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A noticable drop in public hi-sec courier contracts...
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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#41 - 2012-01-11 22:49:27 UTC
Lyron-Baktos wrote:
My only problem with scams is there are no repercussions for getting caught. As a result, scams are all over the place


Bounty system needs fixing. That would solve at least the casual people who don't use an alt for scamming.

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Ai Shun
#42 - 2012-01-11 22:53:38 UTC
Lyron-Baktos wrote:
My only problem with scams is there are no repercussions for getting caught. As a result, scams are all over the place


There are. The scammer should end up on the ignore contract list of people who have picked up on it. Then, an enterprising Hauler might invest some ISKies in having the scammer shot down a few times. There are corps that would happily handle that for you.

Remember, sandbox. If you want to cause repercussions, you are more than welcome to do so!
Zleon Leigh
#43 - 2012-01-11 23:07:27 UTC
Ai Shun wrote:
Lyron-Baktos wrote:
My only problem with scams is there are no repercussions for getting caught. As a result, scams are all over the place


There are. The scammer should end up on the ignore contract list of people who have picked up on it. Then, an enterprising Hauler might invest some ISKies in having the scammer shot down a few times. There are corps that would happily handle that for you.

Remember, sandbox. If you want to cause repercussions, you are more than welcome to do so!


But you have to force these alt scammers out of the station in order for repercussions to hit. Thus the need for a sec hit and station expulsion.

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Morganta
The Greater Goon
#44 - 2012-01-11 23:20:34 UTC
Atticus Fynch wrote:
Public contracts should have a fixed rate of 10% of the collateral value as reward. This will also cut down on scam contracts.

Private contracts can be whatever you want them to be.


um... no

this breaks how other people play the game without changing how you play the game and further limits the sandbox

lemme break it down for you son
Hauling is a dead end profession unless you have a JF
one gank can literally bankrupt you if you are foolish or greedy (a condition that rapidly worsens as you continue to die a slow death from hauling)

Trust me, I started out hauling and exploring and even ragequit for a couple years when I undocked with a full load in jita and got hit with a random smartbomb fired at somebody else

hauling is an outside profession, one with no support, no protection and no future
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#45 - 2012-01-11 23:33:32 UTC
Well my alts hauled like 700B worth of stuff over the course of some months.
Like all the other professions, you don't jump in and hope it'll go well.

You need to get a proper ship(s), proper knowledge (i.e. double packing), good clues about the game (i.e. always check the route, usually the trap contracts have 1-2 low sec systems, go to hi sec isle in middle of 0.0 while still paying like hi sec, go to locked stations in 0.0...).
Also you should use a decent pilot which will greatly increase a freighter durability, jump times and so on.

Moreover you should join hauling communities / corporations or be prepared to REALLY learn how to snipe a whole region worth of contracts before they do.

Finally, start taking those "contracts with prize for quick delivery". Not only you earn more but usually after 3-4 delivers the guy will contact you to setup a preferential hauling with him.
I had mission runners / traders pay 2-3 times the usual amounts in exchange for me hauling their stuff every day at the same hours and so on.

Like everything in EvE, don't be a dummy and think different.

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Zaxix
State War Academy
Caldari State
#46 - 2012-01-12 15:32:12 UTC
Morganta wrote:
hauling is an outside profession, one with no support, no protection and no future

Say what?

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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#47 - 2012-01-12 17:27:18 UTC
Zaxix wrote:
Morganta wrote:
hauling is an outside profession, one with no support, no protection and no future

Say what?



She said that hauling is an outside profession, one with no support, no protection and no future.

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