Skidd Chung
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Posted - 2006.03.08 15:37:00 -
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 Originally by: DrakeStone
So you can loot anyone's regular cans and they only have 15 minutes to attempt to kill you with no repurcussion? After that, they have lost their chance in highsec space and Concord would kill them if they attempt it to kill you after the 15 minutes?
That doesn't seem like any type of real deterrent from looting.
The deterrent is that a looter can't do it in front of you with your guns pointing at him. Example: You are ratting in a belt and left some cans which has lousy loot to float in space and jumped out of the system to try other belts in other systems.
Another NPCer warps to your belt, sees no one around but see a lot of cans, he opens one after a warning and finds some ammo he likes and proceed to pick everything up in the belt. Is he considered a looter? Or a scavenger? If the timer was longer maybe 1 hour or more, he might run into you when both of you somehow decided to make a trip back to Jita to clear your holds. You blast him to bits, he claims innocence, and he is, but you wouldn't have any of it, he is blinking red to you and you want blood for nothing.
Another example: You are doing a mission in empire space, near a gate, clearing wave after wave of Guristas, when you're done with the last wave, you realise you are about 40km from your starting point where your first loot can drop.
As you make your way there, another frigate is heading towards it. He approaches your can and proceed to open one and starts blinking red. You start to lock him and fire all your guns at him. He takes damage, scared like a rabbit and proceed to warp away. You reach your can and type in a warning on local, 'Try that again and I'll blow you to bits you PUNK!!'.
Whether or not he comes back with a battleship to grief you is another matter ^^, but the theft timer was put there to deter it, NOT to prevent it. As being a looter, thief, scavenger, etc. is a supported profession.
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