EVE General Discussion

Youdamlochnessmonster, you ain't gettinmy treefiddy!!

Ah, I see. You've never run a JF. Because if you had, you'd know that you can't cyno into HS.

Minor correction made in bold. Large alliances sitting on high passive income sources, like renter networks, and moonsperm, have replacement contingencies set up already.

I'm confused here. a JF cannot cyno into HS either. nothing jump capable can. Cynos cannot be lit in hisec. Though JFs and grandfathered caps still in hisec can lock onto cynos lit in low/null and jump FROM hisec. Possibly this is what you mean?

Tell us more about how easy it is to replace titans with jump freighters.

In the ASCN we used to run these giant convoys that consisted of a dozen or more freighters, and 300 or so escort ships. This usually took place once a month, and took A LOT of planning and prep work. There were no jump freighters and jump bridges at that time. And since warp to 0 did not exist, we had to make sure that every member of the fleet had the same set of insta bookmarks.

These convoys took an entire night to make the 40 some odd jumps (each way) to get to the destination after originating in ASCN null space. The following day we would usually handle the trip back and never tried to make the trek both ways in a single evening.

This doesn't just SOUND tedious.... IT WAS TEDIOUS,

Yet I miss it and wish they would have never implemented bridges and jump freighters.

It's not that I miss the act of participating in convoy duty in itself, but instead that I miss the days where alliances could strike a crippling blow against one another by intercepting/ambushing their supply convoys. That was something that I really liked about EVE, and it's kind of sad that such things are no longer an option as a way for alliances to strike at one another outside of simply launching an attack on their sov space.

Logistics interdiction added another level of paranoia to the game, and anything that can keep even the larger alliances constantly looking over their shoulder was and still is a good thing.

In our case, we had to keep a wary eye out for BOB and the MC.... Until they blew us up for good.

I understand the OP's frustration.

In my corp I am known as the only person who plays Eve and thinks the PvP sucks.

Well, Eve 'PvP' does suck. It's just not worth the effort. For some people it is but for many it isn't. When I get my PvP cravings (which is often) I go elsewhere.

The main problems with Eve PvP is that it is too easy to run away...to easy to reinforce a fight that is currently going on and, as the OP rails on...TOO HARD TO GET THE ENEMY TO ACTUALLY FIGHT.

What the OP wants is to force the enemy to fight and, if he declines, for that enemy to suffer profound consequences for not fighting.

However, while I agree with this, it is also much too easy for people to project force in this game. If CCP was to mitigate the above in a major way, they would also have to make it so that large alliances would have difficulty concentrating their force on smaller ones otherwise you would just have a few large bullies destroying everyone though numbers. THAT would be worse than what we have now.

im not entirely sure what Op is trying to say... Nerf NPC to nerf Goons maybe? Nerf freighters to nerf Null? Nerf X to somehow effect Y in an effort to prevent Z?

Or one man cyno alt corps. Wardecs wouldn't exactly have a serious effect on the lives of cyno alts given the location in which they operate (wardecs used to be vaguely useful in LS if you were bashing a bunch of POSes so you wouldn't have to dock up under GCC, but Crimewatch 2.0 changed that).

Until they realize that under most circumstances manual flight in a spiral to close the gap is a much better option when engaging your target. ;)

Most people say "Huh?" when you mention transversal velocity though.