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Why pod kill?

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dexington
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#21 - 2014-04-03 10:45:05 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
So why do you do it?


I crack open pods to see if you are hiding something in your head.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.
Shederov Blood
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
#22 - 2014-04-03 10:45:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Shederov Blood
It promotes a healthy implant market.

Sadly, the squish sound hasn't been around for quite a few years. Sadder still, almost no one noticed it was gone.

Who put the goat in there?
Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#23 - 2014-04-03 10:49:36 UTC
Shederov Blood wrote:
It promotes a healthy implant market.



Perhaps why implants are not salvagable.

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SKINE DMZ
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-04-03 10:50:11 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:

If you really want to make podding interesting, have it remove game time. When podded, you lose 12 hours of game time in your sub.

I'm confused, that would of still brought you to create this tear thread because it brings no actual benefit to the 'podder', apart from even more tears which are already sufficient enough from a normal 'podding'.

I disagree
Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#25 - 2014-04-03 10:51:54 UTC
SKINE DMZ wrote:
Doireen Kaundur wrote:

If you really want to make podding interesting, have it remove game time. When podded, you lose 12 hours of game time in your sub.

I'm confused, that would of still brought you to create this tear thread because it brings no actual benefit to the 'podder', apart from even more tears which are already sufficient enough from a normal 'podding'.


I meant in terms of causing player grief.

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Yarda Black
The Black Redemption
#26 - 2014-04-03 10:56:19 UTC
I pod out of courtesy.

It saves time to get back to a station. It also removes a lot of stress. Cos burning 10 jumps in a pod worth billions is very stressfull. Bubbles will be your undoing. So I save people alot of nerve-wrecking jumps.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#27 - 2014-04-03 10:58:34 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
So podding is strictly ego stroking. Nevermind that you get nothing tangible out of it. If we could salavage implants, i would see the reason. But just for an e-peen erection..I dont.


Didn't even read my post, or what?



sorry, I missed it.

I guess it all depends on circumstances. You are in battle, you are improving your odds of winning Vs a ganker podding a newb for lulz.


Ganking the pod too removes the target from the system and thus, removes their eyes. Its another layer of security for our own hauler that is scooping the loot.
Grunanca
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#28 - 2014-04-03 10:59:04 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
So podding is strictly ego stroking. Nevermind that you get nothing tangible out of it. If we could salavage implants, i would see the reason. But just for an e-peen erection..I dont.


Soo basically you ignored all serious posts above you and decided to conclude what you already assumed... Why even ask then?

Pods can hold expensive implants. Most people cant replace a full slave set for every ship they lose. This means that next time you meet the person, he is likely to be weaker, which is good for you. Same counts for learning implants. If people never podded, nothing would keep people from flying around in +5 implants, mraning you would faster face worse opponents.

People can also have a bounty, in which case killing the pod can be a way to extract all the bounty money if you crack open one with the right implants.

People can still see local in a pod. They can also feed intell and even use the ingame browser. So basically you a spy in the middle of your fleet. The same pod can given the right market buy a frigate in a local station and light the cyno that brings in the hammer on you.

If you let the pod live, people can fly home and reship. Ig you kill it, they need to upgrade their clone first and in many cases end up somewhere far away.

So as meny posters before your total failure to read pointed out: Pods needs to die, just as much as the ship it used to be in!
Victor Andall
#29 - 2014-04-03 11:00:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Victor Andall
Every single player is in direct competition with you at all times.

Every single pod kill sets a player back even the slightest amount and gives you the slightest edge. Maybe implants, maybe skillpoints maybe even just the clone upgrade cost.

Never scored one because it's obscenely simple to save your pod, but you can be damned sure I tried every time.

I don't abandon wrecks either. **** the Space Police.

I just undocked for the first time and someone challenged me to a duel. Wat do?

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Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#30 - 2014-04-03 11:07:12 UTC
As an aside, now we look to be getting ship skins one way or another, am I alone in saying I would pay serious money for a Cadburys Cream Egg skin for my pod?
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2014-04-03 11:07:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Sibyyl
If podkilling wasn't a thing, PVP would not be treated with the respect it deserves. Getting blapped may have permanent consequences and implant loss. Implants are (in my opinion) the most meta-valuable things in the game, especially the attribute ones.

Edit: I have to add, I actually like podkilling because it isn't the FIRST thing that happens when you get blapped. It's like you get a second chance.. like a cat with 2 lives.

/蘭

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Ralen Zateki
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#32 - 2014-04-03 11:08:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Ralen Zateki
Actually I prefer to get podded.

I'm usually lost somewhere in null sec or deep on a roam in low sec when I get popped, so as long as i'm in the right jump clone i'll just sit there and wait for it... sometimes even ask for it.

Gets me back to station and re-shipped that much faster...



If I'm in an implant clone well that's of course different.... but i find it's typically not hard to get out if you have a warpout button.

And of course, there's the principle of "never fly what you can't afford to lose" thing...
Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#33 - 2014-04-03 11:14:05 UTC
Also, the first medal I ever got as a newbie was in RvB when I took the Concording and sec status hit for podding a neutral repper that was helping out a war-target (this was pre-retribution, when neutral reppers had near-invulnerability), and who just hung around on grid assuming we wouldn't have the stones to take him out. I got a little buzz of pride when our FC praised me for stepping up and taking one for the team to give the smug git the finger Big smile
Mayhaw Morgan
State War Academy
Caldari State
#34 - 2014-04-03 11:14:19 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Seriously. You got the ship and the loot, so now you look at popping the pod which gets you....nothing. Well, maybe a worthless corpse.

It is the insult following the injury.

So why do you do it?


For the same reason they blew your ship up. Did you think they did it for ISK or security?
Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#35 - 2014-04-03 11:32:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Doireen Kaundur
LOL Lol

I love these replies..both serious and not.

Thanks for educating me.

Im out to go pod someone now.Pirate

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Shederov Blood
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
#36 - 2014-04-03 11:36:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Shederov Blood
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
LOL Lol

I love these replies..both serious and not.

Thanks for educating me.

Im out to go pod someone now.Pirate
Psychopath.

Who put the goat in there?
Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#37 - 2014-04-03 11:39:08 UTC
Shederov Blood wrote:
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
LOL Lol

I love htese replies..both serious and not.

Thanks for educating me.

Im out to go pod someone now.Pirate
Psychopath.



I'll make sure to ask them first if it's OK if I pod them. Im the "nice" type of capsuleer.Big smile

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#38 - 2014-04-03 11:52:33 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Shederov Blood wrote:
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
LOL Lol

I love htese replies..both serious and not.

Thanks for educating me.

Im out to go pod someone now.Pirate
Psychopath.



I'll make sure to ask them first if it's OK if I pod them. Im the "nice" type of capsuleer.Big smile


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Koinuun Kotei
#39 - 2014-04-03 11:57:00 UTC
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
Shederov Blood wrote:
Doireen Kaundur wrote:
LOL Lol

I love htese replies..both serious and not.

Thanks for educating me.

Im out to go pod someone now.Pirate
Psychopath.



I'll make sure to ask them first if it's OK if I pod them. Im the "nice" type of capsuleer.Big smile


They will be so bamboozled that they will hit autodestruction...

Custom ship skins, character creator style "repaint". Bring it!
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#40 - 2014-04-03 11:57:58 UTC
Why pod kill? Why not?

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