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In defence of AFK mining

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#181 - 2012-12-28 19:48:14 UTC
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:


I stand corrected. You "just" dealt 1T worth of damage as of May 14 and then surely you stopped killing any ship. Roll


To be exact, the caldari ice interdiction resulted in 600 billion in damage. It proved that miners were so greedy they refused to sacrifice their max yeild setups for a tank and simply whined for 8 months untill CCP made their problem go way. This showed us that even the most daft things can come to pass if we don't beat them down without mercy with as many facts and numbers as we can get hold of. Hence our detailed freighter record.

Hopefully we can get CCP to make another pass on the barges so we can get a balanced lineup this time around.
Dave Stark
#182 - 2012-12-28 19:49:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Hopefully we can get CCP to make another pass on the barges so we can get a balanced lineup this time around.


won't happen. ccp are perfectly happy with the current "diversity". see their last dev blog on the issue.
however, barges do need looking at, the changes were wide of the mark on several levels.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#183 - 2012-12-28 19:49:53 UTC
Dave stark wrote:


never lost a retriever to a gank. lost a covetor once when i laughed at a guy who failed to gank a hulk... does that count?

of course i'm not playing the game when i'm mining, that's the entire point of me mining. so i can make isk while i do other things.


This is the part where I once again ask you the question which you have so far failed to answer.

What do you spend your ISK on then? How do you actually play the game?
Mistah Ewedynao
Ice Axe Psycho Killers
#184 - 2012-12-28 19:50:19 UTC
Dave Stark is a strawman...a schill if you will, part of the disinformation group from the null power bloc. You notice how they all keep answering his drivel?

Anybody who's skills are so poor that he can AFK mine with, he claims an Orca boosting alt and his Wunderful no-tank retriever, is not a miner.

He's not playing, he's not mining, he is just poasting crap to fuel the anti-high sec Goons, who to achieve their goal of ruining the game for everyone, must go after high sec.

Nerf Goons

Nuke em from orbit....it's the only way to be sure.
Simetraz
State War Academy
Caldari State
#185 - 2012-12-28 19:50:46 UTC
baltec1 wrote:


Hopefully we can get CCP to make another pass on the barges so we can get a balanced lineup this time around.


So what do you consider a balanced line up ?

EVERYBODY KNOWS
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#186 - 2012-12-28 19:52:06 UTC
Mistah Ewedynao wrote:
Dave Stark is a strawman...a schill if you will, part of the disinformation group from the null power bloc. You notice how they all keep answering his drivel?

Anybody who's skills are so poor that he can AFK mine with, he claims an Orca boosting alt and his Wunderful no-tank retriever, is not a miner.

He's not playing, he's not mining, he is just poasting crap to fuel the anti-high sec Goons, who to achieve their goal of ruining the game for everyone, must go after high sec.


Yeah, this is a bunch of drivel. I'd be willing to bet he's a troll, getting a laugh, but come on.
Dave Stark
#187 - 2012-12-28 19:53:27 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Dave stark wrote:


never lost a retriever to a gank. lost a covetor once when i laughed at a guy who failed to gank a hulk... does that count?

of course i'm not playing the game when i'm mining, that's the entire point of me mining. so i can make isk while i do other things.


This is the part where I once again ask you the question which you have so far failed to answer.

What do you spend your ISK on then? How do you actually play the game?


plex, naturally. i have several accounts and don't have a tree that grows money.
various ships, currently contemplating purchasing a freighter not entirely sure it's the best investment of my isk though so we'll see.

how do i actually play the game? well i've been know to shoot red crosses on occasion, i've also been known to do some station trading, i've even scanned down a few sites with probes etc. i'm not some 8 year veteran like most people so i keep trying random things. i won't lie about it though, a large proportion of my time is spent mining.
Murk Paradox
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#188 - 2012-12-28 19:55:07 UTC
Dave stark wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
In any other game, particularly multiplayer ones, gaining rewards for "doing nothing' or afk'ing the game is usually referred to as boosting, and typically gets those rewards removed by devs and in some extreme cases, such as Halo Reach, bans are even handed out. In this case, the devs aren't punishing you, as per their policies regarding what is and isn't legitimate for the sandbox. However, along those same lines, it is the players punishing afk miners instead, by ganking and/or bumping.

You should actually consider yourself fortunate, because if it were any other game, you wouldn't be getting away with it.


this is amusing.
congratulations, in a game where non-contribution is detrimental is punished, as it should be. however, how is me not being at my keyboard in a situation where me being at the keyboard isn't required in any way detrimental to any one, and why should it be punished?

please, enlighten me.

players aren't punishing afk miners in the slightest, players are simply finding enjoyment in annoying other players; just how it should be. this is what i like about the game.

if this were any other game i wouldn't be playing it because it'd be dull and based on every one should get a gold sticker for taking part even if you suck.



Strangely, your comparison is akin to getting isk for afk mining... you are even defending afk mining as "playing".

I applaud your need to find people to quote all over the place to argue, but it really is unfounded.

