Thanks for the tip … very intuitive … and seems you have to click one first to get the focus for the mouse wheel … at least I did
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And why can we not side with the Drifters … keep their WHs … and so Anoikis free of the taint of K-Space?
I think you have to die and then your brain sucked out and replaced with organic computation matrix goo for that. Sounds messy.
Looks like the Caldari home systems are being targeted by the invading forces again. And for anyone wondering which faction to join to boost support, the dedicated reporters of New Eden News have posted the current scoreboard! Can you guess who’s winning? (No peeking!)
Can I take it lower skilled players are intended to be excluded from this event? Even the hacking requires high cruiser skill to tank damage. They send an email out to everyone urging participation but then turn around and make it impossible for everyone to effectively participate.
You don’t need to tank damage in the Hacking site, I’ve done it in T1 explo frigs. We take newbros out on fleets all the time in all sites as well.
Where are these sites located?
Opprotunites->interstellar events->pick a system and fly to it
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Sure. The only thing you can do with one character is hacking. But there is no permanent hacking task, so players with 1 character just ignore this brilliant event.
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I’m speaking specifically about the Race for the Hives hacking sites. Because videos show that they have cloaked mines that require at least a dual tanked cruiser to tank the damage and it’s not a walk in the park even then (i.e. these mines will 1-hit a T1 frigate).
Not that it really matters. You can’t simply hack anyway. You have to do all the objectives, which makes bringing a hacking ship impractical. You need something capable of doing everything. A Gnosis, Prophecy, Brutix and the like seem to be the more viable option. And you need a fleet for the other tasks making it even less accessible to people with lives outside of EvE and limited time.
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Yes I was talking about those sites as well. You can avoid getting hit by the mines by not flying into them. Today’s patch also lets you focus on just one site.
So they are no longer cloaked, but visible?
Do you know the trigger radius of the mine’s explosion?
Will the explosion still 1-hit a T1 frig if you do manage to get too close?
You have always been able to see the bubble radius of the mines, don’t fly in it.
You can do the relic sites with a T1 frigate and average skills - all the Drifter Collections are yellow hacks and the sig is only level II. You don’t need to tank or shoot anything if you pay attention to the bubbles. If you can’t see the bubbles, you might have to increase your graphics settings.
I used this fit with no issues
[Probe, *drifter]
Nanofiber Internal Structure I
Nanofiber Internal Structure I
Damage Control II
5MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive
Scan Acquisition Array I
Relic Analyzer I
Scan Rangefinding Array I
Core Probe Launcher I
Small Emission Scope Sharpener I
Small Emission Scope Sharpener I
Core Scanner Probe I x16
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I tried it out on an alpha with maxed (lvl 3) archeology skill.
You could theorhetically do it with alpha skills, but you’re bound to fail a hack. It’s simply too many cans and too much work to be undone by a single fail. Especially when this game can throw you an unhackable can. This happened to me on the last can of all things. These sites will discourage most players with average (maxed alpha) skill. You’d need T2 modules (i.e. omega) in something like a metamorphosis to guarantee success.
If not Omega with max skills you might as well pass. It’s not worth the headache. And the only real reason to do this is if you want the drifter plugsuit. Which would require completing 100 of these sites. Even if you disabled all lockdown stuff the time investment isn’t ideal. It’s seemingly easy money for new players or completing AIR Goals. I’d only recommend it for that. They just need to make sure to align and warp off if they see they’re in a no-win situation with the node.
Good thing alphas can now just join the public salvage fleets and complete the event easily with little skill required.
If only they were privy to such things. CCP never seems particularly willing to explain anything. I would guess 95% of new players have no idea what you are talking about.
Have you completed the event reward tract?
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I have completed the reward track, took about 4 hours in a punisher. If new players don’t ask around, then ofc they will be in the dark. This is an MMO, interacting with the community is a given, even if it is just asking in Rookie Help, corp, or even local.
Considering just one of the Gallente (not Caldari) systems had 200 people in local, I highly doubt that.
You could feel that way if you think all 200 are new players or that 200 people are lot relative to the number of new players trying out the game.
Are the rewards tradeable or bound to account?
The rewards are tradable.
As for your other point, the Dodixie trade doesn’t even see 200 people on a good day, and there is a whole other high sec system that Gallente players could travel to as well. This event is popular, that is all I can safely assume. Judging by all the questions and such in fleet chat, I could also assume that most were not alts either.