Monday, November 28, 2011

One line noticed

This caught my eye perusing the patch notes for tomorrow -


EVE API
  • The Jumps API no longer shows jumps into wormhole space.
 

Now this, will make intelligence gathering more difficult if it means what I think it does.  Since the first thing I do when exploring someone else's wormhole system is pull up dotlan and wormnav to check activity levels, including jumps.  Checking jumps in system is also a vital tool we use to catch poachers when we are busy with doing things out of Eve, as pulling dotlan up on your phone is a simple way to make sure things stay quiet.

I suspect this will make wormholes that much more dangerous to intruders and residents alike, as it will be harder to gauge activity levels and hours of operation.

Perhaps popping out a probe on the hour every hour to check for new wormhole signatures will become the norm?  The unfortunate thing is people transiting through the wormhole without poaching any sites will possibly remain unknown to us, diminishing the change of nabbing a target.

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