Missions & Complexes

I'm reasonably certain there are basically 4 or 5 of each class of ghost site simultaneously spawned at any given time in the universe, and that they immediately respawn elsewhere after popping.

Your best bet is anywhere with low traffic.

Your reasonably certain seems to conflict with my finding 3 Ghost Sites in 4 systems in one region.

Unless you know how many were simultaneously spawned elsewhere, it really doesn't (that would, in fact, be a statistically certain outcome of what I had suggested).

In the Branch region I'm lucky if I find one ghost site in an hour, and that's jumping around with the warp speed of an anathema. I've seen about 8 of them so far.

My only regret is that I have but one like to give for your post.

But aren't your scans 2 seconds apart? You won't miss any ghost sites that way.

Also, its nearly certain that ghost sites use the same spawning mechanics as other cosmic anomalies and signatures, that being that they respawn as they are completed. The results of your analysis are therefore region specific and heavily influenced by player activity in that region at the time you were recording.

Honestly, I really haven't been looking for them.

I did happen to see one listed in the sensor sweep of a high sec system while I was busy running the Minmatar Level 4 Epic Arc.

I didn't even bother to check it out. Didn't even think twice about it.

After seeing the Dev Blog about the loot distribution for the various sec levels of space (high sec, low sec, null sec and w-hole), I decided that the high sec and low sec Ghost sites are nothing more than a waste of time. Now maybe if I had been in the middle of the null sec big blue donut .........

Anyway, seems to me those sites weren't created for solo explorers. Too much risk, not enough reward. Besides that, it'll take a long time to collect everything to make a full set. More than likely I'll just get the items later from the various Regional Markets / Public Contracts.

Definitely less hassle and a lot quicker.


DMC

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Of course they do. That was a given right from the start.

Make sure to thank your CSM for that.



DMC

1. I've found about 7 of 'em, when I was running other anoms
2. Actively did two of them, one blew up in my face after landing on-grid, and the others I wasn't fit for exploration so I didn't bbother with them
3. You don't scan for ghost sites.
4. They're SUPPOSED to be rare.

My general impression is that if you happen to see them in high sec or low sec they're worth doing, but its only worth it to search for them in null or wormhole space.

Not bad for 2 minutes of work though. Or 5-10 if you have to go get a hacking mod. I've observed these sites hanging around for awhile. Although you'll average more like 30 CRTs from a site, which is only 15m. Wheels have fallen pretty hard as expected, although they're still above the CRTs unit-for-unit. As wheels only come from empire and are required for all the implants, I would expect them to maintain some value in the long term.


No need to get all tinfoil, or blame the CSM that nullsec has a bigger part of space than empire. With its wide open spaces and low population density, null is just simply the best place to find the sites and run them. IMO its the only space where you can viably farm them. But that's more of a giveaway to players that can fly t3's more than it is to nullsec entities. The nature of the sites makes sovereignty and standings irrelevant. It only takes like 10-15 minutes to get from jita to the outermost systems of null. I would expect the higher population density of empire and null to result in more sites run than all off null+W-space.