Looking for opinion polls, found many threads on best places and various ways of doing them from going full Rambo to stealthily. Rambo mode i'm not up to. However, those who do it stealthily seem to be light on detail how they do it, beyond don't get spotted.
Great. Easier said than done.
Found anarchy tourist settlement, apparently the best place to get them.
Did some wandering around, checking patrol routes, even had some fun disabling the air in the PWR building then breaking in, all without being caught. Those inside are obviously quite clever and were not dead, they had helmets on. But ok. Down to the main part of the settlement.
Went into the bar, apparently the most likely place to get opinion poll data.
Looked around, 3 people, none looking at me, closest one a few paces away from me but looking away from me.
I thought, ok, i'll see if i can scan the port then move away, just around the corner, so i'm not standing out like a sort thumb while downloading data. But to do that, i've got to look at the port and turn my back on the NPCs.
So quickly activate the port, very quickly select data to download, and boom, they are alerted.
What's the trick? Just wait for NPCs to move around until they are all some distance? How far do they need to be? How do you do it and know they wont turn and look the moment you jack into the data port?
I'm looking for a stealthy approach, my combat skills are not up to taking on a whole base.
Alternately: I hear disabled bases are good. I presume i can overcharge a data port at such a base and grab data that way and there will be no NPCs. But how to find such bases. Inara and EDDB don't list which are disabled. Just spend hours flying around hoping to find one? Or is there some way of knowing? Mission boards with restore power missions i presume? Any good indications of what systems might offer such missions? Again, i hear best chance is tourist bases, which really narrows down the options.
Great. Easier said than done.
Found anarchy tourist settlement, apparently the best place to get them.
Did some wandering around, checking patrol routes, even had some fun disabling the air in the PWR building then breaking in, all without being caught. Those inside are obviously quite clever and were not dead, they had helmets on. But ok. Down to the main part of the settlement.
Went into the bar, apparently the most likely place to get opinion poll data.
Looked around, 3 people, none looking at me, closest one a few paces away from me but looking away from me.
I thought, ok, i'll see if i can scan the port then move away, just around the corner, so i'm not standing out like a sort thumb while downloading data. But to do that, i've got to look at the port and turn my back on the NPCs.
So quickly activate the port, very quickly select data to download, and boom, they are alerted.
What's the trick? Just wait for NPCs to move around until they are all some distance? How far do they need to be? How do you do it and know they wont turn and look the moment you jack into the data port?
I'm looking for a stealthy approach, my combat skills are not up to taking on a whole base.
Alternately: I hear disabled bases are good. I presume i can overcharge a data port at such a base and grab data that way and there will be no NPCs. But how to find such bases. Inara and EDDB don't list which are disabled. Just spend hours flying around hoping to find one? Or is there some way of knowing? Mission boards with restore power missions i presume? Any good indications of what systems might offer such missions? Again, i hear best chance is tourist bases, which really narrows down the options.
