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It's good for industrialists, not good for miners.

Miners mine the same equivalent vale of T1 goods no matter the cost of minerals: it takes just as long to mine the trit of an Apocalypse whether a unit of trit is worth 3 ISK or 6 ISK. However, it takes longer to mine the value of an exhumer--where most of the cost is in moon goo, not minerals--when the value of minerals is low.

"Also on SISI right now faction variations of decryptors are gone, is this a permanent change?"

I hope not. The naming of the Decryptors is so weird, that it looks like a "work in progress" state to me.
I could see making Decryptors uniform and usable for all races. And that's what the prefix "Generic" indicates right now on SiSi.
But what about those two "Generic Occult" Decryptors? Shouldn't they be named "Generic Optimized" then? Makes no sense to me.

Decryptors need a rework anyway. Their stats still haven't been adjusted to the new ME / PE levels.
A Decryptor with +3/+6 yields +5/+10 BPC... yeah, makes perfect sense.



I did a test run in a WH on SiSi yesterday. The results are:
No NPCs in Relics/Datas in WH-space. The sites are just like the ones found in null.
And you can find multiple sites of different pirate factions in one WH.

It's because the default for an invented BPC is ME 2 / TE 4, so a Decryptor that gives +3/+6 will result in a BPC with ME 5/ TE 10.

I agree, that could be made clearer.

If the missions had something interesting to read or an evolving storyline throughout, reading would be less of a problem. It's the repetitive nature of the missions and mission text that makes them boring. There's no real incentive to read anything other than the mission title when you've been running the same missions for months on end.

What Samsara said above is relevant. It would be nice if the signature scanner remembered which sites you had ignored after leaving system, or at least when docking in the same system.

I approve of the changes to data site loot weight but even 50% of what it is now is still going to fill a frigate cargo hold fairly quickly, especially considering how many individual pieces are dropped from sites in Null-sec.

You should also remove the ability to cargo scan the containers because it's annoying wasting time scanning down the carbon remains of someone that can't be bothered to remove that last can.

I would like to see rats added back to data/relic sites also. Maybe make us a cruiser sized version of the exploration frigates to accommodate for the rats.

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I agree with you on pretty much everything :

- Especially about the m3 problem : the main reason I don't do Data sites is because the loot is 1m3, and the proposed update does not fix this. I don't know about other explorers but personnaly, I won't bother fitting a Data Analyzer until the loot is the same size as the Relic loot.

- Unscannable cans : Yes. I'm kind of tired of people leaving a site half done. They don't realize they're crippling all the explorers, including themselves.

- I'm not sure the minigame needs to be changed. Your proposal would make the game easier, I think it's fine as it is. I would guess that those who want to make the minigame easier are still using T1 analyzers ;)

- In addition to your interesting proposals, perhaps I would add the possibility to memorize ignored signatures (like other people suggested), although it's a minor problem. So far I don't mind using a real life pen and paper :)

I think we still need a real exploration cruiser, imho. Right now we have good T2-explo frigates and T3-cruisers. But T3s can do everything, they aren't just exploration ships and their ability to do exploration could be nerfed if we had a good, solid line of T2-exploration cruisers to fill that niche.

And yes, I know the Stratios exists. But if you point to the existence of the faction cruiser as an excuse for not having cruiser-sized exploration ships, why give the cov-ops frigates virus-strength bonuses? We already have the Astero, after all. So either make it so only T3s, the Astero and the Stratios have the full set of exploration-bonuses, or add the missing link.

Remove BPCs for the "new" shield and armor mods and MJD from combat sites and rats, and make data sites the only source for them. Maybe the value for them will then raise a little. I'm talking about ancillary repair mods, reactive hardener... that stuff.

Faction POS BPCs should only drop from data sites in my opinion, not relics. Because BPCs to current pirate factions' tech are "data", not "relics". And data sites apparently need help sooo... put two and two together.

Instead of padding data sites with random junk, and instead of increasing drop rates on items which will only end up reducing their value, why not add a little loot in the style of sleeper "blue loot"? Low m3 volume items that are sold to NPCs. Instead of sleeper data it would be pirate data. In effect its basically like added bounties into data sites, but you don't get to claim your bounties if you get blown up by players before you can make it back to a concord station.

Or increase risk. Maybe instead of cans just blowing up when you fail a hack, the structure also webs and scrams you. So you get to try to inch away from it or blow it up with your Helios' two puny drones. haha.

Looks good. I've found it difficult to go run relic sites in whs solo. This will give me a reason and the capability to do so.

Note I said relics only. The XBOXHUGE data site loot will forever keep me away from running them, even if you buff the drops ten times. The volume of loot is even more important in whs, especially if you plan to run sites in a chain of whs.

Expect an infestation of exploration ships in wh space (fitted only with relic analyzers).