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Just how do you transport contraband?
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Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-04-02 19:56:26 UTC
Concord can scan my Blockade runner....I found out the hard way.

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#2 - 2014-04-02 19:59:26 UTC
I was recently wondering if a Target Lock Breaker would help.


How much did you get fined?

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Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#3 - 2014-04-02 20:01:36 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Just how do you transport contraband?


Wary, wary, carefully.

And use a scout.



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Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#4 - 2014-04-02 20:14:31 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
I was recently wondering if a Target Lock Breaker would help.


How much did you get fined?



I dont recall. It was some time ago when I attempted it and havent tried since. i was just suprised they could scan my "unscannable" ship.

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Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#5 - 2014-04-02 20:28:13 UTC
I ran into the exact same problem before, too. Filed a ticket. CCP's response was "Our bad, we should have said so in the description. You still get the shaft, though."

Sold the stupid BR the next day.

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Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#6 - 2014-04-02 20:37:57 UTC
Just need a clarification here.

Isn't it the police and not Concord that scan for contraband?

If so, you should be able to avoid them if you agility tank your Blockade Runner.

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Kaidu Kahn
POT Corp
#7 - 2014-04-02 20:37:58 UTC
1. Put your contraband into a storage container.
2. Create a private courrier contract from where you are (A) to where you want to go (B) with that container and 1 unit of anything else as the cargo and yourself and the transporter.
3. Accept contract
4. Place shrink wrapped contract goods in your cargo bay.
5. Travel point A to B
6. Dock at B
7. Complete contract
8. Profit $$$

Apparently they can't scan inside shrink wrapped containers very well. Last time I did it, it worked great.
Regan Rotineque
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-04-02 20:51:37 UTC
Drugs r bad mmmmkay
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#9 - 2014-04-02 20:57:26 UTC
Mr Epeen wrote:

Isn't it the police and not Concord that scan for contraband?


That would be essentially correct. And the "man" does not have a presence at every gate.





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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#10 - 2014-04-02 21:12:17 UTC
Kaidu Kahn wrote:
1. Put your contraband into a storage container.
2. Create a private courrier contract from where you are (A) to where you want to go (B) with that container and 1 unit of anything else as the cargo and yourself and the transporter.
3. Accept contract
4. Place shrink wrapped contract goods in your cargo bay.
5. Travel point A to B
6. Dock at B
7. Complete contract
8. Profit $$$

Apparently they can't scan inside shrink wrapped containers very well. Last time I did it, it worked great.




LOL I saw that and then noticed your corp.

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Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-04-02 21:19:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Doireen Kaundur
Doc Fury wrote:
Mr Epeen wrote:

Isn't it the police and not Concord that scan for contraband?


That would be essentially correct. And the "man" does not have a presence at every gate.



I did not know that. Thanks.


Kaidu Kahn wrote:
1. Put your contraband into a storage container.
2. Create a private courrier contract from where you are (A) to where you want to go (B) with that container and 1 unit of anything else as the cargo and yourself and the transporter.
3. Accept contract
4. Place shrink wrapped contract goods in your cargo bay.
5. Travel point A to B
6. Dock at B
7. Complete contract
8. Profit $$$

Apparently they can't scan inside shrink wrapped containers very well. Last time I did it, it worked great.



Thanks. will try that. I'll also pack it in coffee grounds to throw off the drug sniffing slaver hounds.

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Chopper Rollins
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2014-04-02 21:38:46 UTC
Only Customs frigates scan for contraband, you have to be decloaked within 10km of one.
Agility fit Blockade runner still might get the warning notify but you don't have to sit there and take anything, just split.
I learned all about this as a newb, wanted to go red from moving drugs n firearms, tiny fines, tiny sec loss that's only faction and eventual confiscation when i wasn't fast enough on a gate.
On the other hand, have used the customs mechanics to both set and evade traps, it's probably the most engaging thing in highsec.


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Marsha Mallow
#13 - 2014-04-02 21:43:27 UTC
Get some other tit to do it Roll

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Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Regan Rotineque
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2014-04-02 22:06:28 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Get some other tit to do it Roll


This is the GD post of the year
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#15 - 2014-04-02 22:08:30 UTC
Chopper Rollins wrote:
Only Customs frigates scan for contraband, you have to be decloaked within 10km of one.
Agility fit Blockade runner still might get the warning notify but you don't have to sit there and take anything, just split.
I learned all about this as a newb, wanted to go red from moving drugs n firearms, tiny fines, tiny sec loss that's only faction and eventual confiscation when i wasn't fast enough on a gate.
On the other hand, have used the customs mechanics to both set and evade traps, it's probably the most engaging thing in highsec.





