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Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:26:00 -
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With Odyssey the lewt spew mechanic evoked much gnashing of teeth. Ghost sites not so much.
So are they good or just not used? This thread has so much content it may be 'Thread of the Year' and it is only January.
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Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
2340
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:27:00 -
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I still don't know what a ghost site is. Oh god. |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
4102
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:30:00 -
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Riot Girl wrote:I still don't know what a ghost site is.
New sites.
They appear on discovery scanner like any other side you don't have to scan for. They have hackable containers that don't loot spew.
Beware the self destruct though I lost a lot of ISK to them. |
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
2340
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:32:00 -
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Oh yeah, I remember now. Thanks. Oh god. |
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
4890
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:44:00 -
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I thought I read they were supposed to be in wormholes too...I've yet to see a single one in mine. |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
2875
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Posted - 2014.01.09 03:47:00 -
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I've seen a few. Haven't bothered with any of them. Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
8997
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Posted - 2014.01.09 04:07:00 -
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I dont believe in Ghost Sites.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Old Phill
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.01.09 09:21:00 -
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seen a fair few but more often than not when i find one im hardly fit to run it and havnt anything nearby that could |
Annathalia Blood
Native Freshfood Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.01.09 09:37:00 -
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Never tried one. |
Lipbite
Express Hauler
1708
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Posted - 2014.01.09 09:41:00 -
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Check auctions for Ascendancy implants (especially Omega) and you'll get a clue how often players actually do these sites.
I've tried them on test server and didn't bother since then. Yet another half-finished feature to fill up the space so bi-annual patch can be named "expansion" ("look, we have whole new mini-game in this expansion!"). |
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Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
879
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Posted - 2014.01.09 09:44:00 -
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The issue is actually that they are too rare. I can travel a large number of jumps and never see one. The only one I've seen vanished five seconds after I got in system (All of four people in system that day). That's why the market will be crazy high/scarce on Ascendancies. Straight up lack of supply. |
Jaxon Grylls
Institute of Archaeology
51
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Posted - 2014.01.09 09:54:00 -
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Yes, I've tried one or two. Obviously I'm not doing it right as I got burned badly on the last one I did.
Started hacking and within 25 seconds or so boom, there goes my Iskur.
So they are about but I need to sort out how to tank my ship so as to stand a chance of looting before I blow up. |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting Home Front Coalition
1122
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Posted - 2014.01.09 10:34:00 -
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Tried one in a tanked Cruiser in lowsec, but was ill-equipped. Survived the blast but didn't have a cargo scanner on me, so only got 1 random can which just had some tools or something. Not good, not bad, just entirely random and not really something I'd go look for in a shiney Stratios. |
Adamski flipflop
Black Omega Security Goonswarm Federation
10
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Posted - 2014.01.09 10:40:00 -
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I tried to do run one and it vanished before I even had a chance to hack the cans |
Apocryphal Noise
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
90
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Posted - 2014.01.09 11:02:00 -
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The decryptors or whatever the hell they are that drop from them are worth a bit, the bpc's are fairly worthless because the meta versions of the deployable's just aren't in demand. The sites are rare enough and mediocre enough that it's not worth building a dedicated ship to run them. Move on to the next relic site with your covops instead.
Not only that you're even more subject to hacking rng than usual. If you blow up a can because you get a bad board the site despawns.
Overall they're really uninteresting and there's hardly any content to them. Hard to believe they passed it off as 'the' expansion feature. |
Seth Darkness
Friends of Honor
3
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Posted - 2014.01.09 11:13:00 -
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I run them with my tengu. Get in scan for the implant quickly access it and run the other cans for the covert modules that sell for 500k each. Worst site gave me about 80mil. Best one got me 300 mil. |
Zaknussem
Everybody Loves Donuts
63
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Posted - 2014.01.09 11:21:00 -
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I've tried running Ghost sites twice.
The first time I only looted the can with the best loot and warped off, made about 25 mill off of that.
The second time I got blasted by the rats that spawn in-site, because they used the dubious tactic of NOT SHOWING UP ON THE OVERVIEW.
I checked my overview settings, everything relevant was ticked. They should have appeared. Unless they're rogue Concord Billboards or spiteful asteroids looking for payback.
If you think the rats not showing up on the overview is not a problem, keep in mind that the hacking window is this large, bloated window that takes up way too much screen space. |
ChromeStriker
The Riot Formation Fatal Ascension
685
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Posted - 2014.01.09 12:43:00 -
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Im looking.... never find any tho... - Nulla Curas |
Signal11th
DARKNESS.
