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Why do players hate others for Auto piloting?
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#181 - 2014-08-03 15:14:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Tippia
Zimmy Zeta wrote:
As it is now, with 20 km distance, autopilot is simply too dangerous to be even considered for most pilots, so manual piloting with warp to zero is more or less standard.
All the ships landing at 15km (it's 15km, by the way, not 20) say otherwise.

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This would most likely lead to more interceptable and gankable targets at every gate, resulting in CONTENT and EMERGENT GAMEPLAY.
Highly unlikely. It doesn't make AP any more or less dangerous so the same people would still be doing it to the same extent.

Nephilims Girl wrote:
because it doesnt go to zero like it should.

Of course it doesn't. It goes to 15km like it should — that's why CCP isn't “fixing” it: because nothing is broken.
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc.
Arctic Light
#182 - 2014-08-03 18:28:10 UTC
People don't hate those who use autopilot, they hate those who lose because of it and then complain about losing their ship for being AFK or fapping or what ever you do while being on auto pilot.
Christina Project
Screaming Head in a Box.
#183 - 2014-08-03 19:23:04 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Christina Project wrote:
lol all the posters who keep swallowing the bait.


True, but complaining about it is equally pedantic. Not to mention, easily construed as attention seeking in and of itself.

If you really do have such contempt, just don't post about it.
The point.
You don't get it.
But you're not the only one.


Keep eating. xD

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Gostina Mishina
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#184 - 2014-08-03 20:47:58 UTC
LazyDeer wrote:
So why not kill my pod then? Like I stated in my post they only killed my shuttle in a thrasher, but not my pod? Then told me that I shouldn't Auto pilot around and I'm bad, because of?

New ganker may have realized only after the fact how lame an AP shuttle killmail makes him.

Everyone point at ShuttleSlayer and laugh. Lol
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#185 - 2014-08-04 05:50:46 UTC
I love players who autopilot their ships.

Especially if they have killrights.

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Super spikinator
Hegemonous Conscripts
#186 - 2014-08-04 06:54:42 UTC
Christina Project wrote:
lol all the posters who keep swallowing the bait.


There is a little bit of Ahab in all of us.
afkalt
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#187 - 2014-08-04 11:06:45 UTC
I don't often autopilot, but when I do it's a double brick tanked 'come at me bro' ship with an empty hold.

I accept that occasionally someone might hit my windshield like a bug on the freeway trying to gank me. It's tough, but I manage to sleep at night Smile
Jeremy Fischer1
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#188 - 2014-08-05 15:31:40 UTC
Autopiloting is just... bad. I welcome you to autopilot everywhere though, it makes you easier to blow up.
LazyDeer
Mandible Inc
COLONY.
#189 - 2014-08-05 20:34:14 UTC
Jeremy Fischer1 wrote:
Autopiloting is just... bad. I welcome you to autopilot everywhere though, it makes you easier to blow up.

Really explain how its bad? Yes I might get ganked but really if you lose more than me and I lose closer to nothing, and then reply I am the one who is bad? Due explain, Because I'm just going to hop in another shuttle and continue on like nothing happened. That's why people like you confuse me because eve usually has smarter players than your average MMORPG.
S'Way
State War Academy
Caldari State
#190 - 2014-08-05 21:02:13 UTC
LazyDeer wrote:

Really explain how its bad? Yes I might get ganked but really if you lose more than me and I lose closer to nothing, and then reply I am the one who is bad? Due explain, Because I'm just going to hop in another shuttle and continue on like nothing happened. That's why people like you confuse me because eve usually has smarter players than your average MMORPG.

If they only got your shuttle the ganker failed, a good ganker will take out shuttle and pod solo.
Usually that means your implants gone - so for a cheap throwaway destroyer they get a killmail with a set of +4's quite often, some +5's and hardwirings regularly too.
If you don't have implants then sure you lose nothing (unless your character has a lot of SP's so expensive clones).

For some it's a even a kind of sport to see who can get the best pod killmail of the day.
LazyDeer
Mandible Inc
COLONY.
#191 - 2014-08-05 22:29:24 UTC
S'Way wrote:
LazyDeer wrote:

Really explain how its bad? Yes I might get ganked but really if you lose more than me and I lose closer to nothing, and then reply I am the one who is bad? Due explain, Because I'm just going to hop in another shuttle and continue on like nothing happened. That's why people like you confuse me because eve usually has smarter players than your average MMORPG.

If they only got your shuttle the ganker failed, a good ganker will take out shuttle and pod solo.
Usually that means your implants gone - so for a cheap throwaway destroyer they get a killmail with a set of +4's quite often, some +5's and hardwirings regularly too.
If you don't have implants then sure you lose nothing (unless your character has a lot of SP's so expensive clones).

For some it's a even a kind of sport to see who can get the best pod killmail of the day.


This is perfectly reasonable, However were does it come from that auto piloting makes you bad now? I do not understand that if you guys are killing for sport why try to ruin it?
Vyl Vit
#192 - 2014-08-05 22:31:53 UTC
We don't hate each other for auto-piloting. We hate each other, AND some of us auto-pilot.

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Paranoid Loyd
#193 - 2014-08-05 22:34:56 UTC
Vyl Vit wrote:
We don't hate each other for auto-piloting. We hate each other, AND some of us auto-pilot.


I dont hate anyone, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to blow you up if you are acting foolish.

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#194 - 2014-08-05 22:51:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
LazyDeer wrote:
This is perfectly reasonable, However were does it come from that auto piloting makes you bad now? I do not understand that if you guys are killing for sport why try to ruin it?
Autopiloting is often done by the AFK, if you're AFK you're not technically playing the game.

Would you go AFK in any other PvP game and then whine when someone kills you?

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S'Way
State War Academy
Caldari State
#195 - 2014-08-05 23:01:52 UTC
LazyDeer wrote:

This is perfectly reasonable, However were does it come from that auto piloting makes you bad now? I do not understand that if you guys are killing for sport why try to ruin it?

AP doesn't make a player bad at all, I was just pointing out the reasoning behind why (for some) it's a bad idea to use it and why gankers go for shuttles and pods often.

If a high skillpoint player goes on AP shutling around with a set of +5's or full crystal / slave set for example then they shouldn't expect to arrive at the destination with those implants / clone still intact every time. (and there's a lot who will do exactly that, then complain about ganking when they decided to take the risk of using AP).

As for the OP and why people hate others who use AP - most players (gankers included) have no problem with it at all, it's a valid game mechanic. My guess is you got that reaction because a ganker failed to get your pod and was trying to salvage some pride to a wounded ego or something.
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