Bounty Hunting - Resource Extraction Locations

[Severion]

When bounty hunting at resource extraction areas, I've noticed there are 3 sorts of instances you get.

1. Sidewinder heavy pirate instances
2. Cobra heavy pirate instances
3. Anaconda heavy pirate instances

I've only ever encountered the Anaconda heavy instance once and I cannot remember exactly where it was. What I don't know is whether it's based on the system or anything else which will increase the chances of an Anaconda heavy instance. I'm in a full A rated Viper now and when I hit the Conda instance, I made 500k in bounties in around 20 minutes.

I must have entered about 30 instances since and have never saw an Anaconda in one since. Does anyone know whether anything has any effect on this or is it simply a very small chance to get the Conda instance? The Cobra instances seem fairly common but it's quite rare to get a bounty above 20k for one and I just exit a sidewinder heavy instance immediately.

 

[Gorodd]

I have encountered similar...doesn't seem to have any rhyme or reason to it from what I can make out.

 

[Severion]

After doing some reading, it seems people have mixed opinions, some seem to think if you're in a bigger ship already, you'll get the better instances. Others noticed that it was only the very first time in a system that they got the big instance and after returning later, it was back to sideys and cobras.

Going to go look around for a system close by with extraction areas and see if it makes a difference to go in new.

 

[samevo4]

Come out of the REL and jump a short distance on the same ringed planet and basically fly (slowly) back into the ring. Hang around a min and you will see a steady stream of nearly every model of ship available. I am doing this in an anarchy system and am making around 400k-500k an hour, not sure how well it works in a non-anarchy system.