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[Proposal] More exploration site spawn randomization
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Chunicha
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2011-12-02 02:16:03 UTC
Greetings,

Those of you who scan down explorations sites on a regular basis are aware that the best time to find them is immediately following downtime, as this is when many of them spawn. This is quite inconvenient for those of us who live in the US, as downtime is between 3am-6am and not the best eve playing time.

I would like to ask for a greater randomization in the timing of these spawns rather than a whole bunch appearing after downtime. Keep the number that spawn over the course of a day the same, just spread it out better over the course of a day so there are some left by the time US evening rolls around. No one should have an advantage based solely upon the timezone they do/dont live in.

Thanks.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2011-12-02 02:48:23 UTC
Actually, all of us who actually do exploration know that that's complete and utter crap. Sites respawn right after they despawn.

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Chunicha
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2011-12-02 02:52:42 UTC
Im not talking about ****** gravimetric/magnetometric sites, Im talking null DED plexes. Come back when you learn something son.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#4 - 2011-12-02 02:55:32 UTC
Chunicha wrote:
Im not talking about ****** gravimetric/magnetometric sites, Im talking null DED plexes. Come back when you learn something son.


That's actually what I was talking about too. All sites use the same respawning mechanic. It would behoove you to learn what you're talking about before you start throwing around insults.
Chunicha
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2011-12-02 02:59:50 UTC
Having ran these sites for 4 months, I know for a very solid fact that, yes, they are far more likely to spawn after downtime and much easier to find. Experience has very clearly shown me this. If youre trolling then go find some other thread. If you havent figured this out yet, well go give it a try sometime. The mechanics on this need to be fixed.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#6 - 2011-12-02 03:31:30 UTC  |  Edited by: mxzf
Sounds like you're suffering from 'proof of the null hypothesis'. The respawning mechanics are well known by most explorers. If you choose to ignore the facts, there's not much that can be done for you.

*shrug* To use a quote I'm fond of "You can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention." (though there's no tricking needed in this case)

Edit: And sites are ever so slightly more likely to respawn at DT, but ONLY the 0.000000001% of sites that don't get completed for 3 days will respawn then. However, the amount of sites who get left sitting there half-run for three days is so small as to be completely and utterly insignificant.
Emperor Salazar
Remote Soviet Industries
Insidious Empire
#7 - 2011-12-02 04:38:41 UTC
Chunicha wrote:
Having ran these sites for 4 months, I know for a very solid fact that, yes, they are far more likely to spawn after downtime and much easier to find. Experience has very clearly shown me this. If youre trolling then go find some other thread. If you havent figured this out yet, well go give it a try sometime. The mechanics on this need to be fixed.


You're quite wrong actually, and only making yourself look like an idiot by continuing to post like this.

Sites will respawn at downtime only if their despawn timer has been started (i.e. by going to the site). This varies by site types but ultimately it means that when the timer is done and the site has still yet to be completed, the site will respawn somewhere else following the next downtime.

This is why we often see "stock piles" of sites in systems that are not visited. These sites do not get their timer triggered and thus sit idle for days.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#8 - 2011-12-02 05:47:40 UTC
I live in the US and I frequently find multiple DED 4/10s per hour.

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#9 - 2011-12-02 05:48:50 UTC
Chunicha wrote:
Having ran these sites for 4 months, I know for a very solid fact that, yes, they are far more likely to spawn after downtime and much easier to find. Experience has very clearly shown me this. If youre trolling then go find some other thread. If you havent figured this out yet, well go give it a try sometime. The mechanics on this need to be fixed.


Having run these sites for about 14 months, I know for a very solid fact that you're wrong.

Next you're going to be saying that MNR got stealth nerfed with the latest patch or something... Roll

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.