EVE General Discussion

So im just curious as to what the max jump range a 5/10 should be from where you originaly get it from usually its under 10 jumps from original location you receive is this right or not?

Usually between 2 to 10 jumps, although I did get one the other week that was 12 away including a shortcut through low. While I haven't had enough escalations in low/nul to say if it applies there, any DED escalation picked up from an anom in high-sec always sends you to a system of equal or lower sec rating, be that in high/low/nul.

I think what OP wants, is to find an HS system(s) in which to gain 5/10 escalations, without them ending up in LS, due to range resitrictions.

Escalations here being defined as separate from expeditions.

OP, we have reports of 9-12 jumps.

See if you cant find Refuge/Den Anomalies in HS system 9-12+ gates from LS, that dont escalate to LS.
If you do, well done. Dont tell anyone.
If the range of the escalation reaches past 9-12 systems into LS as terminus, let us know, doesnt hurt you.

In my experience there is usually a 9 gate max, but I havent paid much attention.

My experience is that you get an escalation that will keep you in highsec, or you get one that takes you to more unsafe places. But there has never been a pattern to this. I can say that if your escalation is acquired in "deep highsec" then the number of jumps is not likely to take you out of highsec. If you get one next door to lowsec you are more likely to have one that takes you to lowsec. But I have also picked up escalations in Villore and Allamotte without having to go the direction of Old Man Star.

Broken? I'm not sure about that. I've had escalations that were only 5 jumps, and I recall having one that was 21 jumps and STILL a highsec to highsec trip.

Feels random but not entirely sure.

Once upon a time an escalation was started by finding a log in a ship and you had to read that log after you looted it and go to the system you read about. And I recall they were far away.

(and when I started out, I didn't know what they were and would just toss them)

Ahhh, the good old days. I still have a bunch of those Pirate Logs. They were actually pretty cool, little cryptic notes that led you to a system where a Static DED site was located.

Scanning for Cosmic Signatures was a 'Specialized' career path requiring very high skills and multiple types of Probes. It required a lot of patience and determination to pinpoint those hidden sites. Wasn't a lot of players doing exploration back then.

Also at that time Cosmic Anomalies were randomly located within 4 AU's of Planets and to find them you had to physically warp to each Planet and then run the ship's on-board system scanner which had a very limited range. Eventually CCP increased it's range to be system wide.

Course all of that was before the major Exploration Expansion known as Apocrypha.


DMC

Happens to me all the time man, i once had 18 escalations and they where all low sec, i was not amused lol

cause providence sucks

On one of those rare Angel 5/10 escalations to Gallente HS, which surprised me and was 10+ jumps away without LS , I had another surprise when a guy showed up in my site in the last room and had a better fit than me to take out the structure :(

Feltbadman.

Im still confused how he found it.
Afaik, HS 5/10s should not show up as a sig, even after someone enters it.
Or was he given the same exact escalation?

My best guess is he combat probed me and got curious.
Ive never figured this out and didnt think to ask how he did it.

Hmm. But isnt that an expedition, rather than an escalation?

Expeditions are multi-part endeavors, whereas escalations lead to one site.