Newcomer / Intro Guardian Grind

[CMDR Mark Val]

Hi all,

I am on my maiden mission at a guardian site to collect the module blueprint. Just a quick question - I was very close to finishing up the mission and I had troubles scanning the orb at the end. I managed to scan it but a few sentinels appeared at the end and caught me off guard. For some reason my primary fire didn't work and in a state of panic I exited the game.

I am wondering whether I have to repeat everything again?

 

[Hawk of Battle]

As long as you completed the scan of the orb then you got the blueprint. Sentinels always show up right after you scan it so you should be fine. You were probably still in analysis mode, that's why your guns wouldn't fire.

 

[avow555]

If you logged without getting the blueprint then the instance will reset.

 

[CMDR Mark Val]

Thanks for the quick replies I just scanned but I don't think I collected the blueprint. The drones just showed up and I exited.

 

[avow555]

Scan the main the beacon then take out the two enemy ships then collect the blueprint.
That works for me.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Check your inventory. The blueprint is encoded data so if you did get it, it will be listed.

It's funny: there seems to a run on Guardian stuff at the moment. I've just done a blueprint stint myself

 

[Speedcuffs]

Hi all,

I am on my maiden mission at a guardian site to collect the module blueprint. Just a quick question - I was very close to finishing up the mission and I had troubles scanning the orb at the end. I managed to scan it but a few sentinels appeared at the end and caught me off guard. For some reason my primary fire didn't work and in a state of panic I exited the game.

I am wondering whether I have to repeat everything again?

When the orb pops up, there's a couple of seconds before you can actually target and scan it.
Don't panic, full pips to shield, wait, target and scan.

 

[CMDR Mark Val]

yeap I managed to get the encoded module blueprint data! Thank heavens I didnt have to repeat it!

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Iirc, you used to have charge the pylons in a specific order and the one near the ball gate (arf) attracted four sentinels. *

* this may be incorrect due to creeping senility

 

[d8veh]

When the orb pops up, there's a couple of seconds before you can actually target and scan it.
Don't panic, full pips to shield, wait, target and scan.

Is one enough? While you're there, why not get a few more?

 

[Speedcuffs]

Iirc, you used to have charge the pylons in a specific order and the one near the ball gate (arf) attracted four sentinels. *

* this may be incorrect due to creeping senility

Can charge in any order. However, to raise the pylons, I think you have to raise the ones near the altar first.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Can charge in any order. However, to raise the pylons, I think you have to raise the ones near the altar first.

Yes, now it's any order apart from the first one but before that wasn't there a specific order thingy?

 

[Speedcuffs]

Yes, now it's any order apart from the first one but before that wasn't there a specific order thingy?

I don't think so, but I can't remember past last week.

 

[CMDR Mark Val]

Is one enough? While you're there, why not get a few more?

Definitely no harm getting a few more but I am done. Just to looking forward to leaving the site and moving on. Think I will just settle for a 5 rating fsd module...compared to other grindings I have done like Dav's hope and empire ranking etc this one felt the most creepiest

 

[Hawk of Battle]

Once you know the site and where things spawn you can pretty much zip around and clean up any drones real quick. I'm also out at a site right now gathering up module BPs. You only need like 5 in total of those, so not too hard to do. Getting the weapons though, eugh, that ones looks like a real ball ache. Might just grab enough for the Gauss cannons and call it on those.

Apart from that, I suppose also just getting enough of all the various guardian mats and datas is the other tricky part. Seem to be having real trouble finding Tech Components, which looks like you need quite a lot of.

 

[Tyres O'Flaherty]

Once you know the site and where things spawn you can pretty much zip around and clean up any drones real quick. I'm also out at a site right now gathering up module BPs. You only need like 5 in total of those, so not too hard to do. Getting the weapons though, eugh, that ones looks like a real ball ache. Might just grab enough for the Gauss cannons and call it on those.

Apart from that, I suppose also just getting enough of all the various guardian mats and datas is the other tricky part. Seem to be having real trouble finding Tech Components, which looks like you need quite a lot of.

Those components... can't count how many times I've shot the destructables and had them stick up there. If I was lucky, I could use the SRV boosters to jump up with the cargo hatch deployed and grab 'em.

 

[CMDR Mark Val]

Yes those tech components are a pain. I needed to relog back in to blast the panels. Kept getting more and power powercells and conduits. And I didn't want to go all over the site esp to the altar areas so just kept farming at the lower areas. Anyway all I wanted was the dad booster at the end of the day. Managed to get all the required materials including the HN shock mounts so all done on my end.

Not sure when I will come back to this grind again but I don't know if it's really worth the effort to fly ~1000 lys to a an obscure location and go thru the grind and fly back. As I said I the whole site just gave me the creeps and I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Looking back, I guess what motivated me to make the trip was that I felt it would be rather unfortunate to embark on a tour of the galaxy without having the guardian booster fsfld module. Didnt want to feel any sort of regrets when I am 20-30k LYs from the bubble telling myself I should have gotten the guardian fsd.

 

[Speedcuffs]

Yes those tech components are a pain. I needed to relog back in to blast the panels. Kept getting more and power powercells and conduits. And I didn't want to go all over the site esp to the altar areas so just kept farming at the lower areas. Anyway all I wanted was the dad booster at the end of the day. Managed to get all the required materials including the HN shock mounts so all done on my end.

Not sure when I will come back to this grind again but I don't know if it's really worth the effort to fly ~1000 lys to a an obscure location and go thru the grind and fly back. As I said I the whole site just gave me the creeps and I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Likely I'll just keep transfering the guardian module in and out of my fleet. After all, at the end of the day you can only fly one ship at a time...

Err, once you've unlocked it, you can buy as many as you want, any size, for cash.

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[Mitch Brewer]

Learn something new everyday. I wanted a FSD booster on my Eagle taxi but thought I had to go farm the mats. Just went and bought one and got it up to over 39LY.