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Master Sergeant MacRobert
Space-Brewery-Association 24eme Legion Etrangere
18
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Posted - 2013.12.14 11:23:00 -
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So neuts regularly enter FW plex's without joining FW.
This, to me, is an open declaration of intent to war against all FW Militias but they want to shoot everyone and have no consequence other than a dsec status hit. Some live to be -10 and use alts to bypass the disadvantage of this in high sec and furthermore there is now a high cost instant remedy to solve your sec status issues.
Whilst these are decisions the neutral player makes (a choice) it is unfortunate that a FW'er has to compromise their position when a neut enters a FW plex to either agrees, take a suspect flag and a sec status hit, or risk losing a fight by handing the advantage of first strike to the neutral agressers.
I think a simple change could be applied that evens the playing field without being unfair:
1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
Disagree? Give a good reasoning and I may change my mind. |

Taoist Dragon
Unfortunate Soldiers Cup Of ConKrete.
722
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Posted - 2013.12.14 11:36:00 -
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Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:So neuts regularly enter FW plex's without joining FW.
This, to me, is an open declaration of intent to war against all FW Militias but they want to shoot everyone and have no consequence other than a dsec status hit. Some live to be -10 and use alts to bypass the disadvantage of this in high sec and furthermore there is now a high cost instant remedy to solve your sec status issues.
Whilst these are decisions the neutral player makes (a choice) it is unfortunate that a FW'er has to compromise their position when a neut enters a FW plex to either agrees, take a suspect flag and a sec status hit, or risk losing a fight by handing the advantage of first strike to the neutral agressers.
I think a simple change could be applied that evens the playing field without being unfair:
1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
Disagree? Give a good reasoning and I may change my mind.
Get over it already.
Low sec is only loosely affiliated with any empire (hence no concord).
HTFU and shoot the neuts! That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything.
http://taoistdragon.blogspot.com.au/ |

Master Sergeant MacRobert
Space-Brewery-Association 24eme Legion Etrangere
18
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Posted - 2013.12.14 12:26:00 -
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Taoist Dragon wrote:Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:So neuts regularly enter FW plex's without joining FW.
This, to me, is an open declaration of intent to war against all FW Militias but they want to shoot everyone and have no consequence other than a dsec status hit. Some live to be -10 and use alts to bypass the disadvantage of this in high sec and furthermore there is now a high cost instant remedy to solve your sec status issues.
Whilst these are decisions the neutral player makes (a choice) it is unfortunate that a FW'er has to compromise their position when a neut enters a FW plex to either agrees, take a suspect flag and a sec status hit, or risk losing a fight by handing the advantage of first strike to the neutral agressers.
I think a simple change could be applied that evens the playing field without being unfair:
1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
Disagree? Give a good reasoning and I may change my mind. Get over it already. Low sec is only loosely affiliated with any empire (hence no concord). HTFU and shoot the neuts!
Like I said great reasoning. Doh!
I'm hard enough thank you. I live with the current system.
Low sec is loosely associated with FW - agree. FW plex's are, however, tightly associated with FW.
You enter into the plex with intention of going suspect (unless it is a outlaw inside) so what is the problem?
Oh you want this slight advantage to remain.
Nice knee JERK reaction. |

The Lobsters
WE FIGHT
65
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Posted - 2013.12.14 14:50:00 -
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You won't actually take that much of a sec hit by shooting a neutral. Pod them and you get a big hit but otherwise the sec hit is negligible. Also, make sure your overview is setup to show neuts with less that -5 sec status. I'd wager that most of the evil neut plex crashers are well past -5 and can be shot freely. The neuts that aren't could well be less experienced pvp ers n it may be worth taking the fight because of that.
Really, a 0.001% (or whatever low figure it is) sec hit shouldn't discourage you from pvp ing. It's cheap and easy to repair now too. Man up and get stuck in bro. That man is the noblest creature may be inferred from the fact that no other creature has contested his claim. |

Thanatos Marathon
Black Fox Marauders
111
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Posted - 2013.12.14 14:56:00 -
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Might make for interesting warp out games (suspect timer, no gate guns if they chase you). really though, we want neuts to be able to enter plexes, makes for more and better pew pew. I would however like to see the weak little rats shoot them though (shoot anyone that isn't in their faction). BLFOX is currently recruiting |

