EVE General Discussion

Sorry... that kind of came out wrong. By "being handed the best" I meant that beyond a base skill level the only requirement was to wait until the codebreaker/analyzer/salvager opened the container. Now there's no guarantee and there is some strategy in the new mini-game.

has anyone found out what happens if your cargo is full and you try to scoop another container ?

i am talking about has anyone found out what happens if your cargo is full and you try to scoop another container ? i am talking about Power Couplings and those armor thingies.

these things can easily take up all the space in my frigate and i may miss something cool and actually worth looking for

This. That really bothers me too. I invested significantly in SP and hardware so I could be efficient in this area of endeavor. Now that's all moot.

I'll adapt fine, but it is annoying (to me).

It is ... annoying and frustrating as heck ... we all grump when stuff like that happens eventhough we know we're all OP and get stuff way too easy sometimes.


Adapt yes you will ... eventhough your plans and goals were/are forced to change

this needs fixing, the size of these items can easily be reduced without destroying anything of value ingame

New exploration is pretty good. I've spent 5-6 hours exploring all of high/low/nullsec and made myself well above 500m ISK worth of stuff selling directly to the market. This doesn't include my current sell orders which total another couple of hundred mill and some T2 items I'm manufacturing from some blueprints I got.

Highsec exploring can be profitable IMO. Lowsec is good if you know how to stay safe with directional scan. Nullsec seems profitable although I did start to fail on the hacking game a few times (only level 3 hacking).

My only concern is I wonder if some prices will drop as I think its actually too easy to explore! To summarise:

1) Its easier to find sites that you want (wormholes and other sites you don't want are quick to show themselves assuming you have even reasonable probing skills). I can now scan down any site within a minute after entering the system.

2) Hacking is more interesting than it used to be - requires some actual player skill which is affected by character skill and items.

3) Hacking Archeology skill level is useful now - I actually want to get them to level 5 now. The modules are also important which is nice. T2 is far superior.

4) Your ship type becomes important. Without the above skills being high you really do have to use specialised ships (appropriate frigates or covert ops ships).

5) You can work as a group scanning down sites quickly and hacking and grabbing as a team to maximise the profit output. New players can be useful as an experienced person can scan/hack the site and anyone can grab.

6) It does seem profitable and very simple for a newer player to get into. As I said perhaps its TOO easy...

Exploration looks fun to me, but I guess I will wait until I have a chance to sit down and play again.

The hacking minigame looks good for the first iteration. I'd love to see more goodies that can be found only in the hacking game, like if you found a data cache that can be worth some ISK?

Also, it reminds me of hacking in Deus Ex. There was a timed element to Deus Ex though, which I think would be cool for a bit more strategy in this minigame.

Post is fine, read it fine.

You'd wonder if people have to read these days at their jobs or if everything comes via bullet points.

I do think there is a ways to go before 1 person can find something truly unique among others.

That's cause the OP fixed it. it used to be a wall of text now there's actual sentences and such.

see, now this poast I read. concise, well puncuated, and easy-on-the eyes! +1