So, maybe I am unique, but Opinion Polls have been the bane of my existence since Odyssey launched. Until yesterday, I had collected a sum total of 6 of them, even though I had run hundreds of missions, destroyed hundreds more tourist traps and checked every HAB dataport I came across along the way (probably 1000+). So I made it my mission to figure out how to farm this elusive data as effectively as possible to unlock that engineer and move on to having Night Vision on my suit. This is what I ended up with, and I am sharing the entire walkthrough:
1. Travel to Aria Hospitality Zone in Bilonesses and request landing. Other sites may work, but this is the only one I found that gave them out with any regularity.
2. Debark your ship and sprint/hop straight to the bar, avoiding the wandering guards, as they can get bugged trying to scan you. FYI: Hopping allows you to move at sprint the entire way.
3. Check the Bar dataport, it may have one or more of the following: Opinion Polls, Smear Campaign Plans (rarely, there are better spots), Combat Training Material, Evacuation Protocols, Recycling Logs, Air Quality Reports, Financial Projections, Classic Entertainment, Cat Media, Multimedia Entertainment, and Digital Designs.
4. There is a high (80%) chance of being scanned by a guard in the bar, so make sure you are clean and aware, don't run away by accident.
5. Sprint/Hop back to your ship, auto-launch, hit 25% speed to break auto-launch, boost, head straight up, when SC is active hit it and boost again, Don't throttle up. The point is to do the bare minimum to get in/out of SC.
6. Drop out of SC as soon as possible, you should be 10-11k above the base now.
7. Turn around pulling up on the stick, go full throttle, boost straight at the base, request landing at 7.5k. By pulling up, you will be approaching the landing pad correctly and not need to turn around, thus wasting time.
8. At 4k out slow to 75%, 2k 50%... 1.5k 25% and 0% when 300m above and almost to the pad for a quick auto-landing.
9. Repeat this process starting at step 2.
The process should only take you about 3 minutes per round. Do not kill the base, do not bother with the other HAB ports, I never found a OP in any of the other buildings, (and I checked a lot), just the bar.
Disclaimer: It is a slog, but the most effective way I found to get these dang things which have eluded me forever. I went from the 6 I have collected since Odyssey launch... to 20 Opinion Polls in about 24 hours of gameplay... 14 hours yesterday & 10 today doing the above (that's a serious slog).
1. Travel to Aria Hospitality Zone in Bilonesses and request landing. Other sites may work, but this is the only one I found that gave them out with any regularity.
2. Debark your ship and sprint/hop straight to the bar, avoiding the wandering guards, as they can get bugged trying to scan you. FYI: Hopping allows you to move at sprint the entire way.
3. Check the Bar dataport, it may have one or more of the following: Opinion Polls, Smear Campaign Plans (rarely, there are better spots), Combat Training Material, Evacuation Protocols, Recycling Logs, Air Quality Reports, Financial Projections, Classic Entertainment, Cat Media, Multimedia Entertainment, and Digital Designs.
4. There is a high (80%) chance of being scanned by a guard in the bar, so make sure you are clean and aware, don't run away by accident.
5. Sprint/Hop back to your ship, auto-launch, hit 25% speed to break auto-launch, boost, head straight up, when SC is active hit it and boost again, Don't throttle up. The point is to do the bare minimum to get in/out of SC.
6. Drop out of SC as soon as possible, you should be 10-11k above the base now.
7. Turn around pulling up on the stick, go full throttle, boost straight at the base, request landing at 7.5k. By pulling up, you will be approaching the landing pad correctly and not need to turn around, thus wasting time.
8. At 4k out slow to 75%, 2k 50%... 1.5k 25% and 0% when 300m above and almost to the pad for a quick auto-landing.
9. Repeat this process starting at step 2.
The process should only take you about 3 minutes per round. Do not kill the base, do not bother with the other HAB ports, I never found a OP in any of the other buildings, (and I checked a lot), just the bar.
Disclaimer: It is a slog, but the most effective way I found to get these dang things which have eluded me forever. I went from the 6 I have collected since Odyssey launch... to 20 Opinion Polls in about 24 hours of gameplay... 14 hours yesterday & 10 today doing the above (that's a serious slog).
