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NPC Mining Operations have now begun on Singularity

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JTK Fotheringham
Ducks in Outer Space
#181 - 2016-11-05 22:51:18 UTC
Ha, outstanding work.

Second system I scouted, found a Ducia Foundry operation. To be honest, It took me a while to realise the NPC Barges are a new class of overview icon, but once I noticed them on a "show all" D-Scan, and went back for a closer look they were easy to find.

I'd watched Johnny Pew's video, so had a fair idea what to expect, but decided to kick off with a standard ratting ishtar.

Oh. My. Word. I died very quickly. Looking forward to running these with a rookie fleet in HS.

Really like the fleet comp - that amount of ewar landing on you is... unsettling.

/JTK
wilmot proviso
The Rod and Gun Club
#182 - 2016-11-06 01:43:31 UTC  |  Edited by: wilmot proviso
I did find a hauler in a .5 system in high sec. It took about a 30 minute wait and in another case I waited about 45 minutes

and no hauler showed up so it seems quite random. As to the loot it was nearly me as 3 Apicalypse, 2 amageddon,

2 augoror and 2 executioners responded. needless to say my little Gila ran away. There were actually 2 spawns

in the system at the same time from different corps, I expect it to be fairly amusing when this hits the main server
Joten Koldani
Independence Construction
#183 - 2016-11-06 05:43:25 UTC
Still no love for 0.0 NPC ops.

My soul weeps.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#184 - 2016-11-06 09:26:21 UTC
Mute Karimar wrote:
About that loot-boxes: How about having special boxes that need a hacking-minigame to be opened, difficulty depending on what loottable the boxes contain?



considering there is only one item in the database for them that wont work. if they added more items that would let players know what type of item they have a chance of getting removing a lot of the randomness behind it

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
CCP Paradox
#185 - 2016-11-06 16:19:56 UTC
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.

CCP Paradox | EVE QA | Team Phenomenon

Space Magician
almost fiction
Job Center Plus
#186 - 2016-11-06 16:47:03 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.


Working on a Sunday? Thanks for putting so much work into these things.

Only suggestion is the hauler spawn mechanic doesn't seem to be working all the time.
CCP Paradox
#187 - 2016-11-06 17:21:52 UTC
almost fiction wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.


Working on a Sunday? Thanks for putting so much work into these things.

Only suggestion is the hauler spawn mechanic doesn't seem to be working all the time.


Haulers are spawning correctly. They come when the mining ships are almost full, empty their cargo, and then leave. It's a pretty small window of opportunity. It can take some time for the miners to get full on some ore, depending on what they are mining.

CCP Paradox | EVE QA | Team Phenomenon

Space Magician
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#188 - 2016-11-06 18:01:18 UTC
CCP Paradox wrote:
almost fiction wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.


Working on a Sunday? Thanks for putting so much work into these things.

Only suggestion is the hauler spawn mechanic doesn't seem to be working all the time.


Haulers are spawning correctly. They come when the mining ships are almost full, empty their cargo, and then leave. It's a pretty small window of opportunity. It can take some time for the miners to get full on some ore, depending on what they are mining.

And do they mine the same amounts of ore like players in the same ships ?

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
almost fiction
Job Center Plus
#189 - 2016-11-06 19:49:47 UTC  |  Edited by: almost fiction
After a lot of testing the more I dislike the Hauler spawn being the one that drops the loot. It allows people to just ninja the haulers and never really have to fight the defence fleet.

Also hauler spawn does seem a little wierd. I waited for 45 minutes watching a mining fleet and never did a hauler show up.

Edit: also haulers not currently dropping anything but scrap.
Fzhal
#190 - 2016-11-06 23:06:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Fzhal
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.

First of all, thank you for enabling a much bigger 0.0 corp.

Has ANYONE found a mining spawn in 0.0? I just spent about 2 hours roaming around Delve (Blood Raiders) and still not found any spawns... (I'm beginning to wonder if they are spawning in 0.0 at all.)

