W-Space Reports

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About This Guide

I will use some terms and other 'shorthand' in parts of this guide; most should know these but for those that do not they are detailed here:

W-Space - Wormhole space; refers to a solar system in wormhole space.
K-Space - Known space; refers to a solar system in known space (i.e. Empire, Low-Sec, Null-Sec)
WH - Wormhole; refers to a wormhole connection between two systems.
RR - Remote Repair; logistics; using modules such as remote armor repairs and shield transporters.

About Wormhole Space

All w-space systems are designated with a system security status of 0.0 so like null-sec you do not take a security hit when engaging in PvP. That being said most people will defend their territory and some will actively go on the hunt and look for PvP targets. Anyone venturing into w-space should be well aware of these dangers.

W-space systems fall into one of six classes:

Unknown Space - Class 1-3
Dangerous Unknown Space - Class 4 and 5
Deadly Unknown Space - Class 6

Class 1 and 2 systems can be soloed.
Class 3 you want some friends with RR.
Class 4 you want lots of friends with RR.
Class 5 definitely want lots of friends with RR and probably a capital.
Class 6 definitely a capital or two and lots of friends with RR.

Site difficulty is determined by a keyword:

Perimeter sites are Easy difficulty.
Frontier sites are Medium difficulty.
Core are sites are Hard difficulty.

For Class 1-2 expect to see Perimeter sites.
For Class 3-4 expect to see Frontier sites.
For Class 5-6 expect to see Core sites.

The wormhole class determines the ratio of easier/harder sleeper sites being spawned. It generally does not seem to greatly affect the difficulty of each individual sleeper site. The same site (if spawned in a higher class system), may include a few more extra sleeper ships and an increase in scrambling/webbing frigates.