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Loot scattering's gone then...
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Adam Reed
Silvana Innovations
Fraternity.
#1 - 2014-06-20 19:57:02 UTC
Just did a relic site and was all ready for things to fly out all over the shop, but no. I don't visit the forums a lot so I didn't know the loot scattering thing had gone. Can someone point me towards the dev blog or forum thread or whatever where it was announced this was being dumped, and the thinking behind it?

I don't care that it's gone, I'm just interested to know why. Cheers.
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2014-06-20 20:13:31 UTC
First announcement was here:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4259845#post4259845

The rest of that thread is pretty much why.
Rankan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-06-20 20:13:56 UTC
It's removal was stated here, other than that I don't recall it ever being directly discussed in a dev post.
Adam Reed
Silvana Innovations
Fraternity.
#4 - 2014-06-20 20:18:56 UTC
Weird, so anyone who didn't see that thread at the time sees it's gone from the game without proper explanation? That's not normally CCP's way.

Pity, I quite enjoyed it (which I only realise now it's gone).
Professor Headmash
Under the Influence Inc
#5 - 2014-06-20 20:28:07 UTC
I think your the only person that enjoyed that mechanic....it was dire! Shocked
Adam Reed
Silvana Innovations
Fraternity.
#6 - 2014-06-20 20:34:58 UTC
A bit annoying, certainly, but at least it wasn't boring. They seem to have replaced it with...right click->open cargo. Fun.
Chumski Albino
Doomheim
#7 - 2014-06-20 21:31:39 UTC
Frantic clicking isn't really less boring than deliberate clicks, simply more tedious and frustrating. Then again, value is subjective and there's no accounting for taste.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2014-06-20 22:37:54 UTC
The Mini Hacking Game is still active.

Ugh

Too bad CCP didn't remove that as well. Already have plenty of mouse clicking being done in game, definitely don't need the Mini Hacking Game click-fest.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Adam Reed
Silvana Innovations
Fraternity.
#9 - 2014-06-21 10:12:06 UTC
But...isn't the entire game mouse-clicking? If you don't want more mouse clicking that's like saying you don't want more game.

But yes, I get that it's a matter of personal taste. Personally I prefer to have as many different things in EVE as possible but if the majority thought it was rubbish it's fair enough to get rid. Just strikes me as peculiar there was no dev blog about it.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2014-06-21 17:15:56 UTC
Actually the removal of the loot spew mechanic was announced by CCP a couple of months ago which was stated in a Dev Blog. Also it should have been listed in the patch notes as well.

Anyway, I'm glad it's gone. That was a terrible mechanic which didn't fit in with the rest of the game. Besides that, most players do exploration solo and CCP trying to get players to sit in a fleet waiting for a loot spew was just a bad idea.



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2014-06-22 23:34:21 UTC
Adam Reed wrote:
Weird, so anyone who didn't see that thread at the time sees it's gone from the game without proper explanation? That's not normally CCP's way.

Pity, I quite enjoyed it (which I only realise now it's gone).


They do it a fair bit actually. The first reworking of the RHML did not make a dev blog or patch note either, it was just randomly mentioned as a throwaway remark in a thread somewhere.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2014-06-23 00:39:24 UTC  |  Edited by: DeMichael Crimson
It was posted in Kronos - Release Overview under 'Changed game mechanics and other things'.

Also it was posted in the Patch Notes under Exploration :

Quote:
The loot scattering mechanic has been completely removed from all sites that contained that functionality.




DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Marsan
#13 - 2014-06-23 19:03:39 UTC
I like the minigame, but I wish it had more depth. There are basically only a few methods to use, and beyond that it's luck or if you've fitted the right things.

Former forum cheerleader CCP, now just a grumpy small portion of the community.