i would like to have my particle's velocity be affected by a noise, more, over time. I have a slight idea of what i need to do but im falling flat. Im Still trying to wrap my head around pop vops. thanks in advance for any input!

In the POP Force DOP, second set of parms where the noise is added, enable the Use VEX Expressions.

There is a preset down arrow menu button to the right of the editor window. There you will find a few presets. Try the “Amplitude By Age” option which puts down this:

// Ease in using age in seconds
amp *= smooth(0, 1.5, @age);

The smooth(min,max,variable) expression reads like:
The smooth function returns a value of 0 if the variable is less than the min value, an ease curve going from 0-1 for the variable between the min and max values, and returns 1 when the variable is greater than the max value.

So adjust the 0 and 1.5 to control when the 0-1 ease curve starts and ends.

Thank you so much!!!!! worked awesomely