EVE Search - What are your expectations from an Tech Level 2 Industrial?

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Arte	Posted - 2005.01.07 14:50:00 - [1] Originally by: Atandros Originally by: Oveur Originally by: Atandros The smuggler ship actually makes no sense; if there was such a ship on the market, anyone flying it would be subject to extra suspicion and scrutiny by customs, hence defeating its purpose. Yes, if you paint "SMUGGLER BESTOWER" on the side of it, sure. But maybe we'll skip that part, huh? Regardless; if it looks and behaves exactly the same as a normal Bestower, then ANY Bestower that passes through customs will be subject to extra suspicion and scrutiny. Hence I think it would be better to do the smuggling thing via modules. Just because the police know that some one used a Ford Escort to smuggle drugs into a city, it doesn't mean that they will stop every Ford Escort in and around the city for search does it? Illegal immigrants use trucks to gain entry into countries, but that doesn't mean that customs search every truck... etcetcetc. The smuggling module would be good if it could be fitted to any ship. Allowing T2 indies the ability to smuggle with greater effectiveness brings more to the game and as I have attempted to illustrate, doesn't take a massive departure from what might be considered real life.
Arte	Posted - 2005.01.07 14:50:00 - [2] Originally by: Atandros Originally by: Oveur Originally by: Atandros The smuggler ship actually makes no sense; if there was such a ship on the market, anyone flying it would be subject to extra suspicion and scrutiny by customs, hence defeating its purpose. Yes, if you paint "SMUGGLER BESTOWER" on the side of it, sure. But maybe we'll skip that part, huh? Regardless; if it looks and behaves exactly the same as a normal Bestower, then ANY Bestower that passes through customs will be subject to extra suspicion and scrutiny. Hence I think it would be better to do the smuggling thing via modules. Just because the police know that some one used a Ford Escort to smuggle drugs into a city, it doesn't mean that they will stop every Ford Escort in and around the city for search does it? Illegal immigrants use trucks to gain entry into countries, but that doesn't mean that customs search every truck... etcetcetc. The smuggling module would be good if it could be fitted to any ship. Allowing T2 indies the ability to smuggle with greater effectiveness brings more to the game and as I have attempted to illustrate, doesn't take a massive departure from what might be considered real life.
Arte	Posted - 2005.01.09 16:06:00 - [3] Originally by: Atandros Edited by: Atandros on 07/01/2005 15:14:02 Originally by: Arte Just because the police know that some one used a Ford Escort to smuggle drugs into a city, it doesn't mean that they will stop every Ford Escort in and around the city for search does it? But that's different. In that case, we have a standard vehicle that simply happens to have been used for smuggling; there's no inherent quality in a Ford Escort that makes it preferred by smugglers. In what I'm talking about, there is a standard transport vehicle and a vehicle that looks exactly like it but has something which makes it really good for smuggling. Hence customs would be more suspicious towards vehicles that look like that, wouldn't they? I agree totally but if we're applying "human" instincts to a game, then why don't people with hi standings get ignored by customs because 'they wouldnt be smuggling, they're good guys... aren't they?'. The game does require a certain suspension of belief. As I said in my original post. The hull mods. or whatever, would be good if they could be fitted to any ship (ford escort analogy), but the industrials could extended to smuggling variants (trucks passing thru customs with contraband/asylum seekers analogy). Unless of course.... hi standings reduce your chance of being scanned as well????
Arte	Posted - 2005.01.09 16:06:00 - [4] Originally by: Atandros Edited by: Atandros on 07/01/2005 15:14:02 Originally by: Arte Just because the police know that some one used a Ford Escort to smuggle drugs into a city, it doesn't mean that they will stop every Ford Escort in and around the city for search does it? But that's different. In that case, we have a standard vehicle that simply happens to have been used for smuggling; there's no inherent quality in a Ford Escort that makes it preferred by smugglers. In what I'm talking about, there is a standard transport vehicle and a vehicle that looks exactly like it but has something which makes it really good for smuggling. Hence customs would be more suspicious towards vehicles that look like that, wouldn't they? I agree totally but if we're applying "human" instincts to a game, then why don't people with hi standings get ignored by customs because 'they wouldnt be smuggling, they're good guys... aren't they?'. The game does require a certain suspension of belief. As I said in my original post. The hull mods. or whatever, would be good if they could be fitted to any ship (ford escort analogy), but the industrials could extended to smuggling variants (trucks passing thru customs with contraband/asylum seekers analogy). Unless of course.... hi standings reduce your chance of being scanned as well????

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