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Hulkageddon?
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Aldrex
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-03-17 21:26:13 UTC
So I keep hearing about Hulkageddon and I know how expensive they are and what not, but what exactly is it that draws gankers to hulks in high sec? I can't imagine its the minerals they've mined so far or just for griefing (though I'm sure this factors into it sometimes). So what is it that draws people to ganking hulks?
DarthNefarius
Minmatar Heavy Industries
#2 - 2013-03-17 21:29:09 UTC  |  Edited by: DarthNefarius
There is no more Hulkygeddon because gankers now have to work together to gank ORE ships instead of having an EZ solo button
An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the    Terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's    crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'
Alara IonStorm
#3 - 2013-03-17 21:35:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
A lot people don't put any kind of defense on Mining Craft so it only cost like a couple mil to pop them. Then someone named Helicity was like, hey know what let's make this a thing and gave out prizes. The first time was short but word of mouth spread it and killboards created competition.

It just sort of took off from there with sponsors and stuff.
Acac Sunflyier
The Ascended Academy
#4 - 2013-03-17 21:39:42 UTC
Aldrex wrote:
So I keep hearing about Hulkageddon and I know how expensive they are and what not, but what exactly is it that draws gankers to hulks in high sec? I can't imagine its the minerals they've mined so far or just for griefing (though I'm sure this factors into it sometimes). So what is it that draws people to ganking hulks?


it's actually a boon for miners to have hulkageddon. It keeps prices high
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#5 - 2013-03-17 21:39:53 UTC
Aldrex wrote:
So what is it that draws people to ganking hulks?
Fun and profit — same as everything else.
BreakBreak BluesShotMe
Move along there is nothing here
#6 - 2013-03-17 21:55:17 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
A lot people don't put any kind of defense on Mining Craft so it only cost like a couple mil to pop them. Then someone named Helicity was like, hey know what let's make this a thing and gave out prizes. The first time was short but word of mouth spread it and killboards created competition.

It just sort of took off from there with sponsors and stuff.



She started Hulkageddon because she owned a Hulk BPO.
Alara IonStorm
#7 - 2013-03-17 21:56:41 UTC
BreakBreak BluesShotMe wrote:

She started Hulkageddon because she owned a Hulk BPO.

That would be a good reason.

Evidence?
Dave Stark
#8 - 2013-03-17 21:57:00 UTC
Acac Sunflyier wrote:
Aldrex wrote:
So I keep hearing about Hulkageddon and I know how expensive they are and what not, but what exactly is it that draws gankers to hulks in high sec? I can't imagine its the minerals they've mined so far or just for griefing (though I'm sure this factors into it sometimes). So what is it that draws people to ganking hulks?


it's actually a boon for miners to have hulkageddon. It keeps prices high


know what did more for prices than hulkageddon?

the loot changes.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#9 - 2013-03-17 22:18:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Aldrex wrote:
I can't imagine its the minerals they've mined so far or just for griefing (though I'm sure this factors into it sometimes).



It was most indeed for griefing.

Probably not going to happen again since the Exhumer Change makes it that much harder to gank.

But you'll have to ask Helicity Boson for verification on that.


edit: mind, that I did enjoy H'geddon. Even put out feelers to co-organize it last time when it appeared it would not happen.

It was an excuse to do other things besides mine for awhile and it did drive prices up temporarily.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2013-03-17 22:18:18 UTC
DarthNefarius wrote:
There is no more Hulkygeddon because gankers now have to work together to gank ORE ships instead of having an EZ solo button


No, theres no hulkageddon planned because the person that ran it is no longer subbed.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2013-03-17 22:21:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
baltec1 wrote:
DarthNefarius wrote:
There is no more Hulkygeddon because gankers now have to work together to gank ORE ships instead of having an EZ solo button


No, theres no hulkageddon planned because the person that ran it is no longer subbed.



Helicity is back most indeed !! Get on #Tweetfleet on Twitter, or follow her.

Check the dates: http://eve-kill.net/?a=pilot_detail&view=kills&plt_id=210165&m=3&y=2013

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2013-03-17 22:24:29 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:



Helicity is back most indeed !! Get on #Tweetfleet on Twitter, or follow her.


Oh they're back?

