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Izlare Lenix
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Posted - 2014.06.05 21:43:00 -
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For a while now I have wanted to compile a list of what dropsuits and infantry weapons players buy the most and therefore are used the most in Dust. Ironically this information is only available through the EVE Online market system.
So today I finally decided to log into EVE and access Dust items on the market and see what I could learn. Needless to say some of the results surprised me in a few areas.
The market data in EVE is pretty daunting as you can review market history up to a year. Originally I was going to do a three month comparison but quickly realized that it might take me three months to compile all of that data. The 30-day history also proved to be too much data for me to organize just to please my curiosity.
So I decided to use the 10-day history. I realize this is not a large period of time, however, this still indicates what players are buying most and the past 10 days included an accelerated SP event so more players were probably active during this time frame.
I decided to only compare ADV and PRO level gear as these are the levels players actually invested SP into and it would shorten the amount of work I had to do by leaving out militia and basic gear. I also need to point out the EVE market does not track officer gear, BPO gear, LP or Aurum items. The market only tracks items that can be purchased in game with ISK. So while this could skew the results some, I donGÇÖt think players are spending LP or AUR much differently than players are spending ISK.
I also understand that market data information can sometimes be subjective because itGÇÖs not a list of items actually used but items bought. Some could say certain suits with certain weapons die less often thus incur less market activity. Unfortunately market data is the only information players have to go off of so letGÇÖs just leave it at that.
Lastly, I want to point out that with all the different weapons and dropsuits I included in this breakdown, there were a ton of numbers. I did my very best to double check all of the results but there is still a possibility a few numbers could be inaccurate, however, I do believe this information is accurate and shows what players bought and used the most during the 10-day period of May 26 -June 4
I will first list the condensed version of the information I gathered and then will place a more detailed list of each item at the end.
Between May 26 and June 4, players bought the following amount of ADV and PRO gear. Percentages listed are the portion of total items purchased within each category.
Dropsuits
Scouts GÇô 63,751 (37.6%)
Logi GÇô 38,569 (22.8%)
Sentinel GÇô 32,532 (19.2%)
Assaults GÇô 25,210 (14.9%)
Commando GÇô 9,239 (5.5%)
Heavy Weapons
Heavy Machine Guns GÇô 57,869 (84.2%)
Forge Guns GÇô 10,870 (15.8%)
Light Weapons GÇô I truly expected Combat Rifles to be the number one Light weapon since I seem to die to them all the time, however, the Rail Rifle is still bought more often. Even HMGs were bought more frequently than the CR. But as a scout I tend to fight other scouts most often, many of which use CRs. I also tend to avoid heavies and their death dealing HMGs. So this is one way a players experience can skew their perspective on what weapon/dropsuit is used more often.
Rail Rifle GÇô 60,581 (24.7%)
Combat Rifle GÇô 54,285 (22.2%)
Assault Rifle GÇô 38,600 (15.8%)
Shotguns GÇô 28,675 (11.7%)
Scrambler Rifle GÇô 18,169 (7.4%)
Sniper Rifle GÇô 17,537 (7.2%)
Swarm Launcher GÇô 13,723 (5.6%)
Mass Driver GÇô 8,398 (3.4%)
Laser Rifle GÇô 3,953 (1.6%)
Plasma Cannon GÇô 1,070 (0.4%)
Sidearms GÇô This category is so dominated by the SMG I did not complete a full comparison of each sidearm. Instead I did a simple comparison of the highest single day sales volume during the past 10 days. Even if I did a full 10-day comparison the results would still be the same. The SMG is king of sidearms and I donGÇÖt think that surprises anyone. I love my subby. (Because I did not complete a full comparison of sidearms there is not a full item breakdown at the bottom. This is the only information I will provide on sidearms.)
SMG GÇô 5,922 (54.6%)
Magsec GÇô 1,563 (14.4%)
Scrambler Pistol GÇô 1,421 (13.1%)
Nova Knives GÇô 916 (8.4%)
Flaylock GÇô 441 (4.1%)
Bolt Pistol GÇô 390 (3.6%)
Ion Pistol GÇô 193 (1.8%)
Armor vs. Shield
I expected armor plates to be used much more than shield extenders; however, they were almost even. I believe this is probably because the usefulness of damage modifiers has been reduced and more players are dual tanking as a result. Before 1.8 I am sure the armor plates would have drastically outsold shield extenders.
