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EvilweaselSA
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.14 15:17:00 -
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stop trying to make yourself invulnerable to pvp tia |
EvilweaselSA
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
753
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Posted - 2013.05.14 15:26:00 -
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Dersen Lowery wrote: [EDIT: EvilweaselSA, I'm not convinced that that's a bad thing. "The one that got away" is the basis of any number of stories; it would keep players hungry, and make a minigame out of identifying the container types and pulling them in as quickly as possible, instead of "push button, receive bacon." I'm fond of the idea that EVE is more complex than those games that are carefully engineered to give you reward sensations as often as possible.]
If there's some way to target the valuable stuff sure, but my understanding is we're going to be looking at "well, 12 cans exploded and I got 6, i lost half of my hard-earned loot" |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
1959
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Posted - 2013.05.14 15:27:00 -
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After having watched the prototype presentation from fanfest all the way through now, I see you're fond of the "RPG" elements you've created in the hacking game. Let's carry the parallel a little further...
So you've played a mini-game of find the cores and destroy them via the RPG game, avoiding or surviving the traps along the way. At this point, in most RPG games, you get the "loot all" option to strip the corpse of anything valuable in one click. Game developers have learned that players detest tedium, *but will go through it and complain loudly*, in order to gain their rewards.
CCP is taking the opposite direction here and not only forcing you to run around and pick up all the rolling bits of loot off the floor one by one, you've also got to be quick about it before the stuff slips down a drain in the floor and is gone forever. Is this wise? Does it fit within the expected behavior of the game based on current mechanics? Or are you going over the edge and adding arbitrary difficulty after the player has completed his quest?
I urge you to consider your direction here and how far you're taking it. Simply hoping that it will drive more people to work together in exploration sites to overcome arbitrary game mechanics is optimistic. Put people in the exact situation and see how they react to it, and make sure it's not the people who designed the feature as it stands - they're predisposed to think its cool already. Is it really going to be fun for multiple people when only one is doing the hacking?
If someone in my corp said, "Hey, I'm running a hacking site, and I need you to come wait next to me and help scoop loot once I'm done", I'm likely to turn him down to keep belt ratting, running anomalies, camping a gate, or spinning my ship. If you want multiple people running the sites, make it engaging for all of them, not just one of them.
I find that without a good mob to provide one for them, most people would have no mentality at all. |
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CCP Bayesian
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Posted - 2013.05.14 15:48:00 -
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War Kitten wrote:I urge you to consider your direction here and how far you're taking it. Simply hoping that it will drive more people to work together in exploration sites to overcome arbitrary game mechanics is optimistic. Put people in the exact situation and see how they react to it, and make sure it's not the people who designed the feature as it stands - they're predisposed to think its cool already. Is it really going to be fun for multiple people when only one is doing the hacking?
It'll be out on Sisi for feedback from you guys, our players soon.
EVE Software Engineer Team Prototyping Rocks |
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Sheena Tzash
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
18
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Posted - 2013.05.14 16:00:00 -
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EvilweaselSA wrote: It's about what you interpret as a loss vs a gain. Once the you "win" the minigame, you interpret all that loot as yours. It's set up in a way so that this last part doesn't feel like it's about seeing how much loot you get: it's about how much you can avoid losing. People won't like that.
Yep I have to agree with this sentiment as well.
I can see this loot explosion being fun at first but irritating later on because its not much fun to chase after the loot that you've spent all this time to get in the first place!
Compare this to the new belt ratting 'tags4sec' business, the mechanics consist of:
1) Warp to belt [No fun] 2) Find rat that drops tag [No fun] 3) If no rat, return to 1 [No fun - repetitive] 3) Kill rat [Fun] 4) Get tag [Result]
Now lets look at running an exploration site
1) Warp to system [No fun] 2) Deploy probes [No fun] 3) Scan down x number of sites [No fun - repetitive] 4) Hack Site [Mini-game, fun-ish, repetitive] 5) Run after loot [ARGH!]
I'm sorry but I dislike the idea of having to go through all those steps, take all that time to get my reward only for it to quite literally RUN AWAY from me!?
Potentially if im not fast enough to react (or most likely be playing pinball against a structure) I could walk away with nothing.
Also bear in mind that we're now adding more elements to delay the player (ie, chasing down cans) and direct their attention away (ie, mini game) from checking local & Dscan and those elements will only further discourage players from going into lower sec space if they feel like they have to jump through more time delaying hoops and expose themselves for longer in more dangous space. |
Forlorn Wongraven
Habitual Euthanasia Pandemic Legion
52
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Posted - 2013.05.14 16:02:00 -
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Can anyone please confirm that probing on Sisi is completely broken with today's patch? (both normal system scanner nor probes show any sigs). The overlay scanner UI has greatly been increased, it gives a exploration and mistery pov. Shadoo > whoever was the first nyx on grid Shadoo > THANK GOD YOU ARE A SMART MAN and fitted the best tank in PL Shadoo > (ie. cyno) |
Sylvia Nardieu
audacity.
