Abnormal Compact Emissions Data
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Scan Anacondas, lots and lots of Anacondas.
You might've read this, but just incase:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/349506-A-way-to-get-Abnormal-Compact-Emission-Data
Tip: Just do missions for a few days in high security systems and while you're making your deliveries; scan every single Anaconda that you possibly can.
You might've read this, but just incase:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/349506-A-way-to-get-Abnormal-Compact-Emission-Data
Tip: Just do missions for a few days in high security systems and while you're making your deliveries; scan every single Anaconda that you possibly can.
I'm in the same position, although I appear to have picked up a couple in the past few days, but I have no idea how, or where
I'm in the same position, although I appear to have picked up a couple in the past few days, but I have no idea how, or where
Been in a combat zone or RES lately?
This is a bug FDev refuses to fix and will pass the buck by saying look at the tips. In place they plan to break it even more, in their eyes two wrongs make a right.
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Go to any high security system where you may want to look for USS's and are not allied to the controlling faction. While in supercruise, there should be two security Anacondas be spawning at some point. You can scan those. Whenever you drop out of supercruise, like for an USS, the supercruise instance will be reset. So the next time you go back into supercruise, another pair of Anacondas will spawn for you to scan. This will allow you to get your data while also collecting material from USS's. Two birds with one stone.
After changing to ver. 3.0, I re-modify Thrusters in all ships and I needed more Abnormal Compact Emissions Data. Instead of empty searches in different systems and locations (last 2 days I was looking for no-effect), go to Isinor system and in two hours scan you get 10 x 3 ACED or more.
Tips dont help. Its about 4 hours scanning security annies in sc. Or if u lucky encoded uss. 1 of the most rarest data to collect still on 3.0.4
It was a pain for me to get. I went as far as to get the Isinor permit so I could scan the USS convoy. Ended up finding more just scanning every ship I saw while doing other things (Anaconda's especially), but any combat ship should have a chance. Also had luck dropping into every 3 and 4 Threat level USS Convoys as well.
My advice is to just scan ships and drop into the Convoy USS 3 & 4 threat when you see them while doing other things. Don't focus on just trying to farm the ACED as it will drive you to the brink of insanity. Also I wouldn't bother grinding for the Isinor permit, it's really not worth the time I found out...
My advice is to just scan ships and drop into the Convoy USS 3 & 4 threat when you see them while doing other things. Don't focus on just trying to farm the ACED as it will drive you to the brink of insanity. Also I wouldn't bother grinding for the Isinor permit, it's really not worth the time I found out...
I know this pain, I really do. Scan Anacondas. Just never stop scanning them. Everywhere you go, no matter what you're doing, if you see an Anaconda, scan it. Even if you're not looking for ACED right now, keep scanning Anacondas, so the next time you are looking for it, you'll hopefully have them stockpiled. I'm currently sitting on 25 of them right now just from scanning Anacondas at the CG. You WILL find them, so don't despair, although I know it's easy to fall into one.
ACED are difficult. Most grade 5 encoded data is difficult!
Tip 1: Forget collecting it, find yourself another task - a watched pot never boils... you will collect ACED doing so many other things
Tip 2: Modify a CLASS A Sensor to Wide-Angle (88 degrees) - to max your chance of picking up any targetted ships data
Tip 3: Find a very high populated, high security system with a single star - fly out of the system far enough so that when you turn around you can see all the spawning ships in the system. Cycle around them, pick up all the data. Relog. Repeat
Tip 4: Go into a HAZRES, and just kill everything as per usual- in doing so, you will pick up a lot of data from targetted ships
Tip 5: As above in a CZ
Tip 6: As others have said, Anaconda's appear to be the best source - but other combat ships can drop them
There is no magic, it takes patience and you must prostrate yourself to RNGesus whilst crying "Oh Braben, We are not worthy!" three times.
But, if you stop ACED being your sole aim, they will come... Slowly... But they will come.
Tip 1: Forget collecting it, find yourself another task - a watched pot never boils... you will collect ACED doing so many other things
Tip 2: Modify a CLASS A Sensor to Wide-Angle (88 degrees) - to max your chance of picking up any targetted ships data
Tip 3: Find a very high populated, high security system with a single star - fly out of the system far enough so that when you turn around you can see all the spawning ships in the system. Cycle around them, pick up all the data. Relog. Repeat
Tip 4: Go into a HAZRES, and just kill everything as per usual- in doing so, you will pick up a lot of data from targetted ships
Tip 5: As above in a CZ
Tip 6: As others have said, Anaconda's appear to be the best source - but other combat ships can drop them
There is no magic, it takes patience and you must prostrate yourself to RNGesus whilst crying "Oh Braben, We are not worthy!" three times.
But, if you stop ACED being your sole aim, they will come... Slowly... But they will come.
Does A rated scanners give you a higher chance to get data then say a D rated scanner?
Not certain - but it certainly gives you a much higher range (which will be slightly nerfed after modding for wide-angle).
However, I do seem to regularly pick up data from 1 in 3 ships with class A, and I've noted I pick data up much less frequently with class D - often 1 in 6 to 1 in 9. This could be just "confirmation bias" at work with a bit of RNG - or class A could make a difference.
Final tip - picking up all data in the ways I suggested, means the OP will also gather a lot of Decoded Emissions Data (DED). Once you have maxed that (150), go trade 72 of them for 12 ACED at a material trader, and start collecting more DED.
the best way of getting ACEDs, that i know of at least, is at the Isinor Convoy Beacon, requires the Isinor permit of course, but you can fill up on ACEDs relatively quickly compared to random scanning
rating only affects the range, integrity and poor draw, engineering only affects the characteristics of the scanner, speed of scan, range, weight, angle etc
rating only affects the range, integrity and poor draw, engineering only affects the characteristics of the scanner, speed of scan, range, weight, angle etc
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For ACED I went from 19 to 42 during the last BH CG. I also made about 75Mcr total between local bounties, Interstellar factors, and the CG reward.
This is what the engineering database says about getting ACED:
Sadly, no info on system-state, faction etc - scanning larger ships does seem to have higher chance of something useful returned, like ACED or ASPA...
This is most interesting! May I ask, how many hours you spent on the CG, to achieve 75Mcr + 23 ACED?
| Abnormal Compact Emission Data | Data | VRare | Emission Data | Ship Wreck Salvage | NPC Ship Scanning |
Sadly, no info on system-state, faction etc - scanning larger ships does seem to have higher chance of something useful returned, like ACED or ASPA...
This is most interesting! May I ask, how many hours you spent on the CG, to achieve 75Mcr + 23 ACED?
Thanks for the info!
BTW, I couldn't decide what to engineer my sensors for, really... reducing range for a wider angle seems as questionable as reducing angle for longer range...
Do you have a good reason to consider wider angle more beneficial than longer range? thx
Does this have any effect on super-cruise scanning?
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Thanks for the info!
BTW, I couldn't decide what to engineer my sensors for, really... reducing range for a wider angle seems as questionable as reducing angle for longer range...
Do you have a good reason to consider wider angle more beneficial than longer range? thx
Does this have any effect on super-cruise scanning?
For me : Wide in bubble making routine ship scanning easier when doing something else, for example, HGE hunting. Long range for exploration so that your scan starts quicker.