Armor Plates
Basic plate GÇô 112,041
Enhanced plate GÇô 141,041
Complex plate GÇô 60,028
Shield Extenders
Basic Shield Extender GÇô 100,781
Enhanced Shield Extender GÇô 87,281
Complex Shield Extender GÇô 125,890
Combined Armor and Shield total
Shield GÇô 313,952 (50.1%)
Armor GÇô 313,200 (49.9%)
This concludes the condensed version of the information. Below is a full breakdown of the dropsuit and weapons data I collected.
Gun control is not about guns...it's about control.
The only way to ensure freedom is by having the means to defend it.
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Izlare Lenix
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Posted - 2014.06.05 21:43:00 -
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Dropsuit Breakdown per class and race
ADV Scout
C/1 Series GÇô 24,704 (49.7%)
G/1 Series GÇô 18,123 (36.5%)
M/1 Series GÇô 4,270 (8.6%)
A/1 Series GÇô 2,634 (5.2%)
PRO Scout
Ck.0 GÇô 6,887 (49.1%)
Gk.0 GÇô 5,782 (41.3%)
Mk.0 GÇô 929 (6.6%)
Ak.0 GÇô 422 (3%)
ADV Assault
C/1 Series GÇô 14,145 (69.1%)
G/1 Series GÇô 2,567 (12.5%)
A/1 Series GÇô 2,531 (12.4%)
M/1 Series GÇô 1,220 (6%)
PRO Assault
Ck.0 GÇô 3,523 (74.2%)
Ak.0 GÇô 835 (17.6%)
Gk.0 GÇô 227 (5%)
Mk.0 GÇô 162 (3.2%)
ADV Logi
C/1 Series GÇô 12,969 (41.2%)
M/1 Series GÇô 7.237 (23%)
A/1 Series GÇô 6,921 (22%)
G/1 Series GÇô 4,362 (13.8%)
PRO Logi
Ck.0 GÇô 2,484 (35.1%)
Mk.0 GÇô 2,056 (29.1%)
Gk.0 GÇô 1,575 (22.2%)
Ak.0 GÇô 965 (13.6%)
ADV Commando
C/1 Series GÇô 4,575 (55%)
A/1 Series GÇô 1,608 (19.3%)
M/1 Series GÇô 1,299 (15.5%)
G/1 Series GÇô 849 (10.2%)
PRO Commando
Ck.0 - 350 (38.4%)
Gk.0 GÇô 247 (27.1%)
Ak.0 GÇô 197 (21.6%)
Mk.0 GÇô 117 (12.9%)
ADV Sentinel
C/1 Series GÇô 10,982 (39.1%)
A/1 Series GÇô 9,328 (33.2%)
G/1 Series GÇô 6,896 (24.5%)
M/1 Series GÇô 882 (3.2%)
PRO Sentinel
Ck.0 GÇô 1,742 (39.2%)
Gk.0 GÇô 1,582 (35.6%)
Ak.0 GÇô 1,032 (23.2%)
Mk.0 GÇô 88 (2%)
Complete Weapon Breakdown (in order of most used)
Rail Rifle
SB-39 GÇô 40,409 (66.7%)
Kaalakiota GÇô 9,523 (15.7%)
SL-4 Assault GÇô 9,104 (15%)
Ishukone Assault GÇô 1,545 (2.6%)
Heavy Machine Gun
MH-82 GÇô 40,533 (70%)
Boundless GÇô 11,946 (20.7%)
MLR-A Burst GÇô 2,221 (3.9%)
Six Kin Burst GÇô 1,430 (2.5%)
MO-4 Assault GÇô 1,295 (2.2%)
Freedom Assault GÇô 444 (0.7%)
Combat Rifle
BK-42 GÇô 25,725 (47.4%)
RS-90 GÇô 19,074 (35.1%)
Six Kin Assault GÇô 5,779 (10.6%)
Boundless CR GÇô 3,707 (6.9%)
Assault Rifle
GEK-38 GÇô 26,204 (67.8%)
Duvolle GÇô 4,350 (11.3%)
GB-9 Breach GÇô 2,831 (7.3%)
GLU-5 Tac GÇô 2,812 (7.3%)
GK-13 Burst GÇô 1,193 (3.1%)
Creodron Breach GÇô 538 (1.4%)
Duvolle Tac GÇô 496 (1.3%)
Allotek Burst GÇô 176 (0.5%)
Shotguns
CRG-3 GÇô 17,796 (62.1%)
K5 Specialist GÇô 5,836 (20.3%)
Creodron GÇô 2,269 (7.9%)
KR-17 Breach GÇô 1,327 (4.6%)
Duvolle Specialist GÇô 1,319 (4.5%)
Allotek Break GÇô 128 (0.6%)
Scrambler Rifle
CRW-04 GÇô 9,763 (53.7%)
CRD-9 Assault GÇô 4,340 (23.9%)
Viziam GÇô 3,381 (18.7%)
Carthum Assault GÇô 685 (3.7%)
Sniper Rifle GÇô This is probably the least accurate as far as items bought vs. items used since the Thales is used so often and there is no way to track Thales.
