I wanted to get a solid idea of how many Upwell structures we’ve currently got and see if I could get some base on the number being anchored per day, etc… so I pulled some data off the Adam4EVE site. It was pretty burly so I ended up grabbing just the statistics for all the Upwell structures in HighSec, 0.5 and above, that are being reported by CCPs ESI interface. This covers all structures that allow public access and thus are visible in-game in the structure browser. Any private structures are not listed on the Adam4EVE site, since they are not included in the provided data.
Here is what I came up with.
| HighSec (0.5 and above) – Upwell structures anchored per year | ||||||||||
| Year Anchored | Astrahus | Athanor | Azbel | Fortizar | Raitaru | Sotiyo | Tatara | Grand Total | # of Days | Avg/Day |
| 2016 | 621 | 35 | 72 | 305 | 2 | 1035 | 45 | 23 | ||
| 2017 | 516 | 273 | 280 | 59 | 1485 | 12 | 14 | 2639 | 363 | 7.269972452 |
| 2018 | 36 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 185 | 16 | 11.5625 | |
| Grand Total | 1166 | 318 | 333 | 133 | 1876 | 14 | 15 | 3859 | 424 | 9.101415094 |
| HighSec (0.5 and above) – Upwell structures anchored per Region | |||||||||
| Region | Astrahus | Athanor | Azbel | Fortizar | Raitaru | Sotiyo | Tatara | Grand Total | Avg/Day |
| Aridia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.0141509 | ||||
| Black Rise | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 47 | 0.1108491 | ||
| Derelik | 39 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 146 | 0.3443396 | |
| Devoid | 33 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 106 | 0.25 | |||
| Domain | 130 | 38 | 35 | 11 | 232 | 2 | 2 | 450 | 1.0613208 |
| Essence | 48 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 131 | 0.3089623 | |
| Everyshore | 52 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 146 | 0.3443396 | ||
| Genesis | 51 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 72 | 2 | 165 | 0.3891509 | |
| Heimatar | 42 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 128 | 0.3018868 | ||
| Kador | 60 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 79 | 173 | 0.4080189 | ||
| Khanid | 54 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 125 | 0.2948113 | |
| Kor-Azor | 27 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 91 | 0.2146226 | ||
| Lonetrek | 100 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 192 | 2 | 2 | 347 | 0.8183962 |
| Metropolis | 77 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 105 | 2 | 2 | 255 | 0.6014151 |
| Molden Heath | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 0.0683962 | |
| Placid | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 46 | 0.1084906 | ||
| Sinq Laison | 92 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 302 | 0.7122642 |
| Solitude | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0.0518868 | ||
| Tash-Murkon | 66 | 30 | 29 | 8 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 263 | 0.620283 |
| The Bleak Lands | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 0.0801887 | ||
| The Citadel | 74 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 171 | 1 | 306 | 0.7216981 | |
| The Forge | 131 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 247 | 3 | 1 | 452 | 1.0660377 |
| Verge Vendor | 30 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 89 | 0.2099057 | ||
| Grand Total | 1170 | 318 | 333 | 133 | 1876 | 14 | 15 | 3859 | 9.1014151 |
| HighSec (0.5 and above) – Upwell structure anchored | ||
| Upwell structure | Grand Total | Avg/Day |
| Astrahus | 1170 | 2.759433962 |
| Athanor | 318 | 0.75 |
| Azbel | 333 | 0.785377358 |
| Fortizar | 133 | 0.313679245 |
| Raitaru | 1876 | 4.424528302 |
| Sotiyo | 14 | 0.033018868 |
| Tatara | 15 | 0.035377358 |
| Grand Total | 3859 | 9.101415094 |
So what is all this data telling us?
In Highsec, since the introduction of Upwell structures, we’re seeing an average of 9 being anchored daily with the majority of those being the Raitaru and Astrahus types. Both Domain and The Forge are seeing an average of 1 anchored every day within their regional borders.
Would you consider this proliferation? Maybe not yet but if it continues unchecked then I can see a day where it will be ridiculous.
There has been an argument being tossed around that “compared to the number of POSes that are in each system, the number of citadels is still tiny” and I’ll agree that, yes, there are way more POSes anchored than Upwell structures but there is a limit to the number of POSes you can anchor in a system and in comparison Upwell structures are very young. POSes were introduced in 2004, that’s 14 years of POS anchoring, if EVE is still around in 14 years and there are no limits placed on the anchoring of Upwell structures how many do you think Perimeter will have in it?
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