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Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#1 - 2016-05-13 12:33:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Robert Caldera
CCP please remove gate rats.

They add no gameplay yet just frustration when you trying to engage in player vs. player combat and NPC interfere and spoil kills.

Sabre pilots know it very well, you warped to gate in order to intercept another player vessel, yet there is a group of NPC starting hammering on your little sabre for absolutely no reason, forcing you to warp off and miss the kill.

How many kills did I already miss because of crappy NPC hanging around gates and shitting on your efforts from above!!!

Leave NPC where they belong, to anomalies, complexes and belts - bad enough they make player kills there a pain in the ass already sometimes, at least they shouldnt be at gates!
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2016-05-13 13:06:44 UTC
CCP Please add more gate rats. Specifically, incursion gate rats to highsec systems, but clearly low and null need better gate rats too, if the OP is going to whinge like this.
elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#3 - 2016-05-13 13:07:00 UTC
Aww come on, NPC like to roam too. And since they can bring capitals now they are scared of flying into belts and getting killed by the evil forces of mining boats.

I do understand their choices.

Eve Minions is recruiting.

This is the law of ship progression!

Aura sound-clips: Aura forever
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#4 - 2016-05-13 13:42:56 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:
CCP Please add more gate rats. Specifically, incursion gate rats to highsec systems, but clearly low and null need better gate rats too, if the OP is going to whinge like this.


that wouldnt have saved your space either.
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
Dreadnought Diplomacy.
#5 - 2016-05-13 14:01:14 UTC
shots fired Big smile but why can you gatecamp but rats cant? just wish they would react according to standings Roll

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Donnachadh
United Allegiance of Undesirables
#6 - 2016-05-13 14:29:00 UTC
Maybe I am flying in the wrong sections of low sec space but I have never seen gate rats attack players unless the players attack them first and I have not been back into nul sec in about 6 months so I will not speak about those rats. Any way this whole thing has me intrigued must do more research.

Even if they are attacking without provocation(being shot at) it would seem to me that this is simply presenting you with a more interesting and complex puzzle to solve and you should solve this yourself instead of whinning about it and asking CCP to solve it for you.
What specifically is it that draws agro onto you in the midst of a battle with another player / players?
Do the rats only shoot you? or do they shoot everyone in the area?
Are you the one that initiates the fight by firing the first shot?

Last thought and I know you will not like this but I simply do not care, perhaps this behavior is actually the game working as intended. My thought here is that CCP is trying to make the gate and station camps more difficult in an effort to encourage you to find other ways and other places to blow each other up.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#7 - 2016-05-13 14:33:17 UTC
If anything i believe CCP will take the opposite approach. Not only will there be rats that gate camp, but rats that roam and attack based on standings.

1v1 at the sun? Nope.

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

Daichi Yamato's version of structure based decs
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
Dreadnought Diplomacy.
#8 - 2016-05-13 14:34:13 UTC
Donnachadh wrote:
Maybe I am flying in the wrong sections of low sec space but I have never seen gate rats attack players unless the players attack them first and I have not been back into nul sec in about 6 months so I will not speak about those rats. Any way this whole thing has me intrigued must do more research.

Even if they are attacking without provocation(being shot at) it would seem to me that this is simply presenting you with a more interesting and complex puzzle to solve and you should solve this yourself instead of whinning about it and asking CCP to solve it for you.
What specifically is it that draws agro onto you in the midst of a battle with another player / players?
Do the rats only shoot you? or do they shoot everyone in the area?
Are you the one that initiates the fight by firing the first shot?

Last thought and I know you will not like this but I simply do not care, perhaps this behavior is actually the game working as intended. My thought here is that CCP is trying to make the gate and station camps more difficult in an effort to encourage you to find other ways and other places to blow each other up.


They can switch targets on the gates, they aggress different people, sometimes they dont agress, it seems random but if you sit on a gate long enough they will red box you.

basically op doesnt like his sabre being at risk while he is gatecamping, just a rant

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#9 - 2016-05-13 14:50:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Robert Caldera
Donnachadh wrote:

Even if they are attacking without provocation(being shot at) it would seem to me that this is simply presenting you with a more interesting and complex puzzle to solve


it is not.. it IS NOT an interesting puzze to solve, in the first like gaterats are part of a very annoying, tedious and cumbersome gameplay, the bad side of eve... switch ship, kill rats, switch back, being distracted by killing rats when a player escapes due to this.

Lan Wang wrote:


basically op doesnt like his sabre being at risk while he is gatecamping, just a rant


its not about the risk at all, rats dont represent a serious risk (if you arent afk at least), not more risk than a splinter in your thumb or foot which I am asking to remove.

