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Just got iced by a Drifter Battleship? O.O

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Maki Osa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-04-14 07:29:31 UTC
What the hell is a Drifter, and what was his beef with me? I was just running a little L1 mission for a SOE agent in highsec and then out of nowhere this drifter thing warps in and two shots me.

Someone mentioned that they are connected to sleepers, but I haven't done anything to sleepers. The only ones I've seen in the past few days were four Circadians camping a gate who completely ignored me as I passed by.

What did I do to **** this monstrosity off, and how I can avoid his ministrations in the future?
Hector Skunk
Highsecberg.
#2 - 2015-04-14 07:30:54 UTC
I am having a hard time understanding how you can not know. Do you ever look at anything the launcher provides or care about what is happening in this game? Is this a pointless question?

I am Hector Skunk. - "Tisiphone Dira > I feel bullied."
Maki Osa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2015-04-14 07:33:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Maki Osa
I don't use the launcher. If I do, I get a socket error. So let's pretend that no, I don't actually know the answer to the question I posed, and also that I just renewed my subscription for the first time in three years, so I have no idea what the hell is going on. (Which is, you know, why I asked the question in the first place)
Tuttomenui II
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-04-14 07:39:32 UTC
If you were in fact not at the jove structure or the unknown wormhole when it killed you this is indeed odd behavior. Even more odd if you were inside the lvl1 mission when it killed you.

Only other instance of them killing that I know of outside of getting to close tot he jove structure or wormhole is if you shoot seekers or them at other locations in the system they frequently warp to and scan.

Would be dirty of CCP to make them kill people outside of those situations.

I would petition it.
Maki Osa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2015-04-14 07:41:36 UTC
Tuttomenui II wrote:
If you were in fact not at the jove structure or the unknown wormhole when it killed you this is indeed odd behavior. Even more odd if you were inside the lvl1 mission when it killed you.

Only other instance of them killing that I know of outside of getting to close tot he jove structure or wormhole is if you shoot seekers or them at other locations in the system they frequently warp to and scan.

Would be dirty of CCP to make them kill people outside of those situations.

I would petition it.


Huh. Good to know, thank you.
Brutus Utama
State War Academy
Caldari State
#6 - 2015-04-14 07:47:57 UTC
they are some OP little NPC's check their killboards.... they 1 shot carriers....

maybe you got unlucky sometimes when you get within a certain range they aggress you... maybe it found you and thought it should shoot you for being close or somthing
Maki Osa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2015-04-14 07:53:05 UTC
Brutus Utama wrote:
they are some OP little NPC's check their killboards.... they 1 shot carriers....

maybe you got unlucky sometimes when you get within a certain range they aggress you... maybe it found you and thought it should shoot you for being close or somthing


o.O Well damn. I'm going to have to be a more careful carebear I guess.
Hector Skunk
Highsecberg.
#8 - 2015-04-14 07:57:51 UTC
I apologize and suggest you take a look at CCP's youtube channel, where you can find lots of videos about ingame related events and happenings.

I am Hector Skunk. - "Tisiphone Dira > I feel bullied."
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
#9 - 2015-04-14 07:59:15 UTC
confirming drifters are CODE agents who intrude on people's missions and gank them.
Maki Osa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2015-04-14 08:03:09 UTC
Hector Skunk wrote:
I apologize and suggest you take a look at CCP's youtube channel, where you can find lots of videos about ingame related events and happenings.


Ironically, part of the reason I wasn't paying much attention was because I was also watching videos from Fanfest 2015 to catch up on things on my other monitor Lol
Hector Skunk
Highsecberg.
#11 - 2015-04-14 08:12:30 UTC
Funny! :)

I am Hector Skunk. - "Tisiphone Dira > I feel bullied."
Mari Camos
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2015-04-14 08:41:59 UTC
Maki Osa wrote:
Hector Skunk wrote:
I apologize and suggest you take a look at CCP's youtube channel, where you can find lots of videos about ingame related events and happenings.


