Programmable Field Array

[Senri]

I am at a loss trying to get these.... No matter how many Xenon i Slay... Traders i Visit or Crates i loot ... Any Suggestions where these are found ?

[DukeSatan]

Kill K's and I's

[Geist]

Originally posted by Senri:

I am at a loss trying to get these.... No matter how many Xenon i Slay... Traders i Visit or Crates i loot ... Any Suggestions where these are found ?:hssbskull::barotrauma:

Just kill more Xenon, they will eventualy drop.

[Izuzul]

If you want to farm some Xenon there are typically tons of Xenon attacks in Hatikvah's Choice coming from the gate to Tharka's in the N part of the sector. You can wait up there and kill as they come or set a fast ship on repete orders and then set it to pick up all drops in area. (Argon and Terran fleets frequent the area to fight the Xenon)

I like to set two orders, one to collect all drops in area and another to fly to point, usually the nearest station. This way the fast ship will go into the battle zone to collect drops but will fly back to the station when done. This helps keep it out of the fight and not just sit by a gate waiting to get deleted by a K or I coming through the gate. Also set it to flee when attacked by default.

After a while go back to that ship and talk to the pilot to transfer items to your inventory. You can do other stuff while you wait for your pilot to do the work and then sell the loot at a pirate station for some easy credits.

[Konaan]

That is how I got mine. Sometimes I helped defend the sector, sometimes I just sat in my ship and waited for a few kills before flying around and picking up the litter. You can get tons of stuff from Hatikvah's Choice.

[db48x]

Programmable Field Arrays are never carried by traders. It’s just a rare drop. I don’t know the percentages but in my latest game by 24 hours in I had a dozen out of thousands of items picked up. (But remember that some items drop in groups, so don’t take that to mean that it’s literally 1⁄1000 either).

[blackphoenixx]

It's a somewhat uncommon drop from Xenon, but only really uncommon if you try to farm it yourself (under the assumption you'd prefer to not sit in one place and collect boxes for hours).

But they're easily obtainable if you put a defense fleet or station at any gate with regular Xenon incursions (or make use of an NPC fleet already in place) and add a single ship on repeat orders to collect loot.

You'll have hundreds of the things in short order (in addition to tons of mod parts).

[db48x]

Oh, absolutely. In this game you should always look for a way to automate everything you do.

[Dr.doom]

setting up a ship on repeat loot all drops near a defense station is a great way to get these things just make sure that ship is fast and can run away quickly

[DukeSatan]

This is a useful vid for how to setup and farm a gate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFW22aQyifA

[Senri]

Finally have them ... 8h of looking and nothing .. the moment i choose to go do other things .. 5 of them at once ....

[db48x]

May the blessings of RNG be upon you :)

[[VASY]Perkele]

Again, this man wants to be a billionaire even as he says "i want to do this slow". :D

[Erei]

Not sure if it's a mod, but I have a scout ship parked on the major Xenon gate with a "collect drop" in repeat order. Eventually they get everything I need. Teleport there to collect once in a while.
Hatikvah might not be a good idea, as it's not always patrolled.

Also I have them at major NPC war gates (so ant vs hop, hop vs par). Not sure if non xenons drop those specifically.

Yes, once in a while one of them die. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.