Well then it might still be on then. It tends to happen in the summer.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#13 - 2013-03-17 22:26:57 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:



Helicity is back most indeed !! Get on #Tweetfleet on Twitter, or follow her.


Oh they're back?

Well then it might still be on then. It tends to happen in the summer.



Again, I predict not, but who knows.

A month long WormHole "Panty Raid" sounds more fun to me tbh.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
NEONOVUS
Mindstar Technology
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2013-03-17 22:33:41 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
DarthNefarius wrote:
There is no more Hulkygeddon because gankers now have to work together to gank ORE ships instead of having an EZ solo button


No, theres no hulkageddon planned because the person that ran it is no longer subbed.

That and you are obsessed with playing the piano far to much mein freund.
Perhaps someday you will deign to finally seek me out and gank me.
But yeah Hulkageddon was reliant far to much on razor edges to work.
Now that work is actually required far to many reveal that they care only for eazy riches and not for the supposed greatness of space.


Now they bump, and get all upset when you decide to move elsewhere refine and ship minerals by redfrog to Jita for an hours wage for a weeks work.
It works in your favour to do that if you are unable to parse recent English.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2013-03-17 23:10:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Solstice Project
Their pilots turn green when they get mad !
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-03-17 23:39:41 UTC
There are so many new miners who really need the maturing experience of a full-blown Hulkageddon to complete their emo-tional development... Blink

"EVE is dying." -- The Four Forum Trolls of the Apocalypse.   ( Pick four, any four. They all smell.  )
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2013-03-17 23:44:09 UTC
Felicity Love wrote:
There are so many new miners who really need the maturing experience of a full-blown Hulkageddon to complete their emo-tional development... Blink



Ain't that a fact !

When I started 3 years ago and was mining in my first Cruiser I was ganked within days. I had no idea about Hulkageddon as I was really really new. I had no clue what was going on.

So I got in my Badger and went to retrieve my wreck and my minerals.......and the Badger got ganked Lol

My intro to EVE, and too bad that may be a thing of the past.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
NEONOVUS
Mindstar Technology
Goonswarm Federation
#18 - 2013-03-18 00:07:38 UTC
I killed my first ship in my mining Osprey

He thought his t2 rifter was going to win.
It almost did to boot.
Alara IonStorm
#19 - 2013-03-18 00:17:30 UTC
If a new Hulkageddon does come about I bet Helicity will be the Catalyst. Helicity sure makes a lot of folks mad with these ganks, she post mails all the time about how people want to Thrasher. Either way Hulkageddon will cause quite the Tornado on the forums. Some say it was the Tempest for re-balancing the barges. Some people don't complain but try and fight of these invaders who come to Hi-Sec like mighty Talos swimming around Create though usually they fail.

Sometimes I think gankers over fish the belts like whalers spearing Orca's near to extinction on ancient Earth. I fear most counter strategies won't save barges from being turned to Hulks of scrap. It would take a Rokh hard ship to mine through an Apocalypse as big as Hulkageddon. Though ships that tough come with quite a price tag so only real Covetors of wealth could ge them. Industrialists need those minerals for their Ventures so they better hope there are some good Procurers who can find a cheaper option to defend themselves.
Domina Trix
McKNOBBLER DRINKING CLAN
#20 - 2013-03-18 00:30:33 UTC
Aldrex wrote:
So I keep hearing about Hulkageddon and I know how expensive they are and what not, but what exactly is it that draws gankers to hulks in high sec? I can't imagine its the minerals they've mined so far or just for griefing (though I'm sure this factors into it sometimes). So what is it that draws people to ganking hulks?


There could be all sorts of reasons, griefing, paid mercenaries to remove rival miners without war deccing, goonswarms bounty (if that is still running), inability to kill any ship that can fight back, or even just for shizz and giggles.

In any case, it is all just part of EvE. There are a few ways to lower your chance of being ganked, avoiding any system with Ice Belts for one, only flying T1 barges (IMO the increased cost of exhumers is not always worth it) and staying well away from Jita or any other high population system to name just a few besides the obvious one of fitting for resilience instead of yield.


Two of the defining characteristics of a carebear are wanting other players to play the way the carebear wants and whining on the forums for the game to change when they don't. Yet I see more threads on these forums from gankers than I do miners whining about wanting the game changed to suit them.
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