Missions & Complexes

gb2wow

OP, there is a solution for your problem.

Just biomass yourself.

Just go somewhere else, they just baiting you into a fight and they only hang around the more densely populated areas..

Real question: Does WOW allow that? If so, it is less bad than I had been led to believe.

I, for one, would love that mechanic. Anyone but the 'owner' entering a mission area should be shootable w/o CONCORD intervention. I would prefer it was a suspect timer, but we all know that both carebears and gankers would squeal like raped-piggies. I will settle for a limited engagement being opened between 'owner' and 'interloper'.

If you can't cope with the competition, you need to find yourself another profession.

Also, CCP already has a solution to this:
If someone steals stuff from you, he becomes a suspect or criminal and you can shoot him.

Open ended game play has always been the way of Eve and yes, I'm one of those pesky interlopers. It happens to me and I do it to other people so it's hardly one sided.

The thing is, once you understand this it adds a whole new dimension to game play. You're trying to get the site done before someone else finds it, so you're spamming d-scan looking for probes, and if and when they appear the adrenaline kicks in and you know you have to get to the end before they get there. The sudden competitive aspect can be really exciting.

If they enter the site you're running then it's a whole new ball game as it's a cat and mouse game of speed, trying to get through gate(s) before they do. Essentially it's all about speed. I've evemailed people that I've come across in really slow ships to try and advise them how to run them better (imo of course). I always o7 in local whether i scoop the loot or get beaten to it because to me it's always about the race.

If I can pass on some advice:

Always, always get the commander as soon as it appears. Don't pee around trying shoot anything else otherwise I'll come in, shoot it and loot it.

Fly something fast - 1000m/s or faster. Don't worry too much about your cap. Your job is to get in, shoot the commander and get out. As long as your tank can hold out long enough then you're fine.

Be aligned and moving over the gate as the last rat dies so you warp first. It's here I often fail so trust me on this one, a few seconds can make all the difference.

Stop worrying. You win some and you lose some. As long as you're not losing all the time it's not a problem.

I get the distinct impression that you did not engage any higher processes prior to posting, or are unclear on the consequences of engagement timers.

If I am playing whack-a-mole and you wanna race me to whack the "Golden Mole"- Thats cool. Nothing I said would prevent this.
However, there is nothing more EVE like than me beating the crap out of you with the hammer prior to the 'Golden Mole' appearing. Competition and opportunism at its finest baby girl.... embrace it or sit back down.

You should probably engage some higher processes before reading threads because nothing in your reply is relevant to what I said. If anything, I agree with you. Still, full marks for impotent aggression, though.