NT-511 GÇô 8,643 (49.3%)
Charge GÇô 3,348 (19.1%)
C15-A Tac GÇô 1,916 (10.9%)
Ishukone GÇô 1,872 (10.7%)
Kaalakiota GÇô 1,758 (10%)
Swarm Launcher
CBR7 GÇô 7,133 (52%)
Wiyrkomi GÇô 4,589 (33.4%)
CBR-112 Specialist GÇô 930 (6.7%)
Ishukone Assault GÇô 427 (3.1%)
Wirykomi Specialist GÇô 366 (2.6%)
CFG-129 Assault GÇô 278 (2%)
Forge Guns
9K330 GÇô 3,915 (36%)
Ishukone Assault GÇô 2,368 (21.8%)
DAU-2 Assault GÇô 2,228 (20.5%)
Kaalakiota GÇô 1,501 (13.8%)
Wiyrkomi GÇô 539 (5%)
DCMA GÇô 319 (2.9%)
Mass Driver
EX0-5 GÇô 6,436 (76.6%)
EC-3 Assault GÇô 1,211 (14.4%)
Freedom GÇô 353 (4.2%)
Boundless Assault GÇô 186 (2.2%)
Core Breach GÇô 114 (1.4%)
EK-A2 Breach GÇô 98 (1.2%)
Laser Rifle
ELM-7 GÇô 3,397 (86%)
Viziam GÇô 556 (14%)
Plasma Canon
KLA-90 GÇô 908 (85%)
Allotek GÇô 162 (15%)
I might do another thread like this after the next accelerated SP event to see how much Alpha Hotfix changes playerGÇÖs choices, but then again this took a bit of time so I might not.
Gun control is not about guns...it's about control.
The only way to ensure freedom is by having the means to defend it.
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Izlare Lenix
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Posted - 2014.06.05 22:59:00 -
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Fox Gaden wrote:Izlare Lenix wrote:
ADV Sentinel
C/1 Series GÇô 10,982 (39.1%)
A/1 Series GÇô 9,328 (33.2%)
G/1 Series GÇô 6,896 (24.5%)
M/1 Series GÇô 882 (3.2%)
PRO Sentinel
Ck.0 GÇô 1,742 (39.2%)
Gk.0 GÇô 1,582 (35.6%)
Ak.0 GÇô 1,032 (23.2%)
Mk.0 GÇô 88 (2%)
I am a little surprised to see Caldari Sentinel on top. I expected Amour and Galente to be ahead of it. These numbers do make me proud of the fact that I often run Minmatar Sentinel. 
I was surprised to see the Caldari have the most bought suit in every category. I did not expect that.
Gun control is not about guns...it's about control.
The only way to ensure freedom is by having the means to defend it.
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Izlare Lenix
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Dark Taboo
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Posted - 2014.06.06 05:52:00 -
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I changed thread name to better explain subject.
Gun control is not about guns...it's about control.
The only way to ensure freedom is by having the means to defend it.
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Izlare Lenix
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Posted - 2014.06.06 11:27:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:I hope this didn't take an incredible amount of time because this is all pretty much auto-generated daily, including consumption, in our data warehouse.
I will and have made it a priority to share more data, if you noticed I have been seeding some of the data in the Feedback threads, for the first time I believe.
One thing to be aware of, is of course that you have had to make choices in data selection (only adv and pro), and we have the ability to slice the data based on behavioral segmentation. What I am saying, is that there is a correlation between most sold on the market and "power" but it doesn't tell the full story.
Good job though and I would love to see some further analysis/insights.
Thank you CCP Rattati.
I know the market data can be subjective as far as what is used versus what is bought. At first I wasn't going to do the research because of this fact, but I figured the data still gives us an idea of what players are using most even if that data doesn't provide context for what suits and weapons provide the most survivability.
I know there are times when I'm in the zone and I can play several games in a row with only a few deaths. So I am not buying replacements nearly as much as when I die alot when I'm not in the zone.
I know on the EVE side CCP releases the reports showing item usage and kills by ship and by weapon. Maybe if something like that was produced for Dust it could provide a better gauge of what players are killing with.
Gun control is not about guns...it's about control.
The only way to ensure freedom is by having the means to defend it.
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