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Why don't goons start taking down low and high sec POS's?
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Boris Ginnungagap
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-12-18 21:03:53 UTC
If they really want to shake down eve, why don't they start attacking these POS's?

They can field the dps, even in highsec (unless too negative sec status), they can also fund war decs.

Or are goons really just paper tiger?
Midori Tsu
Evolution
Northern Coalition.
#2 - 2011-12-18 21:08:45 UTC
Because they don't profit from it.

Not to mention in highsec the corporation can just avoid the wardec all together making it pointless to even try.

Everything goons do, they profit from.
Krios Ahzek
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2011-12-18 21:26:41 UTC
I don't know. This makes no sense. They really like shooting defenseless structures repeatedly for negligible amounts of tears.

 Though All Men Do Despise Us
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
#4 - 2011-12-18 21:33:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Dirk Magnum
POS bashing can be a fun event if it's not a regular part of your operations. If you do it all the time it leads to the sort of monotony that resulted in what was probably the longest-running complaint about nullsec ever (moreso even than afk cloakers, NAP coalitions, drone regions, and general scaling issues / opportunity deficiencies for the wee alliances.)

A concentrated campaign of high sec POS bashes would, I guarantee you, lead to at least a few cases of IRL self-harm by the participants, while the "victims" said meh and moved on. High sec POS shooting is the worst thing you can do in this game, is what I'm saying. Literally the worst.

                      "LIVE FAST DIE." - traditional Minmatar ethos [citation needed]
gfldex
#5 - 2011-12-18 22:01:33 UTC
Goons avoid anything that smells remotely like work.

If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.
Potamus Jenkins
eXceed Inc.
Plucky Adventurers
#6 - 2011-12-18 22:06:25 UTC
only carebears like shooting pos' cause its 100000 x more exciting than running missions.

yet its still the single most boring "pvp" related activity in the game.
MeestaPenni
Mercantile and Stuff
#7 - 2011-12-18 22:11:20 UTC
It lacks the immediate, visceral thrill of pissin' someone off.

I am not Prencleeve Grothsmore.
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#8 - 2011-12-18 22:14:44 UTC
Boris Ginnungagap wrote:
If they really want to shake down eve, why don't they start attacking these POS's?

They can field the dps, even in highsec (unless too negative sec status), they can also fund war decs.

Or are goons really just paper tiger?


nice try but unless you pay them I doubt the goons will shot POS for you

now if you offer them a fee.... say a billion each, 50% up front, you might get your system cleared so you can industry in peace

but obviously you are not important enough to hire the goons
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2011-12-18 22:18:22 UTC
Morganta wrote:
Boris Ginnungagap wrote:
If they really want to shake down eve, why don't they start attacking these POS's?

They can field the dps, even in highsec (unless too negative sec status), they can also fund war decs.

Or are goons really just paper tiger?


nice try but unless you pay them I doubt the goons will shot POS for you

now if you offer them a fee.... say a billion each, 50% up front, you might get your system cleared so you can industry in peace

but obviously you are not important enough to hire the goons

Exactly, your going to need more then 22 likes

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Skinae
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2011-12-18 23:20:17 UTC
There's no tech in high sec, so what's the point.

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Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#11 - 2011-12-18 23:25:58 UTC
Skinae wrote:
There's no tech in high sec, so what's the point.

after loosing a few fleets to concord, goons decided to stop shooting highsec COs

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
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#12 - 2011-12-18 23:28:00 UTC
gfldex wrote:
Goons avoid anything that smells remotely like work.



Not empty quotin'

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Krios Ahzek
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2011-12-18 23:35:47 UTC
New answer: Because it's TOTAL WAR

 Though All Men Do Despise Us
Krios Ahzek
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2011-12-18 23:36:03 UTC
edit:Fake forumgank

 Though All Men Do Despise Us
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
#15 - 2011-12-19 00:06:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Dirk Magnum
Ever hear of Hitler II? Guy was really into POS bashing in Eve, and just look where it led. This post posted from the year 2015.

edit: DUST 514 for the PC is p. good though. This edit also posted from the year 2015.

                      "LIVE FAST DIE." - traditional Minmatar ethos [citation needed]
RAND0M MORPH
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2011-12-19 00:26:57 UTC
They cant do it, they're not strong enough
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#17 - 2011-12-19 00:41:36 UTC
Quote:
Why don't goons start taking down low and high sec POS's?


Call Mr Peabody and borrow his wayback machine.

See the little bees try this and fail with much laughter from the EVE general population.

They were pwned and will never make that mistake again.

Mr Epeen Cool
Ghoest
#18 - 2011-12-19 00:43:58 UTC
Todays goons are MUCH more similar to BOB than they are to the Goons who first became famous.

But such is the history of all nomadic warrior groups.

Wherever You Went - Here You Are
Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#19 - 2011-12-19 01:15:37 UTC
Hey, do you guys remember White Noise?

Yeah, we burned down their space today. All of it.
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#20 - 2011-12-19 01:21:19 UTC
Its not a cemetery nor has tech. So it doesn't gain either profit nor tears.

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
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