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Cobalt Sixty
Caldari
Piezochem
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Posted - 2009.12.23 13:55:00 -
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 Originally by: Clone 231B
It has no counter, and it places unwanted/needed stress on the server, screwing over everyone else who pays to play.
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Cobalt Sixty
Caldari
Piezochem
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Posted - 2009.12.27 09:36:00 -
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Originally by: Liang Nuren
As it stands, the biggest problem in this thread is the defenders seeing someone in local and getting mind warped about it.
THIS! I couldn't express my own sentiments on the matter better. I also applaud Liang Nuren for having the sheer endurance to continue countering the hollow verisimilitude being furiously purported.
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Cobalt Sixty
Caldari
Piezochem
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Posted - 2009.12.28 07:17:00 -
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I have a few small points to inject within the discussion. I don't know if they've been covered yet (and I'm not particularly inclined to dredge this thread again to see if they have been) so I apologise if I'm covering any old ground again.
Firstly, how is AFK cloaking much different to being AFK at a safe spot in a ship with a signature radius/sensor strength ratio that prevents it from being scanned out?
Both are (for practical purposes) untouchable until the moment of (deliberate) exposure, both can deliver intelligence gleaned from Local Chat whenever they choose (along with any other ship in the system, cloaked or not) OR they can choose to go get a soda and BLT sandwich whenever they feel like it without worrying unduly about their ship being violenced in their absence.
Will CCP rapidly prioritise for an urgently applied patch a rebalance of the signature radius/sensor strength ratio (and potential tweaking of by pilots) of every ship in EVE to curtail this apparent threat to your operating safely in your 0.0 security status system?
I expect not.
All the while, you don't actually know they're AFK anyway - you can only ever assume that they are.
I've had the pleasure to know several very adept pilots in EVE who've sat cloaked (and active) in systems for up to days at a time before striking a single target and then leaving that particular hunting ground to strike somewhere/someone else.
Just to reiterate, you can only ever assume that someone is AFK.
Talking of assumptions, I was just re-reading the OP and saw this:
Originally by: Tista
6 ships.. yes 6 bombers sit in system.. waiting for anything they feel they can take down and you can't stop them.. all you can do is inform your team mates that there are bombers about..
So I assume this has been covered but: you complain about AFK cloakers, but by definition the ships in the given scenario have to have active pilots in them to be a threat; OP has clearly stated they're waiting for something; OP has clearly stated they're observing their surroundings; OP has clearly stated they can then have a (violent) interaction with entities in world around them.
None of which involves being "away from keyboard" but rather very much at keyboard and actively co-ordinating to unload the butt-hurting upon some unfortunate soul.
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