Smuggling is very neglected though, almost like an afterthought. I wonder if people do it for ISK, or if there's profit in it.

One of the things we hoped for with WiS was the implication from one of the trailers about having to leave the pod to do "certain things" and so we imagined an underworld in the stations of sorts (I wanted to actually use those guns but that's the FPS in me).

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Joshua Foiritain
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#16 - 2014-04-02 22:16:22 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Kaidu Kahn wrote:
1. Put your contraband into a storage container.
2. Create a private courrier contract from where you are (A) to where you want to go (B) with that container and 1 unit of anything else as the cargo and yourself and the transporter.
3. Accept contract
4. Place shrink wrapped contract goods in your cargo bay.
5. Travel point A to B
6. Dock at B
7. Complete contract
8. Profit $$$

Apparently they can't scan inside shrink wrapped containers very well. Last time I did it, it worked great.



Thanks. will try that. I'll also pack it in coffee grounds to throw off the drug sniffing slaver hounds.

It only works in Orcas or Freighters though. Bear

Chopper Rollins wrote:
Only Customs frigates scan for contraband, you have to be decloaked within 10km of one.
Agility fit Blockade runner still might get the warning notify but you don't have to sit there and take anything, just split.
I learned all about this as a newb, wanted to go red from moving drugs n firearms, tiny fines, tiny sec loss that's only faction and eventual confiscation when i wasn't fast enough on a gate.
On the other hand, have used the customs mechanics to both set and evade traps, it's probably the most engaging thing in highsec.

Keep in mind that the popup comes with a fine and a standing penalty, you may get away with the stuff but the fines add up quickly and will destroy your profit margins Blink

Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Smuggling is very neglected though, almost like an afterthought. I wonder if people do it for ISK, or if there's profit in it.

Drug producers do it, gotta get them drugs to jita Big smile

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Ludi Burek
The Player Haters Corp
#17 - 2014-04-02 22:41:03 UTC
Sadly smuggling in eve is like exploration. Just like exploration is basically a nerd treasure hunt and not exploration at all, smuggling in eve is just a mad dash to a destination while hoping you don't cop too many fines.


Drug smuggling to HS locations summed up:


1.) Bring goods to a low sec system closest to your high sec destination

2.) Load goods into something that can warp cloaked and align fast(ish).

3.) Make a mad dash to destination. Accept the fact that there will be a fine or two but it's random. You could have a good day without fines.

4.) Profit

Did I just break your immersion? Lol
Joshua Foiritain
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#18 - 2014-04-02 22:57:20 UTC
Ludi Burek wrote:
3.) Make a mad dash to destination. Accept the fact that there will be a fine or two but it's random. You could have a good day without fines.

iirc on average you'll find customs on about 50% of your out gates, all of which will fine the second you land on grid. This method does work though even if its hilariously expensive.

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SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#19 - 2014-04-02 23:05:38 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Chopper Rollins wrote:
Only Customs frigates scan for contraband, you have to be decloaked within 10km of one.
Agility fit Blockade runner still might get the warning notify but you don't have to sit there and take anything, just split.
I learned all about this as a newb, wanted to go red from moving drugs n firearms, tiny fines, tiny sec loss that's only faction and eventual confiscation when i wasn't fast enough on a gate.
On the other hand, have used the customs mechanics to both set and evade traps, it's probably the most engaging thing in highsec.





Smuggling is very neglected though, almost like an afterthought. I wonder if people do it for ISK, or if there's profit in it.

One of the things we hoped for with WiS was the implication from one of the trailers about having to leave the pod to do "certain things" and so we imagined an underworld in the stations of sorts (I wanted to actually use those guns but that's the FPS in me).



As is just about every other dumb profession that the average person associates with any given space game. Every time some eager newbie talks about how he wants to be a "Bounty Hunter" I just laugh and pat him on the shoulder.

NPC's in this game are a ******* joke, smuggling stuff past NPC's is dumb as hell. Until they build a reason for players to do the job of both the smuggler and the hunter it's pointless to treat it as a profession that you would even care about.
Don Pera Saissore
#20 - 2014-04-02 23:12:20 UTC
If it's so easy then why was i scrambled inside the gate warp animation. Please don't tell me it was "for my protection", that's what the cops told me.
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