Missions & Complexes

It's a shame. EVE for me is a game about exploration. And it's a shame that there's a part of EVE we can't explore.

There's nothing more frustrating for an explorer than a locked door.

I know this is a little off topic, but as you mentioned loot balance... I wonder at this point if you guys even realize that the drone combat sites are a complete waste of time right now? You must have data on this from site completions, no one that knows better does them, they sit in space till they despawn.

I don't agree with OP, scanning in EVE is worse than hacking. Pale bubbles in empty space with schematic orbits, stars, planets - it look like a game from the age of cassette computers in 80s.

Contract me bookmarks, I'm making out well on drone sites with the nexus chips and sentient mods TYVM.

Because of all the pussies hating the loot spew now it's not worth it anymore.
While before you could make billions, now it's just worthless.

Really... what was so difficult to click those cans?

I initially disliked the mini game; however it's a much better system than when I originally (and lastly) did exploration. Then progression sites had area equivalent rats (so BS as well in places), there were no SOE (and for a time no T3) ships and no mobile depots, so it was a real pain in the behind. I'm glad they got rid of the rats (seems fair for a ship fit for scanning not to have to do a mini combat site). Can't just, basically hand over loot though, so the mini game is a more than fair trade off (and just waiting for a module to access the can means someone can just watch local without losing attention - aka no risk).

I kind of enjoy that it's an active thing now. As well it's provided for a few ganks which I'm enjoying as well!! Loot is fair too, but some better bpc's from relic sites would be appreciated. Anyways, much better than when I first ran explo sites. And, uh, scanning sites down now.... You have no idea how long that took, scanning is so easy now. Quit whining exploration is still easy isk.

Like someone else said -

Should have stolen the Paradroid mini game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWmNdT7gVKs

1min 30secs in

Take it from someone who's done almost nothing but relic and data sites since joining EVE. There is nothing wrong with the hacking mini-game. They can be completed in a matter of seconds.

Exhibit A: How to play the hacking minigame. \o)
Exhibit B: How to play the hacking minigame. \o/
Exhibit C: How to play the hacking minigame. (o/


There was nothing wrong with the old loot canisters either. I was mildly put off by the reduction in loot that came about because CCP wanted to change the looting mechanic for all the people that complained about it. Nobody that actually did the sites regularly before the change was bothered by the mechanic as they adapted to it and learned what to click and what not to click.

I don't like market PVP, so I don't do market PVP. That doesn't make it a pile of crap.

Fed up of next to no loot in your containers? Stop doing high-sec sites which are awful. Go take some risks and explore low-sec or null.

Failing that, go and find something you do enjoy doing and stop asking for silly changes to a system that works perfectly fine for those that enjoy it.

I did one can in two clicks once. First was defensive node, second was system core. It doesn't mean i do not want improvement in whole system.


Again there was a very long thread why scattering cans was bad idea. Just because you liked, doesn't mean the rest of us should suffer.

Some of us like pong, some of us want something better. I don't like some of the changes to exploration that was made in odyssey but they may be changed someday.

there is no skill to it, 1 hack the finish point is right next to you and another hack its clear on the other side, in a corner, in the basement with no lights in a locked filing cabinet on display, and a firewall every other node