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Self-Destruct and get an insurance payout?
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Marlin Spikes
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-01-31 18:16:10 UTC
What insurance company would ever pay someone who willingly destroys their car, home, or internet spaceship? I've never done this in Eve, but I found out today that Eve's insurance pays out. Is this true?

Gankers who intentionally destroy their own ships (in a criminal act) don't deserve a payout, but I would argue no one deserves a payout for the willful destruction of their own ship.

Thoughts?

Bombers Rule!!!
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2014-01-31 18:18:56 UTC
You leave those poor phoenix pilots alone! It's not their fault!
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-01-31 18:24:40 UTC
It's a good thing that the insurance in eve is nothing like real insurance. If it was PvPrs would not be able to insure a ship ever.

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.
Rena Senn
Halal Gunnery
#4 - 2014-01-31 19:28:12 UTC
Put in that restriction and people will just start shooting them with alts or intentionally suiciding them at pos shield edges
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#5 - 2014-01-31 19:45:16 UTC
Marlin Spikes wrote:
What insurance company would ever pay someone who willingly destroys their car, home, or internet spaceship? I've never done this in Eve, but I found out today that Eve's insurance pays out. Is this true?

Gankers who intentionally destroy their own ships (in a criminal act) don't deserve a payout, but I would argue no one deserves a payout for the willful destruction of their own ship.

Thoughts?


I think you're taking insurance too seriously.

I also think that it is impossible for the game to determine willful destruction, so it shouldn't try to. I can warp to a belt and go afk, and no one could tell that i wasn't trying to survive.

Also, insurance did used to pay out for suicides.

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Seranova Farreach
Biomass Negative
#6 - 2014-01-31 19:51:11 UTC
this is a point.. you should not get insurance for self destructing(high low null and wspace) nor "illegal activities"(suicide ganking) in highsec.

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Marlin Spikes
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2014-02-02 00:41:08 UTC
On two occasions, we found freighters just before their wardec goes active. So we hold them in place by going GCC and bumping. Minutes before the wardec, they initiate self-destruct, avoid the loss on the wardec, and claim the insurance.

Smart move on their part.

Bombers Rule!!!
Aebe Amraen
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#8 - 2014-02-02 01:58:26 UTC
Marlin Spikes wrote:
On two occasions, we found freighters just before their wardec goes active. So we hold them in place by going GCC and bumping. Minutes before the wardec, they initiate self-destruct, avoid the loss on the wardec, and claim the insurance.

Smart move on their part.



So basically you're mad about not getting those freighters counted in your wardec stats?
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#9 - 2014-02-02 02:26:02 UTC
Seranova Farreach wrote:
this is a point.. you should not get insurance for self destructing(high low null and wspace) nor "illegal activities"(suicide ganking) in highsec.

Insurance for suicide ganking was removed years ago.

How did you Veterans start?
FT Diomedes
The Graduates
#10 - 2014-02-02 05:02:02 UTC
The OP makes a great point, they should get rid of insurance altogether.

CCP should add more NPC 0.0 space to open it up and liven things up: the Stepping Stones project.