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Teium Purvanen
Doomheim
#1 - 2016-03-10 11:28:35 UTC
Hi all,

What happens to these sites when you've done them?

For example, i've scanned it down, warped in, pillaged and stolen all I can then left.

Does the site just stay there and regenerate or does it disappear after a time?

Thanks
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2016-03-10 12:15:34 UTC
I don't fully recall the exact mechanics but they despawn. When you finish a site and warp away it will despawn shortly there after. Once someone initiates a warp to of any scannable site a timer starts and various things happen one of which is the count down to the despawning of the site.

I'm sure you can find a lot more specific and correct information on the spawn and despawn mechanics than I can recall off of the top of my head but the main point is that sites despawn.

There are some static cosmos combat sites in the game but you don't need probes to find those.

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Teium Purvanen
Doomheim
#3 - 2016-03-10 12:48:03 UTC
ergherhdfgh wrote:
I don't fully recall the exact mechanics but they despawn. When you finish a site and warp away it will despawn shortly there after. Once someone initiates a warp to of any scannable site a timer starts and various things happen one of which is the count down to the despawning of the site.

I'm sure you can find a lot more specific and correct information on the spawn and despawn mechanics than I can recall off of the top of my head but the main point is that sites despawn.

There are some static cosmos combat sites in the game but you don't need probes to find those.



Cool beans, thanks for that
Helios Anduath
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2016-03-10 16:38:19 UTC
Teium Purvanen wrote:
Hi all,

What happens to these sites when you've done them?

For example, i've scanned it down, warped in, pillaged and stolen all I can then left.

Does the site just stay there and regenerate or does it disappear after a time?

Thanks


A relic/data site that has had no cans hacked will hang around for 3 days or so and despawn at the next downtime. A normal relic/data site that has at least once can hacked will despawn after a couple of hours. Sleeper caches and ghost sites are a little different.

The respawn mechanics are not completely understood but they are not tied to downtime. It is currently thought that another site will respan somewhere else in the game shortly after. The respawn is not tied to the same constellation or region. They can respawn in the system you are in or nearby, but it is a fairly rare occurence.