It might also be worth considering that forcing the newbie with civilian mining laser to compete with with 23/7 AFK bot-aspirant in semi-invulnerable t2 mining ship might be unreasonable.

It might even make them rethink investing their free time and money on Eve.

The solution is quite simple ... all Non-AFK-Miners should stop mining for just one week. Prices will either stay the same .. then we know all miners are afk-miners OR the prices will go through the sky .. then those %$/&%-º gankers and so holy shithead-new-fu-order idiots will have to pay the price for new ship which will skyrock also.
For me .. I just stop mining .. and stop playing .. this is not my style of game and I definitly won't support some crapheads and bow my head by playing their style.
Might be that I come back when CCP solved the problem with PVE vs PVP.

Why ban half of highsec when they could just make mining turrets not auto-repeat?

Your understanding of this game is seriously lacking.

Why ban half of highsec when they could just make mining turrets not auto-repeat?

blah

For me .. I just stop mining .. and stop playing .. this is not my style of game and I definitly won't support some crapheads and bow my head by playing their style.
... well then this is def. not my game. I take the consequences and leave.

Bye. You can stop posting now.

Why should I ? :) Just trolling around abit.

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ok .. orcing around :) better ?
Seriously .. why is everybody hating miners ? Mining and escpecily ice-mining is NOT that intriguing that one could stare all the time on the screen and be happy when the next cycle is finished. Ice products are needed but still you have a problem with afk-ice-miners ? Or are you just bullying around ?
Either change the mechanics, which are horrible, or leave the miners do thier job.

ok .. orcing around :) better ?
Seriously .. why is everybody hating miners ? Mining and escpecily ice-mining is NOT that intriguing that one could stare all the time on the screen and be happy when the next cycle is finished. Ice products are needed but still you have a problem with afk-ice-miners ? Or are you just bullying around ?
Either change the mechanics, which are horrible, or leave the miners do thier job.

Why do miners think they should be able to afk mine in untanked max yeild ships in perfect safety?

I think we can see that AFK mining is the wrong way to play the game, it was never intended by the devs as one of the sandbox activities and should be removed poste haste, preferably by banning the perpetrators

CCP should implement a function where you need to have a webcam pointed at you at all times. The client will then analyze the picture provided by the webcam to ensure that you're at the computer and looking at Eve.

If you so much as get off the chair to take a leak or get some more bacon, your account will be instantly banned. You also won't want to take too long in blinking.
The whole AFK-culture needs to be driven out of Eve, not just the AFK-miners:
- Tab away from your gatecamp. Banned.
- Engage your autopilot through hi-sec (implying an intention to be AFK, that will suffice). Banned.
- Get a cold beer tonight while on your weekly lowsec or null sec roam. Guess what. Yah, banned.

Sounds pretty sweet to me, let's get this ball rollin'.

EDIT: While we're waiting for CCP to roll the new feature out, let's brainstorm on who's left to hate on in this game, so we can still come home from our crap jobs, log on and feel superior to somebody, anybody!

Nope .. since this game has the serious problem of those players who just want to have some fun with friends and to something that is NOT stressious lets say something like mining or missioning or what ever .. but then come those who [voice beavice and butthead]'have unterstood the game'[voice off] and press THEIR style of game on me. In all MMOs there is part PVP and part PVE. Some solved it well, others not so well .. and guess what .. I think EVE is NOT the crown of MMO evolution How that ?
If some idiots can just fly into newbie territory and harrass noobs without getting any kind of harrassment back. Well then I call it unbalanced, in other games you will get banned for such behavior. If every pyscho and siciopath can do as he wants .. well then this is def. not my game. I take the consequences and leave. If now the bashing of miners continues I hope more people will leave.
I think EVE has some great potential but nobody tries to make something out of it. Too bad. I will try out other upcoming games like star citizen and elite ... maybe they solved the gap between PVE and PVP. In EVE it's NOT solved.

If you don't want to play EVE then don't, but don't encourage other people to leave just because you don't like it.

*snip*

3. leave high sec a sector of HIGH security .. there is a reason that CONCORD is there .. it's called business! Someone disrupts business .. he should feel the wrath of CONCORD and the CORPS behind .. esp. in newbie systems

Bye.

To make what my esteemed Goon companion said simpler, here it is:


You are free to mine asteroids.

You are free to mine asteroids drunk.

You are free to mine asteroids drunk, naked and asleep.

You are even free to mine asteroids AFK, for however long you wish to.

I am free to come along and touch your shiny boat, and maybe even give it Hot Blaster Love.

This is sometimes called Ganking; others call it Just Business or Hello, Sailor.

You are free to try and stop me.

It's hard to stop me when you are AFK.

Best not be AFK when I show up, huh?

and the consequece for people like you are ?! Nothing. I loose ship .. nerves and bla. how lame.*yawn*