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Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#189 - 2012-12-28 19:55:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Remiel Pollard
Dave stark wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
In any other game, particularly multiplayer ones, gaining rewards for "doing nothing' or afk'ing the game is usually referred to as boosting, and typically gets those rewards removed by devs and in some extreme cases, such as Halo Reach, bans are even handed out. In this case, the devs aren't punishing you, as per their policies regarding what is and isn't legitimate for the sandbox. However, along those same lines, it is the players punishing afk miners instead, by ganking and/or bumping.

You should actually consider yourself fortunate, because if it were any other game, you wouldn't be getting away with it.


this is amusing.
congratulations, in a game where non-contribution is detrimental is punished, as it should be. however, how is me not being at my keyboard in a situation where me being at the keyboard isn't required in any way detrimental to any one, and why should it be punished?

please, enlighten me.

players aren't punishing afk miners in the slightest, players are simply finding enjoyment in annoying other players; just how it should be. this is what i like about the game.

if this were any other game i wouldn't be playing it because it'd be dull and based on every one should get a gold sticker for taking part even if you suck.


I'm sorry, I was mistaken, I thought I was talking to someone who thought themselves intelligent enough to call out someone's post as incoherent whilst starting sentences without using capitals. I get the feeling, though, that no matter what anyone says, you're best reply is going to be something along the lines of "lalalalalalalalalalalala I'm right, you're wrong, nya nya ner nya nya". The reason nobody can enlighten you isn't because they have nothing to enlighten you with. It's because you refuse to be enlightened.

And that, I assume, is what minerbumping.com is all about. Making the ignorant wake up and pay attention. The fact that you think you aren't required at the keyboard at all is interesting - mining may be a "push F1 and wait" activity, but it doesn't mean you don't pay attention to what's going on. Unless you're mining in a 1.0-0.9 system, you've got to watch for rats. Unless, of course, you have your drones deployed and set to "aggressive", in which case all someone needs to do is wait for you to be alone, wait for your drones to kill a rat, and then steal from the wreck, in which case your drones will aggro them, meaning they can shoot you without getting CONCORDED. New killrights system? Pah, you're alone, remember, and afk. Don't think it doesn't happen, even in high sec, I've seen it twice in the last week.

You do what you want to. I'm not saying that AFK mining is wrong, though. I'm saying that it's stupid, as is many people. That's a point that a lot of miners seem to be missing - we don't think you're morally bankrupt because you're mining afk, we think you're morons that need to be taught a lesson.

But no, you are not actively playing the game if you are not putting your time and effort in to it.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#190 - 2012-12-28 19:56:05 UTC
Dave stark wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Dave stark wrote:


never lost a retriever to a gank. lost a covetor once when i laughed at a guy who failed to gank a hulk... does that count?

of course i'm not playing the game when i'm mining, that's the entire point of me mining. so i can make isk while i do other things.


This is the part where I once again ask you the question which you have so far failed to answer.

What do you spend your ISK on then? How do you actually play the game?


plex, naturally. i have several accounts and don't have a tree that grows money.
various ships, currently contemplating purchasing a freighter not entirely sure it's the best investment of my isk though so we'll see.

how do i actually play the game? well i've been know to shoot red crosses on occasion, i've also been known to do some station trading, i've even scanned down a few sites with probes etc. i'm not some 8 year veteran like most people so i keep trying random things. i won't lie about it though, a large proportion of my time is spent mining.


So.

You very purposely don't play EVE Online, so that you can continue to very purposely not play EVE online next month. You don't see why you should maybe just ACTUALLY not play EVE?
Dave Stark
#191 - 2012-12-28 19:57:05 UTC
Mistah Ewedynao wrote:
Dave Stark is a strawman...a schill if you will, part of the disinformation group from the null power bloc. You notice how they all keep answering his drivel?

Anybody who's skills are so poor that he can AFK mine with, he claims an Orca boosting alt and his Wunderful no-tank retriever, is not a miner.

He's not playing, he's not mining, he is just poasting crap to fuel the anti-high sec Goons, who to achieve their goal of ruining the game for everyone, must go after high sec.


oh this is golden.
really, mining with a mining ship and mining boosts isn't mining? ok? not sure what you're getting at there buddy, but good for you.
well, i guess this is a first, being accused of being a goon? at least, i think that's the point you're trying to make?

Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Yeah, this is a bunch of drivel. I'd be willing to bet he's a troll, getting a laugh, but come on.

i'm not a troll. however you really shouldn't take my posts seriously. on rare occasions i make a valid point but as you're more than aware i'm often just posting for the sake of it.
Dave Stark
#192 - 2012-12-28 20:04:17 UTC
Remiel Pollard wrote:
I'm sorry, I was mistaken, I thought I was talking to someone who thought themselves intelligent enough to call out someone's post as incoherent whilst starting sentences without using capitals. I get the feeling, though, that no matter what anyone says, you're best reply is going to be something along the lines of "lalalalalalalalalalalala I'm right, you're wrong, nya nya ner nya nya". The reason nobody can enlighten you isn't because they have nothing to enlighten you with. It's because you refuse to be enlightened.

