EVE General Discussion

Hello,
I just wanted to complain about the horrible game mechanic that is known as "afk cloaky compers".

If you are new to the game or dont know what I'm referring to, then this is a short explanation:
In 0.0 systems it is common that people leave cyno equipped cloaked alts that they leave AFK in systems for days, weeks, months. They just leave them logged on while doing basically nothing on the characters.

This makes it hard for people to be active in systems mine/rat/etc because every now and then they actually check their alt and take them out to drop on something.

While it should be appropriate risk/reward in 0.0, punishing people yet again who actively want to play or do something by letting other people be afk in systems for weeks is not a good mechanic.

I have of course a suggestion that could solve this in a good way without doing anything dramatic against cloaking modules.
A module that is attachable on citadels, which damages cloaking devices 1% every minute they are activated within the solar system. So if you want to camp systems, its still possible as 1% every minute lets you be cloaked for pretty damn long; but still makes you vulnerable every now and then (to repair the module etc). The module is damaged by 1% as soon as you activate the device so you can't "game" the system. It should also be attachable to any size Citadel and will damage both allied and enemy cloaking devices alike.

Yeah lets all just buy 10 accounts each so we can leave alts all over the galaxy

It's always funny when someone complains about afk cloakers while posting from a "forum cloaker" aka npc alt. I doubt anyone is cloaking up in Seibestor space lol

This is where your nonsense needs to be posted.

The two confluences of pathos - AFK cloaker whine and NPC posting alt cowardice - meet to produce an unholy and rather smelly **** baby.

You know, it's people like you that actually ruin the game. You spread your terrible attitudes, troll, and act incredibly self involved and honestly do nothing more then to push people away from the game. I suppose that is what some of you want isn't it? If we aren't part of your cute little elitist club we just aren't entitled to be in your special little game are we?

Because of ****** mechanics

Please point out exactly what elitist club it is that I apparently have membership with, as I for one would dearly like to know. If, by that remark, you are commenting on my NPC alt comment, then am I correct in assuming that the elite club of which you speak is comprised of 10K ISK and a crappy lvl1 skill?


Is this not supposed to be a game of consequences? What about the 'Butterfly Effect' trailer from a few years ago (which was awesome)? Where are the consequences if one produces nonsense (sometimes just that, nonsense, but occasionally quite serious), yet cannot be served righteous justice in game? With no attachments or references to one's reputation, the forums would be filled with NPC alts extruding all sorts of crap.

The fact is, the AFK cloaking whines are endless and it would appear that CCP agrees with this position, as any new ones that crop up are generally locked pretty sharpish by the mods. I would wager that they do this because they recognise them for what they are: meaningless rants that contribute nothing to the general discourse of the game.

I suspect that, if my sometimes off-topic and irreverent posting is upsetting you and ruining this game for you, you may have bigger problems on the horizon.