Kail Storm
Caldari
The Unforgiving.
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Posted - 2009.09.27 05:57:00 -
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Dont get me wrong, I love scamming and totally realize its wha tsets Eve apart from other MMo`s...But I agree with 1 point..
Lets say for a second that the reason scamming is allowed is because eve in all intent and purposes the wild west, where the big guns rule and if the small towns folk dont have balls/ships to fight they hire mercs etc is what the universe is, There is no recourse.
In the wild west if a guy riped you off you could go into the bar he was at and give him both shotgun barrels in the belly and pow...problem solved. If scamming is to be legal and encouraged like it is, it should also be legal and encouraged to kill them on site.
Lets say a guy trade scams you with your x-type shield booster and you kick yourself in the ass there needs to be a killright to kill the ***** in open combat or hire a merc to do so, so you hop in your t3 badass ship you have hunt him in his weakass hauler and blast him away. This would encourage more pvp more in depth interaction and give scammers a real threat...I dont care who you are if you scamm someone the law is after you, the person and if its a high class rich guy a merc or bounty hunter.
Basically it is lop sided, There is no risk for scammer...non at all, tell me risk of scammer besides wasting a full day trying to scam which most guys are happy doing anyways and they are using alts...so a few tings please critique it...
-Scammer has 1 month kill rights
-Is targeted from concord right away for 3 systems where they stil can use gate but will be killed on site, so it will force the scammer to really think out not just scam but getaway...Its super easy to rob a bank and extremely hard to evade capture etc...95% of criminals pull off jobs but get kiled or captured on way out, the good ones have escape plan, even if it means jetting it to a friendly unit that part would be "hott" and anyone would be targeted.
-Characters with less than 2 mil cannot do trades with faction or items listed as rare or over 20 mil isk, this would make sure trade scammers etc couldn`t use alts or trial toons as trials can do trading.
-Merc insurance I think on trades or contracts face to face the seller should be able to insure the trade not on him getting his isk back but hiring all merc corps/Pirates in area to kill the toon as much as possible the more kills to him the better, the more isk. In real life differant criminals dont usually hang out together there is a criminal pecking order, trigger men hate rapists, Armed robbers think cons are *****s etc ...The eve pvp world is always asking for more isk for kills etc ...well this would promote that. ALOT OF IT
-And last bad standings, in real life when you screw someone over the Identity you are using has to be "washed" meaning you dont ever try to con as the same name/Social security number/Identity.....Eve shouldnt be differant Scammers need to become famous and highlighted as such, its not fair for honest pirates to get lo sec status and cons to be able to dock etc. And since no more trials and not as many alts sionce 2 mil sp this would be attainable.
I love scamming and think its very important but as if now there is Non what so ever recourse and there is no danger basically it just takes time, also with these strict rules in place if a thief was smart he could bend them and potentially make tons more isk.
In the real world since laws and computer databases exist the smart cons who come up with new ideas make 1 mil times what they would make if they had to share the con jobs with idiot part timers, this would make cons a profession and actually elevat there game and make this scamming petty bull**** turn into the intelligent long con that I love so much...Make conning harder and ban iditos who los tthere ships getting ganked by pirates and spamming con contracts...they dont deserve to rob anyone as much as the idiot deserves to lose his isk.
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