eleuthereus
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Posted - 2005.12.17 17:12:00 -
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To All,
Ok, I am a noob still, only about 1 1/2 month old, but doing well and enjoying the game. But I want to throw my 2 cents in about this whole can-flagging thing - it is a tragedy.
When I first started, one of the things that really helped me (and was really fun) was jumping from system to system on my little courier runs and seeing abandoned cans that had been left by someone who either finished a mission or who deliberately left goodies out of the kindness of their hearts (for guys like me). Sometimes it was ammo, shield extenders, or PDS units - all things that I needed and used. I also sold some things for ISK I desperately needed. Then, I actually remember finding a few cans in high sec space (but sparsely populated) that had some VERY nice treasures (tech II), right next to the gates, clearly left as a present for someone to find. And I received substantial ISK from abandoned cans after various persons completed missions and CLEARLY abandoned their lot cans for the taking.
I can honestly say that I was hoping to be able to do this for years to come, and in return, after becoming an experienced player, "do unto others" and pass on a little help to noobs in this very fun way.
Well, no more! Thank you CCP. IMHO, this can flagging thing is absurd and has destroyed one of the most enjoyable aspects of the game that made long trips quite fun (you never knew what you might find along the way). I can no longer take stuff, nor can I give stuff, in this way. And even if cans are truly abandoned by mission completers, you still can't take them because you just never know.
And even though a warning comes up, there is soooo much to learn about the game, that a noob could easily not quite understand the ramifications of what he is doing -- and certainly not think that someone is deliberately seting him up in their cloaked thorax 20KM out and watching his every move. Not good. This seems to not have been thought out very well at all.
Now, we have loot cans LITTERING and I mean littering the stargates. I flew through numerous systems last night and could barely get to the gates because of all the cans lying around everywhere. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
That's my noob rant. Free loot cans really helped me out as a noob, but alas, it seems they will help no one else, and I will never know the fun of dropping a few cans of presents for people at gates. sigh.
eleuthereus
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