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MissEvil
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:23:00 -
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...are really annoying me. Ore thieving is part of the game as it was originally intended. Yes, people call me scum and lowlife, however at least im not whining to CCP to patch it (ive only heard rumours that this will happen). Thats right, you don't like the rules so your getting them rewritten, now that is cowardly! If anyone is lowlife it is you lot who can't simply live with the fact that this is just a game!
I think Concord police are right to protect thieves, and not let our 'victims' fight back. If little Johnny at school ever stole another childs football, would the teachers stand by whilst they witness the other child cave his skull in? No! Revenge (in the form of murder)is just as much illegal as other crime.
I hope CCP don't cave into pressure from these people who whine about their precious ore. Its not because it will make my profession of stealing harder, yet it will show people that if they moan enough they will always be able to get the rules bent to suit them, to me that is just pathetic  |
Elan DoChin
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:34:00 -
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Even though I've never taken ore left in a container, I have snagged unattended pirate loot. If I see a container that's not full of ore, and there's not a ship to be seen, I snag it. Hey, a little tech goes a long way sometimes.
I mean, I know it's a pain to have ore stolen. So, I don't do it personally. That's not to say that I disagree with MissEvil though.
I figure if you leave the container unattended, then if it's not there when you get back that's the way it goes.
That's part of the game. And, personally, I figure it's a pretty fair estimate of what would happen IRL. I mean, you're out in space. Nobody's within 10 million miles of you. You come across a container loaded with minerals, equipment, whatever. Nobody's name is on it, it's no a secure container. Well, it's gone.
Same thing. You're walking down the street, you find a wallet with $1000 in it. Well, someone else could've just as easily picked it up, taken the money and dropped the wallet. Here's your ID sir, sorry no there was no money. Now, again, I don't do this personally. But, I'm sure other people might, just might, be overtaken by the temptation.
So, I figure if it ain't guarded, it should be fair game.
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dalman
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:35:00 -
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People who starts thread after thread about something like this are...
... are really annoying me.
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Torath
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:43:00 -
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Why not up the cargo space on the indi's, make them realy slow, I mean realy slow. that way it would take a shed load of ore to fill them but compensate that with a slow speed.
You want it I got it....erm unless I sold it, then some one else has it!?! :/
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MissEvil
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:47:00 -
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People who starts thread after thread about something like this are...
... are really annoying me.
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:49:00 -
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can we just declare ore thieves and spawn camping and lag dead threads in need of closing? or make a Top 10 issues we want dealt with voting option so we can avoid USELESS debate over these things, a little is fine, but this is OVERKILL.
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drunkenmaster
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Posted - 2003.09.08 14:51:00 -
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Why not up the cargo space on the indi's, make them realy slow, I mean realy slow. that way it would take a shed load of ore to fill them but compensate that with a slow speed.
This won't solve anything. I've seen haulers not even having to use their jets, due to some quality bookmark placement.
The problem is: people are too lazy to set up a secure mining op, so they mine into jet-cans.
If they get their ore stolen, I have no sympathy at all.
I believe the official response is available in the support forums. Or somewhere. Not that it matters, everyone ignored it last time it was posted in an ore thief thread. And the time before that, when it was posted in... an ore thief thread. And, oddly enough, the time before that, too.
how many fricking ore thief threads do we need? This is becoming rather annoying.
If it carries on, I'll probably just go around holding people's ore to ransom, or just blowing it up.
I wish people would stop begging CCP for fixes to this problem, which is one of exploiting jet-cans to mine ridiculous sums of ore.
The fix is easy: get a load of secure cans. Mine into secure cans. The ore thieves can do *nothing* about this, and will therefore not bother hanging around.
once they have left, people can go back to their daft, unsafe methods.
*note: I mine occasionally. I mine into a jet-can. I mine ridiculous amounts of ore. But I do it in a system where I can blow the *******s off anyone who tries to steal it. And should someone steal/destroy it, I'll add them to the ****list. I *WILL NOT* come to the forums begging CCP to break a fully working system.
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Torath
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:02:00 -
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can we just declare ore thieves and spawn camping and lag dead threads in need of closing? or make a Top 10 issues we want dealt with voting option so we can avoid USELESS debate over these things, a little is fine, but this is OVERKILL.
How about we just hijack this thread and use it to talk about the clear lack of burger joints in space. 2 Months I am starving.
You want it I got it....erm unless I sold it, then some one else has it!?! :/
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Jernau Gurgeh
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:16:00 -
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I can sense a post from the Big Bang Burger Bar coming any time now...
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:19:00 -
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I think gambling and burgers could be a positive combo, especially wih a pinch of drugs
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Torath
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:23:00 -
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I was thinking snort more than pinch!
And a few outlets to relieve the munchies.
You want it I got it....erm unless I sold it, then some one else has it!?! :/
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:25:00 -
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Personally I think they should allow huge station/malls to be created with corporate shops... etc etc.
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Torath
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:38:00 -
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You would never see the ladies though, they would spend half their time shopping. Corperations would go bust trying to keep up with their spending.
Maybe I should look into starting a credit company.
You want it I got it....erm unless I sold it, then some one else has it!?! :/
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:54:00 -
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yeah, you could offer newbies high interest credit card context just outside the university of Caille, get em in debt young !!! :)
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Darion MacVale
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Posted - 2003.09.08 15:56:00 -
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yeah, you could offer newbies high interest credit card context just outside the university of Caille, get em in debt young !!! :)
*mutters something about his college days and large credit card bills...*
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Torath
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:00:00 -
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yeah, you could offer newbies high interest credit card context just outside the university of Caille, get em in debt young !!! :)
Then just offer more and more until I have to send the repo man to take their Apoc when they can't keep up repayments!!!