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Posted - 2013.05.14 16:11:00 -
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Once again, what about Ladars? |
Manssell
OmiHyperMultiNationalDrunksConglomerate
154
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Posted - 2013.05.14 17:05:00 -
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Sylvia Nardieu wrote:Once again, what about Ladars?
Come on CCP, this has been asked in every thread since the changes where announced and as far as I know never been answered.
There are currently Ladar sites that are combat/hacking sites. With the moving of Ladars to just coming up on the new scanner without probes, are these sites going to stay probable, or will they just show up? Are they going to be removed? Will the rats stay or be removed and the mini-game added? Did ya'll know they existed, or just found out and are scrambling for a solution? Come on, give us something. |
Olari Vanderfall
Z3R0 RETURN MINING INC. Illusion of Solitude
97
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Posted - 2013.05.14 17:09:00 -
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Manssell wrote:Sylvia Nardieu wrote:Once again, what about Ladars? Come on CCP, this has been asked in every thread since the changes where announced and as far as I know never been answered. There are currently Ladar sites that are combat/hacking sites. With the moving of Ladars to just coming up on the new scanner without probes, are these sites going to stay probable, or will they just show up? Are they going to be removed? Will the rats stay or be removed and the mini-game added? Did ya'll know they existed, or just found out and are scrambling for a solution? Come on, give us something.
Don't do drugs.
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Terrorfrodo
Renegade Hobbits for Mordor
450
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Posted - 2013.05.14 17:42:00 -
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CCP Tallest wrote:Simon Severasse wrote:Please when you can, confirm if Wormhole sites are changing or we only get the minigame instead of the use of hacking (archeology) tool without further changes. Sleepers are there on the begining and once open we get the same crap as always. Hacking and Archaeology containers in Wormholes will use the new hacking and scatter mechanics. Other than that the only changes are that the salvage containers (Talocan Wrecks) will be accessed with Archaeology (Relic Analyzer) rather than Salvaging. The same is true for any other hacking/archaeology containers in EVE such as those found in COSMOS sites and missions. The exception to this is containers that always drop one specific loot type (such as acceleration gate keys and mission items). Those containers will be unchanged for now and will open as they did before.
Thanks for clarifying that.
I wonder however, will we have to hack every spawn container individually? With a dozen or so containers currently in those sites, this would take a lot more time than now, I think. Especially if they are still so far from each other and we have to slowboat between them. Or will the many spawn containers we have now in a site be replaced by a single new object to be hacked? . |
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EvilweaselSA
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
753
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Posted - 2013.05.14 19:16:00 -
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Are wormhole sites losing their standard npc spawns? |
None ofthe Above
576
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Posted - 2013.05.14 19:28:00 -
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Sheena Tzash wrote:EvilweaselSA wrote: It's about what you interpret as a loss vs a gain. Once the you "win" the minigame, you interpret all that loot as yours. It's set up in a way so that this last part doesn't feel like it's about seeing how much loot you get: it's about how much you can avoid losing. People won't like that.
Yep I have to agree with this sentiment as well. I can see this loot explosion being fun at first but irritating later on because its not much fun to chase after the loot that you've spent all this time to get in the first place! Compare this to the new belt ratting 'tags4sec' business, the mechanics consist of: 1) Warp to belt [No fun] 2) Find rat that drops tag [No fun] 3) If no rat, return to 1 [No fun - repetitive] 3) Kill rat [Fun] 4) Get tag [Result] Now lets look at running an exploration site 1) Warp to system [No fun] 2) Deploy probes [No fun] 3) Scan down x number of sites [No fun - repetitive] 4) Hack Site [Mini-game, fun-ish, repetitive] 5) Run after loot [ARGH!] I'm sorry but I dislike the idea of having to go through all those steps, take all that time to get my reward only for it to quite literally RUN AWAY from me!? Potentially if im not fast enough to react (or most likely be playing pinball against a structure) I could walk away with nothing. Also bear in mind that we're now adding more elements to delay the player (ie, chasing down cans) and direct their attention away (ie, mini game) from checking local & Dscan and those elements will only further discourage players from going into lower sec space if they feel like they have to jump through more time delaying hoops and expose themselves for longer in more dangous space.
