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Sentry guns pointless and stupid - buff them

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Beast of Revelations
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2013-04-17 23:03:07 UTC
There isn't enough risk for stupid griefer pirates camping gates in these low-sec shitholes I have to pass through on occasion. Even small ships can tank the damage - some huge tank isn't required.

Buff the stupid sentry guns. There shouldn't be zero risk and 100% reward for these idiots. It's dumb.

That is all.
Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#2 - 2013-04-17 23:06:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Sentient Blade
I seem to remember reading something a while ago about CCP potentially making sentry guns spool up to progressively higher and higher damage.

I wouldn't mind seeing higher DPS and maybe a 30 second scrambler-beam on outlaw aggression. Just something to stop gates being camped by things like single T3s sporting 200,000 EHP, skirmish gang links that can easily de-aggress if they bite of more than they can chew.

If you walk into a large camp and get killed, so be it, but yes, for anything bigger than a cruiser, the gate guns are pretty ineffective.
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#3 - 2013-04-17 23:19:18 UTC
Lost a ship eh? Smile

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Xen Solarus
Furious Destruction and Salvage
#4 - 2013-04-17 23:33:52 UTC
Yeah whatever happened to that awesome scaling damage idea for gate-guns?

I thought it was the best idea since sliced bread. Cool

Post with your main, like a BOSS!

And no, i don't live in highsec.  As if that would make your opinion any less wrong.  
dethleffs
Immortalis Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#5 - 2013-04-17 23:34:50 UTC
Maybe you should organise a campbreak and not be bothererd by it, or fly a cloaky hauler. teamplay is the name of the game peeps! And jack daniels.

gulp!



proost.
Beast of Revelations
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#6 - 2013-04-17 23:55:26 UTC
Sentient Blade wrote:
If you walk into a large camp and get killed, so be it, but yes, for anything bigger than a cruiser, the gate guns are pretty ineffective.


I just checked. It was 3 CRUISERS. No other ships involved. No 'anything bigger than a cruiser.' No 'large gate camp.'

3 cruisers can instagank an industrial and get off scott free in a 0.4sec covered in sentry guns. Good job CCP.
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#7 - 2013-04-17 23:56:24 UTC
You shouldn't be able to post if you lost a ship within 30 minutes

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#8 - 2013-04-17 23:58:39 UTC  |  Edited by: ACE McFACE
Beast of Revelations wrote:
Sentient Blade wrote:
If you walk into a large camp and get killed, so be it, but yes, for anything bigger than a cruiser, the gate guns are pretty ineffective.


I just checked. It was 3 CRUISERS. No other ships involved. No 'anything bigger than a cruiser.' No 'large gate camp.'

3 cruisers can instagank an industrial and get off scott free in a 0.4sec covered in sentry guns. Good job CCP.

1. One of those crusiers was a logi or they killed you quick enough to not die from the guns (Which in a crusier would be plenty of time).
2. You were flying one of the slowest ships in the game
3. There's no reason to fly through low sec in an Industrial (Unless its a Blockade Runner) unless you live in a high sec island surrounded by low, in which case move.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#9 - 2013-04-18 00:16:56 UTC
Show us on the ship doll where those naughty low-sec piwates touched you.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Sentamon
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2013-04-18 00:19:43 UTC
Calling gate campers pirates is an insult to all real pirates out there.

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Nerf Burger
Doomheim
#11 - 2013-04-18 00:24:35 UTC
EVE is the last bastion of the stupid pvper. Mindless and skilless activities with essentially zero risk are rewarded. The tears would certainly flow if sentry guns were buffed but it is needed for this game to be less of a joke amongst the pvp gamer community.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#12 - 2013-04-18 00:41:08 UTC
Nah. In fact, the recent nerf to the effectiveness of sentry guns was pretty good. More of the kind is needed.

Sentries, like CONCORD, aren't there to protect you — they're there to shift the balance of player action. In low, they mean the non-aggressor side has roughly one more ship on their side. If the aggressors can compensate for this, then good on them.
dark heartt
#13 - 2013-04-18 01:07:08 UTC
Harden up. You lost a ship and you are emotionally posting a rage thread. It happens, but there is no need for this.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
Beast of Revelations
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#14 - 2013-04-18 01:42:22 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Sentries, like CONCORD, aren't there to protect you


While I'm not entirely sure I agree, the point I made was that the risk/reward for this kind of activity seriously needs to be adjusted.
Moneta Curran
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-04-18 01:51:11 UTC
Beast of Revelations wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Sentries, like CONCORD, aren't there to protect you


While I'm not entirely sure I agree, the point I made was that the risk/reward for this kind of activity seriously needs to be adjusted.


I agree. We should change this game asap so you can fly your untanked industrial anywhere. This is an outrage! Bear
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#16 - 2013-04-18 01:57:44 UTC
Beast of Revelations wrote:

While I'm not entirely sure I agree, the point I made was that the risk/reward for this kind of activity seriously needs to be adjusted.

Ok. Here's how you do that: don't go up against three combat ships with a transport.
Frying Doom
#17 - 2013-04-18 02:05:35 UTC
We could make the whole system a lot fairer.

Just make all sentry guns insta kill anyone that comes within 200 km of them.

so this way it effects everyone exactly the same.

Lol

Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!!
Beast of Revelations
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#18 - 2013-04-18 02:29:07 UTC
Tippia wrote:

Ok. Here's how you do that: don't go up against three combat ships with a transport.


Oh, because that's the decision I made, right? To go up against 3 combat ships in a transport?

Begone troll.
Unit757
North Point
#19 - 2013-04-18 02:52:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Unit757
You jumped into low-sec, unscouted, in an industrial. You damn well made the choice Pirate
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#20 - 2013-04-18 02:54:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
Beast of Revelations wrote:
Oh, because that's the decision I made, right?
According to this quote:
“3 cruisers can instagank an industrial”
…pretty much, yes. You made a bad decision and hilarity ensued.

Scouts and/or support works wonders for keeping industrials alive in lowsec, and with sentries backing you up, that indy doesn't even really count as a missing ship.
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