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Author Topic: Blackmarket Arms Dealer Frequency  (Read 1806 times)

Flying Birdy

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Blackmarket Arms Dealer Frequency
« on: April 02, 2021, 08:42:47 AM »
Is it just me or is the frequency of arms dealers too low in the bars? I'm struggling to find arms dealers (to buy an odyssey) and I can barely find arms dealers even though I'm checking every bar. I also can't develop arms dealers as contacts; are we supposed to be able to? My regular underworld contacts for bounties also very rarely offer arms dealer "missions" that allow me to buy ships.
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Re: Blackmarket Arms Dealer Frequency
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2021, 08:47:44 AM »
I've got a todo item to make these more accessible, yeah. Right now it's about the same as everything else, which can make it feel rare when you're looking for it specifically, or looking to get an arms dealer contact.
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Re: Blackmarket Arms Dealer Frequency
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2021, 10:34:53 AM »
I'm pretty sure that arms dealers can only show up on planets that have Heavy Industry/Orbital Works. Unless it's just a big coincidence that those are the only planets that I ran into them on.
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Re: Blackmarket Arms Dealer Frequency
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2021, 10:39:26 AM »
They're supposed to be able to show up anywhere, unlike the other production order encounters. Looking at the code, it seems like that should work, but I've made a note to have a look at that to make sure, too.

The trader and military custom production require the colony to be producing some ships and in the case of the military one, to also be a military base.
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