Have to agree with this concern. Increased frustration and the feeling that you are being set up as a clay pigeon is not an enjoyable experience. Sure a bit of a rush, "getting away with it" but that' a rather niche group that will stick with that kind of experience.
Furthermore, adding the need for tractor beams on an exploration ship further increases the difference between a PVE ship and a PVP/Ganker ship. This isn't encouraging PvP really, just gank targets.
I'd like to see a move toward less of a difference between PVE and PVP fits. That way when someone comes after your exploration ship, you can actually defend yourself. Can gateway individuals into PVP perhaps even. Making it not cost effective to prepare a defense locks people into the carebear pigeonhole.
GF? I hope you voted, you glorious but often apathetic bastards! STV working as intended; Pre-elections and Get out the Vote, room for improvement. |
Chokichi Ozuwara
Sons Of Alexander AL3XAND3R.
506
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Posted - 2013.05.14 19:38:00 -
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Roime wrote:You are wrong.
Old version: engage module, wait for dice rolls, receive bacon (this is as dumb as it gets) New version: engage module, solve puzzle, receive bacon or fail (this is much more engaging) Wait for dice rolls, fight NPCs, scan for neuts, etc.
New version, play repetitious 2D autistic puzzle, chase loot cans across space.
Again, what about this is "exploration"?
CCP Bayesian wrote:The mechanics we're putting in allow for more emergence than currently exists. I don't see how we are dumbing down the game by making perhaps the dumbest mechanic in EVE more complex with a mechanic that rewards player skill What skill does it reward?
CCP Bayesian wrote:along with complementary mechanics that require more than one person to get full benefit from. Dude, most of these sites don't pay out enough stuff to validate anyone forming a team to run them. They have to already be one of the least rewarding PvE activities in the game.
I don't want to say you guys don't play the game, although that's my instinct, but I suspect you guys don't play the damn game. People run DED sites collaboratively because there is a chance of a payout that makes it worth it (high end mods, pirate faction BPCs). No one is going to run hisec archaeology sites with a team, when they currently pay out less than 500k 50% of the time. Or Nullsec data sites that pay out less than 30 mill. Not when there are anoms and ratting to be done. Tears will be shed and pants will need to be changed all round. |
Erik Finnegan
Polytechnique Gallenteenne
91
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Posted - 2013.05.14 20:08:00 -
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Yes ! Paradroid had the best hacking game EVAARRRR
I pointed CCP Affinity to it during fanfest and sent her the link; exactly this video incidentally. She said they'll look at it for inspiration. |
EvilweaselSA
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
753
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Posted - 2013.05.14 21:15:00 -
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Chokichi Ozuwara wrote: I don't want to say you guys don't play the game, although that's my instinct, but I suspect you guys don't play the damn game. People run DED sites collaboratively because there is a chance of a payout that makes it worth it (high end mods, pirate faction BPCs). No one is going to run hisec archaeology sites with a team, when they currently pay out less than 500k 50% of the time. Or Nullsec data sites that pay out less than 30 mill. Not when there are anoms and ratting to be done.
People actually rarely do these as a genuine team because it's such a pain in the ass organizing several people compared to just multiboxing it. Transaction costs of organizing it and all. |
Chris Winter
Zephyr Corp V.A.S.T.
98
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Posted - 2013.05.14 21:20:00 -
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Will the "can chasing" require manual piloting of your ship in order to be effective?
If so, it's literally the only place in the game where manual piloting is necessary. A lot of newer players don't even know it's possible.
The manual piloting interface in EVE is clunky and annoying even now--the one-second tick speed of the server certainly doesn't help that. EVE has never been a twitch-based game--that's one of the wonderful things about EVE.
Don't spoil it by trying to shoehorn twitch-based gameplay into a game that's fantastic without it. If I wanted to manually fly a ship, I'd play something else. |
Alx Warlord
SUPERNOVA SOCIETY Extinction Level Event.
465
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Posted - 2013.05.14 22:20:00 -
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CCP Bayesian wrote:Omnathious Deninard wrote:CCP Bayesian wrote: require more than one person to get full benefit from.