EDIT: Another 2 hours. I'm thinking they aren't spawning in 0.0.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#191 - 2016-11-07 02:16:04 UTC
Fzhal wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.

First of all, thank you for enabling a much bigger 0.0 corp.

Has ANYONE found a mining spawn in 0.0? I just spent about 2 hours roaming around Delve (Blood Raiders) and still not found any spawns... (I'm beginning to wonder if they are spawning in 0.0 at all.)

EDIT: Another 2 hours. I'm thinking they aren't spawning in 0.0.



considering there are only 12 blood raider systems in delve that is not really a surprise

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
Joten Koldani
Independence Construction
#192 - 2016-11-07 16:27:23 UTC
Nope, no mining ops in 0.0 for w/e reason. I guess NPC corps just sell their moongoo and whip their lowsec slaves to do their mining for them. : D
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#193 - 2016-11-07 18:41:37 UTC
Joten Koldani wrote:
Nope, no mining ops in 0.0 for w/e reason. I guess NPC corps just sell their moongoo and whip their lowsec slaves to do their mining for them. : D


Blatantly wrong. I've found npc mining ops in syndicate a week ago even. The reason you haven't found any is because the spawn rate seems to be abysmal, and you're looking in the wrong area.
Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#194 - 2016-11-07 18:42:51 UTC
Fzhal wrote:
CCP Paradox wrote:
The Blood Raiders have now started their Mining Operations on Singularity.

First of all, thank you for enabling a much bigger 0.0 corp.

Has ANYONE found a mining spawn in 0.0? I just spent about 2 hours roaming around Delve (Blood Raiders) and still not found any spawns... (I'm beginning to wonder if they are spawning in 0.0 at all.)

EDIT: Another 2 hours. I'm thinking they aren't spawning in 0.0.


I've found them in syndicate. Spawn rate seems to be terrible. I think ccp got a decimal placement wrong
Radical Posture
The Outsiders.
#195 - 2016-11-07 19:02:18 UTC
Will people plexing their accounts get more NPC miners in their belts than people who sub?
almost fiction
Job Center Plus
#196 - 2016-11-07 22:55:37 UTC
lol having hunted hauler spawns for the past 2 days solid on test server. if these things are the only source of harvester drones then my god theyre going to be expensive. only about one in three haulers dropped a strongbox
each hauler took at least 2 hours to hunt and then only one of the strongboxes i got dropped a harvester BPC

RIP harvesters hardly knew thee

(a wise man would make the strongbox drop from the defense fleet)

also elite drone AI is gonna plummet in price due to these BPCs being the bottleneck
Lost touch
Make-EVE-Great-Again
NO NEED LOOSE FACE
#197 - 2016-11-08 02:47:57 UTC
Whats the point in this?

Like seriously what is the actual point in it?



Fla5hy Red the wrong way, only faster
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#198 - 2016-11-08 07:43:22 UTC
Lost touch wrote:
Whats the point in this?


To give bitter vets and PvPers aneurisms.

Day 0 Advice for New Players
Fzhal
#199 - 2016-11-08 08:03:31 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
Lost touch wrote:
Whats the point in this?


To give bitter vets and PvPers aneurisms.

Nah, I'm solo'ing these defense fleets in .4 and up.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#200 - 2016-11-08 13:08:47 UTC
almost fiction wrote:
lol having hunted hauler spawns for the past 2 days solid on test server. if these things are the only source of harvester drones then my god theyre going to be expensive. only about one in three haulers dropped a strongbox
each hauler took at least 2 hours to hunt and then only one of the strongboxes i got dropped a harvester BPC

RIP harvesters hardly knew thee

(a wise man would make the strongbox drop from the defense fleet)

also elite drone AI is gonna plummet in price due to these BPCs being the bottleneck




To be clear here, Harvesters are the faction mining drones. Not the ones the Rorqs use (extractor drones)

They're not new. They used to sometimes drop from convoys. But that stopped a long time ago. so it's a reintroduction of a very old drone type (with a shiny new paint job :D )

Woo! CSM XI!

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