Ironically, part of the reason I wasn't paying much attention was because I was also watching videos from Fanfest 2015 to catch up on things on my other monitor Lol


Check The Scope -videos, if you are into that kind of "lore".

Let the lager decide what is wrong, what is right.
Damjan Fox
Fox Industries and Exploration
#13 - 2015-04-14 08:48:24 UTC
@Maki Osa

did i understand that correctly? The Drifter came into your mission pocket (acceleration gate?) and attacked you in there?
And did you shoot first?

Proposal: >>> New Inventory / Item Hangar <<<
ZAKURELL0 LINDA
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2015-04-14 08:48:38 UTC
confirm op is better then many "old" players, most of them got one-shotted by drifters while OP needs 2

CCP newb ship deserves a nerfbat

RIP Iron Lady
Feu dAstres
Nox Draconum Holding Corp
#15 - 2015-04-14 09:14:36 UTC
If you have Drifter / Circadian Seeker aggression, you can remove the aggression by losing ships to them.
I recommend rookie ships as these are free and seem to meet the requirements.

Depending on what you did to get their attention in the first place, this may take 1 or 2 ships.

Drifters & Seekers will follow you around a system to resolve the aggression, including camping a station, if you dock, or a gate if you jump to another system.

Undock or re-enter the system and wait to see how they react.

Known reasons for Drifter / Seeker aggression ... so far:

1: Target and shoot a Drifter or Circadian Seeker.
2: Approach a Jove Observatory within 80 km while uncloaked.
3: Approach an Unknown Wormhole within 30 km while uncloaked.

Drifters & Seekers seem to have some sort of remote sensors monitoring locations 2 and 3 even if they are not present to observe your visit.

Feu dAstres, working with Arek'Jaalan, Project Salus (studying various recent developments)
Iroquoiss Pliskin
9B30FF Labs
#16 - 2015-04-14 10:29:56 UTC
Maki Osa wrote:
I don't use the launcher. If I do, I get a socket error.


You got...

Socketed.

Yeaaaah Cool

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Ro Fenrios
Armilies Corporation
Domain Research and Mining Inst.
#17 - 2015-04-14 10:49:19 UTC
Strangely, only place where these Drifters are absent is Anoikis, where they are supposedly coming from. I mean if they are sleepers why have they not wiped the people in wormholes first? By the way, how many of you have seen those revenant wrecks in wormholes recently? Our group found one few days ago but there were little leads to tell what had happened.
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2015-04-14 11:30:08 UTC
Anyone know if you can launch drifters at people?

ie. shoot drifter, warp to mission runner, cloak.... drifter blaps mission runner, pick up salvage, ????, Profit....

No Worries
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#19 - 2015-04-14 11:51:22 UTC
Maki Osa wrote:
I don't use the launcher. If I do, I get a socket error. So let's pretend that no, I don't actually know the answer to the question I posed, and also that I just renewed my subscription for the first time in three years, so I have no idea what the hell is going on. (Which is, you know, why I asked the question in the first place)



Using the launcher's a generally good idea. In the end, once you're connected, it shouldn't be any different to running with the exefile (as it fires up the exefile. the auth is a little different, but that's not involved after you've selected a character)

And it'll let you manage the shared cache properly.

If you are having launcher issues, I highly recommend trying a reinstall of it (just the launcher)

https://ccpcommunity.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202664365-Reinstalling-the-Launcher

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

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Ferni Ka'Nviiou
Doomheim
#20 - 2015-04-14 12:03:22 UTC
Feu dAstres wrote:
blah

Drifter aggression, tested hundreds of times across current builds:


-Approach Jove Structure or Unidentified Wormhole within 10,000 metres.

-Be on grid with Drifters for more than 60 seconds with negative standings towards Drifters faction

-Shoot Circadian Seekers or Drifters within the same 'group'

-Reenter grid with same ship used for combat against entities within the 'group'


These are the reasons, because these are what I consistently test.
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