Here in lyes the biggest issue, just because one is not flying in a fleet does not mean there is not mean they are not interacting with other players. With the new system player skill and a bit of luck will play a big role, do not dampen that by arbitrarily making it require a small gang. As an explorer you already have to deal with other explorers, pirates, roaming gangs, and then once you get loot you must be able to sell it on the market against all those who you have had to compete with just to get your loot. I also foresee a new complaint coming to F&I about a cloaky ship waiting at Data and Relic sites in high sec and de cloaking once the loot is jettisoned then stealing it. There is nothing stopping people running these things solo still, we want to encourage, not force some cooperation. If you like suspect flags stealing people's scattered containers sounds like a good way to get one. ;)
I have a big request to you: Less luck more logic! A challenging game will be much more accepted then a luck game. Also people will talk and give much more value to things that they can make plans, strategies and get bonuses for their inteligence then the "F*** that s*** and click everywhere cause the results are the same." Please read these! > New POS system > New SOV system |
Arriaz
Mythic Heights
0
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Posted - 2013.05.14 22:43:00 -
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So if there are no rats at these sites, could we now actually use a covops frig for exploration in null/low sec? After all you can't fit a tank in the mid slots if you need hacking and scanning mods?
Also, it is fundamentally wrong to have separate teams working on separate items without an over arching plan. Who is in charge of ensuring all the "features" in Odyssey are integrated? I suspect that person might need a course on project management. |
Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
656
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Posted - 2013.05.14 22:45:00 -
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The new Hacking loot mechanic is weird. R Tape loading error |
Snapper Pumpkinpuss
The Opposite Sects
1
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Posted - 2013.05.15 01:09:00 -
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for reals player expand on this consept if you mine an assteroid and you fail no ore or if you run a mission and dont do it exsactly right you loose yoru ship ..or if you trade and your late you loose ...you guys are brilliant but you shouldnt be able to sell or trade or get reward from a mission without solveing a puzzle that no doubt 18 yeaolds with alot of xbox time can do ...wonder what the average age is here
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Snapper Pumpkinpuss
The Opposite Sects
1
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Posted - 2013.05.15 01:16:00 -
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well i should have to solve a puzzle to get into a base ..and mine...and trade...and mission ...and well i guess i need to work with my physical theripist to un freeze my hands so i can do it quickly and i have to have a freind there to help of course ....can my dog play too
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Strata Maslav
Born-2-Kill 0utNumbered
58
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Posted - 2013.05.15 02:36:00 -
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Off-Topic Hacking Proposal All this talk of hacking got me thinking about what hacking is used for in real life; the retrieval of otherwise inaccessible data. The Odyssey changes to exploration will be adding a new interactive hacking to the game and but still only rewarding pod pilots with physical loot. Why canGÇÖt digital espionage have a role in pvp? Since information is such an asset in EVE why is there no way (other then spying) to fight over intelligence?
Allow small gangs to infiltrate an area and secure information about systems or constellations by hacking specific structures. Once the structure is secured a pilot can then hack the structure. This information could give the GÇ£hackersGÇ¥ real-time information about the current location of ships within a constellation, perhaps requiring them to hack several structures or a single constellation centralised structure. A hacked structure could give real time information over a period of time (unless it is hacked by another individual) or give a snap shot of the current status requiring the pilot to remain close in order to keep getting these snap shots (more vulnerable).
Entities hoping to keep this information for themselves could guard these structures with covert groups attempting to disengage this structure before showing their hand. The intelligence should be real-time to allow the players to use the hacking actions to their benefit and give them objective that give them a real advantage.
This hacking could go as far as to disable certain alliance structures and give benefit to raiders if they hold onto them (passive income?).
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Maekchu
Black Rebel Rifter Club The Devil's Tattoo
0
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Posted - 2013.05.15 03:52:00 -
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I just hope CCP will add enough risk in low/nullsec, so it won't be too easy for people to just run a cloaky T1 exploration frigate, with no means of loosing their ship or anyone catching them. If the risk is close to non-existent, then especially lowsec will soon be flooded with explorers. Removing the benefit current lowsec explorers have, which is lots of signatures to run, cause of the low competition.
The risk will be added through strong enough "triggered" NPCs, or giving pirates the opportunity to actually probe down explorers and blow them up, or both.
I suppose CCP is leaning towards the first mentioned method, since they will allow people to use both local and d-scan while hacking. But any competent player will just spam short-range d-scan while they hack, and just warp out when anything gets in range.
Obviously (since I like to shoot players), I'd love if CCP made it so, that you can't d-scan while hacking. It would make the explorers vulnerable in a short periods of time, giving pirates a chance to actually scan down the target and hopefully warp to him. This would not only add an additional layer of "risk" in low/nullsec, but also give the more skilled explorers a sense of reward (The faster you hack, the safer you will be). I can understand that some people feel the "skill" of exploration have been removed, because of the preset probe formations. Why not use the hacking mini-game for this instead?
However, I am still looking forward to see what the result will be in the end. |
Mike Whiite
Cupid Stunts.
