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Mobile Depot - Game Breaking Feature

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Xearal
Dead's Prostitutes
The Initiative.
#61 - 2013-11-26 06:40:58 UTC
Alavaria Fera wrote:
Rattman wrote:
I heard a story today about a poor little ratting thanatos that got hotdropped and scrammed by a big nasty nyx.

The thanatos dropped a depot, refitted to warp corestabs and moonwalked out on 8% structure

should've used a revenant


How is that revenant to the whining of the OP?

Seriously, someone outsmarted mr OP I'm a solo man.. I actually didn't think of keeping warpstabs in my cargo along with a depot.. I'm so going to put those in.. might come in handy somewhere.

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Rattman
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#62 - 2013-11-26 06:48:35 UTC
Alavaria Fera wrote:
should've used a revenant


Do solar own a revenant ?
I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#63 - 2013-11-26 06:50:38 UTC
This made me chuckle. Inventive way of using the mobile depot. I don't have a problem with people doing this. There are ways to counter it, so it's not OP or the likes. Just use smarter tactics next time to catch the Raven.
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#64 - 2013-11-26 07:13:32 UTC
Xearal wrote:
Alavaria Fera wrote:
Rattman wrote:
I heard a story today about a poor little ratting thanatos that got hotdropped and scrammed by a big nasty nyx.

The thanatos dropped a depot, refitted to warp corestabs and moonwalked out on 8% structure

should've used a revenant


How is that revenant to the whining of the OP?

Seriously, someone outsmarted mr OP I'm a solo man.. I actually didn't think of keeping warpstabs in my cargo along with a depot.. I'm so going to put those in.. might come in handy somewhere.

revenant would have more dps and killed the thanatos

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Sauron Bauglir
Z Special
#65 - 2013-11-26 07:41:23 UTC
One of the first things I put in my Paladin's hold alongside the depot.

Alongside scrams and webs and ecm and other deliciousness.

Didn't realise that the depot was so easy to knock into reinforced though :(

Dear CCP, please buff depot hitpoints.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#66 - 2013-11-26 08:23:43 UTC
Sipphakta en Gravonere wrote:
You could have:


  1. Brought friends
  2. Brought a HIC
  3. Bumped him out of alignment
  4. Brought a Interdictor
  5. Fit more/better scrams


Instead you come to the forum and whine about someone being better at Eve than you are. HTFU and learn to play.


Another one for that list:

Reinforce his Depot so he can't refit of it. Might need first point though.

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Doomheim
#67 - 2013-11-26 08:42:55 UTC
Felicity Love wrote:
Roggle wrote:
Today i found a raven in a wormhole, tackled it. He had setup a mobile depot and refit to warp core stabs to escape (very clever). I cant imagine this was its primary purpose but its seems like it could be abused. Solo is hard enough without have to bring 3 faction scrams to make sure you can catch PVE BS. I think that maybe you should not be able to refit if you have an agression timmer. Am I the only one who thinks this is a silly game mechanic or am i way off? Thanks


On the whole, I'm more worried about the passive effect of local grids getting fouled up because of all these "huts" being set up.

I don't think they should be deployable/anchorable any closer than 1,000 KM from an npc station and having them banned from 1.0, 0.9 and 0.8, just like Giant Secure Cans, isn't a bad idea either.

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Garia666
CyberShield Inc
HYDRA RELOADED
#68 - 2013-11-26 08:54:05 UTC
it strange that you can refit while your tackled... thats houldnt be possible if you ask me..
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#69 - 2013-11-26 08:58:36 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Roggle wrote:
I cant imagine this was its primary purpose but its seems like it could be abused.
It has no primary purpose.
It's a tool for players to use to come up with new ways of approaching the various problems they face in the game.

Maybe you shouldn't have attacked him in a place where he was free to refit to match your moves, hmm…?


This. I was trawling the replies to see if this had been said, and I'm not surprised it was you who said it.

Don't know if you know this or not, OP, but players are finding new 'purposes' for the various tools of EVE online every day. Doesn't matter what its 'intended purpose' is or was, if you want to use a hammer to smash a car window instead of for carpentry, then you can, because it is as effective for that as it is for its 'intended' purpose.

