he was flashy yellow? that means he's a suspect.

you shot at him so you get suspect flagged too so you get locked down in the system.

you shot at him so you get suspect flagged too so you get locked down in the system.

Hi there! It was me you aggressed.

I hope you enjoyed the little encounter.

I wouldn't have killed you due to your age...

...but I do like to send newbs scurrying when they aggress.

Fly safe, and enjoy a nice little isk bonus!

Don't think I got any isk, as I didn't kill you, but fly safe, and don't let the bedbugs, er, newb-bugs bite!

I'm a serious newb, so bear with me. I'm also no PvP'er. At this point in my career, I'm simply a flying joke.

So I was attempting to dock at a station in a seriously high security area in Gallente space, when all of a sudden my overview shows a criminal/pirate icon flashing (had skull and crosses). I was in an Amarr Coercer outfitted with 8 radio lasers. I opened fire on him and hit him with 5 or 6 volleys of all 8 lasers before he knew what hit him. At that point he turned around and returned fire, plus released a ton of drones. It then became apparent to me that this was some kind of heavy cruiser - can't remember the type. I just know that one hit stripped off my entire shields, and I just warped out of there as fast as I could before I could take another hit. Fortunately, I lived.

Here's the part that surprised me. I got 3 timers out of this. One timer was for "aggression against another pilot" which stopped me from using stargates, and I believe docking as well. The other two were limited engagement and something else. But my question is about the first timer.

I had safety on, so from my understanding I should not have been able to fire at another pilot unless he 'deserved' it so to speak. He was also flashing some kind of criminal or pirate icon, so apparently (afaik) he was 'fair game'. Also, I didn't have Concord or police breathing down my neck after this, so I assume I didn't act illegally, yet I still got this flag for 'aggression against another pilot.' Is this what should have happened? Can anyone explain? Why couldn't I use stargates or dock at a station (I'd understand if I acted improperly)?

Secondly, how was he able to fly around sentry guns and cops and everything else freely without any repercussions?

Note that I'm not complaining about anything, nor do I want anything changed, nerfed, etc. I'm just trying to understand the rules is all.

(Oh, forgot to mention, after the encounter I checked the guy and he had over 300 million bounty on his head. Not sure if that's considered a 'lot' to most folks, but it's a lot to me!)

No pvp? why do you even play mmorpg then? The are games call X3- Terran Conflict. Thats a pve game. I think thats a better choice to play. Eve is based on pvp you can do pve offcourse but whats the point of only farming money and then sitting in dock space.....

Its just me or people are that scared to lose a ship. Its only a ship. Its no real thing. Just go outside kick the ball and score. So like real thing go undock, go to low sec get pod killed and start over. Till you know how to defend and how to play agains other people. Thats more fun than only isk farming fest. Thats borring like hell. Just my opinion on your view offcourse.

Quite simply. YOU ARE A NOOBLET

I sent you a small quantity of isk as a leg up once I saw your forum post. People who help themselves, deserve respect. Posting and seeking out the answer early on in your career shows you'll probably go far in EVE.

No pvp? why do you even play mmorpg then? The are games call X3- Terran Conflict. Thats a pve game. I think thats a better choice to play. Eve is based on pvp you can do pve offcourse but whats the point of only farming money and then sitting in dock space.....

Its just me or people are that scared to lose a ship. Its only a ship. Its no real thing. Just go outside kick the ball and score. So like real thing go undock, go to low sec get pod killed and start over. Till you know how to defend and how to play agains other people. Thats more fun than only isk farming fest. Thats borring like hell. Just my opinion on your view offcourse.

But my question is about the first timer.

Tah'ris is pretty dumb, you can kill him pretty easily if you get together with some other people that hate him. (There are a lot of them)

Hmmm, for some reason I'm reminded of a story about not throwing stones in a glass house.............



DMC

Quite simply. YOU ARE A NOOBLET

Hi there! It was me you aggressed.

You gained the following three timers:

1. Limited Engagement

As soon as you aggress a legal target, you gain a limited engagement timer. This can also be created by accepting a duel request. It essentially just gives you 5 mins to extend the engagement with the target and allows you to shoot freely without goign suspect or criminal yourself.

2. Weapons Timer

Any aggressive action you take will earn you a weapons timer of 1 minute. This timer will prevent you from docking, jumping (except WHs), ejecting, or switching ships. Performing logistics that would generate any timer for you will also earn a weapons timer (I.E. inheriting one for remote repairing someone else)

3. Log-off Timer

Any aggressive action done to you or by you will generate a 15 minute timer that will prevent you from logging off safely in space. If you have to log off in space, you always want to make sure this goes away first or you may find yourself dead. An exception might be logging off in a POS.

I hope you enjoyed the little encounter. I wouldn't have killed you due to your age, but I do like to send newbs scurrying when they aggress. The bounty you pointed out is because I have a tendency to **** people off.

Fly safe, and enjoy a nice little isk bonus!

Tah'ris

A nooblet that tried.

She's already leagues beyond most of the EvE playerbase!

+1

I tell you a secret about Eve, OP:
Most of us are terrible at this game. Don't let the crazy amounts of skillpoints or shiny faction ships fool you: If you know about those aggro timers and if you learn everything you can about tracking/transversals, scram ranges and overheat mechanics, you will already be better than 90% of the other players.

edit: flying sober is helpful, too.

I'm a serious newb, so bear with me. I'm also no PvP'er. At this point in my career, I'm simply a flying joke.