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Far fewer Omega particles in Space, Post patch-Intentional?

merkestrelmerkestrel Member Posts: 22 Arc User
in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
Am I the only one noticing far fewer Omega particles/traces in Space, such as around Bajor, Rura Penthe, Drozana, etc. I can scan and still find a single to finish the daily, but it is usually out by itself. I'm no longer seeing the clusters of particles that are farm-able.

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  • skk1701jskk1701j Member Posts: 243 Arc User
    Yeah. Just only 2 Particle in Space instead of 5+.
  • tarastheslayertarastheslayer Member Posts: 1,541 Bug Hunter
    What locations are being referred to here?
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  • tarran61tarran61 Member Posts: 827 Arc User
    merkestrel wrote: »
    Am I the only one noticing far fewer Omega particles/traces in Space, such as around Bajor, Rura Penthe, Drozana, etc. I can scan and still find a single to finish the daily, but it is usually out by itself. I'm no longer seeing the clusters of particles that are farm-able.
    I will be visiting them soon. Lets see....
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  • fadmbambamfadmbambam Member Posts: 656 Arc User
    Yea, I'm seeing that too when I made my run.
  • sqwishedsqwished Member Posts: 1,475 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2016
    At the behest of @tarastheslayer I've been looking at farming the particles for the past several hours. I've been in the systems I've using since the event went live, which for sake of documentation are Blue - Vulcan Orbit, Red - Deep Space 9 Orbit, Yellow - Drozana station Orbit. Whilst I've been getting multiple interact buttons for Vulcan, I've been getting small groups of 2 - 3 at Drozana and DS9. I've also been switching maps moving between low and high population maps and have encountered the same patterns. But I would like to draw peoples attention that Cryptic did state that there would be a minimum of 2 particles in a map so based on that it could be argued that the system is generating particles as intended hence working as intended.

    I'm unable to confirm that this is an issue, since when the event went live the same pattern was prevalent then. But a day later there were more particles than I could gather. With that in mind I'll be farming particles for several hours tomorrow and various times and I'll edit this post to confirm whether or not the pattern/issue is still prevalent.

    Edit - Been running around various places today and I've seen a large variation in the number of particles spawning. But I've still been able to farm large amounts without to much trouble. So I don't see a bug here, all I can do is confirm that the spawn rate is working as intended.​​
    Post edited by sqwished on
    Oh, it's not broken? We can soon fix that!

  • spiritwalker1969spiritwalker1969 Member Posts: 406 Arc User
    Starbase 39 space also only 2 yellow
  • sovereign010sovereign010 Member Posts: 641 Arc User
    Once again, pre-maintenance it was working perfectly. And what happens afterwards? The Omega game is broken once again, ending after getting 30-40 points, exactly as before.
  • shadow1766shadow1766 Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    i am seeing the same, lower numbers of particles at Starfkeet Academy and Vulcan space, also noticing my omega games being interrupted by players most of the time. Of about 10 attempts to complete the game in vulcan space i only got to finish 1. the rest ended prematurely. On my way to starbase 39 to see how that goes
  • shadow1766shadow1766 Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    Couldn't exit vulcan sector space, exited game and now can't get back in and this is in the launcher " The website is experiencing technical difficulties. Normal game play is not affected."
  • reptilespantoso#9594 reptilespantoso
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         Member Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited February 2016
    some maps very sparse in particles. I guess that's intended.
  • sqwishedsqwished Member Posts: 1,475 Bug Hunter
    shadow1766 wrote: »
    Couldn't exit vulcan sector space, exited game and now can't get back in and this is in the launcher " The website is experiencing technical difficulties. Normal game play is not affected."

    If you can't exit a particular map, there's no need to log out the game. Simply switch to a different instance of the map and the ability to leave the map will then e available.​​
    Oh, it's not broken? We can soon fix that!

  • aeternusdoleoaeternusdoleo Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    I did notice the clusters at Bajor and DS9 are moving around now. No leisurely sit-and-play-the-minigame anymore. Most simple place to gather the red omegas now seems to be Vlugta ground... Blue and Yellows are still easy at Vulcan and Drozana space.
    Haven't really noticed them being fewer. But by now I'm usually just chasing down the one for Q's quest anyway
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