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Mr Stark
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Posted - 2009.07.23 15:00:00 -
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So, stealing a tower that has just been unanchored doesnt even flag as a theft? How ridiculous is that? Steal a 4 isk piece of tritanium and you can be shot... steal a tower worth hundreds of millions, but thats fine, no criminal flag, no shooting allowed...
That, really is bloody stupid... |
Drake Draconis
Minmatar Shadow Cadre
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Posted - 2009.07.23 15:13:00 -
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Asides from the obvious "well do it better" crap...
The POS is not a can.... its more like a wreck in a sense... with no items inside.
So I suppose from the programming standpoint I can get why they did what they did.
But you'd think it would at least flag the thief. |
Larkonis Trassler
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Posted - 2009.07.23 15:20:00 -
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Deploy your pos in lowsec/0.0... Shoot anyone who attempts to steal it. ??? Profit! |
De'Veldrin
Minmatar Special Projects Executive
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Posted - 2009.07.23 17:15:00 -
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Originally by: Drake Draconis Asides from the obvious "well do it better" crap...
The POS is not a can.... its more like a wreck in a sense... with no items inside.
So I suppose from the programming standpoint I can get why they did what they did.
But you'd think it would at least flag the thief.
Actually, POS towers are just like every other anchorable item in the game - you can steal any of them if they aren't anchored, and none of them flag the thief.
In fact, if you dump out a GSC with items in it, and don't anchor it, someone else can come along, scoop it to their cargo hold, and it's now (if I understand the mecahnics) their can, and they can remove the items at will. |
TeRata
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Posted - 2009.08.03 00:01:00 -
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I say if someone managed to steal your unanchored pos and got away with it, they're awesome. And you fail lol
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Larkonis Trassler
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Posted - 2009.08.03 00:38:00 -
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Or if in hisec... get a corpmate or friend to sit there with an insured gank BS to kill anyone who tries to snag your tower.
You have friends right?
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Whitmoore
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Posted - 2009.08.03 04:26:00 -
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They make it take forever to Anchor a Tower becouse of PvP. Which I can understand.
But anyone in any old Hauler can fly on up to a PoS while Anchoring and put it in their hold and fly off, and if you shoot them, Concord blows you out of the sky, that's just sad.
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Lucky Balls
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Posted - 2009.08.03 08:42:00 -
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Originally by: TeRata I say if someone managed to steal your unanchored pos and got away with it, they're awesome. And you fail lol
Thanks for the well thought out reply there mate, you must be a real valued member of your corp.
Anyway, the real point is, not that it was stolen, but that it should be flaggable. Otherwise you could sit there with a whole fleet of BS's but if someone tries to steal it and you shoot them, you are the criminal and get concorded... That is just plain wrong.
I understand piracy, my main is a pirate, and a very successful one, so I'm not an emobear, just find the idea that a major crime such as stealing what can potentially be worth over a billion isk is absolutley seen as not a crime...
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iP0D
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Posted - 2009.08.03 11:49:00 -
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Originally by: Larkonis Trassler Or if in hisec... get a corpmate or friend to sit there with an insured gank BS to kill anyone who tries to snag your tower.
That was already touch and go before CCP introduced T2 indies .. I remember scooping up towers and sometimes that got a bit hairy when the owner had a suicider ready, but generally speaking it was still easy to get away with it. And alive.
Then T2 indies came, and scooping up someone's unanchoring pos became a matter of the fastest click really. Come in, stick with it, and sometimes have a guy extra in a bumper ship alongside.
As much as I enjoy having a go at things like this, and as much as I look forward to a resolution on the anchored pos parks in high sec floating away from their moons I have to admit that ultimately a guy who owns a pos has no real chance at all.
Keep in mind T2 indies are not the only method at our disposal, and now that they can nicely use a covert ops cloak it's even easier
What's the pos owner gonna do? Bump us? Suicide us? Do the math on how many suiciders it would take to cover a medium pos And bumping is no longer what it used to be Damn I miss the days of Tiki and his bumpageddon
So, yeah. I'd love to take the stand of the l33t ganker who is so ebil that he griefs just by looking at a post, but EVE does have an eye for risk versus reward. As a pos thief the only risk I face is that of not clicking fast enough. The reward is obvious.
As much as I dislike it, I cannot deny that there is a point in the reasoning for criminal flagging. Without risk, there's something not right under EVE's fundamental principles. I'm not saying it is wrong, but it ain't right either.
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irion felpamy
HellJumpers Corp Indecisive Certainty
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Posted - 2009.08.03 12:01:00 -
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nothing to add but my support
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Terra Mikael
Private Nuisance
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Posted - 2009.08.05 12:47:00 -
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lol.
ur awesome.
I could help you set up the next pos. convo me in game! ________________________________
Originally by: Lone Gunman Yes overpowered would be giving a ship with the Covert ops cloak the ability to fire say..Torpedos, now that would be overpowered. But CCP would |
Borun Tal
Minmatar Virtual Rock Industries
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Posted - 2009.08.05 19:53:00 -
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Originally by: TeRata I say if someone managed to steal your unanchored pos and got away with it, they're awesome. And you fail lol
This. Epic fail. :)
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Mashie Saldana
BFG Tech
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Posted - 2009.08.05 23:08:00 -
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Well it is one of the funnier usages with the cov ops fitted transport ships...
Uncloak, scoop tower, cloak.
Enjoy the confusion in local.
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