Crime & Punishment

Goons aren't coming up with clever grief. They're using the same old tools of... mostly just suicide ganks.

I mean, they're one of the largest alliances in the game, so they do it to incredible effect, but it's not exactly high-powered Kung Fu they're using to do it.

I would even go so far as to say that they havn't had any really clever grief since Kartoon was running the Jihad.

Believe me, if they were actually coming up with interesting **** and having it slapped down by CCP, the CSM campaigns would have a very different focus.

tl;dr Goons have jumped the shark.

Point taken,Monk.

lol, scumbags donating isk to kill the bears!

You're sure, you still have the donations and that someone hasn't run off with it yet!

That tends to happen when you exploit game mechanics. D'oh! o\

You know those people who go "BAW!" all over local and the forums, and we ask for their stuff before they go? Yeah, they never give their stuff away. Selfish bastards! So to compensate for this horrible crime against humanity, I will provide a hauler full of Stuff (tm). I'll contract this to the producer of the Best Tears at the end of the competition, as judged by Psychotic Monk.

Normally I provide this prize during Hulkageddon, but since Helicity bailed on us I still have my Stuff (tm). This competition seems like the proper place to put it to good use.

Mr. Monk, please feel free to toss me an EveMail when the competition is over and I'll contract the Stuff (tm) to the winner.

Hey now, don't dis my Stuff (tm)! It's usually worth between 100-150m or so. : >

Although I don't support the idea of snuffing out piracy (I absolutely love the fact that there is the risk of pirates anywhere in EVE) I do find it hilarious that this thread is filled with pirate tears. Griefers crying about not being able to grief enough

Either way, here is to hoping they don't carebear up the game too much.

I'm totally jealous. I would have given Zed his stuff back too though. He's exceptionally entertaining!

"I got ganked again, NERF THEM!!" = whine
"I got nerfed again, GANK THEM!!" = not whine
Learn the difference.

Eh, I suppose its predictable that CCP would leap to the carebears' defense yet again. If simply warping out after a gank is considered an exploit, what's next? Multiple volleys aside, realistically, its a sound strategy to avoid having your 'blue' wreck looted by strangers - or your -10 alt podded - especially now that you are prohibited from ejecting and making a quick escape from the crime scene before the explosion.

But CCP will do what it does best, suck up to the whining carebear population at our expense.
I'll wait and see what happens, but it appears they have planted their flag long ago, and complaining about it is pointless.

But, no, I'm not going to quit.

Instead, I'll take a page from Patton....
....I will simply refocus my efforts and resources into making OTHER people quit.
Its the only way. Hit CCP where it hurts: subscriptions.
How?

-No more expending energy targeting or reporting/petitioning obvious mining bots. While smashing and reporting them is entertaining (and for now, profitable) - they do FAR more damage to your typical miner's income than I ever could. They give no tears, they will not stop - they just autodock until the Russian RMT puppetmaster resets their macro. Let them breed and depress the income of the 'real' miners.

-Exclusively target the vulnerable. Not day old noobs, fool, they don't even OWN anything. Fresh young miners, 2-3 months old. Sitting in their first Exhumer that they toiled for days or weeks to buy. Read the bios, read the employment history. They are just as easy to identify as the botting fleets.

-Make it PERSONAL. Use a random scouting "ratting" alt, chat with them, find out a little about them. Ask questions about mining, "Wow, how long did it take to buy your Hulk? How much ISK u make?" While in mid conversation, proceed to the next step....

-Gank them, addressbook them, locate them, and gank them again. Again, personalize the conflict. Make them feel they have no way out. Keep them in your addressbook. You'll notice that many of them eventually become discouraged and quit the game. You'll know - when their smiling faces forever cease being lit up in your addressbook.

-Remember, the key is depth, not breadth.
Rather than ganking every miner in the belt ONCE, leave the bots and gank a lucky few repeatedly over a longer period of time. Spreading your efforts amonst hundreds of targets makes for an impressive killboard, but if you want to cost CCP subscriptions - you have to pick your targets and diligently insure that their Eve experience is one of loss and futility.

Seems the TEARS Alliance "repeat-customer" ganking board and associated bounty prizes will be undergoing some revision...soon.