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Suicide Ganking: coming to an end?

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Crias Taylor
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#821 - 2011-11-09 16:25:33 UTC
If we are going to argue about what "makes sense" in a cold universe why would an insurance company also insure your loses to the people you declared war against?

The fact is this was shoved in to "appease" high sec miners and mission runners. Mission runners who make more isk then those in nullsec while being under the protection of concord. CCP soundwave promised a buff to nulls anoms in value so maybe this will help offset yet another buff to empire. I doubt it though.
Jojo Jackson
Dead Red Eye
#822 - 2011-11-09 16:34:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Jojo Jackson
Tippia wrote:
Quote:
Fixed as it doesn't matter, if their is an player in the target ship or not.
In both cases the attack shots a static object which has no option to react
No, it is all that matters. The player on the other side has plenty of options to react.

Which one except not to undock?

You keep saying "he has options" but never said which one.
And for the common lies about blabla fitting, blabla no autopilot ... I explained way the are LIES!
Stop trolling the forums with this bullshit!

Quote:
By defenition PvP (player against player) requiers interaction between both partys
Just because the other guy has chosen to not be attentive doesn't mean there is no interaction going on. So no, ganking “static and harmless ships” is PvP if there is a player at the other end. The gank is still interaction, player versus player.

…oh, and no, passive targeters are important tools for sneaking up on people, so they should stay.[/quote]
balance?

Isn't it the PvP "comunity" who ALLWAYS whine and cry like babys for balance?
Oh sure, it is this PvP "comunity"!

Where is the anti-tool which provides BALANCE?
Passive targeters <-> ????????
Cargo Scanner <-> ????????
Volley of Meal (soon BC3) <-> ability to fit propper tanks AND still fit mining/hauler fitt? (you know, mining barks without mining lasers are ... useless!)

Broken??

Again the same old song ... PvP claim stuff but aren't willing to give stuff.
"WE want balance ... but just if it favors our playstyle".
Is THAT what you understand as "balance"?

Why the hell can't I fitt capital repairs or shield booster on an Orca ... it's an CAPITAL ship!

Jojo Jackson
Dead Red Eye
#823 - 2011-11-09 16:41:23 UTC
Eternus8lux8lucis wrote:

So a person going into low or null inherently "knows" of the risks but you somehow in high sec do not? You DO know or else you could not post on the topic. So therefore you are just trying to get rid of the inherent risks, rather than mitigating them yourself, that do exist in high sec, much like the blob in null and low, which are the suicide ganker.

Hell I would do anythink to fit a propper tank on my hauler/mining ship ... IF IT JUST WOULD BE POSIBLE!

I would happily alligne in 1 second with my industrys .... IF IT JUST WOULD BE POSIBLE!

I would happily fit this anti-scan modul ... IF THERE WOULD BE ONE!


And yes, I could train combat skills ...

I will do it ... as soon as YOU (the one who sugested it) wast the same amount of EP for indu/mining skills !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And no, doing it with an alt does not count. It must be done with the main chars!

Why the hell can't I fitt capital repairs or shield booster on an Orca ... it's an CAPITAL ship!

Jojo Jackson
Dead Red Eye
#824 - 2011-11-09 16:55:02 UTC
Destiny Corrupted wrote:
I just played around with a Mammoth .... DCU II ...

So you expect haulers use one less cargo expander and no cargo expander rigs ?

Destiny Corrupted wrote:
you'd need to be carrying 240 million worth of stuff just for the gankers to break even on average.

It's allready proven, that "carried value" is irelevant ... Hulkadon, Ice Gaddon, for the lulz, etc etc etc
"break even" is a myth!

Destiny Corrupted wrote:
have traveled on autopilot

And again this LIE!
You gank BEHIND the gate when they need to alligne ... NOT when they arrive!

As long as guys like you stay with this LIE there is no reason to see anythink else but trolls in anyone who defends ganking.