Rinai Vero
Moira. Villore Accords
248
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Posted - 2013.12.14 16:04:00 -
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The Lobsters wrote:I'd wager that most of the evil neut plex crashers are well past -5 and can be shot freely. The neuts that aren't could well be less experienced pvp ers n it may be worth taking the fight because of that.
Really, a 0.001% (or whatever low figure it is) sec hit shouldn't discourage you from pvp ing. It's cheap and easy to repair now too. Man up and get stuck in bro.
How much ISK are you willing to lose on that wager? It is absolutely a losing one.
Basically all of the assumptions you make proven incorrect by any brief experience in FW. The reason neut plex crashers are neither well past -5 nor less experienced PVPers is precisely because of the mechanics that make it "cheap and easy" to repair sec status. On top of the exploited mechanics mentioned so far, FW players also deal with AWOXing militia alts of these "neutral" players who exploit overview mechanics to assist neuts by giving them friendly tackle. |

Machiavelli's Nemesis
Angry Mustellid
361
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Posted - 2013.12.14 16:44:00 -
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Neutrals in plexes are very welcome since you can be mostly sure they aren't cloaked and stabbed nancies. |

Hrett
Justified Chaos
272
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Posted - 2013.12.14 18:31:00 -
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Machiavelli's Nemesis wrote:Neutrals in plexes are very welcome since you can be mostly sure they aren't cloaked and stabbed nancies.
This. No gate guns and no FW LPfarmer fits. You also have an intervening plex gate to slightly slow down any back-up that comes, and usually no caldari turbo-blob next door waiting to pounce you when you try to engage solo.  I'm probably typing on an iPad, which means the auto-correct is silly and fixing typos is a pain. I ain't fixing them. |

Christine Peeveepeeski
The Imperial Fedaykin Amarrian Commandos
371
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Posted - 2013.12.14 18:45:00 -
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Machiavelli's Nemesis wrote:Neutrals in plexes are very welcome since you can be mostly sure they aren't cloaked and stabbed nancies.
Don't talk to me about stabbed, cloaked nancies. The russians are pushing the warzone back up in vast numbers again so you guys can get ELLPEE. This has made me sad :( I spend most of my time like this;
-OMG excellent, rifter in novice, time to pew face. -Hit gate, Punch it! -Pewsacomin yeeeeeeeeeah -enters plex, no rifter, not on long -realised he cloaked -spin round the button in vain attempt to decloak although I don't know why because if he does he'll warp off as I haven't brought my twin scram hookbill -Cry myself to sleep at the keyboard because that was the 6th occurance in a row.
However all is not lost because actually, for pvp the warzone is exactly 5 systems wide. After an hours roam round the darkest, deepest part of minmatar homelands where you would expect defences against incursions of people such as myself I just return to the warm bosum of mother HED/SASEN and pewpewpew where we all politely discuss in local the pro's and con's of each others tactics after a gfgf followed by lively discourse on why our side win's at FW. |

SurrenderMonkey
Space Llama Industries
381
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Posted - 2013.12.14 19:08:00 -
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No, there's really no reason anyone who isn't participating in your little game of paintball needs to be affected by its rules. |

SeaSaw
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
39
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Posted - 2013.12.14 19:46:00 -
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Good OP;
Almost the only players who attack me in my novice plex are neutral. FW would be a complete bore without them so lets not discourage them.
your humble servent SeaSaw |

Rinai Vero
Moira. Villore Accords
248
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Posted - 2013.12.14 20:37:00 -
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So what about this at all discourages neuts from entering plexs? All the OP is talking about is adding a suspect flag.
If anything, instituting this change would lead to *more* fights for both parties. "Neutrals" are already entering the plex for the express purpose of a fight. Taking a suspect flag is exactly their expectation. FW players would have no reason *not* to engage any party entering the plex. As it is, some players will be motivated to keep positive sec status and therefore warp away from fights they might otherwise take. |

Iogrim
Matterhorn.
35
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Posted - 2013.12.14 21:27:00 -
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Don't be a ***** and shoot anything that enters your plex, either neutral or enemy militia. Sec status loss is negligible. |

Takanuro
The Amarrian Expendables 24eme Legion Etrangere
43
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Posted - 2013.12.15 00:30:00 -
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Iogrim wrote:Don't be a ***** and shoot anything that enters your plex, either neutral or enemy militia. Sec status loss is negligible.
When you are fighting in plexes day after day those negligible hits add up quickly. I'm -7, have fixed my sec many times and don't class myself as a pirate. I think suspect flag is a good idea, works from a RP point of view too. A Neutral wanders into a military installation/outpost in a ship with guns/missiles and modules that can stop a ship warping off. If that was my base I'd definitely class that as a suspicious action!
I just shoot them and ask questions later but hey wouldn't mind having less use for those sec status tags. 
Yes, we're going to die, but you're coming with us!
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Clem Fandango
24th Imperial Crusade Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.12.15 01:26:00 -
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You have it all backwards, make FW plexes not give sec status hits to anyone at all while keeping the faction hit for AWOXing. You don't need to apply a flag, just make all aggression lawful inside then everyone can shoot everyone just like a little pocket of null. |

