D/T Changes

[+Lonetracker]

Apologises if this topic has been covered before but I cannot find the answer to my question which is what happens to statistics if the difficulty and/or terrain values are changed. I am trying to complete at least one find for all 81 D/T combinations. Some combinations are quite scarce and I have noted one which will fill a hole in my grid and which is relatively local but the D/T value has been increased temporarily for a few months (to what I want) but will be downgraded again when a wasp nest in the hiding hole becomes vacated/dormant/inoperative in the cold weather. The question is that if I have completed my grid but in a few months time will there be a hole in it when the D/T values change or are statistics compiled with the D/T in use at the time of finding/logging? Thanks for any answers in advance.

[+John in Valley Forge]

Your stats will change along with the cache. So if the cache gets changed to a from 4.0/3.0 to 4.5/3.0 then you will fill the 4.5 box on your Fizzy Challenge grid.

Come autumn, when it changes back to 4.0, that box will be empty again.

 

That is why changing the D/T on an unusual combination cache causes much angst.

[+Lonetracker]

Thanks John. That is what I thought would happen. Might have to travel a bit further to fill in the one I want.

[+Hawkins2.5]

I only have 20 squares completed in my D/T grid (all in the top left!) so it's not something I've ever thought about but that's good to know for future reference.

[+Mario McTavish]

I'm only 8 short of completing my grid a second time, but a while ago I was only 7 short.. one changed. Fortunately the grid is still complete.

 

This has been a problem for those people wanting to fill their grid for various challenge caches or personal reasons. They've done a cache with a specific D/T only to find later that it's been changed. Often the CO doesn't post a note identifying the change and this can lead to some angst. If you're doing it for a challenge cache then mention the D/T in your log. It's not foolproof but at least there's a bit of evidence as to what the D/T was when you did it.

 

The stats generated by the site will alter, but if you use GSAK and findstats to generate statistics you can manually 'lock' a specific cache and enter the D/T when you did the cache. Locking it prevents it being overwritten by your 'my finds' PQ and keeps the D/T to what it was when you found it.

[+Lonetracker]

I'm only 8 short of completing my grid a second time, but a while ago I was only 7 short.. one changed. Fortunately the grid is still complete.

 

This has been a problem for those people wanting to fill their grid for various challenge caches or personal reasons. They've done a cache with a specific D/T only to find later that it's been changed. Often the CO doesn't post a note identifying the change and this can lead to some angst. If you're doing it for a challenge cache then mention the D/T in your log. It's not foolproof but at least there's a bit of evidence as to what the D/T was when you did it.

 

The stats generated by the site will alter, but if you use GSAK and findstats to generate statistics you can manually 'lock' a specific cache and enter the D/T when you did the cache. Locking it prevents it being overwritten by your 'my finds' PQ and keeps the D/T to what it was when you found it.

 

Thanks Mario. Although I don't use GSAK, I will use the tip of putting the D/T rating in the log at least for some of the rarer values.