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Kenji Noguchi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-01-02 16:55:52 UTC
Good day.
I would like to know at which rate does the ESS increase the % extra payment. Something like "1% every 100m collected", or however it is. Does anybody know?

Thanks in advance.
Paranoid Loyd
#2 - 2015-01-02 23:46:14 UTC
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Personal_Deployable_Structures#Encounter_Surveillance_System_.28ESS.29

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Kenji Noguchi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2015-03-08 18:15:05 UTC
Doesn't really answer the question at all.
Orlacc
#4 - 2015-03-08 18:33:45 UTC
From old dev blog: "The payout percentage fluctuates with pirate activity and can be a substantially high percentage of the base bounty reward."

Note "fluctuates."

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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2015-03-09 17:18:27 UTC
The bonus increases over time the ESS is deployed and not touched.

Dev blog: http://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/more-deployables-from-super-friends/

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Kenji Noguchi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2015-03-21 11:33:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Kenji Noguchi
Again, none of the replies really answer the question.

I'm asking for the experience of somebody who really used the structure and KNOWS the answer, not links to dev blogs and wikis, which also give vague or outdated information themselves.
Energetic Monk
Wayforward Emergent Technologies
#7 - 2015-03-21 12:13:00 UTC
I came up with this so i claim to be first to suggest this novel idea, why don't you launch one ESS and find out the answer by yourself? This way you can be sure that the information aren't outdated.
nahjustwarpin
SUPER DUPER SPACE TRUCKS
#8 - 2015-03-23 14:21:41 UTC
Energetic Monk wrote:
I came up with this so i claim to be first to suggest this novel idea, why don't you launch one ESS and find out the answer by yourself? This way you can be sure that the information aren't outdated.


or maybe there's a reason he can't do it

OP: i don't think anyone will give you any definitive answer - my ess once got up to 5% when there was less than 50 mil in it. another time it wasn't at 5% with 90 already there. It just increases randomly with time and killed npcs
Kenji Noguchi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2015-04-04 07:58:22 UTC
Energetic Monk wrote:
I came up with this so i claim to be first to suggest this novel idea, why don't you launch one ESS and find out the answer by yourself? This way you can be sure that the information aren't outdated.


That implies having access to a place where I can buy an ESS, then having access to a system where I can anchor it, and then having enough time to test all the way to 5%, while recording data as to when or under which circumstances the counter increases.

The general answer is that somebody asking this kind of question lacks access to at least one of these things at the moment, but would do an effort to overcome that limitation depending on the answers on this thread. In my particular case, I lack access to a system safe enough so that the ESS can be left there for hours or days; but would look for one if the answer is favorable.
Kenji Noguchi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2015-04-04 08:01:07 UTC
nahjustwarpin wrote:
Energetic Monk wrote:
I came up with this so i claim to be first to suggest this novel idea, why don't you launch one ESS and find out the answer by yourself? This way you can be sure that the information aren't outdated.


or maybe there's a reason he can't do it

OP: i don't think anyone will give you any definitive answer - my ess once got up to 5% when there was less than 50 mil in it. another time it wasn't at 5% with 90 already there. It just increases randomly with time and killed npcs


Thanks for your answer. It looks like it's totally random, then. Maybe it's just chance-based, and everytime you kill something, there is a X% chance of increasing the percentage, with X being very low.
Glathull
Warlock Assassins
#11 - 2015-04-04 13:25:41 UTC
So, in other words, exactly what was posted in the links . . . .

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