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Venalic Erus
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Posted - 2007.02.11 18:28:00 -
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Having read this thread:
Hidden complex story
and having expearianced something extreamly similar myself, is exploration / expeditions pointless or not..?
It appears you have spent alot of time and effort designing and building these complexes, only for people to only do them once and then give up even trying to find them, let alone doing them. As the rewards are quite frankly Poo!
I have not found a single thread promoting your work in this area, they seam to take alot of time to find in the first place, then alot of isk of ships and team co-ordination to be presented with shuttle bpc's and miner I's
I understand you created these complex type missions from exploration to push people out of the high sec systems in to low sec with the promise of great rewards.. only to have people do them once, give up and head back to high sec as you are likely to earn more doing a lv3 mission!
Please can you give me/us some definative feedback that ensures us that there is great rewards out there to be had, or it is likely that all your hard work in desgning/programming and installing these missions is going to be a complete and utter waste of time...
thx
P.S. this is not intended as a gripe thread, it is a serious question which i would like an answer...
p.p.s.. the pun was intended in the title..i just hope its not a sick joke by a disgruntled dev 
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Forsch
Auctoritan Syndicate
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2007.02.11 18:30:00 -
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Hehe, good one. 
Forsch
Defender of the empire
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mechtech
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Posted - 2007.02.11 18:36:00 -
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Just go to the exploration channel and ask how much people have made. I think there is one guy who has made over 10 billion! You might not hit good loot on the 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd complex. But the paydays are big.
Keep trying, but remember, its not a casual pursuit...
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Philiso Badagn
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Posted - 2007.02.12 21:57:00 -
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Complexes are great for corp operations. I've went on many corp runs through the 5/10 complexes in the mamet system. We had a lot of fun and made a good amount of money doing it. It does take a lot of time to make the runs more efficient but nothing that takes away from the overall thrill of taking out those insane bs'es and the hive mother 
If you are looking to do complex runs solo then this is not for you. The smaller complexes do not pay out like the bigger ones do.
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Tyrantus
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.02.12 22:06:00 -
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 Originally by: Philiso Badagn
If you are looking to do complex runs solo then this is not for you. The smaller complexes do not pay out like the bigger ones do.
Not true. You can easily solo any 5/10 in a shield tanked launcher Curse with the correct resist mods.
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Perry
Amarr
The X-Trading Company
Dusk and Dawn
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Posted - 2007.02.12 22:31:00 -
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The Topic is about Exploration Escalation Paths, not your farmed to death ded-rated deadspace. Read Topic, think, post...
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hotgirl933
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Posted - 2007.02.12 22:54:00 -
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randomness indicates some are uber good some are reasonable some are pathetic not every single one will yield u a uber uber factional BS BPC or whatnot
Thats half the fun of it if youre a mid sized corp in empire or low sec have 2 guys running finders and then mve thro them if one is pathetic farm it out to someone else. If not run it.
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Tyrantus
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.02.13 03:27:00 -
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Originally by: Perry
The Topic is about Exploration Escalation Paths, not your farmed to death ded-rated deadspace. Read Topic, think, post...
I was simply answering the previous posters responce. And considering the ease with which my Curse handles even 5/10 Blood plexs with EM as the primary damage type on a shield tank I'm sure one of the exploration ones would be no problem. Know the power of the pve fitted Curse before you post.
And as far as getting a good plex on exploration its like jamming.. A dice roll.. Keep on scanning mate.. 
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Thira Rans
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Posted - 2007.02.13 08:05:00 -
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I think its not pointless.
I tried two hidden complexes now. The second one got me an escalating path, I was chasing
down 6 complexes in a rush, lost a myrmidon due to lag, killed the final boss and got two Corelum items out of it. I don't know if everyhting covered the loss but:
1) the bounties were acceptable (800k for the final boss) all in all about 5mil in bountys
2) the story was nice - all the little messages and warnings
3) the fights were much more challenching than lvl 4 or static complexes as you don't know
what to expect (smartbombs from a station...)
4) It is my first real faction loot as i don't have access to perma camped 0.0 complexes
In summary: it was do-able (solo player in low sec) and a lot of fun and i will definetely do it again....
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Lord WarATron
Amarr
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.02.13 09:07:00 -
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Originally by: Tyrantus
Know the power of the pve fitted Curse before you post.
QFT. In theory, you could solo even a 6/10 in a Shield Tanked Launcher Curse, but back on the topic of exploration - Its like Christmas Presents. Either they drop crap, or they drop OMG stuff.
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Oveur
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Posted - 2007.02.13 09:13:00 -
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You are also referring to a thread which started in 2006, before we improved Exploration in each and every patch since then.
1.3 had escalations considerably unnerfed, but as pointed out, loot varies. It's the whole point of not being predictable. Sometimes you hit the jackpot, sometimes you don't.
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