MFE's and Planetary Scan Missions post 3.03

khaos526 · Mar 27, 2018

I was finding a lot of planetary scan missions that were offering MFE's. Since 3.03 dropped I haven't looked for them until yesterday, but noticed I'm not finding them anywhere now at any station that has the planetary scan missions that I'm allied with?

Searched a number of systems yesterday and nothing and the same for tonight. Lots of scan missions for Biotech Conductors and Exquisite Focus Crystals, etc, but it seems the patch may have removed them or something?

Anyone else having this issue? Or are others still able to find them now in the planetary scan missions?

HazardousMatt · Mar 27, 2018

I just did 2 Assassinate Target wing missions with my buddy a half hour ago that gave 5 Modified Embedded Firmware each (I'm guessing that's what you meant by MFE?). Njiri system, and I'm allied with the controlling faction.

Arthur Shappey · Mar 27, 2018

khaos526 said:
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Anyone else having this issue? Or are others still able to find them now in the planetary scan missions?

I've found several MEF planetary scan missions, as well as assassination missions, sensitive delivery missions, massacre missions, skimmer destruction missions etc.

RNG is just in a bad mood for you.

khaos526 · Mar 27, 2018

HazardousMatt said:
I just did 2 Assassinate Target wing missions with my buddy a half hour ago that gave 5 Modified Embedded Firmware each (I'm guessing that's what you meant by MFE?). Njiri system, and I'm allied with the controlling faction.

Yeah I'm not a fan of the assassin missions, and more importantly I'm using the MFE's for my combat ships. But yeah Modified Embedded Firmware is it.a

Arthur Shappey said:
I've found several MEF planetary scan missions, as well as assassination missions, sensitive delivery missions, massacre missions, skimmer destruction missions etc.

RNG is just in a bad mood for you.

Yeah no kidding. I stopped doing them as I had so much before the last two patches, and now that I got another ship, I'm in desperate mood to find them again and can't for the life of me find any scan missions for them anywhere to save my life...

Darth Llama · Mar 27, 2018

I have found most of my MEF's through Cargo Delivery Missions, I also occasionally see them for higher level Black Box Salvage Missions.

The Black Box Missions have been a good source of Cracked Industrial as well as Modified Embedded for me. They're pretty easy, maybe you can find some of those?

Arthur Shappey · Mar 27, 2018

khaos526 said:
Yeah I'm not a fan of the assassin missions, and more importantly I'm using the MFE's for my combat ships. But yeah Modified Embedded Firmware is it.a

Yeah no kidding. I stopped doing them as I had so much before the last two patches, and now that I got another ship, I'm in desperate mood to find them again and can't for the life of me find any scan missions for them anywhere to save my life...

The only tricks I know are:

Ally up with as many factions as possible, favour high population - boom economies, choose factions where the same faction is present in many neighbouring stars - and if necessary - board hop.

Prostrate yourself & pray to the RNGsus. Hail Braben for we are not worthy.

C64Fan · Mar 27, 2018

You can also get them in passenger missions. They are actually easier to get now than ever.

Aashenfox · Mar 27, 2018

Do you mean post 3.0.4? (if you go to advanced edit mode you can change the title).

I got 15 last night without even trying, from a wing assassination, a skimmer kill mission, and a wing delivery (of less than 1000t). I picked these missions up in Sol, at Daedalus. I'm beyond p*ssed that base runs give only 1 MEF these days, but it's true they are plentiful from missions, particularly wing missions. Hope htey fix base drops soon.

Friedenreich Xante · Mar 27, 2018

Aashenfox said:
Do you mean post 3.0.4? (if you go to advanced edit mode you can change the title).

I got 15 last night without even trying, from a wing assassination, a skimmer kill mission, and a wing delivery (of less than 1000t). I picked these missions up in Sol, at Daedalus. I'm beyond p*ssed that base runs give only 1 MEF these days, but it's true they are plentiful from missions, particularly wing missions. Hope htey fix base drops soon.

Base Drop rates have been fixed according to 3.0.4 patch notes.

Aashenfox · Mar 27, 2018

Friedenreich Xante said:
Base Drop rates have been fixed according to 3.0.4 patch notes.

That's excellent news. I can get over 100 MEF from 15 bases again. No more wing deliveries for me! I might even sell the T9 again. lol.

No I won't.

racer1 · Mar 27, 2018

I checked last night and base drops were back to 3.

@OP I also noticed planetary scan mission have stopped offering grade 5 mats post 3.0.4.

There were still loads offered by short range passenger/sight seeing missions in Sol and Wu Guinagi though, I was allied with all factions in both systems.

khaos526 · Mar 27, 2018

Aashenfox said:
Do you mean post 3.0.4? (if you go to advanced edit mode you can change the title).

Actually it's been since 3.0.3 for me, 3.0.4 I was hoping had fixed it and it hadn't, at least not for me.

I haven't been looking at cargo delivery missions, but did pop in a few times to scan the passenger ones, but those were for such long distances that it wasn't worth my time.

I'll just filter them out, and see what I can find. I was only looking at the Planetary Scan missions as I'm sick of seeing Wing Missions in Solo and that's usually where I see the MEF's in cargo deliveries.

Oh with base jumping, I just did my routine less than 2 weeks ago, so I don't think all the bases on my list will have reset or I would just go back to doing that...