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Should Ganking be profitable?

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Whitehound
#301 - 2013-03-22 13:06:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Whitehound
Andski wrote:
No, it should be a necessity everywhere. Hisec should never become a place where you can be complacent and go AFK, period. Deal with it.

Sure it should, but it cannot, because it is how most players start in EVE. You then do not teach them the necessary skills with what you do. What you do is like punching someone in the nose and expecting he now knows Jujitsu.

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.

Ginger Barbarella
#302 - 2013-03-22 13:07:18 UTC
ISD Ezwal wrote:

5. Trolling is prohibited.

Trolling is a defined as a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting other players in an attempt to incite retaliation or an emotional response. Posts of this nature are disruptive, often abusive and do not contribute to the sense of community that CCP promote.



Wow, really?!?!? Since when?!? Lol

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac

Whitehound
#303 - 2013-03-22 13:12:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Whitehound
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
ISD Ezwal wrote:

5. Trolling is prohibited.

Trolling is a defined as a post that is deliberately designed for the purpose of angering and insulting other players in an attempt to incite retaliation or an emotional response. Posts of this nature are disruptive, often abusive and do not contribute to the sense of community that CCP promote.



Wow, really?!?!? Since when?!? Lol

The rules have numbers and their numbers somewhat represent their birth time. Number 5 means it is pretty old. You should check the rules once in a while. It is quite amusing what they had to add as new rules. I might be discussion forum rules with you at this moment..., but all I am really saying is that I appreciate the effort. Cool

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.

Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#304 - 2013-03-22 13:16:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Andski
Whitehound wrote:
Andski wrote:
No, it should be a necessity everywhere. Hisec should never become a place where you can be complacent and go AFK, period. Deal with it.

Sure it should, but it cannot, because it is how most players start in EVE. You then do not teach them the necessary skills with what you do. What you do is like punching someone in the nose and expecting he now knows Jujitsu.


No, if they're flying a pimp-fit mission ship, they better damn well know their Jujitsu.

Also if you're going to say that new players are the ones who start out by going AFK, you should be asking for the tutorial to be changed to say that PvP is a possibility anywhere, not for more exceptions to be made to hisec that would benefit you more than it would any newbie.

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar

Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#305 - 2013-03-22 13:29:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Solstice Project
I cant imagine how dumb you all are. Except whitehound.
16 pages in a trollthread and it only needed a small quote put out of context
and you morons keep going, because whitehound owns all of you.

This isnt a matter of perspective. He owns you guys.

I congratulate you for your ability to manipulate people, whitehound.
Caldari Citizen 1897289768188
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#306 - 2013-03-22 13:31:25 UTC
Andski wrote:
Whitehound wrote:
Andski wrote:
No, it should be a necessity everywhere. Hisec should never become a place where you can be complacent and go AFK, period. Deal with it.

Sure it should, but it cannot, because it is how most players start in EVE. You then do not teach them the necessary skills with what you do. What you do is like punching someone in the nose and expecting he now knows Jujitsu.


No, if they're flying a pimp-fit mission ship, they better damn well know their Jujitsu.

Also if you're going to say that new players are the ones who start out by going AFK, you should be asking for the tutorial to be changed to say that PvP is a possibility anywhere, not for more exceptions to be made to hisec that would benefit you more than it would any newbie.


Right because every one has endless moon goo and isk and can buy everything they want day one in the game. Hi-sec should be a more relaxed area of the game. It shouldnt be an area where the goons can manipulate with hulkagedeon and ganking.

This game can and should be for every play style not just the way you wish or want it or imagine it to be.
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#307 - 2013-03-22 13:31:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Vaerah Vahrokha
RubyPorto wrote:

Once again, the fact that you don't want to choose an option does not mean that it ceases to exist. None of the options are perfect, and none are meant to be. They are all tradeoffs.


Look, Velicitia above you has replied in a satisfactory and effective way.
Your suggestions tend to provide vastly suboptimal solutions I am sorry. It was back at the barges times, it's now.