KKTHXBYE




PS: you == gank defenders
- you claim YOUR sandbox but denai other to have their own sandbox
- you claim balance but denai propper anti tools for your gank equip
- you provide the same LIES over and over again

Who the hell should take you serious??

You = gank defenders!

Why the hell can't I fitt capital repairs or shield booster on an Orca ... it's an CAPITAL ship!

Lens Thirring
#825 - 2011-11-09 16:57:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Lens Thirring
Jojo Jackson wrote:
You all talk all the time about sandbox and "my playstyle is part of this game". But all of you denail other players their playstyle and their sandbox when they say: " I do NOT want to fight against other players with my ship".

Well, that's not really a question of sandbox playstyle, what you're describing there is an "I win" button. (My "playstyle" involves a BS-tanked hulk which mines 80M ISK worth of rocks an hour, but CCP won't listen to me either. Balance schmalance, it's my playstyle dammit.)

The sandbox obviously has some limitations set by the rules of the game. Since you have chosen to play a sandbox MMO, one of those limitations is that you have to deal with the fact that others are also playing in the sandbox, and come to some happy compromise with their playstyle.
Ficus Plant
The Plant Initiative
#826 - 2011-11-09 16:58:50 UTC
Jojo Jackson wrote:

Hell I would do anythink to fit a propper tank on my hauler/mining ship ... IF IT JUST WOULD BE POSIBLE!


Of course you can tank a hauler, if you want to. It is pretty easy, especially if you train up the right ships to haul in - you know train the industrial and transport skills. Now there is a novel idea.

****, used to use an Occator to bait pirates with as you could tank it well enough to survive, and I regularly zip around low sec in a cloaked Viator. You probably don't want to hear that though.
Alice Katsuko
Perkone
Caldari State
#827 - 2011-11-09 17:12:51 UTC
It only costs a few million to outfit a gank Thrasher. For bigger targets there will be the tier-3 battlecruisers, which also aren't that expensive if you gank the right targets. CCP is simply no longer going to subsidize suicide ganking, so suicide gankers will actually have to think before they gank a target, instead of shooting at every T1-fit Retriever in sight.
Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#828 - 2011-11-09 18:27:01 UTC
Alice Katsuko wrote:
so suicide gankers will actually have to think before they gank a target, instead of shooting at every T1-fit Retriever in sight.

If that T1-fit Retriever is trying to mine blue ice in violation of the Interdiction Order then they will have to be shot. This includes blue ice in Cobalt Edge, by the way, so we'll be seeing you very soon.

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.

Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#829 - 2011-11-09 18:27:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Tanya Powers
Tippia wrote:
Well, maybe if the victims stopped being such victims, they wouldn't tear up quite as often.



You have the same fake argument every single jerk has and this single one doesn't really makes you very popular by normal people. So you think you're a victim from some kind of injustice...

This single argument right mere makes me puke irl...

The internet pirate also is a victim when it gets caught: because it's up to people to defend them selves from him or programmers to do better stuff... put a hole on those and a lot of problems solved.

The guy at the court explaining the judge was up to the kid's parents to protect them from him, doesn't even deserve to breath the same air I do, but he also argues for victims stop being victims...

So this is a game, I'm aware of that, but sometimes thoughts like yours should have serious consequences.

Then you have some paying bounty's for ganking miners in high sec "noes noes we're not grieffers and noes we're not manipulating the market"

Ladie Harlot wrote:
Hyacinthous wrote:
Try harder, I don't mine and due to dicks like you I don't even play so just stfu chump.

Hehe :D

P.S. you are a loser

Mission accomplished!


Seriously...
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#830 - 2011-11-09 18:27:35 UTC

First.... Mad props to Tippia for having the endurance, patience, and maturity to really depict the benefits of suicide ganking and rally against the armistice of hi-sec.

I understand miners feel victimized because some people learned how to make a profit from ganking their ships. Insurance plays a significant role in the profit margin on ganking any mining vessel larger than a retriever, and this change will significantly reduce those profits. However, the insurance changes are helping the WRONG element of Mining Society.

