Dupard Lemmont
Interstellar Nuclear Penguins
Penguin Mafia.
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Posted - 2017.03.29 11:52:51 -
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Zack Azthor wrote:Hello, I'm an Alpha Clone. After doing some Exploration things, I find it quite fun playing with the hacking minigames. However, searching for sites becomes very tedious after a while. I've been exploring for two days in lowsec. Mostly, I find wormholes to W-Space and Combat Sites, but no relic or data sites. So I went to W-Space to find that most of the Relic/Data Sites are guarded by Sleepers, which I cannot combat with an Imicus.
I guess what I'm asking is for advice to pick a better lowsec space to explore. I don't mind staying in lowsec for a while. Probably also asking for experience sharing and some tips in exploring.
A little comment regarding the wormholes there.
Before entering a wormhole, check the difficulty of the wormhole. They range from C1 to C6.
Atleast C1, C2 and C3 have the potential to contain both relic and data sites which are not guarded by sleepers. And they can be quite lucrative. I once found loot worth over 100 mill in one single container.
When you right click a wormhole and open info, you will see this text:
This wormhole seems to lead into Unknown parts of space. - This is C1 to C3 wormholes.
This wormhole seems to lead into Dangerous Unknown parts of space. - This is C4 and C5 wormholes.
This wormhole seems to lead into Deadly Unknown parts of space. - This is C6 wormholes.
As others have pointed out, the wormholes are often guarded by other players. Waiting for a kill.
Most players living in a wormhole will scan down all sites that are popping up and saving bookmarks for them.
They will search for you when you enter the wormhole. Especially if they see your ship on their directional scanner.
Often they will fly cloaked ships, so they can see you but you cant see them.
Wormholes are really "end-game" content and better to have a trained omega clone.
The data and relic site mini games are also very very hard. The antiviruses are very strong and even with a T2 hacker/analyzer it will be hard. With a T1 hacker/analyzer you must rely on luck, finding the core quickly before stumbling into other stuff.
So if you're just going to hack I would fly a T2 covert ops frigate with a covert ops cloak. I would also fit double- or triple warp core stabilizers. You will still have enough targeting range and scan resolution that it will not be a challenge to target the containers. However if a stealthbomber comes in and applies warp disruptor on you - you can still warp away. Only thing that can really stop you is a warp interdiction sphere - however if you watch d-scan effectively while hacking, you should be able to see if an interdictor is getting close. |