I think it's to this day does practically nothing.

That kind of sucks then there isn't much point to the tech.

Nobody knows!

You have to be kidding me. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT A TECH DOES??? 

We better ask the pros...

Hi,

I can't find much about this tech, or at least it is out of date and says its bugged.  Anyone know?

Hi,

It reveals unconnected hidden nodes in the galaxy that can only be found this way. We're going to update the tooltip and maybe also add an additional effect.

Best,

Like, they cannot be found by conventional means, only through this technology? How many nodes are there can be? Trying to evaluate how useful it is, it's a tier 4 tech after all. If I colonize such a node, empires without this tech can't see it?

Also, is there a visible way to identify such a node after tech is researched to distiguish it from normal disconnected nodes? I mean, player might not be even aware, if this node is invisible to others.

jhell wrote:

Hi,

It reveals unconnected hidden nodes in the galaxy that can only be found this way. We're going to update the tooltip and maybe also add an additional effect.

Best,

Thanks,  Please add an addition effect, but also verify it's working as intended.

I did try it out and didn't see anything different on the map.

I don't remember the exact setting but this is the general scenario:

The galaxy had multiple constellations.

The constellation that all my systems were in was fully explored.

I had also spent a lot of probes so I thinik I might have found all the unnconnected nodes.

I then got the tech, but nothing was revealed.

Then I eventually went to a different constellation and colonized the sytem.

Nothing new was revealed on the map, even though on the new constellation I only could see something like 3 out of 10 systems visible.

My guess was that it wasn't either working or it only works once when it is researched.

Thanks guys, we've investigated the issue and it seems there is indeed a problem.

Currently it happens very rarely to find nodes this way. If you do find one, it will be invisible for your opponents until they research the tech.

I hope i find one system like that close to another player home system... Then as sophons i will figure out if someone researched that ability yet and before he can see, i launched a army of defenders to conquer the enemy systems from behind. 

Then the enemy just say: But where these fleets came from??? 

From beyond the Void :)

jhell wrote:

Thanks guys, we've investigated the issue and it seems there is indeed a problem.

Currently it happens very rarely to find nodes this way. If you do find one, it will be invisible for your opponents until they research the tech.

jhell, 

I had a fleeting thought on this tech:

What if, instead of uncovering hidden star systems, the tech discovered hidden special nodes? Perhaps these nodes could be 50% or even 100% more productive versions of existing special nodes?

These nodes would need to be visible only to those who unlock this tech and exploitable only to those who unlock this tech.

Hmm, also there were curiosities that reveal hidden nodes.
Although it might be useful sometimes, most of those hidden ones contain 1~3 planet systems :P

frodak wrote:

With a marker also maybe a pop-up that says "hey, this is a secret system that you have discovered!".

Might be nice to know about how many of these types of systems are supposed to be on the map.

+1. Not sant to fault to Amp, but probably this is more useful than a pop up telling you have discovered a special node (I'm not against it too, but this is more obvious when you look at your scout)

Velorace wrote:

I hope i find one system like that close to another player home system... Then as sophons i will figure out if someone researched that ability yet and before he can see, i launched a army of defenders to conquer the enemy systems from behind. 

Then the enemy just say: But where these fleets came from??? 

From beyond the Void :) 

Haha.

You're a senaky one.

Neron wrote:

Hmm, also there were curiosities that reveal hidden nodes.
Although it might be useful sometimes, most of those hidden ones contain 1~3 planet systems :P

Though I did notice those systems also contain a lot of anomalies. I play with rare anomalies so systems that have more than one or two are few and far between. I'm not sure how they'd compare to regular systems on normal anomaly settings though.