Basestars in the campaign

[Celvas]

I recently bought both DLCs and started a new game. Right now I'm at story mission 9, normal difficulty. I really like the game, but so far I have never seen a basestar in the roaming cylon fleets. Only one appeared in a story mission, although there was only talk and no fight. Even a cylon fleet with 7950 points didn't have a basestar in it. I often hear "basestar group detected", but as I said, there was none so far. Is it just bad luck or do basestars appear later in the game?

[Colonel Clank]

They appear later in the game

[Dux_Britanniarum]

Basestar fleets have around 9800 points, something like that.
New Argos basestar fleets are 10400 points or so.

it feel like their spawning are locked to your progress in campaign, but also your unlocked technologies. The new Argos basestars didnt start spawning until I'd unlocked and purchased all blueprints... even ones I never use.

have you unlocked many techs?

[GrenadeMagnet6]

Does playing on Admiral difficulty cause them to appear quicker than on Normal? Or is it tied to unlocking blueprints like yugydoom indicates?

[Nox]

I have yet to see a basestar.

[Dux_Britanniarum]

my games are on admiral, and the basestars do not appear until I have unlocked most of the blue prints. Like i say the new argos basestars didnt show up until i'd unlocked all blueprints.

give that a go and see if they turn up.

[Celvas]

I'm at the last story mission now and I've unlocked everything. But the only basestars I've seen were in story missions, never outside of them. Maybe it's because I'm playing on normal difficulty? Or is it because of the DLC (other ships available, so no basestars are chosen for the roaming fleets)? Or both?