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Data Site bugged?
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Mando Thellere
The Great Magnet
#1 - 2015-01-03 13:23:48 UTC
Hi fellow capsuleers,

today i found a serpentis virus test site (classified as data site) via probe scanning. after warping there i found 2 serpentis info shards. And here is where my problem starts:

After getting in range locking onto one of the shards i tried to use my data analyzer I. After doing this i got the following message: "No further tools are needed to access the serpentis info shard"

So i just tried to click on "open cargo" from the context menu. This time i got the following message: "You cannot access the serpentis info shard without specialzed equipment"

I tired the same thing with the second info shard with the same results. After this i tried to restart the game and return to this position only to find out that everything was despawned. Did i do anything wrong or was that a bug? Thx in advance for any helpful answers.

Regards
Mando
Evi Polevhia
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#2 - 2015-01-03 13:36:57 UTC
Someone else scanned it down and did it before you. Sites take a min to despawn. It hadn't despawned before you got there but it was indeed finished. Sorry. High sec will be busier as far as explorers.
Mando Thellere
The Great Magnet
#3 - 2015-01-03 13:43:50 UTC
Are you sure about that? I've spent at least 15 - 20 minutes there trying to access the damn thing but without success. it was just gone after i restarted the game
Evi Polevhia
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#4 - 2015-01-03 13:49:10 UTC
Mando Thellere wrote:
Are you sure about that? I've spent at least 15 - 20 minutes there trying to access the damn thing but without success. it was just gone after i restarted the game

Sites generally will not despawn while a player is on grid. Once the guy who finished the site left, a timer started. You arrived before that countdown finished so the despawn was paused. When you restarted, timer continued and finished. Site despawn.
Mando Thellere
The Great Magnet
#5 - 2015-01-03 13:53:34 UTC
Allright thx. Is there anything that makes me see that a stie has been already looted? like a hollow symbol or something like that?
Evi Polevhia
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#6 - 2015-01-03 14:15:00 UTC
Mando Thellere wrote:
Allright thx. Is there anything that makes me see that a stie has been already looted? like a hollow symbol or something like that?

Hmm. I cannot check in game at the moment. I think there is a way to check though. I know whenever I hack a can it gets tagged with my sec rating. I assume if I hit show info on it, it would show my portrait in there just like wrecks do to show who shot the wreck and 'owns' it. Not sure of a better way to explain it.
Davey Talvanen
Kingsparrow Wormhole Division
Birds of Prey.
#7 - 2015-01-03 14:18:20 UTC
Mando Thellere wrote:
Allright thx. Is there anything that makes me see that a stie has been already looted? like a hollow symbol or something like that?


A hollow square like a cargo container
Quanah Comanche
#8 - 2015-01-03 16:23:55 UTC
Someone already unlocked them.
Mando Thellere
The Great Magnet
#9 - 2015-01-03 16:41:31 UTC
Allright thx for the answers guys. that was really helpful
Ekaterina 'Ghetto' Thurn
Department 10
#10 - 2015-01-03 16:56:13 UTC
Yes a white filled in diamond shape or cargo can shape means there is still loot available within the can. An empty shape means it has been looted already.

" They're gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out. " Rick. " Find out what ? " Abraham. " They're screwing with the wrong people. " Rick. Season four.   ' The Walking Dead. ' .
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#11 - 2015-01-05 00:13:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Inxentas Ultramar
Some people like to cherry pick the loot, preventing the site from despawning. You can indeed confirm which containers are empty. Even if you hit a site like that, you can still run the ontouched cans (although the best loot is probably gone). Three reasons:

1. Previous hacker simply cherrypicked (used cargo-scanners) and didn't waste his time hacking empty or trashy cans.

2. He did it to spite you... hisec = lots of competition. You wasting your time = me gaining momentum.

3. You are in lowsec... and curiosity is about to kill the cat, as the previous hacker is also using the site as gankbait.