Combat anomalies
General
Finding the sites
Winter Nexus combat sites spawn in systems affected by volatile ice storms in HS, LS and NS.
LS sites are assumed to be the most valuable ones, followed by NS and then HS.
Access and difficulty
HS sites disallow Marauders unless a Cryostorm Clarifier (from Yoiul LADs) has been deposited into Sansha's Transit Modulator, upgrading the site (increased difficulty & better loot)
LS sites can be upgraded with a Cryostorm Reconciler
NS sites can be upgraded with a Cryostorm Mapper
Wightstorm Forward Base
Spawns in HS storms. Can be upgraded depositing a Cryostorm Clarifier into Sansha's Transit Modulator.
Base sites (no upgrade) spawn one wave of NPCs, followed by a boss with 2m ISK bounty. For upgraded sites about 30% more rats spawn with the wave, boss has 3m ISK bounty.
Completing the event-track through non-upgraded HS sites, yields about 400m ISK of loot and 100m bounty (on top of the event-track rewards). Takes about 5 hours without competition.
Fittings
Base site
- Gila (pull drones before boss spawn and launch once boss aggro is on your ship)
- Sleipnir
- Vagabond (keep targets at 2km, if too much pressure, kill big targets first and get angular velocity instead, use drones aggro as tank option and heat resists if necessary/use adc, switch to hail for boss armor)
Upgraded site
- Gila (pull drones before boss spawn and launch once boss aggro is on your ship)
- Vagabond (keep targets at 2km, if too much pressure, kill big targets first and get angular velocity instead, use drones aggro as tank option and heat resists if necessary/use adc, switch to hail for boss armor)
- Alligator (use faction missiles for non-boss NPCs, kill neuts first)
Alpha fit: (normal and upgraded)
- Gila (make sure you have max alpha skills for dmg and tank, kill battle cruiser first, use Caldari drones unless for boss, there Amarr drones hit harder.)
Loot
Find some loot runs on EVE Journal for these sites Wightstorm Forward Base Loot.
Muster Point
Spawns in LS storms. Can be upgraded depositing a Cryostorm Reconciler into Sansha's Transit Modulator.
Base sites spawn 3 waves of NPCs (same strength as HS ones) followed by a boss with 15m ISK bounty (much stronger than HS boss).
Assumption is, upgraded sites spawn 3 waves similar to upgraded sites in HS with an even harder boss.
Fits
- Vagabond (play at 30km from warp in, maybe you can run if somebody tries to catch you. Keep targets at 2km, if too much pressure, kill big targets first and get angular velocity instead, use drones' aggro as tank option and heat resists if necessary/use adc, switch to hail for boss armor)
Transit site
Spawns in NS storms