Surface POI's outside the bubble are now Horizons style only :(

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It hard to say for sure, but there definitely is a distinct reduction in Odyssey style POIs.
Most, but not all, Odyssey style POIs have a Threat Level. It could be that Odyssey style(threat level) POI's have been disabled outside of civilized space.
I did end up finding a crash site with an accessible panel.
So what it really might be; is a reduction in Odyssey Style POIs, but not a reduction in Horizons style POIs.


The supposed fix for POI's spawning all over the galaxy was to make them Horizons(style - content, not client) only.

My main issue is here:
For those not in the know, an essential component to upgrading, anything, are manufacturing instructions. These can be found in settlements(typically High Tech, extraction, or industrial). These are data.
However, these are best found at Impact Sites. Impact Sites have three variants(which have been in place since Horizons).
  1. First, is what looks to be a crashed satellite.
  2. Second, what looks to be a crashed nav beacon.
  3. Third, a crashed satellite surround by structures.
In the Odyssey update, the first two have been converted to Odyssey style. They have panels that can be cut open, and data points to download from. The third has the same basic model, but there are no access panels or data points.

So, I thought it would be easier to find Impact Sites in an uncivilized system. I picked a random system, ten to twenty light years out. Every POI was Horizons/legacy style. The diversity of POIs has dropped substantially. I snapped a few pictures as well.

Impact site and probe, not the empty slot where a panel should be.
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First, this makes the already frustrating grind worse. Yes, you can use exploits, but you shouldn't use them.

Second, and more importantly. This has seriously hurt the diversity of content. The addition of Odyssey POIs added a lot to the POI system, but was still a little lacking in terms of content. Most Odyssey POIs are reworked from Horizons. There were not a whole lot of original POIs from Odyssey.

So... because most of the interesting POIs were converted to Odyssey, and Odyssey POIs occur only in civilized space. Out exploring, you are not going to find anything interesting(in terms of POIs). You are only going to find the Horizons POIs that were not converted to Odyssey.
 
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I meant Horizons STYLE, not that it exists only in the Horizons client. My screenshots are from ODYSSEY!!!
And I found Odyssey style crash sites 20,000 LY from the bubble - the ones where a satellite is down, crashed Eagle etc.
They exist all over the galaxy currently, not only near the bubble - even though we were told they were being removed.
 
What about the "Other" points of Interest that USED to be targetable? Like Geological & Biological signals.
Now I see a planet that says "1" Biological signal.
2 questions on that. 1: Does this mean there is 1 location to find these, or there are only 1 Type of Biological?
2: How are we supposed to locate these signals when they're no longer indicated on the planet?
 

Ozric

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What about the "Other" points of Interest that USED to be targetable? Like Geological & Biological signals.
Now I see a planet that says "1" Biological signal.
2 questions on that. 1: Does this mean there is 1 location to find these, or there are only 1 Type of Biological?
2: How are we supposed to locate these signals when they're no longer indicated on the planet?
One type of Biological and you find them somewhere in the Blue areas.
 
What about the "Other" points of Interest that USED to be targetable? Like Geological & Biological signals.
Now I see a planet that says "1" Biological signal.
2 questions on that. 1: Does this mean there is 1 location to find these, or there are only 1 Type of Biological?
2: How are we supposed to locate these signals when they're no longer indicated on the planet?
Q1: 1 type of specimen
Q2: DSS planet, everywhere where it's blue, is a chance to find your signal.

Edit: @Ozric Darn ninja'd :)
 
What about the "Other" points of Interest that USED to be targetable? Like Geological & Biological signals.
Now I see a planet that says "1" Biological signal.
2 questions on that. 1: Does this mean there is 1 location to find these, or there are only 1 Type of Biological?
2: How are we supposed to locate these signals when they're no longer indicated on the planet?
The number is the number of different species (or feature for geological signals). You find them in the blue area (not a heat map, it's a yes/no map).
You can bind key to change the filter from one species to another, for the map.
 
"One type of Biological and you find them somewhere in the Blue areas."

Blue areas when looking in DSS mode? A cpl days ago I went in on a planet and in DSS most almost 3/4 showed blue, but in Combat mode they showed white (Ice World). I landed in a large area that was blue in DSS and drove around for an hour finding nothing.
Being without an Explorer's Suit since I was 30k out from the Bubble when Odyssey launched. Heading for Sag A to try & find the Explorer Base that's somewhere near it. I'm about 87 jumps from there.
Still hoping someone can tell me what the Planet name it.
 
"One type of Biological and you find them somewhere in the Blue areas."

Blue areas when looking in DSS mode? A cpl days ago I went in on a planet and in DSS most almost 3/4 showed blue, but in Combat mode they showed white (Ice World). I landed in a large area that was blue in DSS and drove around for an hour finding nothing.
Being without an Explorer's Suit since I was 30k out from the Bubble when Odyssey launched. Heading for Sag A to try & find the Explorer Base that's somewhere near it. I'm about 87 jumps from there.
Still hoping someone can tell me what the Planet name it.
Blue using the DSS yes. You may have missed the bio thing, bactery are hard to see (the colonies, ofc). They look like a different color on the ground sometimes. You have a scanner for the sampling tool that will mark it if it close. Otherwise, use the SRV radar thing.
 
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