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Scholic Hockenbearee
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Posted - 2008.08.11 03:51:00 -
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Can anyone shed some light on the respawn mechanics of exploration sites once they've been completed?
I've heard a variety of theories, including:
-Once completed, they only respawn after down time
-After completion, a (random) site respawns in the same constellation it was completed in
-After completion, they respawn in a ramdom system in the region, regardless of constellation
I live in a region that has a lot of explorers whose primetime is right after downtime. When I get to play (around 6pm ET) there's barely any sites left in the -whole region- (and yes, I scan every system)
Anyone know the real deal?
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Kahega Amielden
Minmatar
24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2008.08.11 05:01:00 -
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I'm almost positive sites respawn instantly. I remember at least once where I ran into a radar plex that didn't show up on multispec at first. Once I probed it down, I did another scan with multispec and sure enough there it was.
I'm also pretty sure the plexes don't take constellation into account, just region.
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Rawthorm
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2008.08.11 09:33:00 -
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Complexes will reapear in the same region once they despawn. The only exception to this is Cosmos specific complexes which respawn in the same constelation.
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Mikeel
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Posted - 2008.08.11 10:10:00 -
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how can you be sure that the complexes will respawn in the same region once a site has despawned. Is this an assumption or can you prove it as fact ?
If this is true then can you assume that each region has a specific number of site and specific numbers of site types ? Again if this is true you could place multiple characters in each constelation and effectivly find every site at any one time within a reasonable ammount of time.
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Oli Robbo
Gallente
Galactic Defence Syndicate
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2008.08.11 10:34:00 -
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Its all based on percentages within the game mechanics, for example; Faction/officer rats are more likely to spawn in systems in 0.0 where the true security status is the lowest [say a neg -1.0 compared to a neg -0.56 system].
I'm not sure if the plex's take into account the security status when deciding where to spawn, but they will spawn within the region for sure. Often only a couple of jumps away, but not always.
'Waypoints' are static plex's that say in the same system [for example there is a 'blue room' in the amarr cosmos region that always stays in the same system but jumps around within that system and often only spawns rats when the cosmos mission has been accepted.]
the de-spawn times depend on what site you are running.
Gravimetric, usually despawn 48/72 hrs after the initial warp in or finding of the site [i'm not 100% on which time length it is but its between them]
Radar and Magnetometric sites usually despawn after the first can has been hacked/analysed and the person has warped out of the plex for the first time,[its usually best to stay in there until you complete the site]
Unknown sites usually despawn after you have run them and all the rats/ stuff is dead or complete [unless it turns into an expedition]
ladar, i'm not too sure of as i am yet to probe for one. [i assume its similar to the gravimetric since ladar sites].
I have run a waypoint/ unknown before that was around for 3 days or so, and as long as you kept one of the rats alive, the rest would re-spawn after dt..
I would suggest perhaps trying to find a different region to scan in, the best time to look for sites is right after dt, but it doesnt mean that they wont be there in some systems when it gets to your peak time :)
good luck, hope this helps a little.
Oli.
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Rawthorm
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2008.08.11 17:38:00 -
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 Originally by: Mikeel
how can you be sure that the complexes will respawn in the same region once a site has despawned. Is this an assumption or can you prove it as fact ?
If this is true then can you assume that each region has a specific number of site and specific numbers of site types ? Again if this is true you could place multiple characters in each constelation and effectivly find every site at any one time within a reasonable ammount of time.
Because I know for sure they didnt apear in the same constelation. And i'd like to see you weed out the exact site you want in a whole region. 
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Hoshi
Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2008.08.14 08:02:00 -
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It supposed to be spawn area which depending on the site can be anything from a constellation (cosmos sites) to several regions. For example all 8 nosec guristas regions would be 1 spawn area.
Spawn is immediate after the old site despawns (either due to being completed or timing out).
I don't think true sec status effect spawn chance, but it might effect what loot you get from the site. |
Yaar Podshipnik
Gallente
Paxton Industries
Paxton Federation
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Posted - 2008.08.14 08:30:00 -
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As far as I can rembmer from some dev post long way back, each exploration site respawns within some "star block". What does "star block means" - I do not know exactly. It could be several constellations, regions or just couple of systems.
I think that the number of sites existing in each block is constant, but the exact composition is affected by some schedule, e.g. at some times it's mostly mag, then mostly rad etc.
It's all just emprical data and assumptions anyway. We have no dev info on exact mechanics and formulas and numerical values used for respawn. And that is a good thing - gaming it would be bad, m'kay?
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