Sean Parisi
Fugutive Task Force A T O N E M E N T
413
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Posted - 2013.12.15 01:35:00 -
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Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:So neuts regularly enter FW plex's without joining FW.
This, to me, is an open declaration of intent to war against all FW Militias but they want to shoot everyone and have no consequence other than a dsec status hit. Some live to be -10 and use alts to bypass the disadvantage of this in high sec and furthermore there is now a high cost instant remedy to solve your sec status issues.
Whilst these are decisions the neutral player makes (a choice) it is unfortunate that a FW'er has to compromise their position when a neut enters a FW plex to either agrees, take a suspect flag and a sec status hit, or risk losing a fight by handing the advantage of first strike to the neutral agressers.
I think a simple change could be applied that evens the playing field without being unfair:
1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
Disagree? Give a good reasoning and I may change my mind.
Sure give them the suspect flag. But even if they don't have the suspect flag - do this really great fantastic thing I like to do in this situation.
Kill every single one of them instead of running, bathe in their pod goo; find their gran grans and pod them too. Step on their kittens and devour their souls. This usually works really well for me. |

Taoist Dragon
Unfortunate Soldiers Cup Of ConKrete.
723
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Posted - 2013.12.15 10:26:00 -
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Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:Taoist Dragon wrote:Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:So neuts regularly enter FW plex's without joining FW.
This, to me, is an open declaration of intent to war against all FW Militias but they want to shoot everyone and have no consequence other than a dsec status hit. Some live to be -10 and use alts to bypass the disadvantage of this in high sec and furthermore there is now a high cost instant remedy to solve your sec status issues.
Whilst these are decisions the neutral player makes (a choice) it is unfortunate that a FW'er has to compromise their position when a neut enters a FW plex to either agrees, take a suspect flag and a sec status hit, or risk losing a fight by handing the advantage of first strike to the neutral agressers.
I think a simple change could be applied that evens the playing field without being unfair:
1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
Disagree? Give a good reasoning and I may change my mind. Get over it already. Low sec is only loosely affiliated with any empire (hence no concord). HTFU and shoot the neuts! Like I said great reasoning. Doh! I'm hard enough thank you. I live with the current system. Low sec is loosely associated with FW - agree. FW plex's are, however, tightly associated with FW. You enter into the plex with intention of going suspect (unless it is a outlaw inside) so what is the problem? Oh you want this slight advantage to remain. Nice knee JERK reaction.
Not knee jerk reaction. I have been heavily involved with FW for years.
Your arguments are just plain whining about not having any consequences to your actions while padding your LP wallets with little to no risk.
If you want a real work analogy pick an FOB in an active war zone. You occupy the area with your own troops. If you see any 'enemy' you actively engage however you don't just shoot anyone who wanders in without serious repercussions.
Simple HTFU and either warp out if you don't want to engage or shoot them and accept the penalties (which is easily fixed by tags as you will be making shed loads of isk from FW) That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything.
http://taoistdragon.blogspot.com.au/ |

Kane Kuchera
State Protectorate Auxiliary Militia
0
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Posted - 2013.12.15 13:50:00 -
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I've lived in low sec longer than anywhere else. The mechanics don't bother me even if I'm at a disadvantage but still OP's idea isn't a bad one actually not that I much care either way. |

