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Doff missions for rare particle traces

fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
edited July 2014 in Duty Officer System and R&D
I wish the wiki had a list. I'd like to know because I need all those particles from critical successes to make a console from the powered alien artifact. I took a few screenshots of the results from some of them, but would like to have them all.
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  • corgatagcorgatag Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    You get particle traces when you crit on the following missions:
    20 hr Sector/DH Exploration missions with the word "Artifact"
    30min-3hr Sector Science missions with the word "Scan..."
    30min-3hr Sector Exploration missions with the word "Analyze..."
  • fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    corgatag wrote: »
    You get particle traces when you crit on the following missions:
    20 hr Sector/DH Exploration missions with the word "Artifact"
    30min-3hr Sector Science missions with the word "Scan..."
    30min-3hr Sector Exploration missions with the word "Analyze..."

    I know you get them when you crit on them, but I'm wondering which ones give which rares, since I need a steady supply of different ones for making consoles.
  • hereticknight085hereticknight085 Member Posts: 3,783 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Your best bet is what he said. The only other way would be to wander a nebula/expanse/cluster and scan anomalies until you have what you need.
    It is said the best weapon is one that is never fired. I disagree. The best weapon is one you only have to fire... once. B)
  • verlaine11verlaine11 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    fedman70 wrote: »
    I know you get them when you crit on them, but I'm wondering which ones give which rares, since I need a steady supply of different ones for making consoles.

    On a similar theme - Blue Astrometrics Doff that gives 60% chance to get more traces + Dilithium mining back to back x 4 characters = 60+ traces in the hour (basicly you are doing the mining twice on each character by leaving it 20hours after you get the mission)


    I do a lot of Scaning assignments to get them also and its easy to get 20+ crit, its nice to know the others give rare traces also, allthough 20 hour ones are a bit long lol
  • corgatagcorgatag Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    fedman70 wrote: »
    I'm wondering which ones give which rares

    I only run the 20h Exploration ones, and I get a steady stream of all 10 particle traces.

    I bet all those assignments have a chance to get each of the particle traces on a crit.
  • fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I thought specific doff assignment crits give you specific rare particles, for example scan data stream for exobiological data always gets you an anyon, that it's not 2 random type rares each time on a crit.
  • fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    verlaine11 wrote: »
    On a similar theme - Blue Astrometrics Doff that gives 60% chance to get more traces + Dilithium mining back to back x 4 characters = 60+ traces in the hour (basicly you are doing the mining twice on each character by leaving it 20hours after you get the mission)

    Ah, you mean the bynars? Yes, I have some of them, but isn't scanning for them in exploration clusters a lot slower than getting them, through doff assignments? I don't dil mine for dil anymore, as I know a much faster way to make it.

    Dil mining on the asteroid doesn't get you any rares, unless you mean the data samples you can scan on the asteroid
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    fedman70 wrote: »
    I thought specific doff assignment crits give you specific rare particles, for example scan data stream for exobiological data always gets you an anyon, that it's not 2 random type rares each time on a crit.
    I'm pretty sure it's random... But feel free to make a chart.
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  • dma1986dma1986 Member Posts: 541 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    fedman70 wrote: »
    Dil mining on the asteroid doesn't get you any rares, unless you mean the data samples you can scan on the asteroid
    It does if you're good enough. Get a score above 775 and you get a particle trace.

    Put one of the new astrometrics DOffs on duty, and you may get 2 traces, depending how much the RNG likes you.
  • mbp101287mbp101287 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure it's random... But feel free to make a chart.

    Already done. Spent about a month doing it. You're right, it's random.
  • clusterfoxclusterfox Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Speaking of the Astrometric doff for bonus rare particles, do they work on doff assignments like the "Scan..." and "Analyze..." ones? I didn't see any difference in rare particles from crits, so I went back to my trusty Transwarp doff.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    clusterfox wrote: »
    Speaking of the Astrometric doff for bonus rare particles, do they work on doff assignments like the "Scan..." and "Analyze..." ones? I didn't see any difference in rare particles from crits, so I went back to my trusty Transwarp doff.
    i don't think so, AFAIK it's only when dil mining.
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  • fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    corgatag wrote: »
    I only run the 20h Exploration ones, and I get a steady stream of all 10 particle traces.

    I bet all those assignments have a chance to get each of the particle traces on a crit.

    Sometimes you get a strange alien artifact too. But they do take 20 hours to complete, the ones which take from 30 min to 3 hours to complete are faster. How many of the 20 hour ones can you run at a time? I'd think, given how slow it is, it would take quite a while for you to get every particle trace.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    fedman70 wrote: »
    Sometimes you get a strange alien artifact too. But they do take 20 hours to complete, the ones which take from 30 min to 3 hours to complete are faster. How many of the 20 hour ones can you run at a time? I'd think, given how slow it is, it would take quite a while for you to get every particle trace.
    You can do both simultaneously. Besides, if you log in only once a day it doesn't matter how long the assignment is.
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  • sasheriasasheria Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I usually get all my rares from Dil mining (800+ usually net me some blues) and always send my purple/blue DoFF for local scan (so at least around 25% crit chance)
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  • fedman70fedman70 Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    sasheria wrote: »
    I usually get all my rares from Dil mining (800+ usually net me some blues) and always send my purple/blue DoFF for local scan (so at least around 25% crit chance)

    25% yes, if they have both critical traits and the normal success profession.
  • bohiapbohiap Member Posts: 535
    edited February 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    i don't think so, AFAIK it's only when dil mining.

    I'm confused by that. I've got one but it's a space doff. So if I slot it on my active space roster it works when I mine dil?
  • starwheelerstarwheeler Member Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    sory! but when i get a crit result on any doff mission scan analyse or else i get only bleu particle :(
  • starwheelerstarwheeler Member Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    oups ! dint check the post date lol
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