A simple "Black Frog" (I did not know they also do hi sec) reply was a good one.

Why do you think you should be able to move large volumes of expensive cargo in a manner that is fast, free, and safe?

I want freedom to choose my ships fittings in case you have not noticed yet.
EvE is an all round sandbox game, I should be able to decide if I want a slower, expensive, tanked solution or a riskier one or even a smuggler setup.
There's no "safe" in EvE, just degrees of compromise. I want to be able to compromise on the ship setup, not to have some artificial cap imposed on the ship, as "artificial" is as bad as the barges tank.


RubyPorto wrote:
I've done freighter escort ops. Back when the NC was evacuating assets from Branch. They suck.


And I loved them. See, I am not the only one that begs to differ about other people's opinions Blink


RubyPorto wrote:

Once again, just because you're not the one putting the effort in, doesn't mean that the effort doesn't happen. Also, removing JFs would not change the "problem" that the end user doesn't feel the pain of moving freighters.


I indicated that there was effort behind. I *have been* logistics officers, have you been that?
The average "Joe the alliance grunt" though will never notice that, they just have an happy life.


RubyPorto wrote:

Again, there's no reason whatsoever to wait for DT to move a JF (unless you have terrible taste in midpoints).


Unsurprisingly, the low sec systems next to trade hubs tend to be inhabitated by ill intentioned guys.
I am not going to waste a 7B ship + 10B cargo because at peak hour the server coughed, black screened of death or whatever.
I had super extensive experience about how bad low sec servers can behave Cry


RubyPorto wrote:

Offer a third party a bonus for timely delivery or do it yourself (Multiboxing freighters is another option to consider).

Why in the world should it need to have 450k EHP? The whole point of removing the CHA cheese was that you should not be able to move large volumes of expensive cargo fast, free, and safely.

325k EHP (or 270k and 10s align) is pretty good for the volume carried. The Obelisk only has 200k EHP, so you're at better than 150% its EHP.



I am already doing that. 4 freighters carrying 50k m3 each out of 900k, talk about a waste of multiboxing.

About the EHP, people can sacrifice their tank to fit cargo expanders and triple+ their payload, why isn't there a "bulkheads plus" mod to create a slow, smaller cargo brick?

After all there are battleships that can be bought for super brick fitting, why not also implement a logistics choice as well.
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#308 - 2013-03-22 13:33:39 UTC
Andski wrote:

No, it should be a necessity everywhere. Hisec should never become a place where you can be complacent and go AFK, period. Deal with it.


Hi sec should never have existed, period.

Can't understand why way lesser PvP games have extremely limited "safe" zones (and they provide nothing but shelter and some training NPCs) while EvE - the premier PvP game - has so much hi sec it hurts.
Caldari Citizen 1897289768188
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#309 - 2013-03-22 13:41:01 UTC
Andski wrote:
Caldari Citizen 1897289768188 wrote:
Hi-sec does need more exceptions. It needs all the protection it can get from goonie exploitation.


so you're admitting that hiseccers should not need to make wise choices and simply have everything handed to them by CCP so that gameplay in hisec is even more mindless?

sorry but your mentality is the problem


No what I am saying that as goons find more ways to exploit game mechanics that changes need to be made to counter your exploits. Thats what I am saying sorry its not what you would like or want me to say.

Moving forward plesase dont be presumptuous and try to speak for me. I am certain the only thing we share are the same planet.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#310 - 2013-03-22 13:46:22 UTC
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:

A simple "Black Frog" (I did not know they also do hi sec) reply was a good one.


Well, it's actually Blue Frog if you're sticking to hisec with >1b collateral. Blackfrog is for low/NPC Null deliveries.

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia

Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#311 - 2013-03-22 13:49:29 UTC
Solstice Project wrote:
16 pages in a trollthread and it only needed a small quote put out of context
and you morons keep going

Apparently calling a troll a troll in a troll thread constitutes a personal attack, so instead people entertain themselves.

vOv

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.

Whitehound
#312 - 2013-03-22 13:52:15 UTC
Velicitia wrote:
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:

A simple "Black Frog" (I did not know they also do hi sec) reply was a good one.