The dessie changes make it easier than ever to destroy a procurer or retriever. Even with the insurance changes, if one strip miner falls the dessie pilot makes a profit. I've tried to max tank these vessels, and there's no sane fit that can survive 20s of catalyst fire. These represent the new pilots that could use a boon, and deserve a little protection. Alas, they are SOL.

On the flip side, the insurance changes move the costs of a hulk-ganking brutix roughly from 6-10m to 25-30m. The truth is, hulk pilots not only represent the more advance players that should NOT need to be coddled, but they ALREADY HAVE OPTIONS to avoid their losses. Unlike a procurer pilot that can't really tank their ship, a hulk pilot can easily fit a mod strip miner II hulk or an ice harvester II hulk with 29k EHP (and thats without faction mods, gang bonuses, implants, logistics help, etc). This is more than enough buffer to survive a single brutix attack.

Essentially, this change is helping the wrong portion of miner society.

If you shitfit your ship for missions, it gets blown up. Contrarily, if you fit it appropriately, you'll be able to survive.
If you shitfit your hulk while mining, let it get blown up too, and if the fit it appropriately, they don't have much to worry about!
Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#831 - 2011-11-09 18:31:46 UTC
Tanya Powers wrote:
This single argument right mere makes me puke irl...

Wow. You might care a little too much about internet spaceships.

Tanya Powers wrote:
The guy at the court explaining the judge was up to the kid's parents to protect them from him, doesn't even deserve to breath the same air I do, but he also argues for victims stop being victims...

Yes because Eve Online is just like real life

Tanya Powers wrote:
So this is a game, I'm aware of that, but sometimes thoughts like yours should have serious consequences.

Why? It's a video game.

Tanya Powers wrote:
Then you have some paying bounty's for ganking miners in high sec "noes noes we're not grieffers and noes we're not manipulating the market"

Griefing is against the ToS and if you see somebody doing it you should report them.

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.

Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#832 - 2011-11-09 18:31:48 UTC
Alice Katsuko wrote:
It only costs a few million to outfit a gank Thrasher. For bigger targets there will be the tier-3 battlecruisers, which also aren't that expensive if you gank the right targets. CCP is simply no longer going to subsidize suicide ganking, so suicide gankers will actually have to think before they gank a target, instead of shooting at every T1-fit Retriever in sight.


yeah im really gonna be hurting from losing my ability to insure a destroyer or a cruiser

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.

Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#833 - 2011-11-09 18:34:28 UTC
Tanya Powers wrote:

So this is a game, I'm aware of that, but sometimes thoughts like yours should have serious consequences.


what about thoughts like mine

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.

Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#834 - 2011-11-09 18:34:41 UTC
they're vile and unspeakable

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.

Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#835 - 2011-11-09 18:35:28 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:

The dessie changes make it easier than ever to destroy a procurer or retriever. Even with the insurance changes, if one strip miner falls the dessie pilot makes a profit. I've tried to max tank these vessels, and there's no sane fit that can survive 20s of catalyst fire. These represent the new pilots that could use a boon, and deserve a little protection. Alas, they are SOL.

There is nowhere in the game where it takes Concord 20s to arrive on the scene of a gank. Beyond that, if the miner in the procurer or retriever was at his keyboard and aligned to a warp out point he could have avoided getting shot altogether. The biggest realization I've come to during our ice interdiction is that miners actually feel entitled to be afk while they are gathering resources and take great offense to being told that they never have to lose their ship if they are actually playing the game.

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.

Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#836 - 2011-11-09 18:46:02 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:

First.... Mad props to Tippia for having the endurance, patience, and maturity to really depict the benefits of suicide ganking and rally against the armistice of hi-sec.

I understand miners feel victimized because some people learned how to make a profit from ganking their ships. Insurance plays a significant role in the profit margin on ganking any mining vessel larger than a retriever, and this change will significantly reduce those profits. However, the insurance changes are helping the WRONG element of Mining Society.

