Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

Has anyone else noticed changes in the Resource Extraction Sites since Horizons launched?

I used to go to High Intensity RES areas and there were always a lot of pirates and a lot of security forces battling it out, so lots of action to jump into, and now since Horizons it seems like every time I go to one of those places, there's 2-3 security ships max, and even the pirates are few and far between.

Kind of bummed about this because it was a good way to make money while actually dogfighting and having fun..

Go to a HAZres, they're still as good as ever

No cops though. That's what makes them good. All the bounties are for you, and your wing.

Yeah I know what those areas are like but I'm not quite powerful enough to handle it on my own (I see 8-ship wings of pirates flying around in there and I've got a Cobra.3)

The reason HiRES are so good is you have the cops there to help you, which makes for many more bounties/hour..

Anyways, I'll keep looking around.. But it's kind of a bummer that so many income-generating activities seem to have been reduced with this new update.

The "new" mission system is a nerf IMO. Lots of activities have been kicked in the balls.

8-ship wings? Damn! WTF
I've still never seen wings with more than 3-ships.

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:8-ship wings? Damn! WTF
I've still never seen wings with more than 3-ships.

Most security patrols around stations I see are 4-5 ship wings typically..

Perhaps it was a rare thing, I really don't know as I didn't stick around to find out. When I got the message about no security forces and saw those pirates (at least one of the ships in the wing was a Python and I'm in a Cobra.3), I got out of there..

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:8-ship wings? Damn! WTF
I've still never seen wings with more than 3-ships.

Last night in a HAZres I had a wing of 5, one python 4 FAS... needless to say I left them ALONE.

Rodgeirr wrote:
Last night in a HAZres I had a wing of 5, one python 4 FAS... needless to say I left them ALONE.

Now that's a wing!!

TurboToaster wrote:

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:8-ship wings? Damn! WTF
I've still never seen wings with more than 3-ships.

Most security patrols around stations I see are 4-5 ship wings typically..

Perhaps it was a rare thing, I really don't know as I didn't stick around to find out. When I got the message about no security forces and saw those pirates (at least one of the ships in the wing was a Python and I'm in a Cobra.3), I got out of there..

I've found that in a Haz-RES, those big wings of pirates will leave you alone as long as you don't have any cargo they can take. They may also attack if you're Wanted, I'm not sure of that.

They will, of course, also gang up on you if you attack one of their wingmates, so don't do that.

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:8-ship wings? Damn! WTF
I've still never seen wings with more than 3-ships.

We’ve seen wings of up to 16 Sideys!