can't find High Grade Emission Sources

[TrangleC]

Is anyone else having trouble finding High Grade Emission Sources?

I have been looking in high population "State None" systems for a while now and can't find any. And yes, I have been scanning the Nav Beacons. This isn't just me being a noob. I have been watching a bunch of tutorials and have been following all the steps.

 

[chili1496]

Funnily enough i have just started doing engineering and have been looking for these, so far i am finding them, not found the bloody chemical processors i need yet though

 

[TrangleC]

Thanks for the reply.
Could you give me a tip where you have been finding them?

 

[Neekish]

I'm not finding them now either. Maybe they've reduced the likelihood of finding the high-grade ones?

 

[Lowbee]

I found a bunch in Asterope while looking for NHSS sources. There are so many USS there that it's bound to show up at some point.

 

[Lowbee]

I noticed sometimes they don't show up at the beacon and you have to FSS to look for them.

 

[TrangleC]

Ouch, I never used the FSS till now. I wasn't even able to find the key in the controls menu when I looked for it, hehehe.

 

[Lowbee]

good hunting! o7

 

[Badman76]

Always go to a high population system, depending what you need, filter these states on the map to get what you want

Boom - proto heat radiators, photo light alloys, proto radiotic alloys
War and Civil War - military grade alloys, military super capacitors
Outbreak- pharmaceutical isolators

Imperial controlled - imperial shielding
Federation controlled - core dynamic composites, proprietary composites

Don't forget theres a material trader you can visit to get what you want

 

[ChipStar65]

Always go to a high population system, depending what you need, filter these states on the map to get what you want

Boom - proto heat radiators, photo light alloys, proto radiotic alloys
War and Civil War - military grade alloys, military super capacitors
Outbreak- pharmaceutical isolators

Imperial controlled - imperial shielding
Federation controlled - core dynamic composites, proprietary composites

Don't forget theres a material trader you can visit to get what you want

Thank you, those are great tips! Unfortunately no high pop systems where I am atm, 1000+LY out of the bubble, but, "I'll be back!"

 

[chili1496]

Thanks for the reply.
Could you give me a tip where you have been finding them?

Well i am only 2 weeks into the game and used youtube for most of my travels so far. i am currently in deciat i fly to a planet and on the way to said planet up pop uss signatures fly to these and bingo, found my chemical processors tonight. I have flown to every signature as i consider myself to be a loot magnet and collect everything

 

[TrangleC]

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I can't get those filters on the Galaxy Map to work properly.
It seems to be pure chaos.
For example, I tell it to only give me high population systems and almost all the systems vanish, but then I click on the ones that are still remaining and I get like 20 million (not billion, just million) inhabitants.

 

[chili1496]

i do not use filters or galaxy map i just press 1 for navigation and see what signals planets are in the system, i dont even hunt for a particular system as i am a lazy pilot and hate doing endless jumps to face disappointment

 

[griffrawk]

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but I can't get those filters on the Galaxy Map to work properly.
It seems to be pure chaos.
For example, I tell it to only give me high population systems and almost all the systems vanish, but then I click on the ones that are still remaining and I get like 20 million (not billion, just million) inhabitants.

The pop filters don't do what you, I, or any other sane person think they should do. I was told by FDev in a very old bug report (pre-awful-incident-tracker when they were able to provide feedback and engage in meaningful discussion) that they were 'working as intended'.

You'd be quicker searching high-pop on eddb or Inara. There's a reason these 3rd party tools exist and it isn't the awesomeness of the game's tools.

 

[Luftwaffle_]

I can't find any either. I've spent hours flying around several high population Outbreak systems (yes I checked the system status panel to make sure) looking for Pharmaceutical Isolators and only found Degraded and Encoded sources. The FC update definitely changed (broke?) something because HGEs used to be pretty common.

 

[Lowbee]

I was just in Asterope where there are boatloads of USS. Found three HGEs in the first FSS scans. Still not common, but they are there. But this was before the update. Hope it hasn't changed too much.