2 Fold reason for this:
1) It does away with botters pretty well as they'd need to scan down a site prior to actually using it.
2) As an aussie logging in after roid respawn DT, there's nothing left. I've gone 5 systems over scouting for a belt and it's all gone.

Make the Grav sites more challenging if needed but by mining out a Grav Site have another one spawn 4-8 hours later so it can be regulated - and won't drive mineral prices down.

And for those wondering, no it won't affect noobies, they're taught to use scanner probes from the get-go now.

Effort? it takes 2-5 minutes to scan a site down. Hell you could even have it so the easy to find Grav sites are more accessible where as the harder to find Grav Sites take longer.

1. Yes it will, any program that's able to faciliate the scanning of a probe would have to have a hook into the EVE Client in order to tell where the location of the site is. If you read the thread, I believe I stated it as 3d mapping within a 2d environment.

2. So you're saying because I'm in a location where by I can't get on after down time due to commitment the next day, others should have it better by default?

I also must say the current asteroid belt system makes no sense at all from a science perspective. By what means would a 100km long half cirlce of asteroids appear over the surface of a planet in arbitrary positions?

I also must say the current asteroid belt system makes no sense at all from a science perspective. By what means would a 100km long half cirlce of asteroids appear over the surface of a planet in arbitrary positions?

2 Fold reason for this:
1) It does away with botters pretty well as they'd need to scan down a site prior to actually using it.
2) As an aussie logging in after roid respawn DT, there's nothing left. I've gone 5 systems over scouting for a belt and it's all gone.

Make the Grav sites more challenging if needed but by mining out a Grav Site have another one spawn 4-8 hours later so it can be regulated - and won't drive mineral prices down.

And for those wondering, no it won't affect noobies, they're taught to use scanner probes from the get-go now.

If you are suggesting doing two responds a day, DT and 12 hours later, I think that action would be the one to flood the market with minerals and kill the cost. Bots mine until the belt is empty, by re spawning it 12 hours later you are likely to make it easier to bot....I don't suppose you bot for making that suggestion?

If you can find a way to automate the scanning down of Grav Sites using a third party program, I would 100% love to see it and be proven wrong tbh.

Well I prefer actual news articles rather than a web page that can be edited by anyone who feels like it.
Back on track, you have yet to prove
A. A scanning bot exists
B. If one doesn't exist that one could be made

lmfao.. you're hilarious.

And fyi, probe scanning - which is required for grav sites - isn't the same as D-Scan. Just so everyone's aware, might want to look into just how complicated it would be to try and 'bot' probes.

Also can you take a look at issue 2? Thanks =)

Bot, you keep saying that. I don't think it means what you think it means.

A bot is a robot. In EVE a bot is a program/macro/etc that is designed to auto-mate a task while the user is away (ie: warp to belt, lock closest rock, mine it, lock next belt and mine it when the first one pops, and then warp to station and unload when hold is full). All botters are AFK or losely monitoring.

Now, if you are talking about people who go out, mine Ice while doing laundry, dishes, watching a DVD/Netflix, etc.. while checking their character and then warping to station to unload then repeat, that is a semi-AFK player. Not a bot.

Well, yes...but without the ore the prices spike hard so there's a vested interest for all parties.

I do think it could be done and certainly merits exploring further. Perhaps the rat AI could be tweaked to target non-combatants last or only after a certain time, for example.

It'd be a hell of a lot more interesting that the "oh, look frigates" spawns that happen on a timer.

When you manipulate your probes to scan for a site and get them in range at 20% for example, you need to narrow down the field which will often involve changing the view-able area of your screen to gain a greater understanding of where to position your probe to gain greater strength.

Given a BOT can only "SEE" an X and Y (Horizontal and vertical axis), attempting to manipulate the probes to get them at a higher strength would involve moving each probe, one at a time, along each of the axis attempting to get a hit within the Red Rings - which as you know is dynamic at all times - and calculating the position required for each of the Probes.

Now whilst I'll be the first to admit, emulating mouse and keyboard movements can be done; the simple fact remains that automating the 'red ring' find functions, really isn't that possible. A bot can 'SEE' the bubbles of the probe. It can 'SEE' the red rings but how do you tell it to put all of the probes in a patter to create an overlap that will cover the red ring? Not possible.

Factor in 4 probes required, likelihood due to error and the inability for what's "SEEN" by the bot to grasp where the location might be and you're back at needing a hook into the eve client to figure it all out.

Otherwise I like the respawn points except the last one. Pretty sure CCP removed decent roids from Missions because we were all farming them like mad XD 4 missions at once could turn a really good profit, even before orca's XD