EVE General Discussion

The criminal timer is supposed to mean that you are prevented from operating while under it, which is why you can't warp with it running.

People boomerang all the time when camping enemy militia trade hubs in highsec.

What, as to why bumping is not a mechanically hostile act? For starters, because it happens very frequently over the course of normal gameplay, with no hostile intent.

Secondly, as a result of the first point, the game engine is quite literally fully incapable of determining intent of someone who is involved in a bump.

And thirdly, because recoding the game's base physics engine is something that CCP is literally not capable of.




Then fly with a web escort. The rules for "harassment" require you to have made an effort to move away from someone bumping you, and no, pushing the "warp to" button a few more times doesn't count.




Or you can play with more than half of your ass, and never encounter this situation in the first place. As I said above, use a web escort.

Oh, and "griefing" is what CCP says it is, not whatever mealy mouthed carebear definition you're trying to foist. This is, by the only definition that matters, not griefing. Get used to it.

Since the introduction of the Bowhead freighter, we’ve become aware of a tactic that has been introduced which has become known as “Hyperdunking”. This involves leaving a grid where a criminal action occurs to draw away CONCORD and reshipping to continue shooting at a target. There’s been much discussion among members of the community regarding this tactic, and whether or not it is considered legitimate gameplay.

After meeting with members of the game design and customer support teams and discussing this in depth, we have come to the consensus that due to the fact no rules are being broken and any ship that is involved in a criminal act is being destroyed by CONCORD as intended, that this tactic is simply an unintended but legitimate use of new game mechanics, and is not in breach of the rules. Tactics similar to this have been used with previous hulls before the Bowhead was introduced, and have been considered perfectly legitimate in the past.

With this in mind, at this time we do not consider this tactic to be in breach of the game rules, and as such our customer support team will not be offering reimbursements for hulls lost in this manner.

Players are also reminded that if someone is criminally flagged, they are fair game to be attacked in self-defense. Feel free to use this to your advantage.

What are you going to do about machariels bumping freighters or similar large ships in high sec? as i see it, it in an unfair and abusive use of game mechanics, because you have no method of retribution or escape whatsoever. If a mach bumps u in high sec, he can keep u bumped and unable to get away, sinec he is just bumping he is not being falgged in any way so none of ur alts, corp mates, alliance mates or anyone else for that matter, can attack or stop the bumper from commiting what is clearly a hostile action. The idea itself that a player can keep another player stuck in space for litterally forever if he so wished is just plain stupid. How can that be intended game mechanics, when there is no possible way to stop it. And no, getting 5 friends or so to come to you in their own machs or so to counter bump (if thats even possible lol) is not an option.

The mechanic of "bumping" is garbage imo.

A tiny ship that rams into a capital at full speed should be destroyed, if anything. So just on the surface it makes no sense to begin with.

Beyond that it just seems to be a crutch that CCP's designers rely upon in order to tell people "see? it is a sandbox! you're not safe anywhere rawr!" It's inelegant and clumsy design at best.

If CCP indeed wants there to be danger in hi-sec, accomplish that by changing Crimewatch rules or making Concord/Navy response slower or less effective. In other words, accomplish "danger" via meaningful gameplay. Force the hisec warlords to win fights rather than allowing them to slink behind broken mechanics.

Instead I get the sense that someone in that office pat himself on the back, filed a flawed system as "emergent gameplay", and never looked back.

p.s. for the record I don't haul, don't live in hi-sec and have never been a victim of this.