EVE General Discussion

I thought there was an undeclared Hulkageddon on at all times? Or is that now a Smack-a-Mack-ageddon?

I will admit that code can do some pretty impressive stupid stuff when they put there mind to it. Problem is that I agree with the OP on the side that a lot of times it's just "stupid stuff".

Being that this is a sandbox, its not a bad thing. You need that. But at the same time it can be annoying to people... wich just means they are doing there job. Ive always been conflicted with code. I really like how they started with the anti botting thing, but just think "meh" when they suigank a freighter in highsec. If they stuck with what they started as I might even want to join them, but at the same time, the frivolous highsec gank pirating goes against what they are supposed to stand for.

I do get it, having to watch out for them adds to the game, dont get me wrong. It just feels like they are getting bored and wandering on there ideals. Like every other person or corp in the game.. so I cant blame them, but Ide like to see someone stick to there guns for once.

AFK freighter hauling, while not as bad as actual botting, is a pretty isolating thing. Without the hard-working freighter gank squads, there would be zero risk to them and you would have no game play left at all, just people moving billions of ISK completely safely while eating dinner in the other room. AFK haulers need a villain even more than highsec miners do to help them engage with the game and bring them back into the vibrant universe that is New Eden.

The New Order is not just CODE. or freighter gankers. Most of us still target miners (even CODE. itself), and believe me, contrary to what Team Security might like to claim, CCP does not have their botting problem under control. After a while you get a feel of what is normal human (or AFK) behaviour and what miners are controlled by bots. Some nights I am pretty sure I gank more bots than not. CCP really needs to fix this.

There was always, only one way to play EVE Online. The way you want and **** anyone who doesn't like it.

On a side note. While AP hauling is a really stupid thing to do. It doesn't hurt the game. If you attack these people the only benefit is your wallet. So again.. please explain to me how you are helping the game.. You are not. You are just making ISK. IF you admit to being a highsec pirate then fine.. but dont try to fill me full of crap.

I do understand what you are saying. Believe it or not I welcome anything that makes people think before they do things iin EVE. The problem is that while you loose ships to concord.. they payout will be more. Either that or the LOLS of doing it will be worth the loss. Ide rather that they ganked every AP-ing freighter they can rather then choosing targets. at least that would make some form of sense.

Code IS NOT for the better good anymore. They are just amusing themselves. Wich is completely fine, Im not a whiner and I Play EVE because these types of things exist. But it does agitate me when people do something and PUBLIC ALLY state that it is for a different reason. Those of us that know EVE know better. Just admit what you are and stop hiding behind a lie.

Thats all I ask.. Just admit that you are being a **** for fun and I'm fine with that.

On a side note... I had a friend loose two MONTHS worth of ice mining work to a freighter suigank squad. He was also hauling a lot of stuff my friends mined. I hoever never gave him anything and still have what I mined. Because I know these things can happen. Im a smart player. I am being cautions and my friend is the exact person you speak of. I told him but it still happened. He's pissed now but I get it.

I also move things via freighter some times but never like that.. I never AP and I never haul more then the ship is worth assuming siad ship is a common target. IF someone ganks me, its just by chance and they are being dicks. So I do get the whole thing. But if you are going to say you are making the game better as a whole... then do it...dont use it as an accuse to do random crap.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I enjoy enforcing the New Halaima Code of Conduct. This is a video game I play voluntarily so of course I have fun blowing up miners, haulers and autopiloters up in highsec. I get a sense of satisfaction enforcing the risk vs. reward design of the game, and a sense of accomplishment after finding a target, managing a perfect warp-in, and successfully pulling off the gank before CONCORD or some white knights get the drop on me.

Further I get to regularly enjoy pretty explosions and the satisfaction of defeating another player in a PvP contest, and occasionally get the thrill of a big kill or loot drop out. There is nothing like finding 3B worth of implants in the head of a simple Retriever pilot, or some God-awfully expensive BPO in some industrial you ganked. It's also fun when they come back after you looking for revenge - even if most attempts are unsuccessful, I don't begrudge the few that catch me or force me to move/give up for the day. That's part of the job.

This is all entertaining and very much in the spirit of what the developers intended when they designed suicide ganking as a mechanic in highsec. Ganking also can be done solo or I can group up for bigger game making it a great occupation for someone who likes to maintain their independence or who has a strange play schedule.

Sometimes you get tears which can be entertaining, but usually if someone gets mad you just get vile abuse which quickly gets old. But making people upset is not the major point of playing the villain in highsec for me. I am just playing the game as intended and in a way I happen to find fun.

Come to Elite Dangerous.
CODE is here too, but we eat them for dinner in actual dogfights.

It's mighty glorious when actual aiming and moving skills are involved.

I still get my EVE vaccine from time to time, but the fun is in ED.

LE: problem is you can't afk mine. Then again, mining here is way faster.

Still thinks its sad that they think they are great for killing undefended ships....

kinda pushing new players away people talk about how eve is dying but the reason it will die is a large part to ridiculous children who attack newbies... i got a few friends to start playing... new char low sp so they start to mine to make a little isk up whilst they gain some skills.... nope some gankers come in and repeatably shoot their little mining frigs.... log out they never came back....

if a new player gets ganked enough they stop playing yes it is a sandbox game but this kinda thing is sad really doesnt do much except ruin the game for new players or older players who still mine in high sec. (should know better)

why doesnt code go and take some Sov if they are all high and mighty? or is it because the current owners would actually rek them because you know they actually use combat ships.