EVE General Discussion

They really aren't, and the fixes are taking too long. We are just NOW getting the ability to insure ships. Like a year after release. Like good god its a basic function.

You sir know nothing of scrubs or gankfest.

With that being said, can I haz your stuff?

Awww sweetie lets talk sometime in game pvt chat.

FYI I have never mined an ounce of ore in eve, I just like to mess with people.

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This!

I wouldn't deploy even a keepstar at this point.

These things are too much ISK for their very short little lives.

The market is a seperate server bro.....just sayin

I sympathise with your situation. I've been accumulating resources for a citadel also, but, considering the risks posed by random A-holes I've decided not to anchor it. At least, not until our strategic position has changed and it can be protected.

The problem, as I see it, is not that citadels can be destroyed. But rather that a lot of the destruction in this game is entirely mindless and totally lacking in diplomacy. The problem, IMO, has more to do with the wardec mechanic itself. People just blow **** up because... they can, or because it is there. There is not negotiation. No intrigue. No diplomacy - and for the most part no contest and very little to even the score.

I am honestly curious where you get these notions. I mean, I agree the game is lacking conflict drivers, especially in highsec, meaning players have to go to great lengths to come up with reasons to shoot each other. I can see why you think there is little room for diplomacy, because you are right, there is little reason to attack someone other than you want their stuff or them out of your space, or are just looking for the fight itself, all reasons that leave little room for diplomacy.

But the chances of a "random A-hole" coming by to kick over your sandcastle are so remote, I wonder why you think it is a risk at all? There are thousands and thousands of citadels now, and only a few a week are being destroyed in highsec, almost all of them by mercenaries or dedicated groups that are likely doing them for a reason beyond random violence. Citadels are so annoying, and offer so little reward, to shoot that they are one of the least likely things to be shot at random. Outside of highsec maybe, although even there it is tedious enough to prevent random destruction, or more likely in a wormhole where the attacker might get a drop I can see a concern, but in highsec? Unless you make a mistake like the OP while transporting it, or get wardecced in the first 15 minutes after you deploy it and someone takes it out before you can online it, there is practically no risk of casual violence exploding your citadel.

I wouldn't hesitate for a second in deploying an Astrahus in highsec if I had some need for it (sadly I see next to no utility in doing so). Unless you are out purposely making enemies (in which case the violence coming your way won't really be random and you can test out your diplomacy skills) there is next to no chance of anyone wasting their time and their ISK to attack you.

If you think that they're using chatbots you right click on their name and report them, CCP will investigate and punish those that they find using such bots.

As for your accusation that people are clearly using chatbots I suggest that you learn about some of the features present in chat windows, especially the ability to repost things almost instantly by pushing two keys on the keyboard.

How is this thread not locked yet?

Anyways op just stop being bad. Its easy to set up citadels - in fact they are everywhere - a total cancer in eve.

Final thought - why hasnt CCP done anything about the RMT done on ebay? Just have to notify ebay that it is violating the tos and they should be pulled - easy pease.