Postby Gorf » Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:53 pm
Bear in mind that while the density increases, fewer of them are scoopable (as a proportion).
The way I explore is to decide on my destination, about 900ly away, and make a written note. Then I plot with "fastest route" enabled. I scoop to capacity at every scoopable star. Then, when the tank is less than half full because of a lack of scoopable stars, I plot the route again with "economical routes" enabled. When I've managed to top off the tank, I plot again with "fastest route", and so on.
It is possible to highlight only scoopable stars and head for the nearest, but the above routine has worked fine for me and I tend not to get much less than half full. On my last 30,000 ly round trip I only needed to recalc with economical routes once.