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Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
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Posted - 2012.11.02 21:13:00 -
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So why not allow people to flag themselves as pirates? with the mining/indy EHP buff concord doesn't have to be *instant* if you fit a damn shield tank to an exhumer. and a pirate flag would allow people to attack said person without concord intervention. but if you do, concord's not going to protect you for taking the law into your own hands. ganking a freighter automatically sets you to open season in high sec and you start getting shot on sight. bonus if concord autotallys a bounty on your ass worth 20% of the hull you fly, in similar fashion to the belt rat bounties.
Make it a month-long cooldown without shooting some indy and you'll get plenty of PvP opportunity in highsec. wouldn't even need to shoot indys after a point.
Basically make suicide gankers effectively war targets. it would draw PvP their way, and bluntly 99% of the people they suicide gank will just whine and ***** and cry and say things are broken, while a few people like me would be gleefully fitting a megathron to chase you down and die horribly to the inevitable ambush you've arranged with your buddies.
Is any of this workable? probably not, I'm not a game designer. But I think things could afford to be a little more dynamic, rather than X + Y = CONCORDUKEN!
But there should be consequences for pirate lifestyles. Dont ask me how to balance them out because I suck at that ****.
Plus no matter how many people you please, there will be a vocal minority who will scream about how you ruined the game. I don't see a risk-free highsec as anything but completely boring and I hang there. Belt rats in a .5 system can't even break the tanks on my indy ships so they're automatically discounted as a threat. |
Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
39
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Posted - 2012.11.02 21:24:00 -
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no, more a status that lasts for a month that flags you as a criminal that can be shot on sight for plugging some tard at a highsec gate.
and I used it as an example, read the whole ******* thing carefully. I didn't believe it would be a good idea to implement and said so because i dont think as-written it would work.
i think Highsec PvP should be more dynamic than its current iteration.
And PvP flags the way other MMOs do it would be so ********.
"Ohai I just toasted fourteen hulks and a pair of providence freighters but I typed /PVP so in 15 minutes I'm free of consequences as long as I dont shoot anyone else."
Skimming the post for **** you immediately dont like without looking at the whole context is about as dumb as the people crying for suicide ganking to be bannable.
Hint: the point was boldface.
Edit: changed wouldn't to would so the sentence makes sense now and doesn't contradict my intent. |
Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
39
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Posted - 2012.11.02 21:35:00 -
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Natsett Amuinn wrote:
I'd rather they just made it so that after a few months you are required to either join a player corp, or you have to pick a faction to play for.
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Nothing here that I disagree with. My idea you quoted was an example, not one I seriously believe to be a thing of brilliance.
But if people really are as desperate as they say for real PvP, then let them get a month long flag that says "i'm a valid target" when they do a gank.
I think that would show whether or not people really are interested in the gudfites, or whether or not they're suicide ganking because they can't be bothered to hit people who have the ability to meaningfully return fire.
the claim (not from you) is that people are so risk averse that they won't fight, period.
I'm curious what the gankers will do if suddenly they're the target of good fights, as opposed to bob the builder with 3-5 T1 drones for defense.
I'm betting it'll involve a lot of ganker tears and cries of unfairness. and the people who form fleets to kill each other and engage Sov warfare will do what they always do. Roll their eyes and call primary. |
Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
39
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Posted - 2012.11.02 21:42:00 -
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at least people aren't crying about killstealing. |
Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
39
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Posted - 2012.11.02 22:05:00 -
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Looking for epic Ritter fits.
Plus the people whining about being flagged for an asskicking when yanking prove themselves nothing more than cannibal carebears. The lite beer of carebear. Less calories, still tastes like **** |
Kaylyis
Line Ark Security Armaments
LockJaw Inc.
39
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Posted - 2012.11.03 00:58:00 -
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This is not a bad thing |
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