You are absolutely correct!!! When I turned in my data, the EDSM estimate was a bit more than 202 million. Final tally was 162.6 million. About 40 mil less than predicted. Minus the 10% tithe to my Elite Fighter Pilot, who spent the trip sitting on her ass drinking in some bar while I was out there, it ended up about 50 million less than I was expecting. Still got me from 70% Ranger to 69% Pioneer, so I have about another 60 million to Elite...

In my case, the discrepancy didn't seem to come from erroneous FIRST DISCOVERIES.

Also, what's up with the "FRONTIER REGULATION"?? On the forums, it says that when you log in, there is a calculation of what the game THINKS you have vs. what your really have and that is the "FRONTIER REGULATION". There was a 3 million credit discrepancy here... where does THAT come from??