REF: Quick back-story - I completed Level 30 in PvP a long time ago and at the time I did not care what the type of colonies were, just that I was able to complete them and get to level 30, so this may be an old issue, I am not sure.
To break up the monotony, I Enabled the Colony/PvP option for Pathfinder quest assignments. This week as well as last week I was assigned 'The Conquerors' Quest which is to conquer 2x colonies and collect 1k Granite from colonies. On the surface this seems easy enough, however, I have discovered that Granite Colony Production Types are EXTREMELY Rare drops/finds by the explorers. This includes searches for Small, Regular and Large.
Last week after dozens of searches (and I mean 3-4 dozen) I was able to get enough (4-5) Granite producing colonies to attain the 1k quest.
This week, I have expended 100+ Explorer searches for colonies in an attempt to reach the 1k Granite collection; thus far (Less than 4h left in this week's PF) I found one player controlled small Granite, one non-player controlled small Granite and one Regular non-player controlled Granite colony! Every other colony type appears to be found, EVERY OTHER, LESS Granite.
Now, idc about using Colonies as a source of resources, what is total bologna is that the PF quest requires Granite, but no where near the number of Granite colonies are available to collect from.
Has Granite always been this rare in Expeditions??? Whether it is or not, the PF quest should offer quests that can actually be completed by players playing regular.
Update: In 100+ Explorer searches for Regular and Large Colonies NOT a single Granite producing colony was offered, both unconquered and player owned. Literally, every other type was in plenty. Remember that 9 colonies are offered in each search, so that is over (and I must add that the number 100 is grossly small in estimation) 900 colonies discovered with ZERO (0) being granite.