20 Ophiuchi, pristine metallic rings gone?

[Imo]

I was in 20 Ophiuchi again to visit the pristine metallic rings, but the local maps shows normal metallic rings only. Were there made any changes lately?

 

[lemon cup]

I always assumed Pristine Reserves only lasted for a certain % of the ring system’s total megaton yield. Perhaps the ring was recently mined past this percentage?

 

[Red Anders]

I always assumed Pristine Reserves only lasted for a certain % of the ring system’s total megaton yield. Perhaps the ring was recently mined past this percentage?

I'd love to believe the system was that good but I can't recall a single instance of a pristine changing dynamically to anything less than that in over two years.

Not that I'm saying that proves it doesn't happen, there are lots of systems out there obviously.

 

[Sentenza]

Sure something changed. I know at least one depleted system now "refilled" to low.

 

[Starwolfe]

It was Bug Reported, and answered; the TL;DR is "working as intended"

Hey Cmdrs,

Just wanting to clear a few things up - When this was reported during the Beta I stated the following here:

Hey havoc235!


Thanks for your reports - Unfortunately the Beta environment and the Live environment are not 100% identical in terms of the background sim. The Resource Extraction Sites are generated according to the population of the system, economy and security (Haz Res only show in low sec systems), so these are dependant on the BGS. We can certainly expect Haz Res sites to change into Res Sites, having them move entirely is more of a stretch but not out of the question.


When the update goes to the Live servers, you should see the Haz Res restored.


Hope this helps clarify the issue! Stay safe out there Cmdr!
o7

As I stated - these are generated according to various BGS factors and them moving is "more of a stretch but not out of the question.". I have chased this up with the devs and I'm afraid they will not be reverted to how they were Pre 3.0 - this is due to various reasons. This also echo's our Support teams response:

Thanks for your message regarding this problem. I'm sorry this has happened.


The placement of low and high resource extraction sites is controlled by an algorithm. This bit of code has been changed slightly in the last update and as a result, some sites may have moved.


Unfortunately, it will not be possible to restore individual resource sites to their former position. However, there should still be sites around that are similar to the place you used before.


I am sorry that I cannot be of greater assistance in this matter

Apologies for any frustration caused by this!

Fly safe Cmdrs! o7

The core of it is;

The placement of low and high resource extraction sites is controlled by an algorithm. This bit of code has been changed slightly in the last update and as a result, some sites may have moved.


Unfortunately, it will not be possible to restore individual resource sites to their former position. However, there should still be sites around that are similar to the place you used before.

So basically, FDev changed numbers, results are what we see.