Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
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Posted - 2012.11.29 17:38:00 -
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Bumping has a lot of uses in EvE:
1.) Bumping ships trying to approach a gate, preventing them from getting to gate.
2.) Bumping ships out of a POS shield (especially capitals) to gank them.
3.) Bumping ships off station so they can't redock.....
4.) Bumping ships to prevent them from warping (most commonly used on Freighters in Highsec, but historically used on capitals, especially Supercaps.)
5.) Bumping miners. This was originally done as a player-executed attack on highsec mining bots. This allowed pro-active individuals to essentially make bots ineffective, and was successfully in keeping certain constellations safe. Now it's used to extort miners....
In my opinion, there are several glaring problems that have lead to the current situation:
A.) Non-wardeccable NPC corps. Frankly, going to war against an opponent is a fundamental tool for driving them off. The inability to wardec a player in an NPC corp is extremely problematic, and negates the entire war-to-win scenario.
B.) The overly buffered mining vessels. They needed a buff, but they got too much. As such, we have mining vessels that typically land in an ice field, let lose their lasers on an ice roid, and systematically harvest ice for the next hour without needing any additional player input. The old method for "eliminating" these players was suicide ganking, but the new ships, even when fitted for yield, have a excessive amount of EHP to really limit this option.
C.) Ice roids. Ice roids don't deplete, and as such, require very little user input to harvest.
In the end, I think bumping is a good mechanic. I think it's uses are creative and generally for the best, although some ground rules are reasonable:
Bumping to control a system is Perfect. If a bumper declares a system there own, extorts isk for the right to mine there, and enforces there claim with bumping, they are 100% in the right. Ideally, these players should be in player corps, but as long as NPC corps are wardec free and available, then they deserve to exploit that broken situation. A note: A miner has the right to mine in any system, so long as they can.... And the bumper has the right to prevent them, as long as they can. Let them battle over systems.
Bumping to harass a player is unacceptable. Following a player from system to system and continually bumping them is NOT ok. Following a player throughout a single system and preventing them from mining in "your" system is completely acceptable. It's just NOT acceptable to chase them through many systems.
Bumping freighters to prevent their warp is completely acceptable. They already have options like web-to-warp. The new crimewatch system will help out with suicide gankers, and the new safe logoff allows them to despawn in 30 seconds to "escape" these traps anyway. |