EVE Search - Loot Scattering removed from Exploration Sites

Noriko Mai wrote:

Edward Olmops wrote:

CCP Bayesian wrote:

Sisi should be updated today and I went and pulled the trigger to remove the loot scattering mechanic from the Exploration Sites. I've also reverted most of the doubled rewards. Some need to be done manually by our designers so consider what you're getting out of the sites as WIP. It works pretty much as before but with the Hacking mechanic remaining. Simply hack the site to gain access to the cargo hold of your target.

We've tested quite a lot internally but there are likely to be some rough edges somewhere. Any feedback you guys can give me is greatly appreciated.

Here is my feedback:

Personally, I do NOT share the distaste for the loot explosion. But it is certainly ok to remove it again.

BUT. Please don't cut the loot tables in half!
Clever players were - even solo - able to get like 80% of the loot all the time (cargo scanner+choosing the right cans). The main thing you did with the loot explosion was that you GREATLY increased the supply for T2 salvage materials (and ESPECIALLY the rare, wanted ones since explorers are ofc first targetting the expensive stuff).
Please have a look at the prices for T2 rigs in the last year. They were finally reasonable fitting options to consider in any situation. Which was imo one of the cool (although stealth) improvements in Odyssey.
If you reduce the loot by 50%, you will pretty much kill off the use of those 300+ items again!
(granted, some of this MAY be offset by more ppl doing exploration if the prices explode,but then again, they'll just find half as many items).

Just have a look at the F&I threadnaught about JF and Freighter rebalancing. The prices for Single-Crystal Superalloy I-Beams went through the roof after the announcement.
Yet they are less than 20% (!!) of what they used to be before Odyssey (remember selling them for 8-10mil apiece).

So please, tune the loot down a bit if you feel you must, but not by 50% (maybe 10-20% would more realistically reflect what a good explorer today loses to the loot scattering mechanism).

And no, I am NOT doing exploration (tested it in length though after the Odyssey release, so I hope I know what I am talking about).

I quit exploration because of loot spew. It was just too annoying. With that removed I may do it again. So the reduction may be compensated a bit by more people doing exploration again.