Rinai Vero
Moira. Villore Accords
248
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Posted - 2013.12.15 19:39:00 -
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Taoist Dragon wrote: Not knee jerk reaction. I have been heavily involved with FW for years.
Your arguments are just plain whining about not having any consequences to your actions while padding your LP wallets with little to no risk.
Really guy? Your argument is about as well reasoned as your posturing is impressive. To be clear: not very impressive.
No consequences or risk? We aren't talking about neuts spoiling the stabbed plex farming alt's ISK/Hour ratio here. The OP clearly says he has no problem taking fights from neuts in plexes. For a FW pilot who is looking for PVP, neuts plex crashing is not a problem, its a welcome opportunity for a fight. Those pilots know they have the ability to run if they choose as soon as the hostile shows up on short scan. Instead they stay, and risk their ship, their isk and their pride... which is more than enough for anyone to risk in this internet spaceship game.
The stabbed plex farming alt is the "no risk" player, and they shouldn't even be considered in this discussion because they aren't relevant.
Taoist Dragon wrote:If you want a real work analogy pick an FOB in an active war zone. You occupy the area with your own troops. If you see any 'enemy' you actively engage however you don't just shoot anyone who wanders in without serious repercussions.
How you think this is an apt comparison is a mystery to me. For one thing: we are talking about an internet spaceship game here amigo. Not a ******* real life war zone. This is entertainment.
Even so, your comparison is inaccurate. For one, actual militaries have Rules of Engagement that vary wildly. Even assuming soldiers at an FOB are going to adhere to "don't fire unless fired upon" I can't think of a single warzone in the history of ever where soldiers were manning FOBs where it was commonplace for equally or better armed military forces not explicitly aligned with any belligerent party to regularly violate their perimeter and not get shot at.
We aren't complaining about innocent Ventures wandering in to mine the button as if they were Afghan goatherds.
Taoist Dragon wrote:Simple HTFU and either warp out if you don't want to engage or shoot them and accept the penalties (which is easily fixed by tags as you will be making shed loads of isk from FW)
So yeah, this is pretty much just more posturing. The OP clearly illustrated that the status quo is exactly as you state it. You offer no defense of why this status quo contributes positively to the game we are all playing together. I think the OP tagged you correctly as simply wanting to maintain the slight advantage you perceive in forcing FW pilots to choose between taking a sec hit to engage first or granting "first strike" to their aggressor.
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Taoist Dragon
Bastion of Mad Behaviour
727
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Posted - 2013.12.16 01:04:00 -
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Rinai Vero wrote:Taoist Dragon wrote: Not knee jerk reaction. I have been heavily involved with FW for years.
Your arguments are just plain whining about not having any consequences to your actions while padding your LP wallets with little to no risk.
Really guy? Your argument is about as well reasoned as your posturing is impressive. To be clear: not very impressive. No consequences or risk? We aren't talking about neuts spoiling the stabbed plex farming alt's ISK/Hour ratio here. The OP clearly says he has no problem taking fights from neuts in plexes. For a FW pilot who is looking for PVP, neuts plex crashing is not a problem, its a welcome opportunity for a fight. Those  pilots know they have the ability to run if they choose as soon as the hostile shows up on short scan. Instead they stay, and risk their ship, their isk and their pride... which is more than enough for anyone to risk in this internet spaceship game. The stabbed plex farming alt is the "no risk" player, and they shouldn't even be considered in this discussion because they aren't relevant. Taoist Dragon wrote:If you want a real work analogy pick an FOB in an active war zone. You occupy the area with your own troops. If you see any 'enemy' you actively engage however you don't just shoot anyone who wanders in without serious repercussions. How you think this is an apt comparison is a mystery to me. For one thing: we are talking about an internet spaceship game here amigo. Not a ******* real life war zone. This is entertainment. Even so, your comparison is inaccurate. For one, actual militaries have Rules of Engagement that vary wildly. Even assuming soldiers at an FOB are going to adhere to "don't fire unless fired upon" I can't think of a single warzone in the history of ever where soldiers were manning FOBs where it was commonplace for equally or better armed military forces not explicitly aligned with any belligerent party to regularly violate their perimeter and not get shot at. We aren't complaining about innocent Ventures wandering in to mine the button as if they were Afghan goatherds. Taoist Dragon wrote:Simple HTFU and either warp out if you don't want to engage or shoot them and accept the penalties (which is easily fixed by tags as you will be making shed loads of isk from FW) So yeah, this is pretty much just more posturing. The OP clearly illustrated that the status quo is exactly as you state it. You offer no defense of why this status quo contributes positively to the game we are all playing together. I think the OP tagged you correctly as simply wanting to maintain the slight advantage you perceive in forcing FW pilots to choose between taking a sec hit to engage first or granting "first strike" to their aggressor.
Actually read my post before you decide that it is simple posturing thank you. Also if you want to do some research (i know :effort: right) you'll find I have a history of FW posting where the OP whines about neuts coming in and causing them to lose LP/hr. Oh what a pity!
As for the FOB analogy. Well I was in the air force for 9 years and visited most of the major conflict areas in the world and this is exactly the rules of engagement we operated upon so whining about the ROE in eve by using the OP's argument seals it directly in line with the analogy.
So once again HTFU and go out and shoot ****! That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything.
http://taoistdragon.blogspot.com.au/ |

