Crime & Punishment

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but it seems all I hear these days from mission runners is nonstop crying because of mission baiters. And since they mostly come here to complain, it is posted here instead of mission running. If this is the wrong place then please feel free to move it!

Problem:
1. Accept Mission
2. Warp to Mission
3. Shoot red crosses
4. Teeny tiny little ship warps in
5. Salvages your wrecks
6. Steals mission loot
7. You start to nerdrage
8. You are taunted
9. Moar nerdrage and you shoot at him
10. He kills you and you die a little inside
11, Tear of rage which is harvested and stored in cheap little bottles
12. You rage, threaten to quit, sodomize their pet spider, file ingame pettion and put on space lawyer suit and preach about bullying.

Solution:
1. Get second account
2. Steal Ganking Catalyst fit from someone in CODE
3. Move Catalyst to system your mission is in.
4. Gank the teeny tiny little ship with your catalyst
5. harvest your own tears of joy and pride
6. Bask in the approval of your parents, peers and for good measure throw in a fistpump.
7. Finish mission
8. Earn your ISK

Those bottles are NOT cheap.
Price scales dependent upon volume necessary to store.
The 50 gal drums are frighteningly expensive.

Also gonna go with the no on the catalyst. You're gonna want something that has a bit better range for it's damage application just due to jump gate distances and whatnot, well assuming you want the quick rescue. Often times during the dance the pair will wander a goodly distance from the in-gate, so the backup tends to land a distance away.
I've had catalysts try to save the princess before and it tends to end with them warping off with their arse on fire due to a face full of drones, or the sudden realization that they aren't the only ones using small blasters.

Also... a functioning Batphone is awesome.
I've had a couple of occasions in the past where it turned out the mission bear actually had friends nearby.
Their arrival changed the outcome from a doomed mission ship to 'oooh look at the pretty colors!' as my little frig went up in flames.
You don't need the special forces, sometimes a newbro who's willing to lend a hand can tip the scales in your favor.

Make friends in system and fleet up to defend each other. Friends are more fun than alts.

Better yet, have some fun with the mission baiter. Open a convo , pretend to be furious, give them ultimatums to leave now or else, at the last minute pretend to take mercy on them and offer to reach a peaceful solution, and just continue running the mission and not shooting at them. After a bit they realize they have been owned and go away shamefaced and in tears.

Elite PvE - Safety Green 4 Ever

Just fail the mission and move on. Any decent mission runner has mega positive standings already. And remember, a mission griefer who isn't getting kills, is soon no longer to be a mission griefer.

Sadly this will alienate most mission runners. Making friends involves being social.

Ya, but the implication is that if all the mission runners refuse to shoot at you, you will get bored and find something else to do.

Ah yes I learned this the hard way. Not even concerned with the missiles...WHO KNEW that medium drones with no hull tracking bonus can apply nearly full damage to an AB fit armor AF? I didn't know, but I do now.

Errr, what? So, you want to say that people shoot suspect, then whine about suspect shooting back?
Seriously, I used this to create some sort of dead space back in the days, just looting wrecks on a-bit-alternate venture fit, getting engagement, then shooting their drones, forcing them to disengage. Hell, I could actually get myself some blood on the page. If only I'd fit a scrambler. Stupid carebear mentality forfeited that.

Oh, well, back to MWO.