Exploration

[Kai_Un]

Hi, new player here and I’ve been trying pretty much everything in this game to see what it has to offer.
Unfortunatly I’m about confused about exploration. You see, whenever I go to a (normally low sec) system with a lot of cosmic signatures and scan them down, they are all combat sites. Is this just bad luck or am I missing something? As well as that i’ve heard that exploration is very lucrative. is this with a advanced ship or is this for a new player with a pretty bad exploration ship?
Any tips and tricks are appreciated, thanks!

[Shipwreck_Jones]

Sites spawn randomly. So, you might find any mix of wormholes, combat sites, and hacking sites -or nothing at all.

IMHO, the biggest challenge to new explorers involves player skill (i.e. figuring out what sites to run, in what ship/fit, and how to run them safely and efficiently). You don’t need advanced ships and tons of SP to get big paydays; that stuff just helps open up your options and increase your efficiency.

Yes, exploration can be quite lucrative, even for newbros.

[Pierre_de_Bricassart]

Dunno about Lowsec anoms, but in Wormholes I observe a manner of cherry picking. So hacking sites are very popular and disappear soon, while combat sites need a fleet or at least an expensive and slow ship, which can be easily snacked away by a gang while clearing the site. Scanning frigates are faster and cheaper.

[Kai_Un]

I’ve been doing lowsec scanning and most of the hacking sites have been taken. I believe this is because the lowsec system I was using earlier was close to a career agents station and everyone from there moved to lowsec and started scanning

[Samuel_Triptee]

Sometimes the player density will make it more challenging to find data and relic sites. More players equals more competition.

You may want to take a look at the in-game map and even Dotlan maps to find systems with lower activity by checking how many jumps in the last 24 hours.

I recommend not limiting yourself to one particular type of space. Explore it all!