Vending Spree Help - Spawn Issues

[revletos]

Been grinding achievements and I'm kinda stuck on the Vending Machine one.

Haven't encountered a single one through my regular play through of AWE. Some people on reddit said there's a bug of no more spawning after you completed the DLC so oh well, grinded out everything else and reset my save to beginning of AWE and tried again.

Regrinded up to getting Fra Mauro Entrance so I have all the control points with vending machines near it (that one + Operations Corridor + Abandoned Offices.) Found one on the way there, but can't seem to to trigger anymore spawns.

I've tried every piece of advice I could find online. Dying to hiss by control points, quitting to main menu/out of game, whatnot. Can't get any to spawn, no matter what I do. Been grinding for like an hour, so something's probably wrong.

Anyone know any ways to get those altered vending machines to spawn?

[normanpcn]

I'm no expert, but this has worked for me.
There are like 14+ vending machine in Investigations. On each entry to investigations one is chosen at random to be possessed. Fast travel away, like Central Executive, and back to Investigations to get a respawn of which of the 14+ is possessed.
I fast travel to the Abandoned offices. There are three vending machines in this area. Operations center is a short run from Abandoned offices also has three machines. That is 6 which is still well below a 50% chance but still a decent grouping time wise.
If you do not get one in an instance, then fast travel back to executive and then back to abandoned offices. Grinding this has worked for me.
Also, when you do get one, you should fast travel back to Exec, since there is only one each instance.

[revletos]

Originally posted by normanpcn:

I'm no expert, but this has worked for me.
There are like 14+ vending machine in Investigations. On each entry to investigations one is chosen at random to be possessed. Fast travel away, like Central Executive, and back to Investigations to get a respawn of which of the 14+ is possessed.
I fast travel to the Abandoned offices. There are three vending machines in this area. Operations center is a short run from Abandoned offices also has three machines. That is 6 which is still well below a 50% chance but still a decent grouping time wise.
If you do not get one in an instance, then fast travel back to executive and then back to abandoned offices. Grinding this has worked for me.
Also, when you do get one, you should fast travel back to Exec, since there is only one each instance.

First time I'm hearing about going to exec. I've been told to just exit out of the game which I guess also should reset it in theory.

I've tried that with my current pathing (Operations Corridor for 3, Fra Mauro Entrance for 3, Abandoned Offices for 2, and Sealed Firebreak for 2, so 10 total), fast travelling between each control point then back to executive to reset. Did it 4 times with no spawns.

Does something else affect it by any chance? Is it the same one that's altered until it's cleared?

[normanpcn]

Well, I don't claim to know anything. I just know what I have done and has worked for me. Your loop was bigger than I have done but expecting something in four iterations is a bit low I think. I know I have had to grind it pretty good to get a spawn. Repeating the grind on the same areas has worked as described. Multiple playthroughs. I don't think central exec means anything. Just get outside of Investigations to get a seeming reset of the altered item(s). My loop did not have any fast travels, just a run from the 3 in Abandoned offices to operations center. I don't know if that has any meaning.