Before each click, go through the steps below in order;

1) If you have a Kernel Rot utility and see a defense subsystem with coherence over your strength obstructing other nodes, use it on that node.
2) If you have Self Repair, click it.
3) If you see a defensive subsystem you can destroy in one click, click it.
4) If a System Core is visible, click it. Use a Polymorphic Shield if you have one first.
5) If a Restoration Node is visible, click it.
6) If a utility is available and you have room, pick it up.
7) If a Virus Suppressor is visible, click it. Use a Polymorphic Shield if you have one first.
8) Click the unexplored node with the largest number of inaccessible nodes adjacent to it.
9) If a Data Cache is visible, click it.
10) If a Firewall is visible, click it. Use a Polymorphic Shield if you have one first.
11) If an Anti-Virus is visible, click it. Use a Polymorphic Shield if you have one first.

Basicly, if you release a sudoku puzzle magazines, we expect we can solve all the puzzles in it. Even the hardcore ones.
If you put 10% of sudoku puzzles to be impossible to solve, then it just kills the fun.

The main problem with the entire thing is actually that you can cargo scan the site before attempting.
if nothing good you move on. And that means the sites don't re-spawn properly and crap for 72 hours.

OP's outfit is wrong for a sex slave.

OP's outfit is wrong for a sex slave.

CCP Soundwave decided that simply cycling your hacker module and letting your character's skills take care of the hacking was too passive

I agree.

Here's some things I've realized since the hacking mini-game hit;

1) Good skills and modules add up;

Exploration frigate: +5 Strength
Cov Ops frigate: +10 Strength

Data Analyzer I: Strength: 20, Coherence: 40
Data Analyzer II: Strength: 30, Coherence: 60

Small Memetic Algorithm Bank I: +10 Coherence
Small Memetic Algorithm Bank II: +20 Coherence

Find anything you can to raise your chances. No more grav rigs! It wasn't important to have Hacking V and Archaeology V before Odyssey. Now, it is. You need them for T2 analyzers, which are way more effective.

2) The worst nodes are Restoration and Virus Suppressor. Kill Restoration nodes as soon as they pop; they have low strength, so hopefully it won't hurt too bad. Virus Suppressor is basically a game over; kill immediately, but you'll likely have little chance of finishing if you have to face more than 1 - tools are essential here.

The image shown in the original is a null sec game... those are supposed to be the hardest. So, you'll need the best things to do them.

Yes, sorry, but the clothes in eve is **** poor. I am like the 24000th female with a red shirt.

The main problem with the entire thing is actually that you can cargo scan the site before attempting.
if nothing good you move on. And that means the sites don't re-spawn properly and crap for 72 hours.


needs fixing so you can't cargo scan the sites. asap
theres just 2-3 people running round in nullified t3 just picking and choosing with no risk ruining the "exploration".

HURRY GRAB YOUR LOOT!! What is this ??

It's a slot machine.

It's funny how people don't understand what the loot spew is or why it was done. Virtually everything about the exploration re-vamp was intended to make exploration like going to a casino.

It's all about luck and payoffs. You look for a system with signatures - find system? Lucky! You scan down the signature - right kind? Lucky! You play the little game to break the core - core broken? Lucky! Loot comes shooting out of the slot - grabbed the right thing? Lucky!

This is intended to appeal to a certain type of player experience. If you don't like it, you should probably try some other game experience in EVE. This one is modeled on slot machines at a casino. If you wouldn't play slots, you probably shouldn't play this.

If you successfully hack a can, you should be rewarded with it's contents...

The game should reward intelligence, planning, and experience, not dumb luck.

The game is not one monolithic thing. The game, as a whole, to be successful must appeal to many different people.

The exploration re-vamp is intended to make the game appeal to a different player interest. It may not be for you anymore. It went from being a sure thing to being a gamble. That's not a mistake. It's an attempt to diversify.

Let's invest in slot machines by pouring money into them and hoping we make it back!

Actually, that's exactly what casinos do.

In fact, there's a lot to be said for the rush of finding something and winning it with a little luck. That often keeps people coming back for more. It's exciting never knowing what's going to be in the next system, signature, game, or can.



To be fair, it's more like Blackjack than a slot machine. Only the loot spew is really like a slot machine. In Blackjack, you do benefit from some skill, like counting cards or knowing the odds. Skill matters in exploration too. But you win or you lose in Blackjack by what cards you get and the dealer gets... luck. Mitigated by skill, but still luck.

We're on the same wavelength, I just think the loot spew takes the gambling a step too far. You're already lucky if you've found an untapped site, and you're doubly lucky if the can isn't full of restorative nodes. Having to hastily grab at a bunch of cans that arbitrarily disappear within seconds adds nothing to the gameplay, just another element of chance to dissuade people from enjoying these new hacking mechanics.