Really Astra is bugged?

[StillNinja]

C'mon Bugthesda, no wonder I'm getting crap items after starting freestar stuff.
Can only get good loot pre freestar missions.
So dumb, may as well throw all the astra away.

[LeBurns]

A patch may have tweaked the Astra loot, but I don't see how starting a faction questline could have anything to do with it.

[Grogan]

It seems that way, but you just need to keep trying until you get something you want. It may not be completely random (e.g. weighted for suits and helmets, weapons less often) but I get good stuff.

How? Save right before I spend it, and if I don't like what I get, reload the save and try again :-)

[StillNinja]

Originally posted by LeBurns:

A patch may have tweaked the Astra loot, but I don't see how starting a faction questline could have anything to do with it.

You can't get superior gear, advanced is the best. 50% of weapons cannot be gotten, like magshear, hard target. Essentially the best items you can get is advanced trackers stuff, the rest is garbage.

I tried with 100+ rolls. Loot is severely limited once you start freestar missions as there is a vid that shows the different drops pre and post starting those.

Edit: you also get epic items occasionally after freestar. It is bugged

[kdodds]

I've just been accumulating Astra as I play through CF and the DLC, but prior it's just random loot, some useful some not. I think it's been about a 1:9 useful:not ratio.

[Neo]

Originally posted by Grogan:

It seems that way, but you just need to keep trying until you get something you want. It may not be completely random (e.g. weighted for suits and helmets, weapons less often) but I get good stuff.

How? Save right before I spend it, and if I don't like what I get, reload the save and try again :-)

I got a really good shotgun today by save scumming a few times.

[StillNinja]

Originally posted by kdodds:

I've just been accumulating Astra as I play through CF and the DLC, but prior it's just random loot, some useful some not. I think it's been about a 1:9 useful:not ratio.

You get loads boarding ships in the serpentis system, max I've gotten from one ship is 4 astra.

[LeBurns]

Well you can sell Astra, so if the sale price for what I got is greater than the sell price for an Astra, I still feel like I got a deal, even if the item is junk to me. Overall it's a net gain at least.

[Bored Peon]

I had a bunch of Astra, so I did a few save scums to see what was possible with rolls.

The 3 Astra rewards were not even better than the Mantis stuff, which is complete garbage once you unlock the higher Bounty Hunter/Tracker armor.

Which basically means the Astra has a tier limit on it, which as others pointed out it does not spawn Superior drops.

Just became another reason why I do not foresee myself in spending Creation credits on any future Tracker Alliance content.

[TheSuit]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I had a bunch of Astra, so I did a few save scums to see what was possible with rolls.

The 3 Astra rewards were not even better than the Mantis stuff, which is complete garbage once you unlock the higher Bounty Hunter/Tracker armor.

Which basically means the Astra has a tier limit on it, which as others pointed out it does not spawn Superior drops.

Just became another reason why I do not foresee myself in spending Creation credits on any future Tracker Alliance content.

Only way they can save that Creation content is all future Tracker missions are Free with that $7 purchase instead of $7 per mission.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by TheSuit:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I had a bunch of Astra, so I did a few save scums to see what was possible with rolls.

The 3 Astra rewards were not even better than the Mantis stuff, which is complete garbage once you unlock the higher Bounty Hunter/Tracker armor.

Which basically means the Astra has a tier limit on it, which as others pointed out it does not spawn Superior drops.

Just became another reason why I do not foresee myself in spending Creation credits on any future Tracker Alliance content.

Only way they can save that Creation content is all future Tracker missions are Free with that $7 purchase instead of $7 per mission.

Well at first glance and first doing it seemed really decent then:
- Ships not spawning for hunt mission
- Confront missions failing (alive or dead)
- Finding out Astra is limited tier loot
- After twenty missions still says 0 bounties done speaking to Roach
- Randomly executing people on the street is really bleh

[StillNinja]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I had a bunch of Astra, so I did a few save scums to see what was possible with rolls.

The 3 Astra rewards were not even better than the Mantis stuff, which is complete garbage once you unlock the higher Bounty Hunter/Tracker armor.

Which basically means the Astra has a tier limit on it, which as others pointed out it does not spawn Superior drops.

Just became another reason why I do not foresee myself in spending Creation credits on any future Tracker Alliance content.

It does spawn superior. It doesn;t if you've started or completed the freestar missions

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by StillNinja:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

I had a bunch of Astra, so I did a few save scums to see what was possible with rolls.

The 3 Astra rewards were not even better than the Mantis stuff, which is complete garbage once you unlock the higher Bounty Hunter/Tracker armor.

Which basically means the Astra has a tier limit on it, which as others pointed out it does not spawn Superior drops.

Just became another reason why I do not foresee myself in spending Creation credits on any future Tracker Alliance content.

It does spawn superior. It doesn;t if you've started or completed the freestar missions

......
So which is mission is technically the one where it goes bad?

[StillNinja]

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Originally posted by StillNinja:

It does spawn superior. It doesn;t if you've started or completed the freestar missions

......
So which is mission is technically the one where it goes bad?

The freestar ranger missions.

Edit: it literally removes 50% of items you can get. Without the missions you can get weapons like magshear and hard target, if you've done them you'll never get those from astra.

[LeBurns]

Originally posted by StillNinja:

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

......
So which is mission is technically the one where it goes bad?

The freestar ranger missions.

Edit: it literally removes 50% of items you can get. Without the missions you can get weapons like magshear and hard target, if you've done them you'll never get those from astra.

I don't see how that could have been programmed into the game even by accident. How could that quest line and the Astra vendor in any way be related?

[cravnmore]

It is amazing it is still bugged. This was pretty well documented on reddit