1249
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Posted - 2014.01.09 12:59:00 -
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Haven't seen one since they were released. Powered by-áreaTh-áFilter V1.23 "All posts by this pilot are personal held views and not representitive of-áany-ácorp or alliance I am currently a member of. Like I'd give a-ásh*t anyway. God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!" I came fifth and won a toaster. |
Vol Arm'OOO
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
191
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Posted - 2014.01.09 14:30:00 -
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Ghost sites are the new officer spawns -- everybody talks about them but no one has really truly seen one. Ok - that is an overstatement - from looking at the market I know that there is somebody out there who actually finds these things, but who these people are is a mystery. It seems a strange thing for CCP to anchor an expansion on - pve content that is only seen and/or run by the lucky 1%. I don't play, I just fourm warrior. |
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Seven Koskanaiken
Sons Of Saints Circle-Of-Two
709
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Posted - 2014.01.09 14:34:00 -
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I've run 3, 2 has implant BPCs, 1 had junk. The implants don't seem to pay out as much considering how rarely the site spawns, if they are going to be used for something to do with new stargates it might be worth hoarding them. |
Notorious Fellon
Republic University Minmatar Republic
96
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Posted - 2014.01.09 14:35:00 -
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I have found 6 of these sites. In every one, the rats did not show up on overview. Not sure how that made it past QA. |
Czeris
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
111
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Posted - 2014.01.09 14:42:00 -
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Notorious Fellon wrote:I have found 6 of these sites. In every one, the rats did not show up on overview. Not sure how that made it past QA.
It doesn't matter since they aren't meant to be killed, and don't drop anything.
I've done about 20 of these so far in Null and Wormholes. They are highly underwhelming. They take all of 2 minutes to run, and they drop extremely limited things. I was expecting some kind of depth to them, but no. They drop sell loot, bpcs and some components to build the bpcs. Implants that no one uses and the Mobile depot.
Yawn. |
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CCP Logibro
C C P C C P Alliance
243
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Posted - 2014.01.09 15:04:00 -
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Moved to Missions & Complexes CCP Logibro // EVE Universe Community Team // Distributor of Nanites
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Batelle
Komm susser Tod
1175
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Posted - 2014.01.09 15:17:00 -
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Nexus Day wrote:With Odyssey the lewt spew mechanic evoked much gnashing of teeth. Ghost sites not so much.
So are they good or just not used?
Yes ghost sites exist. Yes their stuff is making its way into the market place. What is the question exactly?
Notorious Fellon wrote:I have found 6 of these sites. In every one, the rats did not show up on overview. Not sure how that made it past QA.
New stuff tends to never show up on the overview by default. Ghost site NPCs not appearing there is not an anomaly compared to previous expansions that included new stuff. "CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"
Never forget. |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1844
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Posted - 2014.01.09 17:24:00 -
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You know, I came across around seven in Gallente and Amarr space over the course of the first 2-3 days after their introduction... haven't seen a single one since. Worth it? Dunno, depends on whether you're actively hunting them down to do them or if you happen to see one. If it's a chance thing while running anoms, sure, why not. Just make sure the ship you're using can take the damage. If you're actively hunting them, not worth the time at all. Best I've gotten from the ones I've done are a couple Villard Wheels (??) and a couple implant blueprints. Other than that I'll stick to commander wrecks in combat anoms. "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Rekkr Nordgard
The Ardency of Faith
255
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Posted - 2014.01.09 17:39:00 -
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Seen two or three, didn't bother trying to run them. |
Baron Chauman
Dread Phoenix Society Fidelas Constans
2
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Posted - 2014.01.09 18:12:00 -
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Found quite a few in null, ran most of them and lost a stratios and anathema so far.
Jumping around in a ship specifically looking for them I think is barely worth it, even with the warp speed of an anathema, since they're so damn rare.
Doing them in a ship that can tank them alongside looking for relic sites they are definitely nice.
I've seen a Yurt bpc in the one that blew up my anathema. |
dexington
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1037
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Posted - 2014.01.09 19:14:00 -
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When you consider at entire expansion is build around ghost sites, i could say they are awful.
It was worth it to actively search for them the first week, when the items was actually worth something. I used a route that would take me through around 50 system, which was close to half the region where is was searching for ghost sites. It took me around 1 hour, using a travel fit covert/nullified T3, and i would maybe find a site half the runs i did.
On average it took me 2 hours to find a site, where you need to be lucky to get more then 100M now, and the sites take a couple of minutes to clear.
2 hours work, 2 minutes fun, less then 100M reward... just not worth it!... the site might be great for new players who just got into a cruiser and 100M is more then they got in their wallet, but it's a waste of time for older player who already have a steady income.
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. |
Batelle
Komm susser Tod
1179
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Posted - 2014.01.09 19:22:00 -
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dexington wrote:When you consider at entire expansion is build around ghost sites, i could say they are awful.
I would agree, except that the expansion wasn't built around ghost sites at all. "CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"
Never forget. |
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