Missions & Complexes

Earlier today I cleared a lowsec system of exploration plexes, but a corpmate of mine found a Radar site in a location I am 100% sure I scanned earlier.

Did I miss some kind of awesome change to exploration?

Update: he's finding the same complexes I found earlier (same names) but they are in different locations than they were for me. I don't even...?

So... when do they respawn then? Randomly?

Well, the weird thing is the exact sites I ran previously (type of site) respawned, not different ones. Must have been just a freak coincidence then. Thanks!

I think there was a dev post ... sometime saying that sites respawn within a few minutes of when they're completed, but I can't remember where it was. In this context, the distinction isn't really significant though. The important thing with regards to this thread is that they don't spawn at DT unless left idle for days (which is rare).

What I do know for fact is that a site will despawn 2-3 minutes after completion.

So...who wants to grab 100 pilots and finally get proof of the regional respawn mechanic. Place 1 scanner ship in each solar system of the region and remain until we can confirm respawns, eh? Just a thought. Not something I'm willing to set up due to rl

Clearly sites do spawn at times other then downtime, but that leaves the question, do they also ALL spawn right after downtime, and only respawn at other times?

Exploration sites stay in the same place during and after downtime. You can scan down a site and bookmark it before downtime, after downtime and the server has come back up, the same site will be in the same location, just with a different Sig ID.

New sites respawn continuously during the day, anyone who has scanned the same system more than once during the day can tell you that. I'm too tired and no one has conclusive evidence on whether site's respawn once you complete them or on some other mechanic, so I won't bother with that debate.

http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=3058

Basically saying the sites normally despawn, and spawn elsewhere.

Sites most likely respawn in any eligible system (same faction rats, same general system security (high/low/null)).

They can spawn in, but aren't limited to the same constellation/region.

For more info: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1027933#post1027933

Allow me to explain:



Sites spawn after downtime if their timer has been triggered and has run out. The timer can be triggered by starting a site but not completing it (there may be other ways to start it). After the timer is up, the site will respawn on the next downtime. This is in an effort, I think, to keep sites moving around. I have no idea where you are getting those theories about "at least 2 signatures" or "spawn all at once in a constellation." There's literally no evidence to support that.



Sites respawn all day. They can respawn in the same constellation/region but are not limited to do doing so. Anecdotal proof as they could have simply been other Gurista Watches respawning in my path, but I have literally had that site respawn in my route up to 4 times, one system after another. I have also had it respawn in system with me and this is now why I check a system for new spawns prior to leaving if I have stayed to complete some sites (like if there are 2x GSO and 1x GW, I wil check again after leaving as one of those sites may just have respawned in system).




Cosmic anomalies follow the same damn mechanics. Anyone in wh space could tell you this, though there is still some belief in wh space that sites are tied to regions. I'm inclined to believe differently; I think they are tied to groups of regions as, if I recall correctly, wh regions are class specific (A-D regions = Class 1). Now, systems you find with stacks of anomalies OR signatures are systems that simply haven't been touched in a while. These sites have not been triggered and thus their timers have not begun. So when sites respawn and land in that system, they stack up.