Player Features and Ideas Discussion

After this discussion i came to the realization that a scanning suppression signal unit needs to be developed

although a unit like this can greatly interfere with ship's sensors it will provide the privacy and ease of mind to those who select to use it

You have the tools...look at your overview to see who is scanning you. Adjust your overview so you can see as many ships as possible and scroll up and down. I have spotted people scanning me before, it is not that hard. I've even convo'd them and ask if they like what they saw. Usually they do, but there isn't enough of it to make a gank worthwhile. Especially as I use a JF now, and often jump out of the trade hub to who knows where from their perspective.

Good point. Fit such a module and people might gank you figuring you got something valuable you are hiding.

Really....think these things through people.

3 low fittings

Yup, which is why if you use a blockade runner you use insta-undock bookmarks, insta-docking bookmarks, and you should be good with warp and cloak activation as well. Even still you might still get popped if you are unlucky.

So, if you could fit a module to a freighter that made it impossible to scan, my guess is you'd still be putting a "Gank Me" sign on your ship.

You can try using insta-undock bookmarks in a freighter, but you might still get locked and scanned. Still it could help. Also try messing up their plans. Undock, warp off, and along your route dock up in a 0.9 system. Go AFK for a random period of time. Go for a walk, stretch, get some food, a bio, a shower, whatever. The longer you take the more likely they'll be to find another target in the mean time.

Also, for the love of God Stop. Filling. Your. Freighter. With. 8 billion ISK. Worth. Of. Stuff.

Yes, it might mean 8-10 trips to move all that stuff, but if you have 800 million in your hold vs. 8 billion...they are far less likely to gank you over 800 million (of which about 400 million is expected to drop).

Also, look at the cargo, if it is some small and expensive modules that are causing the problem and then lots of other low value stuff...try this.

1. Undock in your freighter.
2. Warp to another less used station in system.
3. Dock up.
4. Put the high end stuff in your blockade runner.
5. Undock.
6. Warp to an insta-undock book mark while activating your cloak.
7. Proceed to destination in the blockade runner.
8. As you warp off of every gate, be sure to activate your cloak ASAP. (If necessary practice this.)
9. Hop in a shuttle or ceptor, go back to the trade hub.
10. Get in your freighter and transport the low value bulky stuff.

No, he is correct. I lost a viator that way once. I foolishly warped to zero to Jita 4-4 vs. a bookmark. Got blapped as I landed 2,000m or so away from the station.

I then looked the guy up on zkillboard and he had quite a history of blapping blockade runners. Yes, he looses his ship, but it does indeed happen.

Similarly, there are people who have complained about being ganked while moving a double wrapped cargo. The gankers are playing a numbers game in that case. So, all they have to do is hit enough such freighters and get that one big pay off to cover all the failures and then some.

See, most people are not going to bother double wrapping 50 million units of tritanium. But if they have 6 trillion ISK worth of goodies...then they might double wrap thinking ganking groups will not gank what they can't see. But as we can see...it might very well be worth it.

Why you bother Mara?

You know he's jus going to come back with some dumb comment, completely disregarding your view because it doesn't agree with his.

Even Fozzie, when announcing the DC rebalance, referred to it as a nerf to ganking. If Drac can't even read CCP's comments and accept them, then it's pointless even discussing anything with him. He just doesn't accept any view outside his own narrow bias against the game as it is.

This should be on a message for every new account that does not disappear until the person creating that account types it into a field 10 times.

we have such a unit. it's called the Blockade Runner T2 Industrial Ship.



yeah, it is something of a redundant ship bonus. it'd be far more useful on a Deep Space Transport.