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NPC Loot?
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Bastion Arzi
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#21 - 2014-10-13 13:55:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Bastion Arzi
this war on 'gun mining' is complete bull****

why buff marauders a couple of patches ago only to remove half thier utility in the form of loot drop nerfs.

it is now pointless to run level 4's in a marauder becuase a mach can do them faster.

is ccp chasing its tail?
Maethilar
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2014-10-14 00:01:15 UTC
From my point of view it's not worth to loot/salvage anymore. I have made a spreadsheet comparing the same missions now and 8 months ago. I know that loot/salvage is random but the reduction is so big that is clear that something has been changed...

Before someone says that this is because the prices have fallen, I got the the items and compared the prices now and before, using eve marketdata, and is not only the prices, loot has been nerfed badly.
Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#23 - 2014-10-14 20:12:40 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:
Hoof-Arted wrote:
Currently, does one of the NPC types provide more lucrative loot than the others?

This would primarily be for Anoms and Sigs.


The question is rather vague. 'loot' means a lot of things in this game.

If you are asking for the relative values of high end (like "faction" and "dead space" gear), that is determined by EVE's "meta-game" ie "who uses what items for what".

Shield modules are in very high demand for a number of reasons. Caldari and Minmatar Super Capital ships usually make use of such gear like Pithum class invulnerability fields and other such hardeners, so super cap pilots are willing and able to pay a lot for those. The same modules are widely used in some kinds of PVE, more prominently Incursions, so that also adds to the demand for such things. Pithum class medium shield boosters are some of the best loot drops you will ever see even though the prices have come way down (I once got a Pithum A type medium shield booster and a pithum a-type invul from the same plex, almost 3 billion isk at the prices at the time)

In short, if you ever run across a Guristas 6/10 DED complex in low sec, DO IT lol.

Still, other kinds of gear (like Armor modules) can bring in nice isk too. And sometimes sites drop blueprints for ships and modules as well.

To me, the 'value chart' goes something like this.

Guristas (Dread Guristas and 'Pith') Shield stuff and ships like the Gila and Rattlesnake

Angels (Domination and 'Gist') lots of shield stuff and ships like the Machariel

Serpentis (Shadow Serpentis and 'Core') Armor modules and ships like the Vindicator

Sansha (True Sansha and 'Cent') Armor modules and kick ass laser ships like the nightmare

Sisters of EVE, Thukker and Mordus (no combat sites for these factions yet, but they have missions agents and their LP stores are awesome)

Blood Raiders (Dark Blood and 'Corp') Armor modules and ships like the Bhaalgorn, which IMO is the coolest looking ship in the game

Drones (the red-headed stepchildren of EVE), loot tends to suck but can drop Sisters of EVE chips and parts for special combat drones







Actually, for Serpentis, the best mods to get are the armor reppers and the SS Tracking computer.
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