195
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Posted - 2013.05.15 07:02:00 -
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CCP Bayesian wrote:Obsidian Dagger wrote:So it's the Deus Ex: HR hacking minigame? It's reasonably different and shares a lot more elements ...................................and the card game Munchkin.
What ever you do, don't pick up the Duck, I think I'm ready for this :) |
Tyrion Moath
Browncoat Industries Rura-Penthe
6
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Posted - 2013.05.15 07:29:00 -
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CCP Tallest wrote:Hacking and Archaeology containers in Wormholes will use the new hacking and scatter mechanics.
What about the sites where activating hacking/analyzing modules is the trigger for the next wave? The loot from whichever can spawns the next wave is basically lost then. For example, this site: http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=ForgottenCoreInformationPen
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Abigail Sagan
Active Fusion Cold Fusion.
28
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Posted - 2013.05.15 07:48:00 -
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CCP Bayesian wrote:Tsero Outamon wrote:Quick question:
What skills are going to be involved in the new hacking system? I've never really done hacking before and am curious if I'll only need the Hacking skill or what other skills will be applicable to this profession.
Edit:
Also, how common will these sites be in high/low/null sec and w-space? The normal hacking and archaeology skills, for example: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/HackerYou also need to be able to scan down the sites with them in. The distribution is going to remain the same but the sites are better balanced in terms of rewards from high->null sec.
Related to the above, but not quite. Some people have already asked info for this, but I don't think we have received an answer: What will hacking and archaelogy skills do? They cannot give us faster cycle time anymore, since it won't matter. Also, what is the difference between T1/T2 Codebreaker/Analyzer or T1/T2 WhateverTheNewModulesWillBeCalled?
You expect you have an answer to that, since it is only two weeks and couple of days until official Odyssey date. If you don't... *doesn't want to think about it*
Also, those virii we are supposed to use: Where do we get them from? Or don't we need them at the beginning? |
Sylvia Nardieu
audacity.
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Posted - 2013.05.15 08:42:00 -
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Ran into a 'combat/hacking' ladar site y'day and it seems that they haven't been changed at all? What's the reasoning behind this? It's not that they were terribly profitable anyway (appart from once-in-a-blue-moon drop of skillbooks). |
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CCP Bayesian
745
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Posted - 2013.05.15 09:10:00 -
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Abigail Sagan wrote:Related to the above, but not quite. Some people have already asked info for this, but I don't think we have received an answer: What will hacking and archaelogy skills do? They cannot give us faster cycle time anymore, since it won't matter. Also, what is the difference between T1/T2 Codebreaker/Analyzer or T1/T2 WhateverTheNewModulesWillBeCalled?
You expect you have an answer to that, since it is only two weeks and couple of days until official Odyssey date. If you don't... *doesn't want to think about it*
Also, those virus we are supposed to use: Where do we get them from? Or don't we need them at the beginning?
Edit: Apparently plural form of 'virus' is 'viruses' in english, not 'virii'. My mistake. :)
The virus is the module itself, the stats used in the hacking attempts come from the modules. Ship bonuses and skill bonuses translate into buffs for the module stats. EVE Software Engineer Team Prototyping Rocks |
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Zappity
Kurved Space
82
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Posted - 2013.05.15 09:18:00 -
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Omnathious Deninard wrote:I also foresee a new complaint coming to F&I about a cloaky ship waiting at Data and Relic sites in high sec and de cloaking once the loot is jettisoned then stealing it.
Ooh, yes please. I am very much looking forward to this aspect! Better make sure the cans aren't blue, though. Hooray, I'm l33t! -á(Kil2: "The higher their ship losses...the better they're going to be.") |
Abigail Sagan
Active Fusion Cold Fusion.
28
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Posted - 2013.05.15 09:33:00 -
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CCP Bayesian wrote:Abigail Sagan wrote:Related to the above, but not quite. Some people have already asked info for this, but I don't think we have received an answer: What will hacking and archaelogy skills do? They cannot give us faster cycle time anymore, since it won't matter. Also, what is the difference between T1/T2 Codebreaker/Analyzer or T1/T2 WhateverTheNewModulesWillBeCalled?
I expect you have an answer to that, since it is only two weeks and couple of days until official Odyssey date. If you don't... *doesn't want to think about it*
Also, those virus we are supposed to use: Where do we get them from? Or don't we need them at the beginning?
Edit: Apparently plural form of 'virus' is 'viruses' in english, not 'virii'. My mistake. :) The virus is the module itself, the stats used in the hacking attempts come from the modules. Ship bonuses and skill bonuses translate into buffs for the module stats.
Thank you for the answer. So you had thought about it, just as I expected (even though I feared otherwise).
PS: Typo fixed from my quoted text. (You=>I) |
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