UAs, Barnacles & More Thread 6 - The Canonn

[Han_Zen]

could you point me to the post that says barnacles are visible at 3km please? the one that has a picture on it to demonstrate? can't trust your entropy!

You have to test your self. It depends on settings, screen resolution, screen size and eye sight. 1km is max for me in daylight conditions. In dark conditions, I can go to 2km. They are visible higher up than this, but I can't spot them.

All my tests have been done on known barnacles. I have never found a new one.

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I do have another question, UA related. What are the theories around the UA spinning while idle? it rotates veery slow counterclockwise, not that it is a random thing, if you hit the UA it will reorientate to Merope and start the spinning as well.

I'd like to have a discussion, not a random 'lets bruteforce this'. Cheers

Spinning keeps you pointing in the same direction. It's conservation of angular momentum.

 

[warboss5]

So I've just arrived at the California D4 C 6 twin barnacles only to find both tapped out. Anyone know how long it takes a barnacle to regenerate its Meta-Alloys?

 

[ilo]

thanks han Zen, just wanted to make him find the post I wrote about the visible distance of the barnacles for calling me amateur! you ruined it

 

[CHOPP3R]

So I've just arrived at the California D4 C 6 twin barnacles only to find both tapped out. Anyone know how long it takes a barnacle to regenerate its Meta-Alloys?

Any chance of you counting the spikes please? I'll update the sheet when I'm revisiting the sites this week. The states change every Thursday with the powerplay update.. some change, some don't

 

[Han_Zen]

thanks han Zen, just wanted to make him find the post I wrote about the visible distance of the barnacles for calling me amateur! you ruined it

Have a Rep as a band-aid.:x

 

[Michael Brookes]

I think there may be a hidden add-on with the next patch or two, related to the barnacles or not. It is strange for an entire sector to be locked down. Let the speculations and conspiracy theories commence .

It's always been region permitted, but the region permits were broken for a while.

Michael

 

[Han_Zen]

It's always been region permitted, but the region permits were broken for a while.

Michael

Heads will have to roll in the Pilots Federation for this. There could have been an accident.

 

[warboss5]

Any chance of you counting the spikes please? I'll update the sheet when I'm revisiting the sites this week. The states change every Thursday with the powerplay update.. some change, some don't

Sure, when I log in in the morning (West Coast USA here) I'll count them for ya. Assuming they have regrown by then.

 

[Stillsober]

So I searched the area local to the barnie in Merope 2a but didn't find much just juicy rocks.
I was in the canyons for about 5hours overall.
But since the Update I had to move away from cap ship coz It kept crashing (I'm on xbox)
I don't think there is anything to the cap ship being there other than the expected resource race between factions.
Something will happen to said cap ship mark my words.
Has anyone else been looking here.

I still think we are missing something.
ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING ?
Is this as far as we can go for now.?

 

[Dommarraa]

Crap Explorers Report

Found a Threat 0 Convoy, with 4 ships T6, Sidey, Adder and DBS (all Harmless or similar)
Comms chatter indicated that they were returning from an expedition, and that they were less than competent at the task
Cargo Scan showed Prototype Tech and similar items

Where did explorers find loot like that ? Is this Thargoid loot ?

 

[CMDR darthnight]

It's always been region permitted, but the region permits were broken for a while.

Michael

mr michael brooks i have a game for you.... i spy with my little eye something begining with the letter T wink* wink* nudge* nudge*

 

[Han_Zen]

mr michael brooks i have a game for you.... i spy with my little eye something begining with the letter T wink* wink* nudge* nudge*

If this was in 2.0 I would have been sure you meant tea-factory, but now I'm not sure anymore.

 

[Omategomatete]

If this was in 2.0 I would have been sure you meant tea-factory, but now I'm not sure anymore.

Same here, now I'm curious.

 

[rizal72]

mr michael brooks i have a game for you.... i spy with my little eye something begining with the letter T wink* wink* nudge* nudge*

Well... "Thargoid" begins with T, doesn't it?

 

[Omategomatete]

Well... "Thargoid" begins with T, doesn't it?

Oh -_-

i did a dumb

 

[CMDR darthnight]

Well... "Thargoid" begins with T, doesn't it?

its not a Thargoid

 

[Omategomatete]

its not a Thargoid

Tarnacle?

 

[rizal72]

its not a Thargoid

I know: just one is not a threat at all...

 

[fyo]

Any estimates for what altitude or distance a barnacle becomes visible at? I only know you can't see them from orbital cruise.

It depends quite significantly on lighting conditions. I suspect there may be a cutoff for number of light sources that triggers under certain circumstances. Night is usually better than day, but I've had big problems with dusk/dawn. Also, eclipses are REALLY bad.

Under good lighting, you can still see the green twinkling lights (often only a single pixel) at 6km. I spotted one of the CALIFORNIA barnacles at 6.3km during the day.

If you plan on hunting for new barnacles, I STRONGLY suggest you visit several of the known barnacles to get a feel for it.

 

[fyo]

3h, nice! I barely finish one big crater in that time!

Detailed searching is seriously slow. I would love to have a better in-game map with search grids and the like.

Someone was working on a 3D visualization of planets at one point to invistigate barnacle locations ... I did some work on it as well, but then I disappeared for 3 months . If it's worth it, I'll try and resurrect the project.