Datamine Agent 255 Meter

I think if you have the data scrambler 0.4 they just fall over

I was killed 3 times today in the Datamine construct by level 255 agents.  I read somewhere that you have to make sure to look at your compass in order not to get ganked.  But my compass/agent meter is always blank and level 255 agents spawn out of no where.  Unless that it was a data spawn, then I will shut up.

I was in Datamine for a few hours lastnight. An agent spawned once, but I never saw a change in the meter/Compass. Even when it began to spawn and I jumped away, I checked the meter. No change. So in the new spot the agent persisted to spawn. No change in meter. So I left and came back.

My guess is that it is bugged or never worked in the first place.

Frink wrote:

I was killed 3 times today in the Datamine construct by level 255 agents.  I read somewhere that you have to make sure to look at your compass in order not to get ganked.  But my compass/agent meter is always blank and level 255 agents spawn out of no where.  Unless that it was a data spawn, then I will shut up.

I was in Datamine for a few hours lastnight. An agent spawned once, but I never saw a change in the meter/Compass. Even when it began to spawn and I jumped away, I checked the meter. No change. So in the new spot the agent persisted to spawn. No change in meter. So I left and came back.

My guess is that it is bugged or never worked in the first place.

Vesuveus wrote:

Frink wrote:

I was killed 3 times today in the Datamine construct by level 255 agents.  I read somewhere that you have to make sure to look at your compass in order not to get ganked.  But my compass/agent meter is always blank and level 255 agents spawn out of no where.  Unless that it was a data spawn, then I will shut up.

I was in Datamine for a few hours lastnight. An agent spawned once, but I never saw a change in the meter/Compass. Even when it began to spawn and I jumped away, I checked the meter. No change. So in the new spot the agent persisted to spawn. No change in meter. So I left and came back.

My guess is that it is bugged or never worked in the first place.

...no, it's a random % chance to get and Agent spawn on you each time you successfully tap a node with a data scrambler 0.4.

Zudrag wrote:

Vesuveus wrote:

Frink wrote:

I was killed 3 times today in the Datamine construct by level 255 agents.  I read somewhere that you have to make sure to look at your compass in order not to get ganked.  But my compass/agent meter is always blank and level 255 agents spawn out of no where.  Unless that it was a data spawn, then I will shut up.

I was in Datamine for a few hours lastnight. An agent spawned once, but I never saw a change in the meter/Compass. Even when it began to spawn and I jumped away, I checked the meter. No change. So in the new spot the agent persisted to spawn. No change in meter. So I left and came back.

My guess is that it is bugged or never worked in the first place.

...no, it's a random % chance to get and Agent spawn on you each time you successfully tap a node with a data scrambler 0.4.

The original question was about the compass/ agent meter. Evenif it is a random % one would think the meter would warn the player since that is the apparent purpose of it. What the hell is the problem about discussing that?

Vesuveus wrote:

Zudrag wrote:

Vesuveus wrote:

Frink wrote:

I was killed 3 times today in the Datamine construct by level 255 agents.  I read somewhere that you have to make sure to look at your compass in order not to get ganked.  But my compass/agent meter is always blank and level 255 agents spawn out of no where.  Unless that it was a data spawn, then I will shut up.

I was in Datamine for a few hours lastnight. An agent spawned once, but I never saw a change in the meter/Compass. Even when it began to spawn and I jumped away, I checked the meter. No change. So in the new spot the agent persisted to spawn. No change in meter. So I left and came back.

My guess is that it is bugged or never worked in the first place.

...no, it's a random % chance to get and Agent spawn on you each time you successfully tap a node with a data scrambler 0.4.

The original question was about the compass/ agent meter. Evenif it is a random % one would think the meter would warn the player since that is the apparent purpose of it. What the hell is the problem about discussing that?

Calm down, no need to get angry.

The Agent meter on the compass is used for a different spawning system for the 255 Agent. It's used for restricted areas, and data mine isn't a taggable/restricted area. They didn't intend for it to work like restricted areas.

Well, that clears up my confussion on the subject. Thanks, Zudrag.

If you have a data scrambler .4 it says in the details that it has a much higher chance of spawning agents on you. It gets annoying after you have been in the construct for 1 minute and an agent spawns on you.

sontag wrote:

If you have a data scrambler .4 it says in the details that it has a much higher chance of spawning agents on you. It gets annoying after you have been in the construct for 1 minute and an agent spawns on you.

Indeed.

But that's the game....

Another thing is, I seen an agent spawn before I even started to tapping nodes, it's that in % of spawning just for having the 0.4 on you?

Well, that clears up my confussion on the subject. Thanks, Zudrag.

Not to put a fly in the ointment but I was on that 'Cursion server earlier today and I was shot down by a 255 Agent in Westview (as he should have done, I said 'well done you'" /> but my Agent meter didn't budge, in fact during my entire hour in restricted areas, the meter didn't move at all...

I dont think I have seen the Agent meter move, as much as I go to a restricted area and fight, hack and HJ, nothing moves.

And some people need to lighten up, its a predomanatly black and grey forum, we need more pink sparkles to brighten the place up ^_^

If I see that sparkle one more time...

Just coz I likez NotZudrag =P =P =P

Tagging nodes has been rendered pointless thanks to the content vs story inconsistencies war.  If you've already tagged a restricted district's node, you don't have a meter anymore, so you have no way of knowing when you're about to get a spawn.  Just another one of MxO's fubar-isms.

Hmmm... gonna go out on a limb here.

In my experience the meter only shows the relative threat of an area. The needle doesn't move! If its at the low end (light yellow), the threat is low, and it will take a while for the Agent to show up. If its at the high end (red), the threat is high, and the agent is gonna be on you like SNAP! I presume that the threat level corresponds to yer players level, vs. the level of the are you are in. I.e. being level twenty and in Westview is low threat, being level twenty and in Stanford is a high threat.

Could be completely wrong, but I've never seen one of those meters move, so im guessing thats how it works.

And yes, on the original subject, it is the Data Scrambler 0.4's that cause lvl255 agents to spawn while datamining. In the regular districts of the city, they just drop dead, but in datamine they will chase you until you leave. And no, as Zudrag stated, you will not see your Agent threat meter light up. Further more, there may be some lag between tapping the node, and the Agent starting to spawn, so it may SEEM like you hadn't even tapped the node yet, but thats because its coming from your previous tap. My suggestion is to use a Data Extractor 3.0. Sure they have sucky range, but they pull down more info than the Scrambler, and yer not getting hassled by lvl255's. (The only thing I don't know is how they work with the new Datamine luggables, as the description in the Update notes only mentions them multiplying the info level of the Scrambler.) So if you have to use a Scrambler, and you hear the sound of an agent Spawning, just start beelining to an exit, only thing you can do.