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Fixing the cloaky camping problem

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Marie Marie
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2015-11-21 14:53:21 UTC
Since ccp is clearly unwilling to deal with the problem of afk cloaky camping as an anti-content problem, it's time the players take some actions.

Everyone train up an alt to fly a stealth bomber with minimal torp skills, fly one to null sec system with ore anomalies owned by someone you're neutral (or worse) with, find a safe, and cloak up. Then go to work. Or to sleep. Make sure you re log in after each downtime, and just stay there.

Every now and then, if you happen to be around, fly to an anomaly and if there's a lone miner there, uncloak, shoot him and make him run away. Then go safe up and go afk again.

When CCP starts losing subscriptions because there are (potentially) thousands of cloaky campers destroying content, limiting the ability of null sec miners to do their thing, they'll fix it.

This seems to be the only way.

Everyone go 23x7 afk cloaky camping. We can fix this.
Canine Fiend
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#2 - 2015-11-21 14:56:34 UTC
1. No
2. If they're cloaked and AFK they pose no threat to you.
Jenshae Chiroptera
#3 - 2015-11-21 14:58:42 UTC
There is already a threadnaught for this.

Yes, cloaky camping is lame and a nuisance.
There are ways to kill them.

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.
Demerius Xenocratus
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-11-21 14:58:48 UTC
Canine Fiend wrote:
1. No
2. If they're cloaked and AFK they pose no threat to you.


And a nuclear weapon in its silo poses no threat either.
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#5 - 2015-11-21 15:06:15 UTC
Marie Marie wrote:
Since ccp is clearly unwilling to deal with the problem...

Better to accept that it isn't a problem. Nothing to fix.
Otso Bakarti
Doomheim
#6 - 2015-11-21 15:06:58 UTC
Problem? Really?Who says?

There just isn't anything that can be said!
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#7 - 2015-11-21 15:08:43 UTC
How much of a space-coward do you have to be to be simultaneously frightened and enraged by cloaked ships that can't do anything to you?

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Omnathious Deninard
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2015-11-21 15:13:35 UTC
.

If you don't follow the rules, neither will I.
Marie Marie
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2015-11-21 15:16:23 UTC
Canine Fiend wrote:
1. No
2. If they're cloaked and AFK they pose no threat to you.

Until they come home from work... at some random time hours later....
Kharaxus
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2015-11-21 15:19:02 UTC
CCP won't lose subs over this. CCP loses subs for far better reasons, approx. 20-30 steps ahead of the learning curve because people love to assume and expect.

Assumptions and expectations lead to creative content. As a result CCP gains subs.
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#11 - 2015-11-21 15:20:31 UTC
Marie Marie wrote:
Until they come home from work... at some random time hours later....

This has been covered many times in many threads.

Move one system over.

If they move with you, they aren't AFK and you can switch to either catching and killing them, or doing something else.

If they don't follow you, operate until they jump into system and then see the previous sentence.

That way, you always have a method to detect when they aren't AFK.
ISD Max Trix
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#12 - 2015-11-21 15:22:53 UTC
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