exploration in lowsec made me a multi billionare in relatively short time

I cannot use my Tengu in 4/10s any more and I am sad.

Discuss.

Exploration after Odyssey.

Now there is plenty of Data and Relic sites in each lowsec system. When I say plenty I mean 3 to 5 sites of that type in every system you will pass through. Might sounds good but it isn't. Really.

Data sites are crappy. Running them takes a lot more time and rewards are joke. Maybe 3 to 5m ISK each.
Relic sites seems to be better. They have far better rewards, but are a bit harder to scan too. 10 - 30m ISK on average.


- Data, Relics are very common. There is at least a few of them in every lowsec system. Rewards are poor, not worth the time IMO. I use them only to hunt ppl who come to run them.


Summary.

New Exploration system is designed for new players. However low skills entry point translates directly to low rewards that can be gained from it.

While it can be OK for Hisec exploration - low risk, low ISK, it's definitly not right for lowec exploration where risk is always high.

For now Odyssey is a big nerf for lowsec inhabitants IMO. While there is alot more opportunities to find a fight, ISK making is dead or near.

I think that could have been the point. Solo exploration farmers don't generate content.

I would like to think it wasn't designed this way, as with more risk in null there should be better rewards.
I work with a blue corp in null and since the DEDs have been reduced, many of our members are experiencing a drop in isk which is needed to buy ships, etc to survive in null. We do DED's as groups so this issue is not just a 'solo farmer' issue.

The spawn contents and timers need to be adjusted accordingly.

Of course it's not possible that since exploration was the focus of Odyssey, that more people are out running exploration sites, and thus you are seeing less of the DED's? TBH your numbers are quite off and likely comes from a very small time spent trying to actually find the sites. On a good day I'll find 5 or more good DED's 4/10 + in a small 5-8 jump loop, and about double that in Data/Relic sites, which is pretty much exactly as it was before they released Odyssey. On a bad day, I'll see only one or two DED's and a few hacking sites, but I know that if I come back in a few hours that in all likelihood there will be new ones for me to run.

TL;DR stop whining, it's fine.

my theory is that CCP intentionally increased the data/relic site spawn rate for the expansion since they where afraid of threadnaughts of people trying to test new game content but they find none.... so i expect that they will scale it down soon since the gold rush is already over.

You would think they would have told us that.

Saw the title and was confused. Came suspecting "please nerf lowsec". Who would want to nerf lowsec? Left thinking OP's title is a bit vague. Oh well.

Meanwhile, still waiting for CCP Seagull to deliver on that promise of "developing content that appeals to solo players" alongside all the other playstyles. It's only been one expansion cycle, so I'll keep waiting.