NPC should not **** up player vs. player gameplay so much as they do atm.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2016-05-13 14:52:11 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:
Danika Princip wrote:
CCP Please add more gate rats. Specifically, incursion gate rats to highsec systems, but clearly low and null need better gate rats too, if the OP is going to whinge like this.


that wouldnt have saved your space either.



Which is completely irrelevant.

If this is not a troll thread, please explain why it's good for the game to simply remove a feature you personally dislike, instead of you actually adapting your tactics?
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#11 - 2016-05-13 14:58:55 UTC
Danika Princip wrote:

Which is completely irrelevant.

like your previous post?

Danika Princip wrote:

If this is not a troll thread, please explain why it's good for the game to simply remove a feature you personally dislike, instead of you actually adapting your tactics?


I think explained it already few times in this thread.
NPC interfering in PvP activities is a bad thing.

Ofc am I "adapting".. by going back and forth switching ships but this is tedious and annoying part of game for 0 enjoyable gameplay value in return.
Lan Wang
African Atomic.
Dreadnought Diplomacy.
#12 - 2016-05-13 15:02:13 UTC
why is it a bad thing? because you throw up a bubble to interfere with someone else you feel rats shouldnt be around to interfere with you?

Domination Nephilim - Angel Cartel

Calm down miner. As you pointed out, people think they can get away with stuff they would not in rl... Like for example illegal mining... - Ima Wreckyou*
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#13 - 2016-05-13 15:02:28 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:


I think explained it already few times in this thread.
NPC interfering in PvP activities is a bad thing.


Why is it a bad thing?
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2016-05-13 15:17:02 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:
Danika Princip wrote:

Which is completely irrelevant.

like your previous post?

Danika Princip wrote:

If this is not a troll thread, please explain why it's good for the game to simply remove a feature you personally dislike, instead of you actually adapting your tactics?


I think explained it already few times in this thread.
NPC interfering in PvP activities is a bad thing.

Ofc am I "adapting".. by going back and forth switching ships but this is tedious and annoying part of game for 0 enjoyable gameplay value in return.



Maybe you should try adapting in a different way?

Perhaps by bringing a friend, tanking your dictor, or using an anchorable bubble or even a HIC instead?
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#15 - 2016-05-13 15:37:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Robert Caldera
why should I adapt in a difrent way? I already adapted, if I do it in a different way, I wouldnt find it less annoying to deal with..

ofc I can bring an alt merely for killing these rats, yet alternatively I can go to forum and express an idea to fix this broken annoying part of eve, which I'm doing here in a correct subforum, like other people who express good (or dumb) ideas.

Whats the point of having rats annoying players at gates??
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#16 - 2016-05-13 15:42:11 UTC
Why should it be the entire game that changes, not a single player?
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#17 - 2016-05-13 20:44:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Bumblefck
Quote:
How many kills did I already miss because of crappy NPC hanging around gates



I might suggest that you have bigger problems if you're afraid of little red crosses when engaging other players


e: As you said in the AFK Cloaking thread that was locked:


Quote:
sitting cloaked forever is fine and working as intended.



we could say that the same is pretty much true for rats on gates.

Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .

Bumble's Space Log
Iain Cariaba
#18 - 2016-05-13 20:58:59 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:
why should I adapt

Judging by your recent posting history, this seems to be your attitude towards pretty much everything you dislike.

You have a problem with an aspect of the game. The onus is upon you to overcome that problem.
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
#19 - 2016-05-13 22:11:09 UTC
Iain Cariaba wrote:
Robert Caldera wrote:
why should I adapt

Judging by your recent posting history, this seems to be your attitude towards pretty much everything you dislike.

You have a problem with an aspect of the game. The onus is upon you to overcome that problem.



then we might as well close this section of forum, right?
Since its always your problem with an aspect of the game, you have to overcome.
elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#20 - 2016-05-13 23:24:11 UTC
Robert Caldera wrote:
Iain Cariaba wrote:
Robert Caldera wrote:
why should I adapt

Judging by your recent posting history, this seems to be your attitude towards pretty much everything you dislike.

You have a problem with an aspect of the game. The onus is upon you to overcome that problem.



then we might as well close this section of forum, right?
Since its always your problem with an aspect of the game, you have to overcome.


B-b-but you started it..

Maybe I are doing this wrong and gaterats that just warped out of the last belt and warped to a gate I am sitting on and think "e2 was mean to us for 10 years now, ATTACK!!", are fine.
If you pvp boat cannot handle a tiny boat, you chose the wrong one.

Eve Minions is recruiting.

This is the law of ship progression!

Aura sound-clips: Aura forever
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