Engineers Unlock requirements for Broo Tarquin and Didi Vatermann are set too high

[Hannibal07]

Is it just me or don't you think that the requirements to gain access to both engineers are very excessive? 200x Lavian Brandy and 100x Fujin Tea needed just to UNLOCK them.They are RARE commodities after all and thus merely available in very limited stock. Doing myriad rare trading runs before the micro-material grind-fest even starts is utter nonsense to me, or is there any other way to acquire these goods more rapidly?

 

[Mephane]

Yeah, this is not even hard, just utterly tedious.

 

[jgm]

I can't see myself grinding for these engineers at this level. It does seem to be very high considering the supply.

And come on, 200T of brandy?

 

[Pablo-Diablo]

Try cargo scanning some NPCs in nearby systems. I saw some carrying loads of rare goods on them.

 

[Hannibal07]

Try cargo scanning some NPCs in nearby systems. I saw some carrying loads of rare goods on them.

I will try it out, thx for the hint! o7

 

[CMDR Ash]

Can you chip away at it a bit at a time with multiple deliveries or does it have to be in one go?

 

[Hannibal07]

Can you chip away at it a bit at a time with multiple deliveries or does it have to be in one go?

It doesn't have to be at one go. You can split it up into any number of several deliveries as you choose.

 

[h347h]

Is it just me or don't you think that the requirements to gain access to both engineers are very excessive? 200x Lavian Brandy and 100x Fujin Tea needed just to UNLOCK them.They are RARE commodities after all and thus merely available in very limited stock. Doing myriad rare trading runs before the micro-material grind-fest even starts is utter nonsense to me, or is there any other way to acquire these goods more rapidly?

Wait till you hear how to unlock Palin.

 

[CMDR Ash]

Wait till you hear how to unlock Palin.

I know but I can't even get there because of the damned Sirius bug

 

[Steve50]

So it takes time, what's the big deal? Not everything has to be "now now now!!!", some things take time and that's fine, I don't see the problem.

 

[andrak]

I would say that unlocking Palin and Marco are magnitudes worse. Not saying that the 2 you mentioned aren't a grind though.

 

[andrak]

The spawn frequency on the unknown artifact USS is utterly dire. Enjoy flying in a straight line for 10 minutes on end doing nothing until those spawn.

 

[Zeta Legion]

200 brandy? Really?

This can't even be filed under 'immersive gameplay' let alone 'challenge'. It's naked, brazen, cynical padding.

 

[Jezzah]

How often does the allocation of rares refresh anyway? Can you just sit in the station and minimise the game while watching TV and just keep buying? Or does it know you already have some in your cargo hold and not refresh.

 

[Trafalgar Law]

How often does the allocation of rares refresh anyway? Can you just sit in the station and minimise the game while watching TV and just keep buying? Or does it know you already have some in your cargo hold and not refresh.

I think there's a limit to how many of one rare good you can have at the same time. I haven't traded rares in over a year so that might have been changed.

 

[Mr_Foxhound]

How often does the allocation of rares refresh anyway? Can you just sit in the station and minimise the game while watching TV and just keep buying? Or does it know you already have some in your cargo hold and not refresh.

has this what immersive gameplay has come to in ED now...minimise the game and watch TV

 

[h347h]

has this what immersive gameplay has come to in ED now...minimise the game and watch TV

Exercise is a healthy alternative. Minimize and do some sit ups and push ups!

 

[goemon]

How often does the allocation of rares refresh anyway? Can you just sit in the station and minimise the game while watching TV and just keep buying? Or does it know you already have some in your cargo hold and not refresh.

11 minutes (markets refresh). both systems will most likely spawn better, if controlling faction is in boom. might be the better way - push systems into boom, or at least use the 11 min to run delivery/fetch missions for the controlling faction. and, hm, not doing it as main project, but to take them with you once a while.

 

[Crash1099]

I really hope there is a engineer that wants me to kill a 1000 federal security forces. That would make it worth it.

 

[Muetdhiver]

Yes, the rare requirements are just completly silly.

It would be way better if they where 200x similar/thematic rares, e.g. :

• 200x rare alcools, (lavian brandy, indi bourbon, pearl whiskey and so on)
• 100x rare teas and stuff (fujin tea, tanmark tea, millenial eggs, kobe beef and so on)

Hell, make said themed rare produce a large amount of rep when sold to the guys after the unlock.