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Freighter Madness
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Zilero
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#161 - 2013-01-10 21:45:30 UTC
La'Krul wrote:
Well I just lost a freighter and the others maybe were lost the same way: kill rights.

Apparently, because I had killed someone earlier, they were able to make the kill rights they gained on me available to all of Eve.

Personally, I think this is lame. Maybe not the mechanic itself but the fact that I was totally unaware of this. I log in, check we're not at war with anyone, undock and hit autopilot and come back 30mins later to a pod in a station.

Just seems a bit cheap to lose a ship like this. No involvement from myself, no achievement by the gankers, just no point really.
I'm not even annoyed by the loss, it's like it's not mine really because I wasn't involved but it's left a nice red smear on the killboard. I just feel like, "Sigh, that's going to take a while to earn back. Can I really be bothered?"

I don't want to dumb down Eve but perhaps CCP should make it clear when you are a sitting duck. People say I should have received a notification and I think I remember one about kill rights, but nothing that said "now you're fair game to the whole of Eve". It would be good to make it clear.



I lol'ed.
Mag's
Azn Empire
#162 - 2013-01-11 00:46:41 UTC
Vyktor Abyss wrote:
Nothing I've posted is contrary to the suggestion they should not be vulnerable space whales prime from the harpooning :)

I also agree some shuttle tailoring would be pimp :) I want one with go faster stripes!
Except that what you are suggesting, (freighter fittings) would mean a nerf to the freighter. With this change, no fitting option would have the freighter reach it's current state.

Want the same cargo space? Then your HP and velocity would be far lower than now.
Want the same HP? Then your cargo space would be far lower than now.

Do you start to see the problem?

Destination SkillQueue:- It's like assuming the Lions will ignore you in the Savannah, if you're small, fat and look helpless.
Barrogh Habalu
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#163 - 2013-01-11 05:10:12 UTC
On a slightly related note... Sometimes I sit outside Amarr hub watching people dock and undock. What would you think, I've only seen freighter pilot using insta-undock bookmark maybe once, and I'm yet to see people to use webbing support, even though I see a lot of freighters derping around nearby systems aswell.

Future of T3 cruisers - multi-tool they aspired to be instead of sledgehammer they have become
Ra Jackson
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#164 - 2013-01-11 15:37:15 UTC
La'Krul wrote:
The only point I am making is that having people (and I know I am not alone) wondering about in high-sec not realising they are targets is lame because it removes all the skill from the game.


Undocking a freighter with active killrights has been a stupid idea since the introduction of killrights, not just since Retribution! First thing I do when I undock anything bigger than a frigate in hisec: Check my killrights.