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Hunting the new NEXUS Chip - My Experience
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Vhek Rikah
The Kingdom of Bretonia
#1 - 2014-03-13 12:29:13 UTC
I always like to test new content - i decided to hunt the new NEXUS Chip for max. 3 Days

to prevent possible shitposts:

PATCH NOTES:
Quote:
These new Nexus chips have a chance to drop from ‘Sentient’ Rogue Drones, which can be found in Rogue Drone cosmic anomalies or asteroid belts in Drone controlled regions


CCP RISE:
Quote:
The drop chance is modeled on the drop chance in other factions for ship BPCs (Serpentis/Guristas/etc), I'll be watching to see what kind of impact this has on the price and if we need to tune the drop chance up we'll do that.[/b]




DAY1: http://imgur.com/KPZaGQP

no success after killing 12 sentients in 2 regions with sec status between 0.1-1.00
Smog890
New Eden Trade and Market
LinkNet
#2 - 2014-03-13 13:13:35 UTC
Yeah its still crud after killing 6 last night for me and running an esculation and nothing from that too.
pure Alar
Ascendance
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2014-03-13 13:17:35 UTC
killed 12 . anoms and scanned sites . no luck Shocked these seem to be a very low drop rate Evil
Baron Chauman
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2014-03-13 13:35:08 UTC
Not surprised. I'm guessing the drone sites will still be considered garbage for quite a while, and the beneficiaries of this will be the rare lucky miner in a belt and newbies who don't know any better.
Smog890
New Eden Trade and Market
LinkNet
#5 - 2014-03-13 13:57:47 UTC
Baron Chauman wrote:
Not surprised. I'm guessing the drone sites will still be considered garbage for quite a while, and the beneficiaries of this will be the rare lucky miner in a belt and newbies who don't know any better.


Yeah still garbage and low isk payout for anoms even hordes 30ish mil. Guessing the price of soe ships will remain high.
Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2014-03-13 15:07:22 UTC
0/1 so far will keep updating

Money at its root is a form of rationing. When the richest 85 people have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion (50% of humanity) it is clear where the source of poverty is. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/trickle-down-economics-broken-promise-richest-85
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2014-03-13 15:24:24 UTC
Quote:
Rogue Drone Officers have a higher drop rate on modules now and are guarantied to drop a 42-X Nexus Chip.

did anyone ever seen these officers?

The Mittani: "the inappropriate drunked joke"
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#8 - 2014-03-13 15:30:39 UTC
Quote:
The drop chance is modeled on the drop chance in other factions for ship BPCs (Serpentis/Guristas/etc), I'll be watching to see what kind of impact this has on the price and if we need to tune the drop chance up we'll do that.[/b]


I recall this statement, and I've figured this whole time that rogue drone sites would be more or less just as worthless as before (aside from ratting in actual drone space). Its been amusing watching people get excited about adding 1 decent thing to their crappy loot table.

"**CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"**

Never forget.
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations
#9 - 2014-03-13 15:38:28 UTC
Let someone else find the chips, then gank them.

See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did.
Unezka Turigahl
Det Som Engang Var
#10 - 2014-03-13 15:59:11 UTC
I tend to kill a looooot of Dread Guristas frigates before I get a Worm BPC to drop. But in the mean time there is a chance for low grade crystal implants, DG co-processors, ballistic controls, scrams, webs, shield boost amps...

So still no point in wasting time with drone sites. At least not hisec ones. Lowsec rated DEDs tend to drop cruiser BPCs pretty regularly for me though... but, again, they also drop additional goodies that drones do not.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#11 - 2014-03-13 16:02:15 UTC
Unezka Turigahl wrote:
I tend to kill a looooot of Dread Guristas frigates before I get a Worm BPC to drop. But in the mean time there is a chance for low grade crystal implants, DG co-processors, ballistic controls, scrams, webs, shield boost amps...

So still no point in wasting time with drone sites. At least not hisec ones. Lowsec rated DEDs tend to drop cruiser BPCs pretty regularly for me though... but, again, they also drop additional goodies that drones do not.


Basically this.

Any other NPC faction is still more profitable to shoot at if you have a choice.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
#12 - 2014-03-13 16:35:48 UTC
CCP, breaking things since 2003....
After all these years of watching CCP screw up patch after patch, I have to wonder if any of them could ever earn a living coding out in the real world.

Signature removed - CCP Eterne
Boltorano
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2014-03-13 19:23:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Boltorano
BPC drops in general from commander spawns are fairly uncommon.

I don't have an exact figure, but I estimate I get one every 10-15 commander cruisers, much, much less for battleships. Out of the last 140 or so commander battleships I've killed none dropped a BPC.

That is to say, your data set is really small.
ITTigerClawIK
Galactic Rangers
#14 - 2014-03-13 19:32:30 UTC
the excitment of getting a commander BS in null has gone down alot in recent years, now just almost always drops

ammo, tag and hardener and thats pretty much every single one ive gotten.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2014-03-13 19:44:00 UTC
Erotica 1 wrote:
Let someone else find the chips, then gank them.



This.

I sometimes camp lowsec routes to CONCORD stations and gank people who are full of Sec tags. Who knew the best way to get your sec up after lots of ganking....was to do more ganking!


Ganking...is there anything that it cant do?

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Liam Inkuras
Furnace
Thermodynamics
#16 - 2014-03-13 20:01:38 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Erotica 1 wrote:
Let someone else find the chips, then gank them.



This.

I sometimes camp lowsec routes to CONCORD stations and gank people who are full of Sec tags. Who knew the best way to get your sec up after lots of ganking....was to do more ganking!


Ganking...is there anything that it cant do?

Last I checked ganking won't make me breakfast, unless I RMT the isk to buy McDonalds, but then I need to gank more to pay for the medical bills. The cycle never ends!

I wear my goggles at night.

Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#17 - 2014-03-13 20:08:18 UTC
Liam Inkuras wrote:

Last I checked ganking won't make me breakfast, unless I RMT the isk to buy McDonalds, but then I need to gank more to pay for the medical bills. The cycle never ends!


Gank a freighter full of PLEX, never pay for sub again, use money you used to pay for sub with to buy breakfast and pay medical bills.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2014-03-13 23:13:56 UTC
Regardless of whether the Nexus chips ever actually drop in significant numbers ... or at all ... the threat of them being out there has forced Astero prices down by 20-30% :D

So the tactic did work.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#19 - 2014-03-14 00:01:00 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Regardless of whether the Nexus chips ever actually drop in significant numbers ... or at all ... the threat of them being out there has forced Astero prices down by 20-30% :D

So the tactic did work.

And Nestor prices went up… Roll

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#20 - 2014-03-14 00:08:49 UTC
The drop change of the bpc's are based on the tier of the sentient / commander npc. Your experiment has limited to hierachy's, radiances and independances. Please note that the base sig's of them are rly big and fall in the range of easy npc complexes like "bases" and such and most sentient drones in them are lower tiers with a low drop chance. Therefor you are drawing the wrong conclusions.

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