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Pirates on belts?
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oobumblebeeoo
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-05-06 09:34:50 UTC
Hi, I'm not sure what's going on, tried to search the forums here and the internet and found nothing.....

I'm trying to mine, as soon as I get to a belt there are these huge powerful pirate ships now.
Anybody else unable to mine because of this?

Cheers
Falken Falcon
#2 - 2015-05-06 09:45:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Falken Falcon
Shansha powerful or drifter powerful? Or if just standard rats have you tried killing them?

Edit: Also https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=257

Aye, Sea Turtles
oobumblebeeoo
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2015-05-06 09:47:55 UTC
Circadian seeker and tiranium something?

I have no weapons, just 5 drones.... only used to get 3 blood raiders max, I'm in hi-sec 0.5
As soon as I warp into belt they are there.

I even warped back to dock and they followed me?
Never seen this before.

I have one mining laser in a skiff.
Falken Falcon
#4 - 2015-05-06 09:53:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Falken Falcon
Seekers are semi-new npc's. They are passive until you attack them, so if you are not prepaired for proper pve, avoid shoooting them.

Edit: If you see Drifters (Apollo Tyrannos and Artemis Tyrannos), i suggest leaving the grid asap as if they decide to agres your barge, they will alpha you

Aye, Sea Turtles
Lucas Kell
Solitude Trading
S.N.O.T.
#5 - 2015-05-06 09:53:20 UTC
Are they actually shooting you? There's some that fly around and scan stuff,and if you leave them alone they don't shoot you.

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Ro Fenrios
Armilies Corporation
Domain Research and Mining Inst.
#6 - 2015-05-06 09:54:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Ro Fenrios
Ahh, those are not pirates. They are sleepers. Do not shoot them and they will not shoot you. They will just scan you. Just keep eye on them though as their behavior might change soon. Don't even try to fight them without fleet. They have been known to destroy even carriers with one shot from their doomsday weapons. Happy mining !
Solecist Project
#7 - 2015-05-06 10:00:41 UTC
Ro Fenrios wrote:
Ahh, those are not pirates. They are sleepers. Do not shoot them and they will not shoot you. They will just scan you. Just keep eye on them though as their behavior might change soon. Don't even try to fight them without fleet. They have been known to destroy even carriers with one shot from their doomsday weapons. Happy mining !

Except Ferni who killed them in frigates.
And maybe still does, not up2date now with Mosaic.

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oobumblebeeoo
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2015-05-06 11:03:49 UTC
****. Maybe my drones upset them.

Ok thanks peeps.
Otso Bakarti
Doomheim
#9 - 2015-05-06 11:18:28 UTC
Just had to try, eh? Smile

There just isn't anything that can be said!
Ryomaru Reaper
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
#10 - 2015-05-06 11:38:41 UTC
Reading topics like these makes me smile, in a good way.

They're semi-new NPC's indeed, with a wide variety of behaviours, they're quite unpredictable at the moment, and that's part of their enigmatic appearance.

CCP is slowly releasing from what I've understood on a video, slowly but surely, a different system of AI programming on these NPC's. So what's absolute in their behaviour right now, might outright change the next day.

Fly safe o7
Arla Sarain
#11 - 2015-05-06 11:51:02 UTC
Death to AFK mining?

Send passive NPCs into belts that bait aggressive drones. :D
malcovas Henderson
THoF
#12 - 2015-05-06 12:19:39 UTC
Arla Sarain wrote:
Death to AFK mining?

Send passive NPCs into belts that bait aggressive drones. :D


This is actually awesome. You get big rats warp to belt. Target you. have 2 minutes to warp out or they Alpha you.


Non AFK pilots will be safe, and the chance to beat on big rats.
Kindred Wolf
Doomheim
#13 - 2015-05-06 19:34:33 UTC
Drifters = CODE. agents ???
Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#14 - 2015-05-07 15:38:35 UTC
Calm down, it's Agent Artemis checking your mining permit.

Evil RatKid
Hipqo
Tyde8
#15 - 2015-05-07 15:55:32 UTC
Basicly we invaded sleeper space (wormholes) and now they are coming for us!!
Stay sharp mate, they are out to get you!!!




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The Happy Meal
#16 - 2015-05-07 16:23:30 UTC
Make sure you're tanked and respond to him politely in local. You'll be fine.

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