Rinai Vero
Moira. Villore Accords
249
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Posted - 2013.12.16 02:28:00 -
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I did read your post. OP isn't whining about ISK/hr. That's not the discussion being had. Maybe you should find one of those topics to post in.
I figured you were a vet when you brought out the analogy in the first place. All due respect to your service, the analogy still isn't accurate nor relevant to the game mechanics being discussed. You didn't actually address the content of my argument, you just pulled your service as if that was an end to the discussion.
EVE is kindof a nightmare of conflicting game design elements. The intent of the designers with a particular mechanic, the unintended consequences, ect ect. One pretty obvious element from the beginning has been that aggressors are not prevented from acting, but they are intended to incur consequences for their aggression. CONCORD, Gate Guns, Aggression Timers for gates or docking and others are all examples of this.
Aggressors tend to have advantages like dictating the timing of an engagement or taking the initiative. Entering a FW plex as a neutral player has all the qualities of an aggressive action. It should be treated as such. Instead neutrals get to fly around, take aggressive action towards FW players and not suffer normal repercussions of that aggressive action. Indeed, those repercussions are even shifted onto the people they are aggressing.
A suspect flag would also allow free engagement by all parties and encourage more pvp, so really its a win win. |

Theroine
Justified Chaos
62
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Posted - 2013.12.16 03:04:00 -
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Taoist Dragon wrote: Get over it already.
Low sec is only loosely affiliated with any empire (hence no concord).
HTFU and shoot the neuts!
Why is this thread into it's second page when Taoist Dragon gave what should have been a thread-ending reply.
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Rinai Vero
Moira. Villore Accords
249
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Posted - 2013.12.16 03:39:00 -
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Prolly because we all shoot neuts already. |

Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari End of Life
83
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Posted - 2013.12.16 04:36:00 -
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Master Sergeant MacRobert wrote:1. Entering a FW plex, whilst not being a member of a FW militia, gives a suspect flag.
As a neut who lives in FW space (because fights are easy to come by and I also offer fights as often as I can), I have no problem with this.
It won't affect me in the slightest.
I already take sec status hits and gain suspect flags often because I like to agress first; and if there was any change in behavior it would come down to sitting on the accel gate more often to engage outside.
However, a suspect flag doesn't worry me in the slightest and if my sec status drops down low enough (I use tags to keep it ok at the moment), then a suspect flag means zero to begin with because reds can be targeted anytime in any location. |

Bienator II
madmen of the skies
2221
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Posted - 2013.12.16 05:26:00 -
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change it to limited engagement timer and i fully support this proposal. The idea isn't new but the threads just usually end after nullsec trolls derail them into "if you don't want sec hits go to null".
you shouldn't end up being an outlaw after a few month of faction war just because you are defending plexes.
so +1 eve style bounties (done) dust boarding parties imagine there is war and everybody cloaks - join FW |

Taoist Dragon
Bastion of Mad Behaviour
732
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Posted - 2013.12.16 13:25:00 -
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Rinai Vero wrote:Prolly because we all shoot neuts already.
If this is the case why whine when someone argues against the whine from OP wanting any neut who enters gets a suspect flag so they don't 'hurt' their shiny sec status.
Simply put. You shoot someone who is 'neutral' you get penalised. If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
And for the military analogy - If i just shot anyone who wandered into my FOB I'd be locked up and tried for murder. same thing in eve. You shoot someone who wanders in and they aren't a known enemy or criminal (sec -5 or lower) then you get penalised.
Duh?!
Why am I wasting my time explaining **** that is obvious to anyone who applies some form of common sense? That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything.
http://taoistdragon.blogspot.com.au/ |

Anslo
The Scope Gallente Federation
3633
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Posted - 2013.12.16 14:41:00 -
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Go ahead and make us blinky. You'll still just run away.
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Baron' Soontir Fel
Justified Chaos
99
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Posted - 2013.12.16 14:42:00 -
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I'd take it you'd reply in a similar fashion if someone drove up with a tank onto one of your bases.
"Hold up, I need to check your criminal background. Oh you're clean, come on in. Feel free to drive onto our base with your tank."
"Uh, he's approaching me very fast in a tank, should I take defensive actions?"
"No no guys, he's a neutral. He won't shoot us."
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George Gouillot
Eleutherian Guard Villore Accords
7
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Posted - 2013.12.16 15:15:00 -
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I'd rather go for no sec-status hit within plexes which would be beneficial for everyone. And yes, I am shooting every neutral that comes inside my plex under any circumstances but prefer to keep my sec status high enough to do the occasional Caldari high sec raid. And buying sec status is an annoyance with Concord offices being far away from the warzone, not speaking of shooting red crosses in asteroid belts.
For sure nothing that is a priority compared to some other FW mechanism but a niice little improvement. |

Thanatos Marathon
Black Fox Marauders
111
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Posted - 2013.12.16 16:54:00 -
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The suspect flag idea keeps getting better the more I think about it. Why would you be against it? BLFOX is currently recruiting |
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