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Trying to hunt Officers in 0.0 for the first time. Advice needed.
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Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-10-29 00:39:43 UTC
Is it true that they only spawn or more likely to spawn in NPC controlled regoins that have stations in it? (i.e. Curse and Stain)
Also heard they tend to spawn more in systems that have less than 10 belts.
Having trouble finding recent information about officers in general, so I'm asking here.
Finally, is Retribution making any changes to them I should be aware of?
Yimodo
Emphebion Emperium
#2 - 2012-10-29 06:21:07 UTC
As far as I know they can spawn everywhere that has rats in belts, plexes and other stuff. I ones ran in to one (and died) in a 0.0 system with more then 10 belts so its not systems with less then 10 belts.

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Hav0cide
The Graduates
The Initiative.
#3 - 2012-10-29 08:06:03 UTC
Basicly any null has a chance but its very rare. NPC null has more chance but still very rare.

Number of belts only effect how many spawns of NPCs will happen. Too many and ur find yourself with alot of empty belts.

Good Luck in your search andhope you have what it takes to take one down should you find one.

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Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-10-30 03:54:37 UTC
Hav0cide wrote:
Basicly any null has a chance but its very rare. NPC null has more chance but still very rare.

Number of belts only effect how many spawns of NPCs will happen. Too many and ur find yourself with alot of empty belts.

Good Luck in your search andhope you have what it takes to take one down should you find one.


Showed a vet the fit I'm using and its stats. Says it'll work just fine. Just wanted input on how to maximize my chances in finding these suckers.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#5 - 2012-10-30 04:05:37 UTC
Hakaimono wrote:
Hav0cide wrote:
Basicly any null has a chance but its very rare. NPC null has more chance but still very rare.

Number of belts only effect how many spawns of NPCs will happen. Too many and ur find yourself with alot of empty belts.

Good Luck in your search andhope you have what it takes to take one down should you find one.


Showed a vet the fit I'm using and its stats. Says it'll work just fine. Just wanted input on how to maximize my chances in finding these suckers.


Keep in mind that they were fairly recently buffed. Officers of yore were pansies. New style officers are... not.
Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-10-30 04:21:00 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Hakaimono wrote:
Hav0cide wrote:
Basicly any null has a chance but its very rare. NPC null has more chance but still very rare.

Number of belts only effect how many spawns of NPCs will happen. Too many and ur find yourself with alot of empty belts.

Good Luck in your search andhope you have what it takes to take one down should you find one.


Showed a vet the fit I'm using and its stats. Says it'll work just fine. Just wanted input on how to maximize my chances in finding these suckers.


Keep in mind that they were fairly recently buffed. Officers of yore were pansies. New style officers are... not.


He killed his last one roughly 3 months ago. Was the buffed applied more recently than that?
l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#7 - 2012-10-30 07:24:34 UTC
With what kind of solo ship is it possible to kill a officer?
Would a cane or tornado be enough?

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Turelus
Utassi Security
#8 - 2012-10-30 08:45:20 UTC
IIRC There was a change a while back which means Officers only spawn in -0.9 and lower or something (maybe different)
All NPC Pirate regions are considered -1.0 no matter what (meaning they can always spawn officers)

I'm not completely sure on the numbers but I know that you CAN'T get officer spawns anywhere any more.

Also they were vastly buffed and now are easier to kill with a group, they CAN be solo'd but you're looking at it taking some time and needed a good ship. There are a few databases that link the Officer statistics (sorry, don't have the links with me right now) so you might want to review them first.

Hope that helps.

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Haoibuni
Mish 4 free
#9 - 2012-10-30 10:30:40 UTC
Dunno if accurate

Scroll to bottom for officers
nahjustwarpin
SUPER DUPER SPACE TRUCKS
#10 - 2012-10-30 11:53:07 UTC  |  Edited by: nahjustwarpin
l0rd carlos wrote:
With what kind of solo ship is it possible to kill a officer?
Would a cane or tornado be enough?


you need over 2k dps to break Thon's tank, I did it with thanatos and talos.

My advice? don't do it. Kaikka dropped 700-800 mil and Thon 300-400 mil. They're just not worth hunting .

You can have much better profit from faction and hauler spawns which happen way more often
Signal11th
#11 - 2012-10-31 09:27:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Signal11th
l0rd carlos wrote:
With what kind of solo ship is it possible to kill a officer?
Would a cane or tornado be enough?



Lets just say I couldn't kill one with my 3bil Tengu solo! I had to get my carrier involved as well. The new officers are not dangerous but their tank is ridiculous.

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Lilan Kahn
The Littlest Hobos
The Whale Hunters Association
#12 - 2012-10-31 17:06:00 UTC
belt hop after downtime is the only advice
Higgs Foton
Mission And Mining Inc
#13 - 2012-11-01 22:26:32 UTC
In the five years i play EVE i only had one officer. A kaikka, and that was in Q-CAB in Tribute, a -0.9 system next to Venal, so the assumption that they only spawn in very low true sec systems and NPC regions is pretty much on spot. I know from people who rat in those regions these spawns are very rare, so if you go out specificaly hunting these you will waste your time.

Just finding a suitable system, rat away and hope you get lucky now and then (prob once or twice a year) will be sensible. And indeed, you will need alts to take the officer down. The officer i got was before the buff, and was as hard as a normal rat, but now they seem to pack quite the tank.
Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-11-02 02:04:50 UTC
So it seems I should focus on ratting and officers are basically a bonus that any solo pilot won't be able to capitalize on.
I have a dozen systems that are good for rats in general all equipped with several safe spots in case people show up, so general ratting is no problem. Hell, the amount I make in bounties alone competes with my income through missioning.

So did Commander rats get a buff as well? Can they be taken out solo?
Sir Livingston
Doomheim
#15 - 2012-11-02 06:38:27 UTC
I'm sure "hunting officers" isn't your only intention because...if it was...then you will possibly go insane of boredom. Be sure to have someone check on you once a week to make sure you haven't done anything...rash

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Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#16 - 2012-11-02 06:59:55 UTC
Hakaimono wrote:
So did Commander rats get a buff as well? Can they be taken out solo?


No change there. Still go down just like normal rats.
Hakaimono
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-11-03 01:09:23 UTC
Sir Livingston wrote:
I'm sure "hunting officers" isn't your only intention because...if it was...then you will possibly go insane of boredom. Be sure to have someone check on you once a week to make sure you haven't done anything...rash


Racking up bounties too.
This is also an introduction to living in null as well, so there's that reason as well.
TKL HUN
Jugis Modo Utopia
#18 - 2012-11-08 08:20:36 UTC
Officers can spawn:

- in sov space in -0.9, -1.0 systems
- in npc space in any systems

Rare, but sometimes we take down 2, 3 or even 4 in a week (we live in npc 0.0)

Cheers
Travis117
Valkyrie Consortium
No Visual.
#19 - 2012-11-10 08:40:41 UTC
Ive killed hakim stormware before in a .9 in a group he was a ***** to kill. If u got within 70km of him he wouldnmwd another 30 and alwaYs volleyed my tengu to half shields had to have my friend in an interceptor scram him, friend tanking the 6bs he was with and me doing the dps was worth it though^.^
Lewisc
Air
The Initiative.
#20 - 2012-11-11 18:48:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Lewisc
I've recently had tarei nazimoth spawn in a 0.4- and a 0.2- sec system in delve. The later happened just after dt in a system with only 2belts :D.

Had brokara spawn in catch on me in a -0.7 system with 6 belts. Sadly it was 60 secs to dt when he spawn and wasn't there when system came up again :(
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