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Why do you pod kill?
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Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#1 - 2012-08-30 18:13:34 UTC
Seems impractical to me. Wouldn't you rather force them to wait until they get back to their station so it takes longer to get back into a ship? Increasing your chances of surviving?
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#2 - 2012-08-30 18:15:42 UTC  |  Edited by: FloppieTheBanjoClown
In w-space, because it forces them out of the wormhole. Elsewhere, because you never know what assets they might have nearby; it's preferable that they have to come back to you from "home" than go a few jumps and return in another ship.

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Medarr
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-08-30 18:18:40 UTC
pure sadistical fun... nothing more, nothing less.

If I can pod you I will pod you.
Rexanna Stone
Black Cross Industrial
#4 - 2012-08-30 18:18:50 UTC
For the same reason you'd teabag in certain other games. With the added bonus that implants can be very expensive and it's a nice feeling knowing you just trashed the in-game equivalent of £100+ worth of stuff.
Xiode
Nemesis Logistics
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2012-08-30 18:21:00 UTC
...because I can.
Lord Ryan
True Xero
#6 - 2012-08-30 18:21:22 UTC
For fun

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Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-08-30 18:22:55 UTC
because they didn't pay the ransom

I has all the eve inactivity
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#8 - 2012-08-30 18:23:14 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
In w-space, because it forces them out of the wormhole. Elsewhere, because you never know what assets they might have nearby; it's preferable that they have to come back to you from "home" than go a few jumps and return in another ship.


About your latter point. It seems less likely that they would keep their important assets somewhere other than where they keep their clone.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#9 - 2012-08-30 18:24:16 UTC
because every target of value is dead

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highonpop
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2012-08-30 18:25:20 UTC
because i can

FC, what do?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#11 - 2012-08-30 18:27:01 UTC
They might have implants. Also killing a pod in a megathron is hilarious.
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#12 - 2012-08-30 18:29:12 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
They might have implants. Also killing a pod in a megathron is hilarious.


Do you get money for their implants?
Metal Icarus
Star Frontiers
Brotherhood of Spacers
#13 - 2012-08-30 18:30:03 UTC
I am doing them a favor, the pod-express is the quickest way back to your home station. Who would want to fly 20 jumps in a pod anyways?

Sometimes though, you lose implants which is a good cost for the pod-express.
Jim Era
#14 - 2012-08-30 18:30:47 UTC
OP, that is like asking "why kill anybody?"
You kill for the sake of killing.

Wat™
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#15 - 2012-08-30 18:31:34 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
They might have implants. Also killing a pod in a megathron is hilarious.


Do you get money for their implants?


No, just pure joy.


Also, pods are people too - and the fewer people on the field acting as warpins, scouts or other sources of intel, the better.

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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#16 - 2012-08-30 18:31:54 UTC
Because I'm a kind and good-hearted person. Twisted
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#17 - 2012-08-30 18:34:23 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
They might have implants. Also killing a pod in a megathron is hilarious.


Do you get money for their implants?


As much as I get when I rip their ships apart with my neutrons.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#18 - 2012-08-30 18:35:53 UTC
I pod die more than pod kill. And I let that happen for a few reasons. One, it's a quick ride home. And two, I've already lost the ship so the cost of a new clone on top of that is nothing.

But if I can be bothered, and actually manage to get in a position to kill a pod, then I do it because it cost me the time and effort.

Mr Epeen Cool
The VC's
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-08-30 18:37:03 UTC
Because while we've been having our non consensual space duel they may have calling in their back-up. While they are still in their pod they can give their blob mates a warp-in, thus preventing me from looting their wreck.

TBH, If they haven't warped their pod away the moment they exploded, they are definitely trying to provide a warp-in.

Or stupid
iownuall123
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#20 - 2012-08-30 18:37:52 UTC
Killmails.
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