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useless sleeper scouts?

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Vincent Athena
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#21 - 2014-12-29 14:01:08 UTC
Its highly random if you see one. They are in systems that contain a "unidentified structure". Those show as beacons on your overview, provided you are looking at an overview setting that shows beacons. Once you are in such a system, the sleeper ships could pop up anywhere, including at the gates. You have a good chance at seeing one if you warp to the unidentified structure and sit for awhile.
Again, based on overview setting, you may only see the sleeper ship in space (once it is on grid), not on the overview. But you can add it to whatever ratting or PvE setting you use.

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Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2014-12-29 15:17:03 UTC
Jurico Elemenohpe wrote:
You need to log in to see them.
On a serious note, they randomly spawn in systems so depending on how much you travel, not really. Or if you're in a sh, I don't think they're in there.
Ferni Ka'Nviiou wrote:
Is it weird that I haven't actually seen a Sleeper Scout in-game yet?



I think the fact that they aren't called Sleeper Scout is was what was being pointed out here.
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#23 - 2014-12-29 15:21:41 UTC
You have to specifically enable them on your overview. While you're at it, I would suggest enabling Tactical Destroyer as well.

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Anslo
Scope Works
#24 - 2014-12-29 15:26:33 UTC
Theyre basically useless.

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ISD Alliance
#25 - 2014-12-29 18:01:04 UTC
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ghostbear Antollare
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2014-12-30 03:19:09 UTC
jin ko82 wrote:
whats the point of these things? i have killed about 6 and have not had any loot from them. do they give salvage? or are they just for lore purposes?


Yesterday, while in a 0.9 system I was clearing out a ship graveyard site. When salvaging 5 sleepers jumped in
and started scanning everything me my drones the wreaks the graveyard. After about 60 sec. they left
I manage to destroyed 2 of them before they left. Even as I was shooting at them all they did was scan and go
weird, Wonder what's going to happen next? My guess "Incursion light"

BTW: when salvaging them they always/only give 1 unit of metal scrap (for now)
Jenshae Chiroptera
#27 - 2014-12-30 04:17:58 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Back story. When the sleepers awaken, then you'll get it. Circadian. Hmmmm what could that mean.

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Mikhem
Taxisk Unlimited
#28 - 2015-01-01 14:11:50 UTC
Has anyone tried ship scanner and cargo scanner for these mysterious Circadian Seekers? Perhaps these tools reveal something extra about them...

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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#29 - 2015-01-02 19:07:20 UTC
Had 3 of them sitting on Hek gate with our fleet en route to a fight. Perhaps they are attracted to violence. Anyway they are not going about their business very covertly sitting on that gate like a bunch of AFK twats.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#30 - 2015-01-02 19:39:04 UTC
Jandice Ymladris wrote:
The Seekers are usually in systems with unidentified structures (to spot the structures easy, don't forget to turn on sites on overview)

As the Seeker NPC's (red cruisersized crosses) travel alot in system, it's easy to miss them, as they jump to belts, stations, POCO's, gates, etc.
The fact you travel zoomed in might be another reason you missed them, their ships aren't that large and they often say quite a distance (+- 15 - 50 km) from objects once they travel to/away from a place. Zoomed out, their red crosses can be spotted easier.

On the usefulness of the Seeker ships currently, I can be clear:
On hard gameplay (interation by shooting/activating modules/communication), they don't offer much, an NPC with a fancy lightbeam that doesn't do something and doesn't have any apparant benefit of shooting them (no loot or bounty & negligible salvage)

From a more lorewise approach, the gameplay is in the mystery: why are they there, what are they doing and for what purpose are they 'scanning' ?
Possibly clues are hidden away in the lore & history of Eve, along in the various content you can visit (the new shattered wormholes, old sites getting a new meaning etc)
In this viewpoint, Sleepers add alot to the gameplay. This is reflected in GD, as it has been a long time since there were several large threads on lore & mysteries in Eve in the GD section.




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Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#31 - 2015-01-02 23:28:34 UTC
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