MinorFreak
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Posted - 2005.01.19 01:55:00 -
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Edited by: MinorFreak on 19/01/2005 02:02:26
 Originally by: MooKids
Edited by: MooKids on 15/01/2005 14:54:02
Originally by: Shyamalan
i have to agree. Ore thieving is an inevitable side-product of jet-can mining. But like all aspects of eve, there needs to be balance.
There already is balance. The ore thief is the balance to the risk free jet can miner. Their "risks" include the target being smart and using secure cans, mining in .4 and below, mining outside of highway systems, etc.
And to people who want to kill them? You disgust me, murdering someone over a petty theft.
yer hilarious. here's a cookie.
anyone ask themselves whether his point holds any water, after you realize one can't 'lock' secure cans in secure space. Makes the entire point of "checks and balances" ridiculous and shows CCP to be lazy arses. You'd have to be a mental midget NOT to realize, when you were coding a jetcan, that mining just maybe perhaps remotely could be impacted by this feature.
Personally, even if they removed this overcapacity 'jet-can' we'd still be stuck with unsecure/unlockable cans that can't be set close together in space - thus making the indy mining hauler career handicapped, skyrocketing the prices of ore/minerals, and generally making things total hell for folks just because CCP is squeamish about enabling an 'ore thief' flag.
Personally, i think ore thieves are needed to counter the overwhelming greed of some people who think strip mining n00b belts is 1337 - these people wouldn't be able to kill a flagged ore thief because they're so greedy they don't have any offensive weaponry. That's an appropriate check/balance and a "risk" greedy people take in trafficked, safe systems.
The idea that ore thieves don't need a check/balance is only something a retarded monkey would conjure up.
Edit: of course, this is based on the assumption that there's no way to lock an unanchored secure container. (based on stories of passworded secure containers in cargo holds can be opened by pirates blowing up a ship)
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