Jennifer Maxwell
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
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Posted - 2013.10.23 06:23:00 -
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I've changed my opinion. I used to think that CCP didn't quite ruin, but certainly did a good job on making exploration not very fun anymore. The loot spew, the simplification of scanning, ect. But now that I come back to it after taking a break from the game, I find myself enjoying it more than I had before.
Sure, they did really crash the exploration market when they made scanning all but trivial. Now I need to spend more time exploring instead of making a good haul on a couple of sites. But as time goes on and people drift away from exploration, it makes things a bit better; the market is slowly recovering.
While I certainly don't appreciate having to chase after the stuff I just worked to get, it makes it much easier if you know what to look for and you do a little work before hand by scanning the container before hacking. Sure I've lost some good loot, but making smart, quick decisions and paying for sloppiness and indecision is a good mechanic.
Even the market crash makes sense; it forces players to take chances in lower security space if they want the good loot, Thereby making it safer and more profitable to explore in groups. Certainly a lone hacker can get by; I made about 150 million in two days of hacking (more if I hadn't screwed up a T2 BPC container), and today alone I made 180 million.
The much simplified scanning makes being a loner hard though. If you know how to effectively use the probes, the Dscan and the icons that appear in space then you can zero in on an explorer and pounce on them quickly. So either you get a group, or you get better.
When it comes to the mini-game... well, I've actually always liked it. Nothing new there. Though sometimes it really does just screw you no matter what rout you take, it is more often pretty fair. Only the most difficult containers in Null actually give me trouble, though the ones found in wormholes are still quite challenging.
So, after a good while of getting used to exploration, how do you feel about the new systems introduced in Odyssey? |