A better question to ask is:

Why isn't the drop rate nigh on guaranteed for this plex?

Because thats not how exploration works. Exploration is about gambling. If you don't like it, farm sanctums or do incursions.

If there were guaranteed drops, the whole rarity thing would be non existent. You know what happens when things aren't rare? They stop being valuable, thus rendering your entire premise of "guaranteed drops" 100% ineffective.

Seriously the fact that I have to explain this is just saddening. How stupid are you? Oh wait. you're this stupid level of stupid:



You think something PVE related constitutes risk ::wat::

Soloing incredibly hard plexes alone with the possibility of losing said ship, however, is.

Other than "What is this, i don't even", i would like to add that you are already guaranteed a drop, namely the Overseer Effects.

Exploration isn't supposed to be about guaranteed isk. Its about chance. Its Eve's gambling. You know a lot of people that successfully gamble for primary,steady income? If you want steady income, farm anomalies, run incursions or do some missions. Exploration should remain the variable income source it is.

Would you agree that the ~80 mil the 8/10 overseer's effects is worth was comparatively more money years ago when it was introduced than it is now? Sure the overseer's effects drops everytime, but unlike the plex modules (that don't always drop and in my experience, drop sparingly) they don't scale with the amount of isk readily available to the playerbase. And it's pretty clear that there is a great deal more isk in the game than there was years ago (see supercap proliferation).

That's a point, yes. Inflation. However by this logic bounties should be scaled, too, since they are not what they used to be in terms of 'worth'.

Another thing: As far as i am aware the prices for deadspace modules have been staying relatively constant (for as long as i am playing - or keeping an eye on some for that matter). Some are even dropping in price, but indicative stuff like med shield boosters more or less are at the same level. I am no economy analyst or so, but if there were more isk in peoples wallets, shouldn't the prices of such things rise then, too? I think that there is more isk in peoples wallets, so the only way that i can explain this is that the prices have sort of been long since 'burned in' in peoples minds and that's it - or that there is a delay until the prices catch up. Good for buyers, not so good for sellers i guess.

As for the topic, the only thing i have to add is: "Putting yourself at more risk" - I would agree if you are doing it in lowsec or 'ninja style' in hostile nullsec. Otherwise i would go out and say running plexes in blue land is not much else than in highsec. There, now beat me.

Wrong, clearly the current game mechanics (Overseer's effects dropping every time) suggest that CCP intended plexes be an alternative to missions/anoms with a guaranteed reward for the effort put in, and a potential jackpot as a reward for the extra effort put in to scan the site, get a couple players together, work through the site, and the need to move out of your home system(s) to do it, putting yourself at more risk.

I'm not saying to make it any less variable either. I'm just saying that the OPE value should be scaled upwards to make the minimum isk/hour obtained from the sites higher.

You were that guy that had no friends in high school huh?

No. Thats really not the intention.

Extra effor to scan, group and work through a site?

Get out. Theres no effort involved there.

>Implying there is a great deal of effort required to anything PvE related in this game. It's a relative scale m8, try to think things through before you post.