And that, I assume, is what minerbumping.com is all about. Making the ignorant wake up and pay attention. The fact that you think you aren't required at the keyboard at all is interesting - mining may be a "push F1 and wait" activity, but it doesn't mean you don't pay attention to what's going on. Unless you're mining in a 1.0-0.9 system, you've got to watch for rats. Unless, of course, you have your drones deployed and set to "aggressive", in which case all someone needs to do is wait for you to be alone, wait for your drones to kill a rat, and then steal from the wreck, in which case your drones will aggro them, meaning they can shoot you without getting CONCORDED. New killrights system? Pah, you're alone, remember, and afk. Don't think it doesn't happen, even in high sec, I've seen it twice in the last week.

You do what you want to. I'm not saying that AFK mining is wrong, though. I'm saying that it's stupid, as is many people. That's a point that a lot of miners seem to be missing - we don't think you're morally bankrupt because you're mining afk, we think you're morons that need to be taught a lesson.

But no, you are not actively playing the game if you are not putting your time and effort in to it.


what can i say? microsoft word spoils me, it puts capital letters in for me, it's become habit to let it do so and therefore i forget that not everything is as nice as microsoft word.

actually, being a push f1 and wait activity is exactly why i don't have to be at the keyboard. there's a key difference between having to be at the keyboard, and the fact that i should be at the keyboard. i'm fully aware that when i'm not at the keyboard my ship can be molested and i won't be there to do anything about it. also, drones don't aggro on people who steal your wreck, trust me i've had destroyers taking my wrecks for weeks and my drones haven't even tried to attack them. might want to check that?

perhaps it is stupid, but i'll gladly risk a 25m isk ship for passive isk income while i do other things. to me, it's a chance worth taking. to be honest, it all comes down to the definition of "afk mining" generally my "afk mining" is me simply tabbing to VLC and watching a movie, or a few episodes of a tv series. i'm not afk, but i'm also in no way paying attention to the game.

i won't disagree, i'm not actively playing the game when i mine, that's why i mine, so i can do other things while making isk.
Dave Stark
#193 - 2012-12-28 20:06:14 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
So.

You very purposely don't play EVE Online, so that you can continue to very purposely not play EVE online next month. You don't see why you should maybe just ACTUALLY not play EVE?


if mining was all i did, you'd have a point.
however mining isn't all i do, so you don't have a point.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#194 - 2012-12-28 20:09:39 UTC
You spend most of your time mining, by your own admission. I fail to see where I am going wrong in my analysis of your behavior.
Dave Stark
#195 - 2012-12-28 20:17:36 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
You spend most of your time mining, by your own admission. I fail to see where I am going wrong in my analysis of your behavior.


it only holds true if i spend all of my time mining.
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
#196 - 2012-12-28 20:20:09 UTC
Dave stark wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
You spend most of your time mining, by your own admission. I fail to see where I am going wrong in my analysis of your behavior.


it only holds true if i spend all of my time mining.


There are, then, times when you are actually playing the game as a player and not as someone who would be doing better if they were some sort of automated process?
Dave Stark
#197 - 2012-12-28 20:22:30 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Dave stark wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
You spend most of your time mining, by your own admission. I fail to see where I am going wrong in my analysis of your behavior.


it only holds true if i spend all of my time mining.


There are, then, times when you are actually playing the game as a player and not as someone who would be doing better if they were some sort of automated process?


of course.

just the other day i flew a thrasher to osmon to shoot at a guy but he was docked. therefore i left my thrasher there and i'll go back later when he's not docked and try and surprise him.
right now i'm doing some of these storyline missions before they expire, no sense in wasting them even if they are kinda dull.

there's more to me than mining, however i do spend the majority of my time mining. however that's generally a function of being able to do it while i do other things that i have to do outside of the game.
Buzzy Warstl
Quantum Flux Foundry
#198 - 2012-12-28 20:26:47 UTC
Wow, plexing multiple accounts to mine with so that a person can just muck about in other parts of the game?

I pay for a couple of accounts with RL money because I can make money faster than I can make isk.

Then I only have to play the parts of the game that I enjoy (which does, on occasion, include mining).

http://www.mud.co.uk/richard/hcds.htm Richard Bartle: Players who suit MUDs
Hilmar Fudd
Wery Wascally Wabbits
#199 - 2012-12-28 20:28:03 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Dave stark wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
You spend most of your time mining, by your own admission. I fail to see where I am going wrong in my analysis of your behavior.


it only holds true if i spend all of my time mining.


There are, then, times when you are actually playing the game as a player and not as someone who would be doing better if they were some sort of automated process?



Bwah, Bwah, Bwah.

You guyz are wooster than dat wabbit!
Dave Stark
#200 - 2012-12-28 20:34:58 UTC
Buzzy Warstl wrote:
Wow, plexing multiple accounts to mine with so that a person can just muck about in other parts of the game?

I pay for a couple of accounts with RL money because I can make money faster than I can make isk.

Then I only have to play the parts of the game that I enjoy (which does, on occasion, include mining).


you say that like paying for your subscription instead of letting the game pay for itself is some how better... i only "play" the parts i enjoy and i don't pay any money from my bank account for it.