So, anyone randomly stumble on a UP yet? Coz it really seems like that's what it's going to be right now... and I don't think there's going to be much more progress on the meaning behind UPs til that happens.
I keep coming back to the oft-repeated (and paraphrased) "There's easier ways to get them than Convoys".
Is there? Is there really? Because around a dozen or so finds in convoys and no finds elsewhere would beg to differ otherwise. Regardless of the fact if they're free-floaters just like UAs or not, if they really were easier, they'd have been found before convoy UPs. I'm sure once they're found, it'll be like a milk run, but that's kinda irrelevant if the sock you lost 2 years ago is in the drawer you left at the house you lived in 15 years ago.
UA's drew our attention to Merope because of their pointing* behaviour, which led to looking around in the Pleiades, which led to free floaters being discovered. And eventually that attention on Pleiades led to the discovery of Barnacles.
UP's point to a planet in Merope, and because of their pointing behaviour, and the amount of people in and around Pleiades is pretty substantial, and but sure enough, nothing. Occam's Razor would suggest they're not there, and somewhere else. But logical in hindsight? Pleiades is the only logical place, given how UA's, the shell and Barnacles have
trained us to follow these leads. So frankly, looking anywhere else is pretty illogical. But reality is, they'd have been found by now if they were in the logical place.
Jacques "highlights" Eol Prou to us, but there's plenty of pilots there too, who haven't found anything
despite active efforts. Barnacles highlight Witch Head and California, but nothing there. Heck, Formidine rift /EAFOTS stuff got highlighted, but apparently just the presence of players is impact enough, who haven't found anything.
I dunno what the point of this post is, venting frustration that yet again, it's boiling down to waiting for a lucky roll of the dice, maybe an attempt to highlight logical places, and think of where else could be lucky? I'm one of "those guys" who hates how we get these drip feeds on the forums... can we maybe get something resembling a hint *in game* for once? I've listed the logical places, and the vastness of those search areas means we'll never really move on from them without a compelling region. If UPs aren't to be found at any of those places though, we're bent.
