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r/Warframe•
Andur

Reinforcement Beacons Self-destruct

Bug

Toroid farming has been busted for 2 weeks now. As per this bug report submitted by LennyFace, the instant a Reinforcement Beacon is placed, it self-destructs, preventing alert level scalation. This was tested during Free Roam and the Temple of Profit area.

Those beacons work fine during the Profit-Taker fight, so maybe it's a free-roam specific bug? Do they still explode around toroid farming areas during regular bounties? Any workaround would be appreciated until DE can fix the bug (apart from the obvious cave hunting route). Maybe starting a bounty, then failing it?

Posted Sep 17, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

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bblunttPress 4 to Win•

It’s been fine for me. On the contrary, the toroid drop rates have increased. With a 2x booster, I got around 50 Sola Toroid in 20 minutes.

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tennomorph•

25 in 20 minutes without a booster? Really? I can't seem to get any to drop at all

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Jackofallgods•

Yeah torrid farm has been at its peak drop rate for me and I haven’t even tried with drop chance booster. Only difference I’ve noticed is difficulty scaling quicker or starting off higher or something. But that’s ok with me

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Eenoreego•

I am having this issue too. Doesn't matter if I go solo or in a group and in which area (spaceport/EL/ToP), and it doesn't matter whether I attack enemies or stay away. I tried staying a bit to see if more beacons would be spawned, but what I noticed is that I arrive at the farming location, enemies try spawning a few beacons but they randomly self destruct, then they don't spawn anything anymore no matter how long and how much in plain sight I stay.

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AndurOP•

Yesterday they stayed online. This is becoming really hard to reproduce consistently.

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Eenoreego•

I'll try again either tonight or sometime during the weekend and report back.

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Eenoreego•

So I ran another session of toroid farming with some friends yesterday and had no issue at all. I don't know what to think anymore at this point!

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AndurOP•

Yeah, I have no idea, and usually I'm pretty good reproducing steps, finding the culprit etc. Personally, I eventually earned the toroids I needed and moved on, but I hope DE fixes the issue.

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AndurOP•

Weird. Are you guys also starting Free Roam from the Orbiter? Playing Solo or Public? Trying to see some pattern here.

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