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Dr Minx
J A V A
#1 - 2015-06-27 09:52:54 UTC
how do people who deploy a MTU get attacked in high sec by random players?
Yourmoney Mywallet
Doomheim
#2 - 2015-06-27 09:55:25 UTC
ctrl-leftclick - F1
Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2015-06-27 10:10:25 UTC
Okay. I'll bite.

They don't, outside of the standard risk everyone faces of possible attack at any time while undocked.

However, once deployed, a MTU can be shot by another player. This causes them to be flagged as a suspect and be allows them to be freely engaged by anyone for the duration of the suspect timer.
People will occasionally freak out at this time because someone is going all Bruce Leeroy on their shopping cart and open fire on them.
At this point it's not really random anymore, as the person who owns the MTU is actually the aggressor and has deliberately started a fight. A limited engagement is generated and the defender may now well, defend themselves.

Hope that answers your question.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
Dr Minx
J A V A
#4 - 2015-06-27 10:12:23 UTC
thank you so if i just ignore them, there is nothing they can do, drones to passive?
Noragen Neirfallas
Emotional Net Loss
#5 - 2015-06-27 10:31:15 UTC
Dr Minx wrote:
thank you so if i just ignore them, there is nothing they can do, drones to passive?

The drone bug was fixed some time ago unless a recent patch broke it again (we can only hope). So long as you completely ignore the guy shooting your MTU and even scoop it they will get bored after killing it and move on eventually. Most have a hard and fast rule of no more then 5-10 mins per player to maximize chances that somebody will shoot them Lol. Well most people who I have rubbed shoulders with who do this.

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Dr Minx
J A V A
#6 - 2015-06-27 10:40:41 UTC
thank you all very much for your help - off to buy a mtu for my l4 missions
Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#7 - 2015-06-27 10:43:17 UTC
And hey, feel free to shoot them if you want. I'm sure they'll be super happy to shoot back.
Just keep in mind that for the duration of their suspect timer ANYONE can engage them... meaning you can invite friends to the party, but they have a much more difficult time gathering help.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
Dr Minx
J A V A
#8 - 2015-06-27 12:15:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Dr Minx
if i have a mtu out, and someone comes in and drops a can, will it scoop and loot, making me criminal?

or if they self destruct a cheap ship, and mtu scoops and loots, do i became criminal to them, corp, everyone?
Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#9 - 2015-06-27 12:27:36 UTC
No. Your MTU will not touch anything yellow as far as I'm aware. It will scoop things that belong to you and things that are marked as available to all.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
Dr Minx
J A V A
#10 - 2015-06-27 12:32:17 UTC
ok, thanks very much again
Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#11 - 2015-06-29 00:59:18 UTC
I find it practically impossible to not shoot an MTU. The goal, of course, is to get the mission runner to defend it, giving you a limited engagement. Same thing with looting wrecks. When hunting for highsec fights the most frustrating thing is when the mission runner abandons all wrecks. I have decided it is actually cheating.

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Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#12 - 2015-06-29 01:10:26 UTC
I too shoot all MTUs.
Nofear Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#13 - 2015-06-29 15:36:32 UTC
Zappity wrote:
I find it practically impossible to not shoot an MTU. The goal, of course, is to get the mission runner to defend it, giving you a limited engagement. Same thing with looting wrecks. When hunting for highsec fights the most frustrating thing is when the mission runner abandons all wrecks. I have decided it is actually cheating.


Zappity - definitely the top contributer on C&P :-)

(Ps I am NOT Zappity's alt!)

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Super Perforator
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#14 - 2015-06-29 17:25:18 UTC
Dr Minx wrote:
how do people who deploy a MTU get attacked in high sec by random players?


Well... if they don't have a permit, then we gank them.
I don't know why you think an MTU makes you automatically immune?

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5610165#post5610165

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Bellatrix Invicta
Doomheim
#15 - 2015-06-29 17:33:31 UTC
A ship orbiting an MTU is a beacon to me. If you aren't displaying the proper permit on your ship then your MTU will be shot. Really, though, a mobile tractor unit is the embodiment of bot-aspirancy. How much more automated do bots need missions to be?

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Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#16 - 2015-06-29 21:16:38 UTC
I'm just doing my bit to increase loot and salvage value for mission runners. The Noctis and MTU did such bad things to mission runner isk per hour.

Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.
Leto Thule
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#17 - 2015-06-29 21:58:46 UTC
Zappity wrote:
I'm just doing my bit to increase loot and salvage value for mission runners. The Noctis and MTU did such bad things to mission runner isk per hour.


If I have another daughter, I'm naming her Zappity.

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Noragen Neirfallas
Emotional Net Loss
#18 - 2015-06-29 23:24:59 UTC
Leto Thule wrote:
Zappity wrote:
I'm just doing my bit to increase loot and salvage value for mission runners. The Noctis and MTU did such bad things to mission runner isk per hour.


If I have another daughter, I'm naming her Zappity.

My wife refused to listen to name suggestions from me for our second. Thankfully I got to name my oldest Seras Victoria before she made this a hard and fast rule

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Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#19 - 2015-06-30 08:27:41 UTC
For best results never don't shoot the 'Magpie' MTU's.
Those silly things cost as much as some battleships and generate soooo much content when they go boom.
Disclaimer: As prices vary the above statement may become more or less true on the first part, yet the second part should remain constant. Your mileage may vary.

Last time I bagged one I got an official fan club. It made me feel special for a minute.
Of course, then I realized that I'm still terrible at this game and no number of people being worse at it than me is going to change that. That made me sad again.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
Nofear Alt
Forum Alts Anonymous
#20 - 2015-06-30 08:34:33 UTC
Omar Alharazaad wrote:
For best results never don't shoot the 'Magpie' MTU's.
Those silly things cost as much as some battleships and generate soooo much content when they go boom.


Haha - like it :-)

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