Should Auto Survey be turned off ?

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Should Auto Survey be turned off ?
My Survey ship keeps finding the Space Shark.
Funny thing is Aliens never seem to trigger the Space Shark.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Its a vital tool for keeping micromanagement down, so no I don't think it should be abolished, but mabey a slider to change its effectivness.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Space shark? What I would like is a self exploring scout ship to uncover the unexplored areas.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
My only issue with auto survey is that multiple survey ships can be headed towards the same anomaly. This is particularly annoying on gigantic. I periodically check that my survey ships haven't grouped together, and send them to different sectors if they are. A wormhole will eventually fix the problem by itself.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
My first surveyor doesn't autopilot until well into year 2 or even year 3. Early on, I use the survey ship as a scout that goes to star system dots in nearby unexplored sectors, grabbing whatever non-teleporting anomolies that are close by on the way. But that doesn't last long. Soon enough, I have a second colony and it produces a small number of scouts that perform the exploring. Then the survey ship switches gears and deliberately targets a few asteroids and hull fragments to get upgrades and random ships. After that the auto-pilot phase starts, barring any wars that demand some early firepower.