EVE General Discussion

They lost their ships, they lost sec status. What more do you want? Auto porting them to Nullsec and temporarily banning them from Highsec? Make people who have lost a ship recently be immune to targeting for an hour or two?

It's a Sandbox, they're taking their fair punishment for their actions. Working as intended, kiddo! :)

I'm selling cheap hulks in Rens far below market prices if you ever need one should such a spontaneous combustion occur.

It's way to easy to gank a hulk. (or any other exhumers). It should ofc be possible, but it should probably take some more effort.

Let me elaborate:
1. Hulks are almost same size as battlecruisers (volume, visual, etc). they should have a tank similar to this. Surely design engineers of the future are not terrible.

2. Gameplay it would also be good to have better tanks on them. It's way to easy to gank a hulk (which is the best exhumer). I think buffed tank would also make carebears use these in lowsec / 0.0 more. (This could also be solved by introducing mining vessel only usable in lowsec/nullsec.) If buff to EHP is given, then maybe change module so your ship has to stop in order to activate mining lazers. (No aligning out).

Also,

Show me any hulk that can tank 10 thrashers.

I for one would welcome these erstwhile miners in Merch Industrial. Come find where the real minerals are hiding. Contract a recruiting agent today!

Well if you want an in-game reason for the weaker tank, just look at the 8000m3 cargobay. That's gonna create some structural issues.
Gameplay wise I think you're on to something. Having some sort of nullsec mining ship that has to "deploy" in exchange for substantially increased yield, but can't just autodock if a non-blue enters local would be an interesting way to force conflict.

no... of course not, youre totally safe

Stop bothering about Hulkageddon, start profiting from it. Buy minerals before Hulkageddon, dock your mining ship for 4 weeks, wait until it is over and then sell your minerals with a profit. Run missions to get a standing above 6.67 with a few corps. Live happily ever after.

1: You might consider that 10 Thrashers would take down most ships in game, including combat ships outfitted specifically to fight at their most effective level. Why should a strictly non-combat ship fare better?

2: If you tank your Hulk and survive a gank attempt by a few Thrashers (which is entirely possible) why would you stupidly stay in that belt mining when they come back with enough to do the job?

3: Every other player in the game has to make decisions on what to fly (and how to fit) depending on the prevailing conditions where they will be operating. Most people prefer flying small, fast ships in combat... but if they will be up against a fleet where that will be pointless they fly what is appropriate. Why would miners be any different?

4: Every other player in game uses D Scan, Intel channels, standings, etc. to safeguard their activities. You have the same tool set as everyone else, why don't you use them?

5: Is it that you don't understand why you need to fly a non-combat ship cautiously in a hostile environment... or is it that you lack the personal skills (or perhaps desire) to do so?

6: Why should the rules be different for you?

Care to link anything regarding your incorrect assumptions?

Playing for 2 years (in an npc corp ofc) and still have no clues about not getting your ship blown up by other people ?

Eve is PvP Online, not mining online !