The dessie changes make it easier than ever to destroy a procurer or retriever. Even with the insurance changes, if one strip miner falls the dessie pilot makes a profit. I've tried to max tank these vessels, and there's no sane fit that can survive 20s of catalyst fire. These represent the new pilots that could use a boon, and deserve a little protection. Alas, they are SOL.

On the flip side, the insurance changes move the costs of a hulk-ganking brutix roughly from 6-10m to 25-30m. The truth is, hulk pilots not only represent the more advance players that should NOT need to be coddled, but they ALREADY HAVE OPTIONS to avoid their losses. Unlike a procurer pilot that can't really tank their ship, a hulk pilot can easily fit a mod strip miner II hulk or an ice harvester II hulk with 29k EHP (and thats without faction mods, gang bonuses, implants, logistics help, etc). This is more than enough buffer to survive a single brutix attack.

Essentially, this change is helping the wrong portion of miner society.

If you shitfit your ship for missions, it gets blown up. Contrarily, if you fit it appropriately, you'll be able to survive.
If you shitfit your hulk while mining, let it get blown up too, and if the fit it appropriately, they don't have much to worry about!



The whole high sec mechanics are helping the wrong pvp crowd more than every other high sec activity and that's a fact.

At this point you should be in low/null making your own place, but you don't, because you're just incapable of.
You're uber pvp guys against defenceless players and just has those you like the relative security of high sec while by just creating a player corporation this should mean you have some balls to go fight in null/low, you just don't once again.

You, your corporation, and all of those high sec grieffers are a real plague for this game community development.
The normal progression should always be, high sec, low sec, null sec.

You just don't want to follow rules of big alliances, but you want rules to protect you and you sure don't want mechanics to protect high sec miners or whatever from you. You are a terrible human being Lol

Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#837 - 2011-11-09 18:47:24 UTC
Jojo Jackson wrote:

Hell I would do anythink to fit a propper tank on my hauler/mining ship ... IF IT JUST WOULD BE POSIBLE!

I would happily alligne in 1 second with my industrys .... IF IT JUST WOULD BE POSIBLE!

I would happily fit this anti-scan modul ... IF THERE WOULD BE ONE!


And yes, I could train combat skills ...

I will do it ... as soon as YOU (the one who sugested it) wast the same amount of EP for indu/mining skills !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And no, doing it with an alt does not count. It must be done with the main chars!



Considering that this toon can mine and has in a hulk with almost full skills and that I was a miner for well over 5 years in this game, along with other endevours, and have mined until I dreamed of roids rotating in my sleep and STILL never have gotten ganked I know for a fact that you arent a very good miner. When I mine for hours on end I dont ever worry about getting suicided and Ive mined lots of ice as I used to run POSs as well as ore. So if you have a problem with being killed all the time Id suggest a new line of work in the world of Eve cuz frankly if you have to work so hard at it without getting popped every few seconds in order to make a profit you sir are doing it entirely wrong.

As for training skills Id suggest you do so and get out of your hulk and experience a bit more of what Eve has to offer.


As for antiscan modules something tells me that no tank or module will ever ensure your safety in Eve. You sound like a perpetual victim.

So Id suggest you get to training combat skills then cuz I have already invested lots of SPs into mining/indy skills. Roll

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.

Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#838 - 2011-11-09 18:50:54 UTC
Ladie Harlot wrote:
blah blah



So when someone publicly states he doesn't play any more because of you actions (goon perma ganking) adn you publicly answer "mission accomplished" I should rapport you?

Silly roostbeef
Ladie Harlot
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#839 - 2011-11-09 18:52:51 UTC
Tanya Powers wrote:
Ladie Harlot wrote:
blah blah



So when someone publicly states he doesn't play any more because of you actions (goon perma ganking) adn you publicly answer "mission accomplished" I should rapport you?

Silly roostbeef

What do you think would happen?

The artist formerly known as Ladie Scarlet.

Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#840 - 2011-11-09 18:56:04 UTC
Weaselior wrote:
they're vile and unspeakable


From you it's ok, you're my mentor so I think I can handle with Lol

By the way how's you lol cat going? Lol