Newcomer / Intro High wake scanning farm spot?

KRU BARANKI

KRU BARANKI
Is there any farming spot for the wake scanning?
I'd like to engineer a good FSD module but it needs a lot of data from scanning, yet the wake signals are so rare.
Should I search for overpopulated systems and scan the ships sitting around big space stations?

Another question: yesterday I witnessed the Anaconda with wanted status that was fighting versus few system security vessels. When Anaconda had maybe 50% hull I joined the fight, but almost immediately the security ships lost interest in Anaconda which focused all fire on me. Is it normal or bugged? System security no more interested in fighting pirates the moment the player joins the fight? I died there because I thought I will have support and my ship was just an exploration vessel...
 

KRU BARANKI

KRU BARANKI
Ok I get it, I need to fly to Jameson on Mobius, then buy a stock Sidewinder with necessary scanner and switch to Open, so the risk of loosing ship/credits is low.
Thanks for tip :D.
 

Factabulous

Factabulous
You lot will give Newcomers a bad name :) CMDRs don't give data AFAIK - but any busy station, or the Jameson Cobra and material trader if you're in a hurry (and it's a nice place to visit anyway).
 

ethelred

ethelred
Any system in a boom state with a station close to the star is easy to get to and you will see a lot of traffic.

You can even stay in the no fire zone and you'll be relatively safe, even in open.

Switching to a small ship in open is probably sensible, and make sure it's not an anarchy, obvs.

I think I did most of my high wake scanning at Eranin, and even chatted to a few people. This was before the new starter systems though. Any ship leaves a wake too, not just cmdrs.

For the anaconda, either you didn't scan it properly - until the whole scan was complete - as firing on obviously wanted ships without a full scan is a crime, or you blasted some of the security services by accident, ignored the warning and kept doing it.

I suspect the former.

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Para Handy

Para Handy
KRU BARANKI said:
......... and my ship was just an exploration vessel...
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So why are you shooting stuff? (... and why have weapons on it anyway?)


Sit outside a busy station and just hang-in there if you are desperate for DWE - ever since the famine of famines started that is all you can do (well apart from material-traders of course).

I like to keep a wake scanner on my ships and just scan as I go, not particularly hanging-on for more traffic. (I resent the material trader rates you see.)
 

d8veh

d8veh
KRU BARANKI said:
Is there any farming spot for the wake scanning?
I'd like to engineer a good FSD module but it needs a lot of data from scanning, yet the wake signals are so rare.
Should I search for overpopulated systems and scan the ships sitting around big space stations?

Another question: yesterday I witnessed the Anaconda with wanted status that was fighting versus few system security vessels. When Anaconda had maybe 50% hull I joined the fight, but almost immediately the security ships lost interest in Anaconda which focused all fire on me. Is it normal or bugged? System security no more interested in fighting pirates the moment the player joins the fight? I died there because I thought I will have support and my ship was just an exploration vessel...
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I've never seen the system security lose interest except in one set of circumstances. That's when they're fighting more than one set of pirates. Sometimes, when it gets busy, one wing of feds will be fighting one battle and another one another. That's when they'll drift from one to the other and leave you to it. You need to watch what's going on because it often takes the feds a long time to deal with a wing of three Cobras or similar. That's when you will get left vulnerable.

Also, you must always check whether any pirate ship that can carry a fighter actually has one. If it does, the fighter will get you from behind regardless of what else is going on, so if you have a weak ship, wait until the mother ship is nearly dead before opening fire, and keep 4 pips to shields.
 

KRU BARANKI

KRU BARANKI
Recently I found a great farming spot for the wake and ships scanning, plenty of ships coming and leaving in waves, really great spot to just stop and scan :).
Secret Belt Manufacture, a spot very close to the star, as shown on the screenshot.
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