Second day of testing, results are in:
| Test Subject | Footfall | Repeat | # in 5 days | Test Subject | Footfall | Repeat | # in 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 | no | 1 | 12 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 2 | 120 | no | 1 | 13 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 3 | 30 | yes | 2 | 14 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 4 | 24 | yes | 2 | 15 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | yes | 2 | 16 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 6 | 24 | yes | 2 | 17 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | yes | 2 | 18 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | yes | 2 | 19 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | yes | 2 | 20 | 84 | no | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | yes | 2 | 21 | 18 | yes | 2 |
| 11 | 84 | no | 1 | 22 | 18 | yes | 2 |
Same test parameters as last time, with a mix of new visitors and repeated visitors this time. No footfall was generated between tests so the test beacon remains sufficiently out of the way to help remove variables.
The first two visitors today were interesting, a whopping 120c! So definitely a buff there for infrequently visited beacons.
Then a bunch of repeat visits that started yielding a little bit less than half of the pre-211 amount (which would have been 60c). It was the second day in a row for those visitors.
A few more first-time visitors yielded an increased amount, but reduced compared to the first two. The average seemed to be 84c.
At this point I would consider the hypothesis that there’s a buff happening for the first few visits in a day, that gets progressively reduced as more visitors come in, and a second component of diminishing returns for repeated visits that clear the 24 hour timer, but are still within the 5 days timer.
I have a feeling that, if the new visitors continued uninterrupted by the repeated visits, I’d have seen more 120c / 96c entries before hitting the 84c average. Also interesting that the ‘ceiling’ for new visitors last test had been 96c and the floor was 72c (for 20 new visits). This time around, the ceiling seemed to be 120c with a floor of 84. I suppose some of my alts that had permissions and generated 0 may have counted to bring down the ceiling a bit for the last test, before actual visitors started coming in (or some random people may have visited before I finished construction and fully sealed the place, I didn’t take notice of how much footfall it had before I cleared the balance for testing).
Any thoughts or suggestions for further testing? 
Tomorrow I’ll try to get third-visit repeats, second visits in non-consecutive days, and perhaps a few more new visitors mixed in.
On the good news side, it seems that the ‘bonus’ for lack of visits either resets daily or incrementally increases thru the day for periods without visits, which could be a buff for more out-of-the-way beacons with infrequent visitors, as the beacon apparently wasn’t visited at all by anyone other than the owner for over 24 hours.
Edit: Let’s also do a comparative running total for each day because I like tables:
| Post-211 | Pre-211 | Pre-211, 24d | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 1680 | 1200 | 1200 |
| Day 2 | 1308 | 1320 | 720 |
| Total | 2988 | 2520 | 1920 |