Biological Locations no more?

[Deleted member 38366]

I've traversing Dryman's Point at about -950LY galactic plane elevation - and I've stumbled over more NSPs than I could count. Place seems infested with them, no Nebula anywhere near.

(did they buff NSP spawn rate or something? In the last 5000LY I've seen more NSPs than in the previous 500.000LY)

 

[Leif_Erikson]

I've traversing Dryman's Point at about -950LY galactic plane elevation - and I've stumbled over more NSPs than I could count. Place seems infested with them, no Nebula anywhere near.

It does seem the eastern galactic arm is full of NCPs (Dryman Point, Saggitarius-Carina Arm, ect) and can become annoyingly frequent- often three NSPs in a system. Returning from Beagle on DW2 I found this- the first time you think "wow-haven't come across one in ages"...... within 30 jumps and you find your tenth NSP it does grate on your nerves!

 

[marx]

(did they buff NSP spawn rate or something? In the last 5000LY I've seen more NSPs than in the previous 500.000LY)

Nope, it's the same as ever. See my previous post:

Same goes for NSPs. Find the right region, the right area inside said region, the right systems with the right bodies, and you will find them. It's just that in most cases, these are so rare that you won't randomly come across any. The notable exceptions are the Inner Orion Spur, Dryman's Point and Sagittarius-Carina Arm regions, because they have some forms of life (albulum gourd molluscs in the IOS, the various peduncle stuff in the other two) that cover the entire region.

I'm currently looking into NSPs, but so far, it looks like that if the system satisfies all the requirements, then the lifeforms (and thus, NSPs) will spawn every time. For the various peduncle trees and pods, the requirements are:

• system should have at least one of the following star types present: F / G / K / M
• system should have at least one of the following body types present: ELW / WW / GGWL / WG / CII GG

Their spawning area covers the entire regions there, same as albulum gourd molluscs, and unlike every other (space-borne) lifeform.

It's quite interesting, because albulum molluscs are the same with the exception of requiring a T star in the system, and in my opinion, the end result of that is a perfect balance of rarity.
Peduncle stuff is too frequent in those two regions, and everything else is too rare all over the galaxy, since the spawning areas tend to be too small, and if they aren't around nebulae or obviously hand-picked locations, then nothing seems to point to where they might be.

Were the areas of albulum gourd molluscs in the IOS, and peduncles in DP and SCA their whole regions intentional, or happy little errors? A good question.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Nope, it's the same as ever. See my previous post:



I'm currently looking into NSPs, but so far, it looks like that if the system satisfies all the requirements, then the lifeforms (and thus, NSPs) will spawn every time. For the various peduncle trees and pods, the requirements are:

• system should have at least one of the following star types present: F / G / K / M
• system should have at least one of the following body types present: ELW / WW / GGWL / WG / CII GG

Their spawning area covers the entire regions there, same as albulum gourd molluscs, and unlike every other (space-borne) lifeform.

It's quite interesting, because albulum molluscs are the same with the exception of requiring a T star in the system, and in my opinion, the end result of that is a perfect balance of rarity.
Peduncle stuff is too frequent in those two regions, and everything else is too rare all over the galaxy, since the spawning areas tend to be too small, and if they aren't around nebulae or obviously hand-picked locations, then nothing seems to point to where they might be.

Were the areas of albulum gourd molluscs in the IOS, and peduncles in DP and SCA their whole regions intentional, or happy little errors? A good question.

Odd.... I've flown through many thousand Systems which had all requirements for certain Bios or NSPs for the specific Sector - and unless it was tied to something like a Nebula (not even than all qualifying Systems had anything) - the result was NIL in 99.999% of the time.
Even some 100+LY Volumetric scans typically resulted in the same : nothing, even in hundreds of qualifying Systems.

So color me surprised when I jump through random Systems in the proverbial middle of nowhere - and see NSP after NSP after NSP after NSP over a stretch of more than 2000LY.

 

[marx]

Odd.... I've flown through many thousand Systems which had all requirements for certain Bios or NSPs for the specific Sector - and unless it was tied to something like a Nebula (not even than all qualifying Systems had anything) - the result was NIL in 99.999% of the time.
Even some 100+LY Volumetric scans typically resulted in the same : nothing, even in hundreds of qualifying Systems.

So color me surprised when I jump through random Systems in the proverbial middle of nowhere - and see NSP after NSP after NSP after NSP over a stretch of more than 2000LY.

Like I said, that's because the spawning areas for peduncle trees and pods cover the entire Dryman's Point and Sagittarius Carina-Arm sectors. The same goes for albulum gourd molluscs in the Inner Orion Spur. For everything else, there is a "hidden" requirement: they only spawn in certain areas of the region, not all over the entire region itself. Which was why you went through many systems that would have satisfied the requirements listed on the Codex, yet had no NSPs. (Of course, there are instances when the Codex has requirements missing or wrong.)
It's just that for the examples mentioned above, the required "right area" covers the entire region - or maybe it was not set. Either way, the result is the same.