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Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.10.12 14:24:00 -
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Tialano Utrigas wrote:Not sure if this has already been suggested in the post (didnt fancy trawling the pages) but...
Farming of killrights
Alt A and Alt B.
Alt B in a Rook ship shoots at Alt A.
Alt B assumes the position and gets CONCORD'd.
Alt A sets a 20m ish charge on the killright.
Alt B sits outside Jita 4-4 in a 500k hauler. (Something cheap but still worth the effort)
Someone pays the bill for the Killmail to Alt A.
Profit!
Rinse and repeat. Why would anyone pay 20m for the right to kill a 500k hauler?
Ok, in Jita 4-4 you'd probably find people who pay 20m to add +1 to their killboard stats. So basically you'll be selling worthless kills to people who think padding their killboard with industrial ganks grows their epeen. Well, why not? . |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.10.12 14:29:00 -
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DeBingJos wrote:Bear with me...
- I put a nice bounty on my alt.
- I get killrights on my alt.
- My alt in an expensive warp core stabbed tanked ship sits on a busy gate.
- I sell the killrights for a couple of millions.
- As soon as someone tries to engage, my alt warps off and cloaks for 15 minutes.
- I don't lose the killrights on my alt because he escaped,
but I keep the isk.
- go back to 3
.. profit! Killright scamming, I like it ! Fixed. A dev already clarified that you only keep the ISK if the killright is successfully converted into a kill. If the target survives its 15-minute suspect flag, the killright remains for sale and no ISK is transferred. . |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.10.18 09:49:00 -
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All this whining... if you cannot set up an ambush for your target where you have him alone without neutral parties around, you fail at bounty-hunting and should consider becoming a hisec miner.
In fact, the mechanic ensures that bounty-hunting requires some skill and effort, because you cannot just randomly buy killrights and sit on a gate in Jita and shoot your clients as they come through. You'll actually have to hunt them down and get them in places where they are alone. Sounds like way more fun to me! . |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.10.18 10:01:00 -
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Destiny Corrupted wrote:Terrorfrodo wrote:All this whining... if you cannot set up an ambush for your target where you have him alone without neutral parties around, you fail at bounty-hunting and should consider becoming a hisec miner.
In fact, the mechanic ensures that bounty-hunting requires some skill and effort, because you cannot just randomly buy killrights and sit on a gate in Jita and shoot your clients as they come through. You'll actually have to hunt them down and get them in places where they are alone. Sounds like way more fun to me! Only a small proportion of all criminals hang out in unpopulated areas (there's less opportunities there, duh), and the ones that do are likely to be small-timers. The big boys hang out in or near hubs. Even in well-populated hisec there are always moments when a gate is almost clear. You can ignore things like neutral freighters or industrials, especially if they are obviously on auto-pilot. Even if some random guy interferes with his Iteron's drones, if you have a decent fleet there, the chances that the neutral gets the kill are absolutely minimal. . |
Terrorfrodo
Deep Space Darwinian Law Enforcement Agency
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Posted - 2012.10.18 10:13:00 -
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Destiny Corrupted wrote:Terrorfrodo wrote:interferes with his Iteron's drones Thank you for your valuable and informed input. It has been noted, and is very much appreciated. You are probably alluding to the fact that Iterons don't actually have drones. I don't fly industrials very often so I slipped up there. However, that just strengthens my point that many of the neutrals in hisec will not be a danger to your bounty hunting efforts.
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