EVE General Discussion

HI I’m trying to get my head around something so I thought I would ask here.

With the EULA rule advising that if a char feels he is being harassed by another char this is a ban able offence.
Reason why I’m asking is that a char has requested a gank of ten times or more on a NPC char and in my head this is bordering a petition from the NPC char for harassment and breaching EULA rules?.

Then again if this is the case and this is classed as harassment isn’t this then pushing the border of harassment of a char mining then being ganked all the time by one corp, or one solo char and the only way it will stop is to pay isk which then could be classed as bullying which is included in EULA as harassment?.

Under war rules it is different but if a NPC char is just trying to play the game can he or she petition this to be stopped?.
Would like some clarification thanks

Why don't you use a couple of alts?

File a petition for an official answer.

However as a general rule, if they have a reason for the continually ganking you ie; you need to buy a mining permit, then its ok.

If you move to another system, which is a significant distance away, and they follow you and you decide to move to another system a significant distance away and they follow you again. Then you might have a case.

Imagine if a player joined your corp, stole from you and dropped into a NPC corp. Would you feel it was ok to hunt them down and repeatedly blow up their ships?

lol I know who I am thanks and what corp im in but its one of those wake up in the morning with a question on my mind. Personally im happy to blow up a char any time of the day

I have only ever heard of 2 people being banned for harassment and neither instance was related to internet spaceships in any other way than words said or typed.

I dont even remember the names of the people I kill in this game...is it harrassment if i kill someone multiple times because he keeps coming back in this badger mark one to low sec?

I'm sure I read somewhere there's a limit. I'm sure if you keep following the same person around endlessly bumping them for example that was considered against the rules griefing.
I'd be very surprised if even CCP had no limits on how much you can grief.

Harassment is about the player not the character.

It's why people get shouted at for saying things like "kill your self" but not for "bio mass your self". One's aimed at the player, one's aimed at the character.

If people make no effort to move to another area it is not harrassment.
If you have reasonable expectation of profit it is not harrassment.
People ragequit EVE all the time and CCP are well aware that the real meaningful losses are also why they still have a game 10 years down the line.
Is hiring mercs to clear a system of rival miners harrasment?
Is Test being hounded out of 3 regions harrassment?
Is the guy who brought 3 unfitted ships to the same FW plex over a 2 hour period able to claim harrassment?
Is hunting down corp thieves or awoxers harrassment?
Is war deccing random corps harrassment?

Almost nothing in EVE is deemed harrassment under the EULA although IRL threats are taken very seriously. People who gank miners are never banned but many miners have had temp/perm bans for the IRL threats they have issued. Same for awoxers and corp thieves.
Basically defend what you have, hide from people or accept your losses as a price of doing business.
Whatever you do in EVE you can find fairly safe places to do it in high, low, wh or null. It isn't other peoples fault if you don't try to do this.

^^ Pretty much that, but even then, it's iffy. Just don't be this guy: http://eve-kill.net/?a=system_detail&sys_id=5360 — stay away from people in newbie frigates in the newbie systems, and don't make it so that they can't play the game.