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Havoc StormBreaker
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Posted - 2005.06.09 18:04:00 -
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I can't find anything on attacking Convoys. I briefly tried it in a disposable Moa (coming to the end of its insurance and I hated the thing anyway) in a 0.5 120km away from the station and got destroyed so quickly it was amazing; I had expected to last a few seconds at least, but I didn't even see the shot I fired register before I was sucking vacuum.
So... is it possible, how do I do it (general terms), and is it worth it when you do destroy them? Am I only going to do it in a BS in low-sec space with three mates shield-boosting me or is there a particular technique to it?
Cheers for any help,
Havoc
Havoc StormBreaker...
Peace through superior firepower.
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Capsicum
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Posted - 2005.06.09 18:06:00 -
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Convoys don't currently drop anything, and attacking them gives you a sechit with the corp that 'owns' them ... Basically, not worth it at the moment.
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Startica
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Posted - 2005.06.09 18:48:00 -
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I love finding new threads started about convoys. I am also glad to see that a member of ISD has made a reply to this one. I wonder if there is any chance of any actual explainations of the absolute abolishment of convoy raiding. I just want more info then the obvious "they don't drop loot anymore". At least it was good to hear Capsicum say it. :)
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Capsicum
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Posted - 2005.06.09 18:54:00 -
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Sadly :) I don't know anymore about it then you guys, I'd love to hunt convoys for a change of pace, but I'd hate to take a sechit just to watch something blow up, it's easier and more profitable to do a good Deadspace mission.
I seem to recall that convoys were dropping too much valuable stuff and I assume that it was in danger of upsetting economics, so they were nerfed, in lieu of being fixed properly at a later date... This is a personal opinion though 
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Havoc StormBreaker
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Posted - 2005.06.09 19:09:00 -
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Thanks for replying - I can stop wondering "what if?" now :)
Cheers,
Havoc StormBreaker...
Peace through superior firepower.
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Ronin Woman
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Posted - 2005.06.09 19:19:00 -
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Logically however, they are hauling "something" and should drop- market products, garbage, ores, Etc.
In fact convoy escort would make a real good mission plot imo [as long as I'm not paid in units of garbage]. Might also give those bored would be  types something to do besides whine about lack of targets in low security space.
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Startica
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Posted - 2005.06.09 19:33:00 -
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I used to do a good ammount of convoy hunting. The loot was good but wasn't good enough to upset the economy. It was just after exodus that the convoys were not only nerfed but crippled. Aparrently the tables got screwed up and they were dropping things they shouldn't have been. If this were true however then they would/should have been fixed a long time ago. The more I tried to look into it the more my curiosity grew. Ok, so the loot might have needed a little balancing. Like a couple thousand internal structure mods could hurt a little,, but most of the loot I would get were trade goods, not things that could be manufactured by the players. After a few months went by without any good info I decided to abandon my corps persuit of convoy raids as "extra cash flow".
If/When convoys become a viable source of entertainment and income just pick a few corps in factions that you don't like much and rotate your hits between them. If your sec status with that corp gets too low they will not allow you to dock at thier stations and it can get to the point that thier sentrys will open fire anytime you get within range. It was a lot of fun and I would like to see it come back.
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Embattle
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Posted - 2005.06.09 20:08:00 -
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I do believe in one of the recent dev blogs there was mention of improving the convoy situation.
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Olympa Matar
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Posted - 2005.06.09 22:22:00 -
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Real heroes attack custom agents. |
Aurora Tagan
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Posted - 2005.06.10 08:09:00 -
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 Originally by: Olympa Matar
Real heroes attack custom agents.
hehehehe,
I've done that before it wasn't a pretty sight! 
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Khristopher
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Posted - 2005.06.10 10:17:00 -
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Never got a chance to hunt Convoys before but if these are added to/fixed I think it would be awesome to hunt down Gallente Convoys just for RP/fun reasons :) I do wonder though at what point do the factions start shooting back (-5.0 standing? kinda like sec status?).
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Madscotsman
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Posted - 2005.06.10 13:43:00 -
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Edited by: Madscotsman on 10/06/2005 13:44:08
I have done this in the past while they still dropped loot.
I tried a few days ago the little trick to find out if you could shoot them, the "Edit standings" trick, but their colour did not change......has anyone else tried recently?
EDIT: ugh, just thought about it, and I may not have my overview set up correctly for that.....
I'll have to wait until I get home from work now. 
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Startica
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Posted - 2005.06.12 19:39:00 -
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Originally by: Khristopher
Never got a chance to hunt Convoys before but if these are added to/fixed I think it would be awesome to hunt down Gallente Convoys just for RP/fun reasons :) I do wonder though at what point do the factions start shooting back (-5.0 standing? kinda like sec status?).
I never actually got my standing that low with a corp but I was allways under the impression that it would be -5.0 when they would become agressive with the sentrys. I do believe that they revoked docking privilages somewhere between -2 and -4 (and untill convoys drop loot again I won't be able to find out for sure). I allways staggered my hits across multiple corps and my lowest standing wasn't even -2 when they stopped with the loot.
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Startica
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Posted - 2005.06.12 19:50:00 -
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Edited by: Startica on 12/06/2005 19:50:19
Originally by: Embattle
I do believe in one of the recent dev blogs there was mention of improving the convoy situation.
Yes, thank you, I missed that when reading through it before. In "Sneek peeks part III" There is minor mention of convoys and changes to them. "Convoys are getting increased in strength and given loot worth taking them down. We're also adding elite Convoys which should have some more interesting stuff in them." Lets just hope that someone will be kind enough to tell us more.
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Startica
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Posted - 2005.06.15 03:06:00 -
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After reading (and paying attention to) the devblogs again I decided that a convoy wish list by us players would be a good idea. I understand the whole community based gameplay thing but it seems that all the fun parts of eve are moving farther from soloability. My wish for the convoy re-release is that it does not take a major turn twoards team play. Various types of convoys, as hinted upon in the devblog, could have some that require larger groups to take out but the standard convoys going from station to station should be left as they were with minor variations in difficulty and support.
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pOiSeNbErRy MuFfInMaN
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Posted - 2005.06.15 08:39:00 -
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Why kill them? -sec plus faction loss
Why not pod outhers instead much more fun
And yes I have popped quite a few and I do it in a frig hehe
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Luance DeAngeluotti
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Posted - 2005.06.15 09:16:00 -
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Originally by: Khristopher
Never got a chance to hunt Convoys before but if these are added to/fixed I think it would be awesome to hunt down Gallente Convoys just for RP/fun reasons :)
Noted and we will either try to protect them (I wonder if remote repairers work on them :) ) or we will hunt the Caldari convoys
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Vigilant
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Posted - 2005.06.15 15:58:00 -
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Convoy hunting is coming back.... Can't wait....Kestrels are the best for killing them...
And if you get shot up..... they don't cost anything to replace... 
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