# BRM's bugged?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 16, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/brms-bugged/350081 "2022-02-16T16:39:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/brms-bugged/350081/6 "2022-02-18T17:18:30Z")

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CCP claimed on Reddit that it was an unforeseen circumstance of an issue with… well, the main post is linked in this thread:

> [@Massive BRM Reductions following Last Nights Downtime](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/massive-brm-reductions-following-last-nights-downtime/350068):
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> As the title says, a bunch of systems in our nullsec area had their BRMs go from middling amounts (120%+) down to the minimum (50%) following last nights downtime? from the agency tab, the number of systems in Etherium Reach that had a BRM of 50% went from 0 to 21 literally overnight. Is anyone else encountering this? I saw nothing in the patch notes saying there was going to be some sort of adjustment. Pls stop nerfing Dronelands. Sorvolge.

As I mentioned in my reply that post, my tinfoil hat is currently on - the timing with the update to the low-BRM patch the day before this happened is awfully convenient. My corp filed a bug report over a month ago when we noticed that the BRM was no longer being updated, and CCP failed to confirm anything was out of the ordinary.

In hindsight, the ESS/BRM update was clearly a predecessor to the waste mechanics in the scarcity updates. Rat, lose some to ESS. Then lose more to the Reserve Bank. Then lose more to space when you rob it. Then lose it all when you get popped on the way out of system. Content created, isk faucet plugged. Everybody is happy, right? 😃

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