Posted by: Cocyte
« on: July 23, 2014, 11:32:11 AM »I am a big fan of the "survey carrier" method.
The micromanagement is not that bad - the worst issue is probably checking the fuel level of the various survey fighters. (the warning at 10% fuel is not really useful when the little bird is on the other side of Altair system...).
It can be solved by using the conditionnal refill orders, but those might act stupid sometime as they are based on the % of remaining fuel
For geosurvey ships, you can reduce the amount of "poorly chosen survey locations" by selecting the "survey next 5 body" order - the selection will includes planets/moons close from each others when possible.
The micromanagement is not that bad - the worst issue is probably checking the fuel level of the various survey fighters. (the warning at 10% fuel is not really useful when the little bird is on the other side of Altair system...).
It can be solved by using the conditionnal refill orders, but those might act stupid sometime as they are based on the % of remaining fuel
For geosurvey ships, you can reduce the amount of "poorly chosen survey locations" by selecting the "survey next 5 body" order - the selection will includes planets/moons close from each others when possible.