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Temporal Probes space locations: make it easier to find
gerwalk0769
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I just ran Operation Gamma and could not find the Temporal probe.
Something has to be done to make it easier to find Temporal probes in space. The maps are too big and the probes are often too small. The hunt and search is not fun or enjoyable, especially when the probes are put in the middle or end of long, difficult tedious space missions.
On the ground when temporal probes are working on maps the scope is small and limited to rooms, and a search is much easier.
Suggestions:
Make the probes read as anomalies so using the "V" key can help locate them.
Place a green or red ring on the map to drive you toward their location.
In the case of Operation Gamma put the probe right next to Ferek's ship. The mission is long, tedious, frustrating, and not that fun. I will not replay it to search for a Temporal probe put near the end of it.
Something has to be done to make it easier to find Temporal probes in space. The maps are too big and the probes are often too small. The hunt and search is not fun or enjoyable, especially when the probes are put in the middle or end of long, difficult tedious space missions.
On the ground when temporal probes are working on maps the scope is small and limited to rooms, and a search is much easier.
Suggestions:
Make the probes read as anomalies so using the "V" key can help locate them.
Place a green or red ring on the map to drive you toward their location.
In the case of Operation Gamma put the probe right next to Ferek's ship. The mission is long, tedious, frustrating, and not that fun. I will not replay it to search for a Temporal probe put near the end of it.
Joined STO in September 2010.
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I so agree it would be less annoying
On some maps they are placed at points and elevations that assume a certain route (e.g. I found one near a mouth at a beginning of an opening of an upper chain in Operation Gamma). If you do not take that route (which is possible given all the gaps in the chain) then good luck finding the probe. Also if I am remembering correctly the placement seems randomized, I've run missions (e.g.Cold Call) more than once and seem to remember a probe appearing in different locations.
I'm glad you did not have difficulty.
I've found it requires more than patience. I have, and had to run some missions 2-3 times to find a probe. On the 5th mission replay I finally found a probe on “The Kuvah'Magh” map. I've noticed a white dot, with an partial arrow to it's right, appear on my screen once I've sited/found the probe.
Yeah. Telling those of us who can't find the damn things that "It's totally easy!" is like lottery winners telling us the odds are great, at least for some of the probes. Not to mention that they're kinda bugged, too, because sometimes they don't spawn at all, or spawn long after they're supposed to (or long before). Some have even reported the probe sometimes being destructible in Operation Gamma, so the Swarmers destroy it before you can get to it.
Type in the chat window: /target temporal probe
If you are close to it....it will show up in the "target" window (at the top of the screen that shows enemies you are firing at). This causes a marker to appear in the directional indicator...showing where the probe is compared to where you are on the map.
Also, the tip here on checking the map...there is a white dot labeled "Temporal Probe"....open main map, not mini map.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/4ro6d0/temporal_orb_locations_minor_exploration_puzzle/?st=ir58h2sz&sh=8d2f5ac9
I agree, with the space locations, you can't scan for them unlike the ground ones which you can scan and if not, then it easy to find them but the space ones.....;I have always hated Operation Gamma mission anyway for the first part with those dammed Jem'Hadar ships.
As for those who say finding the space probes are easy, then try doing it when you are registered visually impaired.
YOU TRIBBLE
I have used that bit of info about the Operation Gamma probe. Found it and it helps and if it's not there, then it gives a clue of how to look for it. Still hate the mission altogether.
YOU TRIBBLE
Some maps, such TRIBBLE Kuvagh.ma, it appears in locations far outside of any logical path a player would take while running the mission, including on the down side of a "cliff" and behind a large tree. Not even remotely visible from any area a player would likely go as there are no enemy/buildings/crates/items of interest anywhere near that location, only by going from the closest building/encounter and then moving directly away from the path to the next do you even get in range for target temporal probe to work.
Temporal Ambassador, the probe tends to appear in the corridor you passed through to get to the maintenance tubes, however it only appears after you have freed to Enterprise and are ready to head to it and fly away. So, it appears in a location you have already been, but only after you have passed through there and have absolutely no reason to go back to ..... unless you are looking for the probe and know that it might appear there even if it wasn't there before.
Just a few examples of probe placement and quirks that make absolutely no sense other than one, the developers wanting to make finding probes as difficult as possible without being actually impossible, two, the developers having a really sick, twisted sense of humor, that I kind of like if I wasn't one of the ones on the receiving end, three, a deliberate ploy by the developers to get us to explore their pretty maps in much greater detail than we ever would otherwise, or four, developers selecting random probe points but testing their ability to be found using someone that had prior knowledge of everywhere (and when) they might appear.