30/06/2016, 3:17 PM
Q:
Braben himself said that you can figure all of it out with just the game and a pen and paper.
That's true for the older stuff, some of the new stuff might need a bit more help.
Michael
22/06/2016 3:38 PM
Q:
Is everything there for us to find? Do we need to wait for you guys to move the story along? Or is everything in the game. And all we have to is find it?
Not everything, but certainly the next part is there.
Michael
22/06/2016 3:02 PM
About Jaques Station vanishing:
Jaques being stuffed with UAs didn't help his jump attempt
Michael
08/02/2016 5:18 PM
Q:
So my question is why do the UA's point us to Merope, should they have been pointing to Pleiades Sector JC-U b3-2 1 ?
They are pointing where they are supposed to.
Michael
27/01/2016 6:57 PM
It looks like we've figured out what's causing barnacles (and other surface goodies) not appearing consistently and there should be an update with this fix early next week.
Michael
22/01/2016 10:28 AM
Q:
about taking meta-alloys to Palin or not: is the story somehow written already?
That's not true, it would continue, but along another path.
Michael
19/01/2016 12:46 PM
*About his previous comment:
I'm afraid not - the nebula that they can be found in relates to their origin and I can't talk about that.
Michael
13/01/2016 7:16 PM
One of the POIs appears to be a bit crashy, but it's not the barnacle - not that we've seen from the crash reports so far at any rate.
Michael
14/01/2016 6:31 PM
Q:Now that one has been found, can you be a little more candid with your responses?
What other nebulae are they found in? And is Lagoon nebula one of those nebulae?
I'm afraid not - the nebula that they can be found in relates to their origin and I can't talk about that.
Michael
12/01/2016 5:51 PM
Q: Maybe could this mean that they only spawn when you're in a SRV? If that person who said they found one and died on Pleione 6 is telling the trust.
They can spawn in either.
Michael
12/01/2016 10:46 AM
The barnacles are too small to be noticeable at orbital height.
Michael
12/01/2016 5:12 PM
Q: But the fact that these barnacles can be found in other nebulae, that more than one location has been hand placed, etc. proves that the UAs are not pointing at Merope because of the barnacles. The barnacles are another clue in the big puzzle, not the end of the puzzle. There is still no logical reason to focus the barnacle search in Merope. Every landable planet in the Pleiades has just as much chance of containing the hand placed fixed POI as the planets in Merope, and Merope has already been searched the most.
This is good thinking.
Michael
11/01/2015 6:09 PM
Q: When you say "placed", do you mean that if you show up in that particular place you are 100% sure to see one, or is there still a random element to whether it will actually appear or not when you arrive?
You are guaranteed to find them if you are in the right location.
Michael
11/01/2015 4:31 PM
Q: Mike already hinted at plural in an earlier post. Its not specifically Seven Sisters.
True - although I know for certain that there are some placed in that nebula.
Michael
11/01/2015 3:39 PM
Q: Yeah, he did actually say meta-alloys were "exceedingly rare" towards the end of the last thread. People then started pointing out how similar his wording was to a post he made when UAs were first introduced.
I did indeed say they are exceedingly rare - much rarer than UAs. ALthough unlike the UAs there are some that have been physically placed by us, although they are generated in certain areas of space.
Michael
11/01/2015 1:38 PM
Q:What if that was a barnacle, but there was just nothing interesting about it? Maybe we've found what we were looking for this whole time and it was so underwhelming we just ignored it and kept looking?
I think you'll notice one if you're nearby.
And to those asking why nebulae - it's quite logical if you think about it
Michael
08/01/2016, 10:59 AM
Q: MB also said that Barnacles are randomly found although some have been placed in certain systems.
07/01/2016, 6:41 PM
Q: @MB Question, say that if the Explorers on the PC find these 'Barnacles' and said Barnacles have a certain effect on the Galaxy/ED itself.
Will that effect transfer to the connected universe on Xbox?
It's the same galaxy on the Xbox One as PC and Mac.
Michael
07/01/2016, 6:26 PM
Q: @MB as your about at the mo could you clear something up for me please.
When a player submits a Galnet post what is the criteria for getting one on.
does it have to be just well written or does it have to be something that will not take us in the wrong direction? or both?
Well written helps, not contradicting the fiction is also required and sometimes the story just doesn't fit.
I'm not going to comment on specific stories.
Michael
07/01/2016, 6:08 PM
Q: I would focus search on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celaeno - Note Cuthulu. MB is rather fond of Lovecraft's works.....
I didn't place them
Michael
07/01/2016, 4:15 PM
Q: Does it make a differance whether one looks in Open, Private Group, or Solo modes?
07/01/2016, 2:58 PM
Q: Barnacles grow on rocks, so have you tried planetary rings and asteroid belts? In particular around planets with no atmosphere?
There's no landing on asteroids, so you wouldn't be able to collect it.
Michael
07/01/2016, 1:11 PM
Q: Thanks Michael, we appreciate narrowing the search.
I think for the purposes of continuity and those who don't follow the forums it'd be useful if this snippet of info was revealed in game through a Galnet article.
It'll be newsworthy when someone discovers them
Michael
07/01/2016, 12:08 PM
Nebulae are good places to look, especially the one with the seven sisters in it.
Michael
07/01/2016, 11:58 AM
Would you be interested in knowing a region of space that is likely to contain barnacles?
Michael
05/01/2016, 6:15 PM
Q: Soo, does this mean we don't need the mission to find them?
Or any other special requirements (like an UA in the cargohold)?
No mission needed.
Michael
05/01/2016, 5:30 PM
Q: Unfortunately the article on galnet was written by a player so it still most likely is just lazy POI placement.
Not really, some are randomly generated, but others have been specifically placed to be found.
Michael
05/01/2016, 3:48 PM
Q: Which released version though? Vanilla or Horizons.
05/01/2016, 10:31 AM
Canonn 4 - Meta-alloys
I can confirm that the meta-alloys can be found in the released version of the game.
Michael
05/01/2016, 10:39 AM
I can confirm that meta-alloys can be found in the released version of the game.
Michael
04/01/2016, 1:53 PM
Q: FD - Are Meta-Alloys bugged?
They are exceedingly rare and should be working - however I am getting that double checked, just to be sure.
Michael
