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How are the destroyers sitting on major capture points and the npcs ignoring them?
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Gemma Jumbo
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-09-21 16:28:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Gemma Jumbo
I've seen this a few times now, destroyer sits in one place right next to the control point, whilst making the capture, npcs arn't attacking him, they are completely lifeless. Both times the guy was in the same faction as me.

In this specific instance, the guy was in a Thrasher, sat totally still on a major control point, and the capture timer was ticking down too. Impossible for a motionless thrasher to tank all that, and it was all lifeless anyway.

As soon as I warped in, the npcs all come alive, they all go straight for me, still ignoring the capturing destroyer. (i'll mention again he's same faction as me). What's going on here?
Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-09-21 16:35:55 UTC
he has +5.0 with the opposing (your) faction

I has all the eve inactivity
Gemma Jumbo
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-09-21 16:39:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Gemma Jumbo
Karl Planck wrote:
he has +5.0 with the opposing (your) faction


That doesn't make much sense, otherwise why does he warp away from me when i enter the room? All those npc are sitting around him acting as guards, while he captures their control point. He doesn't need to warp out because the npcs will make me warp first. He warps anyway though.

I've seen 4 characters doing this, all -0.1 characters in the same 4 man asian corp.

Btw i am minmatar faction and so is he, capturing caldari plexes.
Pinky Feldman
Amarrian Vengeance
Ragequit Cancel Sub
#4 - 2012-09-21 16:49:58 UTC
He probably warps off because of the frequency of purple on purple violence when elpees are involved.

The moar you cry the less you pee
Princess Nexxala
Zero Syndicate
#5 - 2012-09-21 18:11:52 UTC
Karl is correct, he simply has high caldari standing so the rats do not aggro him.

He warps away because he is a supergayfarmingalt

Gemma Jumbo wrote:


Btw i am minmatar faction and so is he, capturing caldari plexes.

nom nom
Bad Messenger
Rehabilitation Clinic
#6 - 2012-09-21 21:57:53 UTC
Gemma Jumbo wrote:
Karl Planck wrote:
he has +5.0 with the opposing (your) faction


That doesn't make much sense, otherwise why does he warp away from me when i enter the room? All those npc are sitting around him acting as guards, while he captures their control point. He doesn't need to warp out because the npcs will make me warp first. He warps anyway though.

I've seen 4 characters doing this, all -0.1 characters in the same 4 man asian corp.

Btw i am minmatar faction and so is he, capturing caldari plexes.


working as intended
Abannan
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-09-22 10:44:39 UTC
Armor tank? No. Standings tank? Yes!
Yuri Intaki
Nasranite Watch
#8 - 2012-09-22 11:58:55 UTC
Gemma Jumbo wrote:
Btw i am minmatar faction and so is he, capturing caldari plexes.


The standings thing was first exploited by Gallente militia with CSM's blessing and has never been fixed. Of course frogs think it's completely awful that we have unfitted bantams taking plexes but remember, it's only wrong in Gallente militias and CCP's opinion if Caldari do it.
Bad Messenger
Rehabilitation Clinic
#9 - 2012-09-22 14:56:03 UTC
Yuri Intaki wrote:
Gemma Jumbo wrote:
Btw i am minmatar faction and so is he, capturing caldari plexes.


The standings thing was first exploited by Gallente militia with CSM's blessing and has never been fixed. Of course frogs think it's completely awful that we have unfitted bantams taking plexes but remember, it's only wrong in Gallente militias and CCP's opinion if Caldari do it.


also gallente can insurance their pods, not available for other militias.
X Gallentius
Black Eagle1
#10 - 2012-09-22 15:01:23 UTC
Yuri Intaki wrote:

The standings thing was first exploited by Gallente militia with CSM's blessing and has never been fixed. Of course frogs think it's completely awful that we have unfitted bantams taking plexes but remember, it's only wrong in Gallente militias and CCP's opinion if Caldari do it.
Sadly CCP chatgris was forced to remove this feature in the next expansion after too many years of protest by our Caldari war targets. X
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#11 - 2012-09-22 16:11:52 UTC
is planed to be fixed in the winter expansion.

militia membership will have a higher priority as your standing. This means even if they like you they will shoot you if you are in the opposing militia. (see FW thread)

+1

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
Piugattuk
Litla Sundlaugin
#12 - 2012-09-22 20:01:11 UTC
boy I'd like to know how to become a farmer so I can soak up LP too!Big smile
Gemma Jumbo
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-09-22 20:20:49 UTC
Do they need personal faction standing to do this, or does corporation faction standing make the npcs ignore you as well?