Powerplay 2.0 Activities
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Thank you for responding, I'm basing what I said on the information in game which shows the 3 ethos which is also confirmed by this inara page: https://inara.cz/elite/power/4/.
I didn't realize it's deeper than the 3 examples given in game (of course it is, thanks Frontier lol), thank you for pointing out the list of activities being "ethos activities". This clarifies a lot.
I just logged in now and I'm ALD. I'm at a contested system and can confirm that it lists bounties and power kills as "ethos activity". Thank you for the clarification, there's NO WAY to know this through the in game instructions
Funny, I though it was Aisling (AD) who had Social as her ethos not her aunt Arissa (ALD). That old battleaxe is definitely combat oriented
Sorry, one more thing. There may be a correction for ALD in Acquisition then:
Seems Power Kills do count for ALD in Acquisition (at least conflict)
That's interesting - Power Kills is a Patreus vulnerability, so my guess would be vulnerabiities are also applicable to acquisitions with conflict against the particular power with the vulnerability. I'll update the post to reflect that. Thanks for finding it!
Edit: Updated. If you find Power Kills are an ALD bonus activity in any shade of acquisition where it's not a vulnerability of the opposing power let me know!
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Will do, thanks for keeping this up to date!
Cartographic data, exo & escape pod can now give merit ?
Carto, exo, yes. Escape pods are only useful for assignments, as per the original post. See the notes section for details on both of these. I'll update if/when fdev re-enable rares and pods merits.
Ok, I tried to sell my cartographic and exo data several times in several systems that ask for it last month, but I never got any merit ... I'll try again.
Take a look at the thread linked for that in the notes. The tl;dr is you need to map valuable worlds like ELW, WW, terraformable HMC, etc. and sell that. People have absolutely had problems getting merits for it, and in the end it's not that lucrative even if you do succeed, but it's worked for me (I got about 10 or 12 ranks (iirc) out of a month's exploration data on a trip to Sag A* not so long ago.)
One more anomaly, hopefully you find this helpful and not annoying
Holo Hacking is listed here, but LYR doesn't have that as a vulnerability and ALD doesn't have that listed as an ethos for undermining.
Yep, got no clue on that one! I'll investigate and update if I work anything out, or if anyone provides the answer.
I'm getting frustrated with the number of activities which don't work or are disabled "temporarily". Rare goods and escape pods are obvious ones. In recent weeks I've had tasks to deliver exploration data, exobiology data and rescue escape pods; merits not received even though I was careful to do exactly what the task text asked for.
I'll give up on PowerPlay as soon as I've got a stock of Prismatic shields unless this improves.
I'll give up on PowerPlay as soon as I've got a stock of Prismatic shields unless this improves.
Hi, please can we use this thread for sharing information, as opposed to random venting? Thanks.
There's a different thread for info on exo/carto merits. It definitely works sometimes, but some players can't seem to succeed with it, for sure.
Getting the same issue scanning megaships in Kaine reinforced systems. Seems to crash when megaships is targeted and then weapons deploy and scan starts. My weapons are set to auto-deploy off the fire trigger
- target Megaship
- start scan (which deploys weapons)
- game crash
I found a workaround method:
- do not target mega ship (or untarget if already targeted)
- deploy weapons with trigger
- now target megaship
- scan megaship
One more anomaly, hopefully you find this helpful and not annoying
Holo Hacking is listed here, but LYR doesn't have that as a vulnerability and ALD doesn't have that listed as an ethos for undermining.
After having a look, it does appear I missed holo hacking as an ALD undermining ethos activity, so it's now added. Thanks for pointing it out!
Well actually, checking the thread title, I think my comment is relevant. If some PP2 tasks are beset by random bugs as it seems to me they are, that information is important when deciding which ones to attempt, and sharing experiences about frustrations we've encountered provides that information.
Unless this is definitively balanced and resolved.
The earlier workaround provided worked for me.
Finished my scanning mission this week by just flying right up to the ship before scanning.
Reading the first post in the thread leads me to conclude that much of the power data collected from the data ports at settlements is just junk as only certain types can be handed in for certain powers, in certain systems. I'm also seeing some inconsistency with the first post (unless I'm reading it wrong)
For ALD, Power Association Data and Power Political Data were collected in a Fortified system and delivered in the same system. Power Industrial and Research Data collected in a Fortified system can't be turned in anywhere (either "out-or-range" or "non-aligned"). Are these two latter ones just junk, then? (they are starting to clutter up the inventory!) Any help appreciated!
For ALD, Power Association Data and Power Political Data were collected in a Fortified system and delivered in the same system. Power Industrial and Research Data collected in a Fortified system can't be turned in anywhere (either "out-or-range" or "non-aligned"). Are these two latter ones just junk, then? (they are starting to clutter up the inventory!) Any help appreciated!
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