Level 2 and 3 Mods availablility

[JasonX2000]

Hello,

is there any other way to get level 2 or 3 mods for your ship, if you don't participate in the faction mission, only in the random missions spawned on stations?

I know that expeditions got these too, but since its deactivated i only know that you can get them with the mission chains in the faction mission. Or are there probabilitys to get them through station missions too?

I made a new start playin a boron that only supports the borons and everyone else is an enemy to me. But the borons do not have any faction missions at all. So that would lock me out of level 2 and 3 mods completely.

[PV_]

- "Honour guard" squad in Pontifex's Claim. Those get rebuilt after a while if HOP Wharf is supplied enough.
- BUC Prometheuses in BUC infected sectors. Have 1-2 level mods + 1 "boss" Prometheus with all 3 level mods. All of them respawn.
- heard that SCA pirates in new frontier systems (v7.0 added) also have 1-3 level mods, but didn't try myself.

[JasonX2000]

They drop as loot too?

Okay. I am playing since 1.00 and never noticed or heard that. xD

[PV_]

They drop as loot too?

yes

[RainerPrem]

They drop as loot too?

Okay. I am playing since 1.00 and never noticed or heard that. xD

Oh, yes. Not only the Prometheuses, but all BUC ships drop mod parts.

If you complete the SCA terraforming job, you'll be gifted ~30 SCA ships, all heavily modded and with 4+ Star pilots.

[PV_]

Oh, yes. Not only the Prometheuses, but all BUC ships drop mod parts.

That is not correct. Only S size fighters have purple chassis mod and thats it. Prometheuses and Honour guards own full set of exceptional mods.

[RainerPrem]

Oh, yes. Not only the Prometheuses, but all BUC ships drop mod parts.

That is not correct. Only S size fighters have purple chassis mod and thats it. Prometheuses and Honour guards own full set of exceptional mods.

My statement was correct. I did not say anything about WHAT mods are dropped.

The purple chassis mods are anyway the by far most interesting ones. I use nanotubes for Asgards etc, hull protection for all my ships trading in Avarice and storage protection for dealing in forbidden goods.

[PV_]

My statement was correct. I did not say anything about WHAT mods are dropped.

I wasn't pointing out mods. Buccaneers are in possession of fighters, scouts, corvettes, gunboats + military trader Prometheus. Only fighter type and Prometheus has guaranteed mod(s) installed. And since you've written:

all BUC ships drop mod parts.

I made a conclusion that in your mind "all ships" mean only fighter + trader ships. And since OP most likely isn't telepath I've offered clarification.

[Duncaroos]

I have had a scavenger collecting nothing but drops at my gate defense zone for most of my VRO playthrough. Advanced and Exceptional mods do drop, but it is exponentially lower than basic. I have hundreds of basics mods, with only a handful (I think 15-25) of advanced mods, and <6 exceptional mods after 50-60hr IGT. So Xenon, as they are more prevalent, drop less mods than say BUC Prometheus ships or the faction they become later.

Guild missions you're way more likely to get advanced/superior mods, especially when you get those nvidium-filled miners as rewards as they come with modded parts using advanced/exceptional components you can take off and reuse.

[JasonX2000]

They drop as loot too?

Okay. I am playing since 1.00 and never noticed or heard that. xD

Oh, yes. Not only the Prometheuses, but all BUC ships drop mod parts.

If you complete the SCA terraforming job, you'll be gifted ~30 SCA ships, all heavily modded and with 4+ Star pilots.

I did just yesterday. But that where at most 14-18 ships i got. But its good to. I was positively surprised. But i did not look for their gear.
But the past i shot down a lot of the SCA ships and never noticed to get T2-T3 Modparts on loot. I have to take a good look at that.

But i hope that these are different T2/T3 mods and not only hull types. I love the hull types but them i got plenty in my expedition inventory. I more or less are looking for shield, speed, and weapon T2/T3 mods.

[RainerPrem]

They drop as loot too?

Okay. I am playing since 1.00 and never noticed or heard that. xD

Oh, yes. Not only the Prometheuses, but all BUC ships drop mod parts.

If you complete the SCA terraforming job, you'll be gifted ~30 SCA ships, all heavily modded and with 4+ Star pilots.

I did just yesterday. But that where at most 14-18 ships i got. But its good to. I was positively surprised. But i did not look for their gear.
But the past i shot down a lot of the SCA ships and never noticed to get T2-T3 Modparts on loot. I have to take a good look at that.

But i hope that these are different T2/T3 mods and not only hull types. I love the hull types but them i got plenty in my expedition inventory. I more or less are looking for shield, speed, and weapon T2/T3 mods.

Maybe 30 is too many. In my case they were ~8 Phoenix E, ~8 Behemoth E and ~10 Minotaurs. The mods are somehow erratically distributed, but I got 4 x lvl3 Drive mods.