Comments on: Piracy in high-security space

By: Casiella Truza

Casiella Truza — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:09:55 +0000

Actually, even as somebody who wants to continue this form of piracy, I agree that CONCORD payouts should get reduced. It’s faintly ridiculous from both an immersion and game mechanics standpoint.

It wouldn’t kill this activity, just force us to pay more attention to our targets. At most, I’d like to see some tweaking so that, for example, covops ships can scan targets while cloaked.

By: Vol Jbolaz

Vol Jbolaz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:38 +0000

Myrhial,

I agree. I don’t want to stop piracy. I just want to make it something one has to think about it, so only pirates will do it. There are too many griefers posing as pirates, and it just annoys me.

I think cutting insurance payouts for ship-loss-by-CONCORD is a good step in the right direction. I think those that boost suicide pirates and then boost the loot afterwards should be tagged hostile and receive an aggression timer.

For that matter, I think all neutrals that boost or rep parties involved in combat, even legal combat, should be tagged as combatants themselves.

By: Myrhial Arkenath

Myrhial Arkenath — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:24:32 +0000

While I do think insurance payouts for CONCORD deaths should be removed, I do want to see “suicide ganking” stay. I’ve always loved the idea of ship and cargo scanners and make a business out of finding high value targets and take them out under CONCORD’s nose. Maybe it can get some love in another way.

By: Vol Jbolaz

Vol Jbolaz — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:29 +0000

I think if you did the numbers, you would find that the Rupture is very nearly paid for, and the pirate makes a profit attack tech 1 ships with tech 1 fittings. High sec pirates can make money by attacking nearly at random.

By: Casiella Truza

Casiella Truza — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Yeah, it’s a common bit of EVE wisdom.

By: W1lliam Turner

W1lliam Turner — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:23:59 +0000

Oh, also, hilarious choice of picture.

By: W1lliam Turner

W1lliam Turner — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:23:34 +0000

Didn’t we have a conversation like this last night or the night before? I recall you saying “CONCORD provides consequences, not security.”