2ND :D

So are the Contested sites located through probe scanning or they pop just like Ghost Sites?

Will there be a tracking site that shows how many more loyalty points need to be turned in before the second stage/permanent content is unlocked?

Will signatures contain rats?

Just to get things straight:

1) The BPCs for the new pirate ships (Garmur etc) drop from Mordus rats in low security belts. (On test server I've yet to see one FWIW.)

2) Contested Guristas Covert Research Facility sites will (only?) drop data that can either be sold on the market or traded at the Mordus station. But otherwise these sites drop no loot? And these sites too will spawn in low sec?

3) Once enough data has been delivered to the Mordus station, Besieged Covert Research Facility sites will start to appear anywhere in low sec and they will drop the new ship skin BPCs, "low-grade" implants, and warp speed modules?

Is all of that correct or am I missing something?

I also have a question about the "Besieged Covert Research Facility" sites. Once they have been "unlocked," are they permanently unlocked such that they spawn all over low sec from there on out? Or is it more of a system where 1 is unlocked as a spawn for every X amount of data delivered to Mordus? (FWIW they are everywhere in low sec on the test server.)

I don't think anyone has asked this yet,

These new exploration sites are in Low sec only, correct?
And not limited to any particular region in New Eden, correct?

I'm liking the continuing confluence of PvE and PvP worked into these new content features. With many calls for PvE to better emulate PvP, it makes sense to lead PvE-ers into situations where they need to be wary of both. It's certainly becoming more and more tempting for even the risk averse to chance their arm at entering more hostile waters.

That said, it wasn't clear from this devblog if these new signatures will be scannable throughout known space or only in low-sec. How do they fit in with this quote from CCP Rise in his Introducing the Mordu's Legion Fleet devblog?


Also, I note that this new feature has been designed around all NPC spawns being hostile to all-comers irrespective of standing. Is this due to the current limitations of the AI? Is there any possibility in the future that we will see pirate faction NPCs respond to pilot standings in the same way that Faction Navies do?

CCP RedDawn!

So. The data in question. Are these Covert Research Tools, or something else? Additionally, about how much LP is each data packet worth? Or do they have varying value?

Great, thanks for the reply. One quick question though...once the Besieged sites are unlocked, what's the point of the Contested sites? Is it just the LP reward for handing stuff in?

What about the Contested Guristas Covert Research Facility sites?


This sounds exciting, are there any more details available on this with regard to focus and timeframes? eg. Will these tools extend to giving live event coordinators more control? Will we see any iteration on existing PvE content as a result? Will there be a devblog? When?