping an open mind about Q4 changes.
Random thargoid or guardian abandoned structures or signs of developing Intelligent life would be really nice. I'm with you on the nebula disappointment. They're all pretty much copy past except for some of the named ones.
Being able to detect things like geysers or sites from low orbit would be nice too instead of having to fly around for ages.