EVE General Discussion

It's far more plausible than the tinfoil hattery that you're spouting.

There are already counters to being scanned, ganking does not need even more nerfs.

It isn't a good one either.

People have always used alts to gank, before alphas they used trials. Alphas are already down on DPS compared to what could be achieved with a focused skill plan on a trial character, why penalise them further?

You could get more DPS out of a Catalyst with the time limited trial account than you can get with an alpha.

Not strictly within the spirit of the rules but it was done, and it was done with multiple trial accounts at the same time, as one expired the next was reaching peak DPS.

Alpha clones may well have slowed down account churn, because they don't expire.

Eve does not support ganking. People who gank will lose their ship to concord. (think about what I am saying carefully.)

It doesnt nerf suicide ganking.
It doesnt remove the existing counters to being scanned.

It just makes scanning a suspect offense, thus creating more player opportunity to engage.

It does not nerf suicide ganking at all.
It makes zero change to the activity of attempting to destroy a target before CONCORD curbstomps you.

It doesnt nerf the means available to counter scanning at all.
You can still double wrap, fill cargo with trash lists, cloak, instawarp, use blockade runners etc.

It just makes scanning a suspect offense, as an intrusive act, so other players can destroy you.
This is good for generat7ng more ship destruction and aggression in HS.

If you want to intrusively gain info on the fit/cargo of a target, which is their private data, there should be consequences.
It is rational that this act should incur a suspect timer, just as looting someone elses wreck does.

Contraband scanning can be implemented separately, as a CONCORD and Customs sanctioned act, with a specific module that ONLY scans for contraband, and making the target a suspect if the scan identifies contraband.

Your arguments arent honest.

Suicide ganking is unaffected.
Means of avoiding scanning are unaffected.

The invasive act of prying into someone elses private data is met with a suspect timer, thus creating more surface area for aggression and ship destruction.

The difference between a ship/cargo scanner, and a contraband scanner, is that the former display the contents, whereas the latter only check whether yes/no there is contraband, in which case a suspect timer is activated on the smuggler.

Incurring a suspect timer for ship/cargo scanning directly leads to more pvp in HS.

Your arguments arent honest because you conflate suicide ganking, with ship/cargo scanning.
They are two separate acts and mechanics.
It is also dishonest to claim that enforcing a suspect timer on ship/cargo scanning would not increase surface area for player aggression in HS.

Pre-change, I can do nothing when someone intrusively inspects my ships contents.
Post-change, I can attack the player intrusively inspecting my ships contents, as can others.
There is no way whatsoever to claim that that does not constitute more pvp in HS.

Incurring a suspect timer for invasively investigating someones private ship data, doesnt change suicide ganking.

You dont need to scan a ship, to suicide gank it.
Going suspect, does not prevent you from further scanning.
Going suspect from scanning, does not prevent you from suicide ganking either.

It is irratonal to claim that incurring a suspect timer for intrusively prying into another players ship, would reduce pvp in HS. It does the exact opposite. It creates pvp opportunities.

Pre-change, you cant do anything when you are scanned.
Post-change, you and others can attack the player that is scanning.

There is no way to claim that does not constitute increasing the surface area of pvp in HS.