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Secure container expiration timer near a starbase forcefield
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Lilliana Stelles
#1 - 2013-11-04 19:05:59 UTC
This may not be an "new player" question, but

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Secure_containers#Anchoring_and_setting_the_password

This article states that there is an exception to the expiration timer for junk near a starbase forcefield, though the link to the related dev blog is ancient and broken. Is this still current? If I anchor a can outside a starbase forcefield will it stay there forever?

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Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-11-04 19:29:16 UTC
Lilliana Stelles wrote:
If I anchor a can outside a starbase forcefield will it stay there forever?

Yes. There is a distance requirement, I want to say within 50k from the tower, but I'm not sure. If you anchor it within the forcefield, it will definitely stay forever.
Lilliana Stelles
#3 - 2013-11-04 19:38:17 UTC
I don't think you can anchor inside the forcefield anymore.

I'm more curious because of this:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3806635#post3806635

Fozzie is saying the new structures will follow the rules of cans.

I'm wondering if I'll be able to stick a depot outside a forcefield and have it stay there for refitting, ie, no more need for a maintenance array if you're willing to pop your head outside the bubble.

So I'm trying to figure out exactly how cans work before I go and start buying these things in two weeks.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#4 - 2013-11-04 20:18:32 UTC
Dev Blog - CCP Prisim X - The dustmen take to space!

CCP Prisim X wrote:
The Starbase Factor

To avoid disrupting logistics as much as possible, we decided to give Starbases a protective field from all Fedos, Dustmen and other factors which might remove your stuff. This means that both generic junk as well as the anchorable containers will not be removed if left in close proximity to Starbases. This is regardless of who owns the item, but keep in mind that leaving things outside enemy Starbases is probably not a good way to safeguard them and their content. This setup should allow for most heavily used item caches to remain useful, hidden caches will have to be maintained and abandoned caches will leave the game freeing up resources for us all.

I've interpreted "close proximity to Starbases" to mean "within control range", which is 50 km for a large tower.
Lilliana Stelles
#5 - 2013-11-04 20:40:14 UTC
Tau Cabalander wrote:
Dev Blog - CCP Prisim X - The dustmen take to space!

CCP Prisim X wrote:
The Starbase Factor

To avoid disrupting logistics as much as possible, we decided to give Starbases a protective field from all Fedos, Dustmen and other factors which might remove your stuff. This means that both generic junk as well as the anchorable containers will not be removed if left in close proximity to Starbases. This is regardless of who owns the item, but keep in mind that leaving things outside enemy Starbases is probably not a good way to safeguard them and their content. This setup should allow for most heavily used item caches to remain useful, hidden caches will have to be maintained and abandoned caches will leave the game freeing up resources for us all.

I've interpreted "close proximity to Starbases" to mean "within control range", which is 50 km for a large tower.



Thank you! Smile

That is exactly what I wanted to know!

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