"Legacy Firmware(Material/Data)"....(WARNING: out of character for me lol)

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 4, 2016

So I've droped in about 200 signal sources, and looked at 30 BB at both stations and planetary bases and nadda! What the heck man! Where do I get it if not the two places the game told me to bleeping look!!![mad]

EDIT: I'm trying to get a specific engineer mat.

Sylon · Jun 4, 2016

Did you scan the Nav beacon to update your mission? After doing so, look at the mission on your left panel. It should update it with location info. Then go there, look for blue USS'.

CMDR Nef · Jun 4, 2016

Sylon said:
Did you scan the Nav beacon to update your mission? After doing so, look at the mission on your left panel. It should update it with location info. Then go there, look for blue USS'.

This, the game will create a mission specific USS that is blue, you'll find the exact item there.

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 4, 2016

Sylon said:
Did you scan the Nav beacon to update your mission? After doing so, look at the mission on your left panel. It should update it with location info. Then go there, look for blue USS'.

Sorry, should clarify this is a mat for a Engineer mod. It says "found in signals and as nission reward, but rare." Still rare should not take 2 days and not one found.

Father Giliam · Jun 4, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
Sorry, should clarify this is a mat for a Engineer mod. It says "found in signals and as nission reward, but rare." Still rare should not take 2 days and not one found.

Theres a list of where people have found specific materials I believe, but it may just be random. I'll check.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/4lv4ms/engineer_modification_recipes_will_update_with/

It says there's a list of material locations, but it doesn't work on mobile. Feel free to check it.

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 5, 2016

Father Giliam said:
Theres a list of where people have found specific materials I believe, but it may just be random. I'll check.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDange...gineer_modification_recipes_will_update_with/

It says there's a list of material locations, but it doesn't work on mobile. Feel free to check it.

Thank you...just checked inara and this and they both are saying it's common, the game says it's rare...I don't know who to believe, but I do know now I just got to keep hoping the RNG gods give me the 2 Specialized Legacy Firmware because right now they just apparently hate me.

Sylon · Jun 5, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
Thank you...just checked inara and this and they both are saying it's common, the game says it's rare...I don't know who to believe, but I do know now I just got to keep hoping the RNG gods give me the 2 Specialized Legacy Firmware because right now they just apparently hate me.

I'm gonna go with rare since I don't have it either. And I scan EVERYTHING lol.

Hungry Shoggoth · Jun 5, 2016

http://inara.cz/galaxy-components

Not sure if this'll help or not but there's a list of all known gathering locations for mats

Capt Apollo · Jun 5, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
So I've droped in about 200 signal sources, and looked at 30 BB at both stations and planetary bases and nadda! What the heck man! Where do I get it if not the two places the game told me to bleeping look!!![mad]

EDIT: I'm trying to get a specific engineer mat.

I have found a few by just flying around a system and checking USSes. I found some Core Dynamics crafting mats and one or two legacy firmware. It is a matter of investing the time and farming signal sources. I should mention I was in the Deciat system when I found these things. I am sure it is completely random, but felt I should add it.

CMDR Nef · Jun 6, 2016

I have no idea if this will help, but on Deciat 2 I came across a small PoI base, and scanned the node there, got all kinds of firmware data, including two legacy ones like you're looking for. That was only the second PoI "base" I've ever come across. The rest have just been skimmers defending cargo, and that one crash site. Maybe PoI bases carry them? Got like 4 differen firmware pieces from that base.

Essential NPC · Jun 6, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
Thank you...just checked inara and this and they both are saying it's common, the game says it's rare...I don't know who to believe, but I do know now I just got to keep hoping the RNG gods give me the 2 Specialized Legacy Firmware because right now they just apparently hate me.

I'm in the same boat, man. Why does a grade 1 mod even require a rare item much less two?! If you find any Specialized Legacy Firmware, update it here and I'll do the same.

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 6, 2016

Essential NPC said:
I'm in the same boat, man. Why does a grade 1 mod even require a rare item much less two?! If you find any Specialized Legacy Firmware, update it here and I'll do the same.

Gave up, just won't mod my thrusters I guess...

BluWolve · Jun 6, 2016

I have heard they can be found by scanning convoys and in degraded and/or encoded emissions. I will keep searching signal sources for them but I have a theory that where you are (system) has an impact on the chance of finding certain items. It may be to do with what resources and commodities are in a system. The ships and hardware in a system and which faction is in control may also determine which data is abundant and which is rare.

I don't know, could be grasping at straws here and it is all just purely random what you find. However a lot of these materials are extremely rare or non existent in some places, but in others you are guaranteed to find the stuff. So I'm hoping that there is some key to finding specific materias rather than just do the same activity over and over until you get what you need

Essential NPC · Jun 7, 2016

I was trying ot upgrade my power distributor from the Dweller. Just learned apparently if you sell commodities at his station that gives you rep with him?!
Need to try this... If I can just skip to highest grade mods, that'd be fantastic.

Pathfinder4879 · Jun 7, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
So I've droped in about 200 signal sources, and looked at 30 BB at both stations and planetary bases and nadda! What the heck man! Where do I get it if not the two places the game told me to bleeping look!!![mad]

EDIT: I'm trying to get a specific engineer mat.

You'll only find them in Degraded Emissions and Encoded Emissions USS's, If you drop in and see some form of Data Beacon (Usually a Private one) your set.

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Essential NPC said:
I was trying ot upgrade my power distributor from the Dweller. Just learned apparently if you sell commodities at his station that gives you rep with him?!
Need to try this... If I can just skip to highest grade mods, that'd be fantastic.

Hang on.... is that a thing?

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 7, 2016

Pathfinder4879 said:
You'll only find them in Degraded Emissions and Encoded Emissions USS's, If you drop in and see some form of Data Beacon (Usually a Private one) your set.

No you're not "set" cause after over 100 USS with Data Beacons(god knows how many in total) I had to give up or risk getting burnt out on 2.1 yesterday...

Pathfinder4879 · Jun 7, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
No you're not "set" cause after over 100 USS with Data Beacons(god knows how many in total) I had to give up or risk getting burnt out on 2.1 yesterday...

Typo: Was meant to say "usually set" granted I've only found 2-3 of them since 1.6 landed but they are quite Rare.

Also the type of system your in has a bearing on the types of Engineer mats you find, think I found all of my Firmwares in High Tech systems

BluWolve · Jun 7, 2016

Stealth Gamer92 said:
No you're not "set" cause after over 100 USS with Data Beacons(god knows how many in total) I had to give up or risk getting burnt out on 2.1 yesterday...

Haha yes I agree, seeing a data beacon just means you have a chance of getting the legacy firmware. If only it was that easy :/

Stealth Gamer92 · Jun 7, 2016

Pathfinder4879 said:
Typo: Was meant to say "usually set" granted I've only found 2-3 of them since 1.6 landed but they are quite Rare.

Also the type of system your in has a bearing on the types of Engineer mats you find, think I found all of my Firmwares in High Tech systems

Wasn't being mean, just pointing out the RNG can be a *****.

BluWolve · Jun 7, 2016

Any tips for finding high volumes of degraded or encoded emission sources? Yesterday I was in an agriculture/refinery system run independently and was getting them quite often. I have tried going to a high tech fed system in boom and all I am finding is weapons fire. Do the types of signal sources you find depend on anything or is it just random?