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GallowsCalibrator
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#70 - 2013-11-26 09:01:30 UTC
Emergent gameplay strikes again!
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Eve Cluster Explorations
#71 - 2013-11-26 12:07:51 UTC
My Raven was re-equipped with the following:

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Mascha Tzash
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#72 - 2013-11-26 12:12:49 UTC
Avout the "game breaking" part...

Is it breaking your game or is it breaking anyones game?
Sevendeadly Sins
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#73 - 2013-11-26 12:23:42 UTC
Harry Forever wrote:
Roggle wrote:
Today i found a raven in a wormhole, tackled it. He had setup a mobile depot and refit to warp core stabs to escape (very clever). I cant imagine this was its primary purpose but its seems like it could be abused. Solo is hard enough without have to bring 3 faction scrams to make sure you can catch PVE BS. I think that maybe you should not be able to refit if you have an agression timmer. Am I the only one who thinks this is a silly game mechanic or am i way off? Thanks


**** this is perfect :'D

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Mayhaw Morgan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#74 - 2013-11-26 13:40:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Mayhaw Morgan
Sauron Bauglir wrote:
Dear CCP, please buff depot hitpoints.

Consider fitting a large shield transporter to your Paladin to start with, so you can give your depot more shields if it comes under fire while anchoring.

Garia666 wrote:
it strange that you can refit while your tackled... thats houldnt be possible if you ask me..

It's called a "warp disruptor" not a "refitting disruptor".
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#75 - 2013-11-26 13:57:20 UTC

I love stories where the thinking player wins in the end.

Emergent game-play is either a tool in your war-chest, or it happens to you.

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#76 - 2013-11-26 14:12:59 UTC  |  Edited by: E-2C Hawkeye
Katran Luftschreck wrote:
Ah, I see how it works. Carebares complain about PvPers ruining their game and the whole forum goes into turbojerk mode and pounces on them, but when a PvPer complains that they got outwitted by a carebare then everyone sends them flowers of condolence?

Lol this is very true. When a ganker exploits game mechanics and kills a carebear its working as intended. When a CareBear uses a game feature to avoid being killed they have broken EvE.
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#77 - 2013-11-26 14:38:41 UTC
Unsuccessful's Assistant wrote:
Because the tactic was used against the op, it is deemed to be bad and gamebreaking.

Something tells me that if the op had thought of the tactic himself first, he would be flaunting it as the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Not that sliced bread is really that great.)


I`ll have you understand that sliced bread totally IS awesome. It has the awesomeness of leading us to Sandwiches. How can you consider it not that great?

As for the OP, my comment goes to the raven.

GG well played.
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#78 - 2013-11-26 14:44:52 UTC
scimichar wrote:
Roggle wrote:
Today i found a raven in a wormhole, tackled it. He had setup a mobile depot and refit to warp core stabs to escape (very clever). I cant imagine this was its primary purpose but its seems like it could be abused. Solo is hard enough without have to bring 3 faction scrams to make sure you can catch PVE BS. I think that maybe you should not be able to refit if you have an agression timmer. Am I the only one who thinks this is a silly game mechanic or am i way off? Thanks


That's a really good idea. Thanks for the tip!


and now everyone who hadn't spotted the obvious use will know - OP must want everyone using mobile depots to refit - doh!
Jythier Smith
BGG Wolves
#79 - 2013-11-26 14:50:48 UTC
Frostys Virpio wrote:
Unsuccessful's Assistant wrote:
Because the tactic was used against the op, it is deemed to be bad and gamebreaking.

Something tells me that if the op had thought of the tactic himself first, he would be flaunting it as the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Not that sliced bread is really that great.)


I`ll have you understand that sliced bread totally IS awesome. It has the awesomeness of leading us to Sandwiches. How can you consider it not that great?

As for the OP, my comment goes to the raven.

GG well played.



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Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#80 - 2013-11-26 14:54:03 UTC
E-2C Hawkeye wrote:
Katran Luftschreck wrote:
Ah, I see how it works. Carebares complain about PvPers ruining their game and the whole forum goes into turbojerk mode and pounces on them, but when a PvPer complains that they got outwitted by a carebare then everyone sends them flowers of condolence?
Lol this is very true.
It's like you live in some kind of bubble where the actual content of the thread can't touch you.

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