EVE General Discussion

I am requesting amnesty for Procurers.

At least once a year they should be worth something.

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Just a quick thanks Helicity... for all you've done to make my life of mining just that more dangerous. So it will be a whole month of sitting of the sidelines... getting splinters in my bum. I dont suppose I could borrow your tweezers... when this is all over. Geeze Loiuse...

Why is it called a "fair warning"? Not that I want to compare Hulkageddon to murder, however when a psychopath announces a series of kills then it is called a threat and only the psychopath might call it a warning.

That one takes months, even years of long slow patience to pull off well, unless you get jollies from stealing 200 Thrashers like some kind of MMO Panty Raid.

I'd only do it if the scale of the theft would be Legendary.

They were legit last year, but nothing's been said this year about anything other than mining barges and exhumers.

I didn't want to create a new post to the forums about this, but I do hope that it will not be overlooked here either.

I have some questions on this event if I may.

First: which ships are the targets?
Obviously, Hulks and Mackinaws according to the website Helicity has provided. But the Goons kill board also mentions Orcas as well. What about Skiffs, Procurers, Covetors and Retrievers? Assuming they are not included in the reward system, one might argue that it is not efficient to gank those as it will only result in a loss of the ship that destroys the miner, and it will not be counted or rewarded at all. In this perspective, what about industrials? I've seen a fair amount of new players mining in those as they do not have a large ship yet that can hold a substantial amount of ore (regardless of how inefficient mining in an industrial is). Are all industrials included as well, or just the ones caught mining?

Second: what could players do to protect themselves?
I have no Hulk ship or any mining barge for that matter (I hardly mine anyway), but assume that a player (miner) in a corp has some friends that want to protect him. Now, knowing the Hulk pilot is a target, they fly some Covert Ops ships and lay in wait. Ganker comes along and opens fire. What can the corp do to protect him without CONCORD destroying all their ships as well?

Is it possible that, assuming the Ganker opens fire first

A: because the ganker opened fire on a corp member, all members of that same corp are allowed to fire back, even though the intial assault was not directed at the players, but at the Hulk pilot? Is this also the case if the players defending the Hulk pilot are not in the same Corp, but are in the same alliance?

B: If the description of A will always lead to CONCORD attacking the corp/alliance members as well, it is only possible to legally return fire upon a ganker if all members are part of a fleet, including the Hulk pilot?

Third: the possibility of scarcity

It has been announced that the event is going to last for an entire month. This is a new record as far as the length is concerend, but assuming all participants are quite skilled in reducing the number of Hulks and Macks, could it also be that the supply of targets eventually runs out in the last week? Obviously, there are plenty of Hulks and Macks around now, so you all have your work cut out for you, but isn't it a concern that mining in High-Sec will be reduced to a standstill and only the larger corps in 0.0 sec are the only ones using Hulks and whatnot, thereby making the event a lot harder as 0.0 corps have the resources available to defend their mining operations?

It would be nice if some participants would be able to respond on the matter.

http://hulkageddon5.machine9.net/?page_id=14

Here are your answers. Obviously Hulkageddon involves only Hulks and Macks, Retrievers, Covetors, Procurors and Skiffs.

Also, ask the OP for detailed details. It's her event AND thread. Helicity Boson

Getting really tired of telling everyone it is not a Goon event. Never was. They get way too much unearned credit for nonsense, please don't contribute.

BTW, too bad the guy actually Ice Mining in a Procurer last week isn't in belt today.

Yep.
One. Cube. At. A. Time.

3.5 billion isk Hulks?

We've got YOU covered!

http://hulkageddon5.machine9.net/?p=69

2-month necro, not bad. But I have seen better. 2/10.

lol, :;deep breath:: I'm going in. What makes you think that serial killers only kill you in your home...? Most actually don't do this - I can name five just off the top of my head that never killed one person who was in their home.