Ships & Modules

Well, actually the only BR's that will get popped are those piloted by very incompetent or lazy pilots. People that currently use them to transport valuable cargo, and use them properly, have little to worry about.

But yes, those pilots that put one on auto pilot after dropping off their cargo are going to be a bit annoyed.

Incidentally, this is why I'm in favor of removing cargo scanners altogether. Pop all the things. It would be more fun.

Irrelevant change is irrelevant

After a week of Russian Roulette gankers will just ignore cloaky haulers.

I don't think so. There will always be idiots (else you wont see the freighter ganking regularly), the threat of getting popped at busy pipes will forever be there since the unscannable bonus will be an incentive to pop a BR. It doesn't even have to be super expensive cargo. In terms of relative value, you can pop a BR with a ship (or ships) that costs less than it's hull - so technically, the gankers will always profit in some ways, be it in isk or tears.

If anyone haven't already noticed, there are gankers out there in the usual places that regularly pop autopiloted frigates. They go after your pod and your implants. It's called tears harvesting and besides the destroyer costs, the security status impact is irrelevant (as it won't hamper their operations in highsec too much). No security status grind is necessary. It's a typical loophole which won't be pre-actively nerfed until the noise gets louder.

Personally, I don't normally fly my BR on autopilot unless its empty (and I'm tabbed out doing other things). With the threat forever hanging like a dagger above your head, that option goes out of the window now.
This is what gets me annoyed. A pointless buff that unecessarily increase player attention time ingame with un-productive activity. Many EVE players multi-task and run multiple screens or they often tab out to do other things when doing menial tasks due to the pace of the game.

P.S. Yes, they might be doing this for the smuggling angle which would explain why they looked for a replacement after the Orca change, instead of doing away with it altogether. However, it's already very trivial to smuggle things and avoid NPC scans in the current BR anyway. Ponder that.

This just in: Gankers are extremely pissed at this update because there making less
Isk

I would like to see a fit like that that won't scream "gank me!!" and be completely passive.

We dont hit these things anyway. The ones that do carry expensive stuff cloak up the second they move and the ones on auto pilot are for the most part empty.

We are in the same boat is every else in not understanding why they made this change. If anything this will make us want to hit them more just to see what they are trying to hide.

Doesn't sound like it at all..
There is no talk or sketch for smuggling gameplay currently.
Also, what's the point in putting a non-npc scan immunity into just one ship only?

This all smells like a kneejerk reaction on fixing the exploited corp hangars on ships that had them..

Btw, I went through the whole thread that goes with the Dev blog announcing that change and CCP doesn't address the player concerns regarding this AT ALL! They respond to all kinds of stuff.. but no comment on the BR scan-immunity and what they think of the players wish/response to have this 'bonus' applied to the DSTs instead.
And to tell you the truth - this pisses me off the most.

Except when they're used for fast runs. Twice the warp speed, faster alignment, higher velocity and more? The only downside to them is limited cargo space, but they're fine to carry a load of (relatively worthless) missiles.

Oh really?

"Blockade Runners are being updated to be immune to cargo scanners, and as such will always show up as empty on scans"





How about "Uninformed troll who serves no absolutely no purpose in life?"