You want it I got it....erm unless I sold it, then some one else has it!?! :/
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:05:00 -
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My repo guy is my alt "Tony Capriani"
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Bart: "Do you even have a job any more?"
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Alexia Te'Len
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:09:00 -
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I'll keep doing it, regardless of any counter-measures brought in.
I've got nothing to lose from it, and everything to gain.
If I get attacked/retaliated against? I'll just run. Simple.
Cowardly? Yes. But at least I can admit that.
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Veruna Caseti
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:12:00 -
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...are really annoying me. Ore thieving is part of the game as it was originally intended.
Actually, since unsecure cargo containers were never meant to be used to hold ore during mining operations, it's not possible that ore stealing was an "intended" part of the game.
Try again.
Veruna Caseti
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:14:00 -
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we were talking about burgers and scamming students, please stay on topic.
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ChironV
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:23:00 -
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Well ore thieves could be considered part of the game. A good analogy would be buying a burger paid for with your hard work and leaving it on the table to get some mustard. When you come back to your table you find a 2/3rds eaten. Ore thieves are like that. Rude uncivilized lazy bums who parasite off the rest of us. It is interesting to watch as true nature of some people shines through for everyone to see.  So we now have to keep our burgers in lock boxes.  C'est la vie.
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:31:00 -
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I disagree, its more like you leave a box of gold lying around in the street
You go to get your car two blocks away as the gold is too heavy to carry.
you come back and people have jacked it.
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Mynobe Soletae
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:34:00 -
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Edited by: Mynobe Soletae on 08/09/2003 16:42:36
Yeah, the standard acusation of every exploiter out there: "Carebears are whining to the devs to change the rules."
As far as I know, the devs are extremely resistant to any suggestion they DON'T agree with. And if there's something that THEY feel has to change, they usually change it without asking the players, or even in spite of player requests to leave as it is. Look at MWD.
So you feel you should continue to be able to steal ore. Good for you. I feel you shouldn't, so easily, and without repercussions. However, I did NOT go writing petitions and whining to the devs about it. I'd assume they made their own mind about the issue. |
Jash Illian
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:45:00 -
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Yeah, the standard acusation of every exploiter out there: "Carebears are whining to the devs to change the rules."
As far as I know, the devs are extremely resistant to any suggestion they DON'T agree with. And if there's something that THEY feel has to change, they usually change it without asking the players, or even in spite of player requests to leave as it is. Look at MWD.
So you feel you should continue to be able to steal ore. Good for you. I feel you shouldn't, so easily, and without repercussions. However, I did NOT go writing petitions and whining to the devs about it. I'd assume they made their own mind about the issue. So stop calling me a coward, b**ch!
I just find that the solution offered, to flag a person opening a can that's not theirs as criminal, to be pointless. Given who we're talking about, high sec miners, none will have the firepower to stop an ore thief.
The person won't be flagged until they open the container. Which gives you about 3 seconds to stop them before they're underway (assuming they're slow). Warp scramble them and they escape under normal power (kitted for speed my Mammoth hits 800m/s) Warp Scramble/Webify? Maybe, but don't jump the gun else Concord will take care of you.
And then after all that, who has the firepower left to actually do damage after filling their turrets with lasers and their drone bays with Harvesters? Rupture, Typhoon, Tempest? Maybe a Thorax if he can recall his drones mining fastt enough and launch before the logout timer lets them escape.
n00b traps, such as telling some n00b he can loot the cans from low sec mining with a few booby traps, are another story.
I mean its like you want corporations to oblige each other like its sex or something. Pffft I would rather **** my enemy.- Rohann
Be careful out there. That other guy waiting in the queue for the gate MIGHT be a baby-munching frock-burner, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!- Lallante |
Mynobe Soletae
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:48:00 -
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Daesdemona, it's not in the street. It's out in the woods where you've dug it up. Out of the way of innocent bystanders really.
The act of ore theft is premeditated. You have to jump in a ship specifically configured for the purpose, and you have to actively search the belts for containers. |
Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:50:00 -
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Ok, still, would you leave your gold out knowing that the woods are not safe?
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Daesdemona
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:56:00 -
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If you ever went to bandcamp kids would commit suicide.
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Bart: "Do you even have a job any more?"
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Tyrrax Thorrk
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:56:00 -
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Ya and this one time.. at band camp... I like tried to steal some ore and then I laughed at some afk miner..
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Mynobe Soletae
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Posted - 2003.09.08 16:58:00 -
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Jash, the problem isn't firepower, it's the faction loss. Take the faction loss away, and most people will reconsider the situation and bring guns.
The lone miner won't have the firepower, yes. A small team of a few miners will, if they fit one person for firepower and the rest for ew.
You can then argue that in that case the ore thief will not even bother, and will go in search of easier prey. GOOD! Functions as a deterrent. That's the point.
Currently ore thieves act with impunity, because of the faction situation. |
Marcus Grisbius
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Posted - 2003.09.08 17:01:00 -
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Ore thieving is part of the intended use of the jettison cans although not jet-can mining wasn't planned on. The idea of the jet-can was that it was junk that was tossed out. This means that it was junk and left as such just as someone could pull something out of a trash can. Anyone would be able to open it up and take it if they wanted before it explodes. So, though ore stealing wasn't specifically envisioned, the result of the action was just as it was designed. Jet-can = risk of losing ore.
I also like the thought of having shopping malls. 
Certainty of death... little chance of success... what are we waiting for? - Gimli, son of Gloinn |
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