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DeadlyStormZ
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-05-10 07:38:55 UTC  |  Edited by: DeadlyStormZ
I currently lived in null sec but I found that the AFK campers are really annoying.

Most of the time, I sit in the station and wait, and it is all of my day.

Can CCP do something about it or at least they can say something like "We are looking into it"?

Maybe making the cloak device need fuel to cloak?

I joined the game for 6 months only so I am not sure if I am the only one who feels that way.

I only have a couple of hours and i see a red camping our system and adjacent system 24/7 everyday.

I can't even watch TV in my quarters! :(
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#2 - 2012-05-10 07:52:46 UTC
DeadlyStormZ wrote:
I currently lived in null sec but I found that the AFK campers are really annoying.

Most of the time, I sit in the station and wait, and it is all of my day.

Can CCP do something about it or at least they can say something like "We are looking into it"?

Maybe making the cloak device need fuel to cloak?

I joined the game for 6 months only so I am not sure if I am the only one who feels that way.

I only have a couple of hours and i see a red camping our system and adjacent system 24/7 everyday.

I can't even watch TV in my quarters! :(


OMG not a red cloaky!

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Alyssa Yotosala
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-05-10 07:52:52 UTC
Wait...let me get this straight, im having real trouble with this...

So what you are saying, is that CCP should break a perfectly good game mechanic because you are too scared to undock because somebody is in the system?

What the **** is WRONG with you? Seriously dude, this is not the game for you.

Contract all your assets to this toon, and dont forget the contents of your wallet before you biomass yourself and cancel your accounts.


.....geez, what is *wrong* with people these days?
TheSkeptic
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-05-10 07:55:45 UTC
Maybe they're not really cloaked? maybe you just can't see them because you have a bag on your head.

...

DeadlyStormZ
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-05-10 08:01:29 UTC
Perfectly good game mechanic? It is not.
Copine Callmeknau
Callmeknau Holdings
#6 - 2012-05-10 08:17:52 UTC
Yes it is, you are a member of a corp/alliance with a home system, you have a lone hostile somewhere in system, yet instead of growing a pair and undocking with your friends you are spinning your ship

Psychological warfare at it's finest

There should be a rather awesome pic here
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-05-10 08:19:16 UTC
sounds like you're getting hazed

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Klandi
Consortium of stella Technologies
#8 - 2012-05-10 08:30:04 UTC
Andski wrote:
sounds like you're getting hazed


Urban dictionary quotes the word "haze" as a type of illegal drug.

So I don't understand, the OP is being sold it? given it ? is smoking it???


Oh - just found another term - being bullied....

Now that surely is not right, because goons don't bully - DO THEY?

I am aware of my own ignorance and have checked my emotional quotient - thanks for asking
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#9 - 2012-05-10 08:32:00 UTC
Waaaa CCP, I can't play safely in my 0.0 system, that I don't want to deffend myself.

Plus I seem to have this ability to tell that someone is AFK, yet I'm also aftaid of what they might do if I leave the comfort of my a station. I mean seriously, they might just sit there all AFK and cause a serious amount of 0 damage to my ship.

I also dont want to bother protecting 'my system', or protecting myself from a potential attack. Laying a trap or grouping for safety in numbers seems like a lot of trouble that i simply can't be bothered with.

Please CCP, break cloaks so I can be totally safe in zero security space.



SOLUTION: Removed cloaked vessels from Local. Remove local from cloaked vessels to balance.
Any AFK cloakers are no longer an issue, you cant see them and they cant bother you (because they are AFK).
An active player cloaked, is now truly cloaked (as it should be), and they have to work if they want to gather intel but stay hidden.

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Marlona Sky
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-05-10 08:55:11 UTC
Typical null bear. Grow some stones will ya?
Marlona Sky
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-05-10 08:56:07 UTC
Klandi wrote:
Now that surely is not right, because goons don't bully - DO THEY?


Only the digital kind.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#12 - 2012-05-10 08:57:46 UTC
If he's AFK, he's not a threat.
If he's not AFK, try shooting him.

Problem solved!

Alternatively: remove local as an intel tool — problem solved!
Potrondal Morrison
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-05-10 10:06:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Potrondal Morrison
Jint Hikaru wrote:

SOLUTION: Removed cloaked vessels from Local. Remove local from cloaked vessels to balance.
Any AFK cloakers are no longer an issue, you cant see them and they cant bother you (because they are AFK).
An active player cloaked, is now truly cloaked (as it should be), and they have to work if they want to gather intel but stay hidden.




Covert ops are my favourate ships atm, great for zooming around null sec with mostly unhindered, yet i support this idea, all excetpt the part about remove local from cloaked vessels......give the op something more to worry about i say.

EDIT : to the OP, WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH WAAAAAHHHHHH WWWAAAAAAHHHHHH, heres the sound of the waaambulance coming, i suggest you get on it for treatment.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-05-10 10:08:30 UTC
Jint Hikaru wrote:
SOLUTION: Removed cloaked vessels from Local. Remove local from cloaked vessels to balance.
Any AFK cloakers are no longer an issue, you cant see them and they cant bother you (because they are AFK).
An active player cloaked, is now truly cloaked (as it should be), and they have to work if they want to gather intel but stay hidden.


ahahahahahahahahahahaha

get lost

Twitter: @EVEAndski

"It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths."    - Abrazzar
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#15 - 2012-05-10 10:13:39 UTC
Andski wrote:
Jint Hikaru wrote:
SOLUTION: Removed cloaked vessels from Local. Remove local from cloaked vessels to balance.
Any AFK cloakers are no longer an issue, you cant see them and they cant bother you (because they are AFK).
An active player cloaked, is now truly cloaked (as it should be), and they have to work if they want to gather intel but stay hidden.


ahahahahahahahahahahaha

get lost


Please explain your issue with this? Convince me why its a bad idea and I will stop suggesting it.

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Vile rat
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#16 - 2012-05-10 10:14:14 UTC
Number of people who've been killed by a cloaked ship : 0
Francisco Bizzaro
#17 - 2012-05-10 10:17:33 UTC
Vile rat wrote:
Number of people who've been killed by a cloaked ship : 0

And even fewer from an AFK cloaked ship.
Elara Zetoya
#18 - 2012-05-10 10:23:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Elara Zetoya
I suppose he might undock and crash into it, or something. That'd be cause for concern. Buffing that **** out of your hull takes a whole damn day.

When I'm good I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
Cassiel Valdis
#19 - 2012-05-10 10:47:15 UTC
Elara Zetoya wrote:
I suppose he might undock and crash into it, or something. That'd be cause for concern. Buffing that **** out of your hull takes a whole damn day.

This line made my night. Big smile

Hikaru wrote:
SOLUTION: Removed cloaked vessels from Local. Remove local from cloaked vessels to balance.

I agree cloaked ships should not show up on local, though honestly, I don't see why local should be taken from the cloaked ships. Sittin' around doing nothing but listening is 99% of the spy game, so why wouldn't a spy ship be good at it? All that said though, I support removing ALL ships from local until they broadcast, personally.

I once killed a six-pack, just to watch it die.
Nate Hill
Rocket No. 9
#20 - 2012-05-10 10:51:38 UTC
Carebears don't care.
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