Comments on: Tweaked Sleeper Defenses? http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/ An Eve Online Gaming Corporation Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Daarknar http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3942 Daarknar Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:00:06 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3942 I too have found the Sleepers a bit more random of late. I don't know about variation in spawns but I have noticed that all of a sudden the Sleepers are much smarter and savvier about who and how they remote rep. I've had to switch targets much more than in the past because it seems like the reppers will be quicker off the mark to help out a friend in need. Maybe I'm crazy, but they do seem smarter lately. I too have found the Sleepers a bit more random of late. I don’t know about variation in spawns but I have noticed that all of a sudden the Sleepers are much smarter and savvier about who and how they remote rep. I’ve had to switch targets much more than in the past because it seems like the reppers will be quicker off the mark to help out a friend in need. Maybe I’m crazy, but they do seem smarter lately.

]]> By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3927 Marlenus Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:49:56 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3927 Thanks, Prophet. Mandrill, I'm not arguing with you, just clarifying my point -- namely, that so far it has "seemed" that <b>all</b> of the variation had to do with the WH system class; within a given w-hole system, you got the same spawn (or one of a very small number of possible spawns) at each site of the same name. Until yesterday, I had <b>never</b> observed any randomness or variability in this. (Which, by the way, I consider a game design flaw; but it's possible it was an actual bug, now fixed with unannounced server-side hotfix.) So, what I'm trying to do is differentiate between one possibility (new randomness injected into the system) and the other (long-existing randomness not detected hitherto because of the smallness of my sample size). Obviously we won't definitively be able to reach a conclusion unless CCP speaks, but I'm keenly interested in hearing anecdotes like Prophet's. Thanks, Prophet.

Mandrill, I’m not arguing with you, just clarifying my point — namely, that so far it has “seemed” that all of the variation had to do with the WH system class; within a given w-hole system, you got the same spawn (or one of a very small number of possible spawns) at each site of the same name. Until yesterday, I had never observed any randomness or variability in this. (Which, by the way, I consider a game design flaw; but it’s possible it was an actual bug, now fixed with unannounced server-side hotfix.)

So, what I’m trying to do is differentiate between one possibility (new randomness injected into the system) and the other (long-existing randomness not detected hitherto because of the smallness of my sample size). Obviously we won’t definitively be able to reach a conclusion unless CCP speaks, but I’m keenly interested in hearing anecdotes like Prophet’s.

]]> By: mandrill http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3925 mandrill Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:16:27 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3925 I was pootling about in w-space the other week, mainly to parctice my scanning skills whilst looking over my shoulder for other players (without the benefit of local), and came across a variety of ladar sites in one system. one had the 5 frigs you mention, and a couple of others had the sirius turrets. As such I don't think they've tweaked the difficulty of such spawn and its pretty random what you get thrown at you (dependant on the wh system's class of course) I was pootling about in w-space the other week, mainly to parctice my scanning skills whilst looking over my shoulder for other players (without the benefit of local), and came across a variety of ladar sites in one system. one had the 5 frigs you mention, and a couple of others had the sirius turrets. As such I don’t think they’ve tweaked the difficulty of such spawn and its pretty random what you get thrown at you (dependant on the wh system’s class of course)

]]> By: Prophet http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3916 Prophet Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:07:35 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/04/10/tweaked-sleeper-defenses/#comment-3916 I've been logging the spawns I find in Ladar sites. Yesterday I found a site that I would have expected to be guarded by 5 or 6 frigates, but instead there were 2 cruisers. I'll continue logging these expeditions. I’ve been logging the spawns I find in Ladar sites. Yesterday I found a site that I would have expected to be guarded by 5 or 6 frigates, but instead there were 2 cruisers. I’ll continue logging these expeditions.

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