Is anyone currently compiling a "how to" list of best practices for acquiring various parts needed in engineers? I imagine they'd also have a list of blueprints to make it easier for us as well (given how we can only pin one at a time).
The hints provided are fine, but I suspect aren't complete. For example, a certain part might be found in signal sources, but is it more likely to be found in debris or a convoy? Is it commonly dropped by enemy ships when exploded, or only found by scanning ships?
For the most part I have no problem just taking things as they come, but, for example, I've spent the last three days hunting for nanoweave cooling hoses (I think that's what they're called, something like that) which are listed as being available in missions. Nada. Okay, fine, but maybe the RNG has been set up so that they're more frequently offered as a reward in certain kinds of systems (Industrial vs Terraforming, for example). Or maybe they can also be found in USSs but far less frequently.
And it's not like the part I need isn't all that rare, it's for a Tier 2 upgrade!
The hints provided are fine, but I suspect aren't complete. For example, a certain part might be found in signal sources, but is it more likely to be found in debris or a convoy? Is it commonly dropped by enemy ships when exploded, or only found by scanning ships?
For the most part I have no problem just taking things as they come, but, for example, I've spent the last three days hunting for nanoweave cooling hoses (I think that's what they're called, something like that) which are listed as being available in missions. Nada. Okay, fine, but maybe the RNG has been set up so that they're more frequently offered as a reward in certain kinds of systems (Industrial vs Terraforming, for example). Or maybe they can also be found in USSs but far less frequently.
And it's not like the part I need isn't all that rare, it's for a Tier 2 upgrade!