Well, it's actually Blue Frog if you're sticking to hisec with >1b collateral. Blackfrog is for low/NPC Null deliveries.

There is also Push Industries, who offer this all in one (high-, low-, null-sec, 860k m3 standard, up to 981k m3 possible and up to 5b ISKs).

Loss is meaningful. Therefore is the loss of meaning likewise meaningful. It is the source of all trolling.

Skeln Thargensen
Doomheim
#313 - 2013-03-22 13:53:58 UTC
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:
Hi sec should never have existed, period.

Can't understand why way lesser PvP games have extremely limited "safe" zones (and they provide nothing but shelter and some training NPCs) while EvE - the premier PvP game - has so much hi sec it hurts.


This is simple to explain.

EVE is not a PvP game. It's an MMORG with both PvE and PvP elements and nothing much compels you to do either.

forums.  serious business.

Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#314 - 2013-03-22 13:54:13 UTC
Caldari Citizen 1897289768188 wrote:
Right because every one has endless moon goo and isk and can buy everything they want day one in the game.


We don't have endless moongoo and ISK either.

Caldari Citizen 1897289768188 wrote:
Hi-sec should be a more relaxed area of the game. It shouldnt be an area where the goons can manipulate with hulkagedeon and ganking.


It is more relaxed. But it's not a perfectly quiet part of the game where you can putter about free of worries.

Caldari Citizen 1897289768188 wrote:
This game can and should be for every play style not just the way you wish or want it or imagine it to be.


Yep, including ganking for profit.

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar

dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#315 - 2013-03-22 14:04:00 UTC
Andski wrote:
We don't have endless moongoo


the moons has run dry?

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

Caldari Citizen 1897289768188
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#316 - 2013-03-22 14:06:50 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Solstice Project wrote:
16 pages in a trollthread and it only needed a small quote put out of context
and you morons keep going

Apparently calling a troll a troll in a troll thread constitutes a personal attack, so instead people entertain themselves.

vOv


I would venture to guess you had almost all your post removed?
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#317 - 2013-03-22 14:07:13 UTC
dexington wrote:
Andski wrote:
We don't have endless moongoo


the moons has run dry?


Number of moons * 100 * 24 per day isn't endless

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar

March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#318 - 2013-03-22 14:20:25 UTC
Andski wrote:
dexington wrote:
Andski wrote:
We don't have endless moongoo


the moons has run dry?


Number of moons * 100 * 24 per day isn't endless

endless means "without end". It does not mean anything about width.

so yes, unless moons are going dry moon goo is endless.

The Mittani: "the inappropriate drunked joke"

Caldari Citizen 1897289768188
HOW to PEG SAFETY
#319 - 2013-03-22 14:43:04 UTC
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:
Andski wrote:

No, it should be a necessity everywhere. Hisec should never become a place where you can be complacent and go AFK, period. Deal with it.


Hi sec should never have existed, period.

Can't understand why way lesser PvP games have extremely limited "safe" zones (and they provide nothing but shelter and some training NPCs) while EvE - the premier PvP game - has so much hi sec it hurts.


No one is asking for complete safety. In fact had you read the entire thread you would noticed I said gank all you want just remove the profit. Ganking should be for spite or revenge just as DEV Soundwave suggested not profit.

The problem exist because of what we have created in null. Null players are bored. Null is set up on a moon goo production to keep making ships and isk. Null pvp is blob warfare and Blackop cynos and Titan bridges. PVP in null requires effort planning and is far from safe as opposed to be able to run to hi-sec and gank some people who aren’t set up expecting or ready for pvp.

So yes changes need to continue to be implemented by CCP just like they did for mining barges to ensure no one group can exploit game mechanics.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#320 - 2013-03-22 14:50:07 UTC
March rabbit wrote:
endless means "without end". It does not mean anything about width.

so yes, unless moons are going dry moon goo is endless.


mission income is endless as it cannot be taken away

moons, however, can be taken away

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"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar