Crime & Punishment

Wait, did you just yell "MOM!, Feyd is bugging me!!!" ?

REEE REEE REEE!

So uhhh... do we actually know what they're doing with bumping yet?

Oh well, saddens me that you claim to see anger or at least try to provoke an angry reaction in every poster who disagrees with you. I hope that passive-agressive Pedro is just a persona, but I doubt it.

You didn't have a NOS system installed so it shouldn't do damage.

Being -10 in highsec already has consequences. It limits your gameplay options. On my -10 characters I can do a couple of things. I can move through highsec but I can never stop moving. So all I'm really limited to doing is just more ganking.

If I want to do things like suspect bait then I need to buy tags for 300m. So now my security status is high enough to have unhindered movement. If I gank again I have to decide if I'm going to limit the amount of things I aggress or do I go all out and get back to -5 within a few hours. A few pods later and that 300m tag purchase is gone.

Heya, I'm Puddsy, one of New Eden's top haulers right now. I deal heavily within EVE's hauling community, on the contractor and contractee sides equally.

Flying a freighter should NOT be a risk free ordeal. I should not be able to put my entire savings into a single ship and undock with no consequences. That said, I think flying a freighter (in highsec) is currently too risky. We're seeing a sharp shift towards DST and BR contracts in the Haulers Channel, as well as NEE's recent change to their freighter service.

Here's what I think is wrong:

1) It's really, really, REALLY easy to bump a freighter. I've done it a few times. If you don't believe me, buy any T1 BS, fit an MWD and some nanos to it, then sit on a gate in the jita -> amarr pipe for a few minutes trying it. I've done it in an Abaddon.

2) A freighter can be killed for a small fraction of the cost it takes to build one. it costs what, 50 mil to kill a freighter? That's 20-some catas, at least. If killing a freighter cost a few hundred mil, people would be less inclined to do it. They wouldn't stop, but I think they'd do it less.

3) There's no good way to escape being bumped aside from using a webber and hoping you don't get bumped before you warp.

4) Freighters have more use OUTSIDE highsec than in it. Less so now that IHubs are 60k m3.

Here's what I think is good:

1) Freighters CAN die. If they were invincible, everyone would fly one. Like I mentioned above, i don't think that freighters should be allowed to move around with no risk. Something something sandbox.

2) Freighters have more moving power than any other ship. A million m3 is a lot. They are also the only ship that can drop outposts.

3) Freighters are like baby JFs. I like JFs. I own 3, soon 4. Freighters and JFs are the lifeblood of EVE's economy. Changing them changes the core aspects of how the game's economy works. They do need a change, though.

Anyway, that about gets across what I wanted to say. It's not exactly the bumping needs a nerf, I think it's more than hauling needs a buff.

Also: JFs are not invincible, don't try that with me. I can write a VERY detailed and specific guide on how to hunt and catch a JF if you want. This is why I think freighters should not be invincible.

Thanks,

-Puddsy

Thanks for breaking that down for me. I kinda just pulled a number out of my ass.

I've put it in my notes for future reference.

I would like to see a mechanic added where I can fill a Iteron V with explosives and self destruct it causing significant damage to everyone around me.