Live Events Discussion

It even been mentioned thet they may be non gankable day before event - http://pastebin.com/PdcS0KEt

But it dosnt matter now

Goons set out to do something to the event to cause mass tears. They are just mad the tears were their own.

Sufficient ships were brought to to gank a 500kEHP target. And in any future event like this, that level of gankage can be expected to show up again. Every single time. Which means without CCP using Devhax of some sort, the outcome is already known. Its a cutscene.

Shove off, no one cares your gank didn't work but you. QQ moar newbs, how the mighty have fallen. The goons I used to know would boot your ass just for crying on the forums like a child. Bad form, Peter.

But you apparently need a tissue today?
(or just a stress ball because you're so concerned?)

You all metagame all you want and flaunt and parade around whenever you found some way to break the game. And more power to you! I think it's hilarious and good for the game in the long run.

But don't cry. Don't come running to the forums crying with your not-so-carefully constructed arguments of how unfair it all is when you get meta'd back by the masters of the universe. We like your alliance when you think of new things and find new ways to jam the works, what is this 'we tried to wreck event and ccp trolled us so now we cry on forums' ?

Oh no wait... sorry, we should all be very concerned about the precedent this sets because blah blah cut scenes and goons won't want to come next time.

I liked the comment that CCP build a sandcastle around a rock and you cried because it hurt when you kicked it. Very apt.

Want to talk about not fair and setting precedent? How about the fact that repeatedly in eve carefully constructed events and arcs were trashed because some entitled douche thought it would be so cool to just **** on everything? All because ~sandbox~. Well, this is the yang to that ying.

Why not simply have the NPCs use decoys? They are wartime leaders in a very dangerous universe. If they absolutely have to make public announcements on where, how and when they will be traveling (baffling in itself), why should they be honest about it? If would-be assassins suicide gank a ship presumably carrying say, a Tribal delegate, only to find that the delegate in question actually left an hour earlier aboard an unassuming little frigate and is already safely arrived at his or her destination, that makes sense to me.

Of course, in the interest of keeping things fair, that also means that if somebody - either through skillful intelligence work or simple happenstance does blow up said unassuming little frig, they should be credited with the assassination. In fact, if secret information regarding the actual travel schedule happens to be leaked or lost somehow, that could lead to a behind-the-scenes event arc all of its own.

An example of how this might work: Sometime before an event, an actor playing the role of a diplomatic aide of some sort takes a discreet and round-about route through low-sec on his way to a meeting where the upcoming event is going to be a topic of discussion. In his cargo hold is documents with sensitive information about the VIP's plans. If this delegate runs afoul of death along the way, suddenly whoever took him down and looted his ship have their hands on some golden information. They can either use it to stage their own ambush or broker the information to someone who would have an interest in doing so, all the while being careful to keep it out of the public spotlight (let's say if some pilot or other discovers this and alerts the appropriate NPC faction liaison or smears it out across the IGS, the opportunity is lost).

It would require a bit extra work on the actors, but hopefully not a whole ton of it. Much of it would be player driven. And in my opinion, if somebody did manage to get their hands on the secret info and use it to pull off a successful assassination, it would make for a cooler story and shinier bragging rights than 40 ships suicide ganking a predictably exposed target.

RIP to all the good posts that got Blapped by moderation. I'm glad this thing is still going strong at 16 pages. Justice will be served.

Sorry to disappoint you mate, but I don't rise to being baited. Thick skin and all that.

I didn't even see anyone apparently call me that, but whatevs, we have other people who moderate the forums who must have taken care of it.

Water off a ducks' back, gf and all that o7.



In terms of the reimbursement, that's the call of the GM Team, not the Dev Team, and is done in line with their policies. Two completely separate ball games there.

With regards to the non-standard modules, they were approved for use by the required people, were used as intended and were used to achieve an objective.

We're aware of feedback now, and have elected not to use them in future. In the same respect, if we do give notice that there's going to be an event several days in advance, in future we'll make sure that we design events appropriately.

His name or who he's affiliated with aren't my concern, if people have valid and sensible questions they'll be answered.

Op success.

Goons getting trolled hard by a dev in charge of roleplaying. Oh god my sides.