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Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:14:00 -
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So I got bored and decided to annoy the farmers in Pakhshi.
I saddled up my trusty Iteron V ("The Beast"), jumped into the system and started to scan for likely targets. I soon found three: Ti Chell, Happinessai and a third character in a hauler. They were all in noob corps and Ti Chell and Happinessai mined away merrily while the hauler periodically popped out to pick up their ore - until I started to pick it up instead. This continued for a while, with the miners continuing to mine for the most part and no complaints being made in local.
Having grabbed a fair amount of ore, I warped back into the belt where Happinessai was still merrily mining in a Covetor and went for the next lot in the can, again beating their hauler to the ore. This is when things got interesting. I took from the can and the usual warning popped up:
(warning) You are about to steal items from Happinessai. If you continue, Happinessai and Happinessai's corporation will be free to attack you!
Well that was nothing new so I yoinked the ore... At which point the following message came up:
(combat) <color=0xffbb6600>Warrior I belonging to Happinessai places an excellent hit on you, inflicting 11.9 damage.
He had stuck his Acolyte and two Warrior drones on me and intended to destroy my ship for stealing his ore. I could only marvel as his drones made their way through my shield and started to go to work on my armour. Perhaps at this point I should mention my Iteron V's set up.
Hi: 150mm Railgun II, Small 'Knave' Energy Drain
Med: 10MN AB, 'Langour' Webifier, Fleeting Warp Scrambler, Small Electrochemical Cap Booster, Supplemental Scanning CPU I (named sensor booster)
Low: 2x Small Armor Repairer II, 3x Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
I locked the Covetor and fought back.
The following 4 minutes witnessed a battle of epic proportions as his drones ate at my tank time and again and, time and again, I repelled them and ate slowly away at the Covetor using my single railgun filled with Antimatter S.
I was eating through cap charges in an effort to sustain my tank, weaponry and scrambling modules, hoping, desperately hoping, that I could kill him before I ran out of cap. I switched off one repairer and prayed that it would be enough. Then came the moment that swung the battle decisively in my favour:
(combat) <color=0xffbbbb00>Your 150mm Railgun II perfectly strikes Happinessai 'Ti Chell's Covetor'(Covetor), wrecking for 152.9 damage.
He was hurting badly and I was able to fend off his drones, ensuring they never got my armour past 80%. Slowly, reluctantly, surely his Coveter yielded to the relentless hammering of The Beast. With one final effort a shot rang true against the withered structure of the Covetor and destroyed it forever. I scooped his loot, took the remainder of the ore and warped back to the station with my ship and my pride. I saw Happinessai's pod warp into the station just as I docked and, in recognition of his efforts, typed in local:
"Happinessai: good fight"
There was no response.
As a final addendum, the only item of his that was destroyed was a Civilian Shield Booster. I put his 3 strip miners up for sale on the market and within a few minutes they sold. I checked my transaction log. Inevitably it read:
Market: Happinessai bought stuff from Ebedar
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The Dominix: A Documentary
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Cornelius Murphy
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:17:00 -
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Amusing, and a blow against macro miners!
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Mitchman
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:18:00 -
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Priceless 
teh ioctl doesn't mine - he looks at the asteroids and they warp to the nearest station and refine themselves. |
HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:26:00 -
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everyone else would have docked to get a combat cruiser, but you killed him in a hauler
respect
Win a Cerberus!!
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris
yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing
Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler
Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy
Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault
Stop spamming with "QFT" >:|. - Teblin
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Raven Aure
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:27:00 -
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 Originally by: HippoKing
everyone else would have docked to get a combat cruiser, but you killed him in a hauler
respect
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"Ahh, Raven Aure. Your reputation precedes you."
"Uh oh. Which one?"
Originally by: Density5
brb gotta sleep
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jbob2000
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:32:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
everyone else would have docked to get a combat cruiser, but you killed him in a hauler
respect
qft
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babyblue
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:36:00 -
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From the title of this thread, I thought it was going to be about drinking in The Three Kings with my brother in-law.
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Sarai Atvar
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:40:00 -
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Excellent story. I just wish it had a less depressing ending. For every story like yours, there are thousands of farmers who go along untouched. Hopefully this will inspire others to follow your example.
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xStormwingx
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Posted - 2006.04.09 21:58:00 -
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+rep.
hilarious. damn dumb farmers. 
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Smiffa
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Posted - 2006.04.09 22:02:00 -
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Originally by: Ebedar
As a final addendum, the only item of his that was destroyed was a Civilian Shield Booster. I put his 3 strip miners up for sale on the market and within a few minutes they sold. I checked my transaction log. Inevitably it read:
Market: Happinessai bought stuff from Ebedar
I've just woke everybody up thats sleeping here, thanks to that. Note to self: must go try this some day.
WD dude!
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.04.09 22:11:00 -
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Originally by: Ebedar
I put his 3 strip miners up for sale on the market and within a few minutes they sold. I checked my transaction log. Inevitably it read:
Market: Happinessai bought stuff from Ebedar
That just tickles me!
Sooner or later, these idiots have got to realize that industrial ships are not the helpless flying cans that everyone believes them to be. The "assault industrial" is more than capable of holding its own while doing its job, and can survive long enough to take down those who prey upon it, or to get free if the opposition is too powerful.
It's not that you're 'roleplaying a jerk'... it's a matter of typecasting. |
crom ralphfao
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Posted - 2006.04.09 23:32:00 -
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i use my iteron v for lvl3 missions
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Raven Aure
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Posted - 2006.04.09 23:52:00 -
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Originally by: crom ralphfao
i use my iteron v for lvl3 missions
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Originally by: Double TaP
hippo, other guy, calm down. lets be friends. yall are arguing about the different meanings of the word zerg.
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.04.10 00:00:00 -
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That's impressive. I've done level 2-type stuff in my haulers, but it takes skillz and a good fitting to do level 3 missions in a hauler.
It's not that you're 'roleplaying a jerk'... it's a matter of typecasting. |
Charlotte Gallfour
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Posted - 2006.04.10 00:13:00 -
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Edited by: Charlotte Gallfour on 10/04/2006 00:14:52
"They were all in noob corps and Ti Chell and Happinessai mined away merrily while the hauler periodically popped out to pick up their ore - until I started to pick it up instead."
I want to do that.
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Double TaP
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Posted - 2006.04.10 00:20:00 -
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I finally decided to read this all the way through, and I'm glad I did. Impressive!
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2006.04.10 00:32:00 -
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Originally by: Corunna ElMan
That's impressive. I've done level 2-type stuff in my haulers, but it takes skillz and a good fitting to do level 3 missions in a hauler.
Hauling missions?
Great story. It's this openended stuff that keeps me coming back for more \o/
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.04.10 00:49:00 -
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Originally by: Deja Thoris
Hauling missions?
Snap! Told. 
It's not that you're 'roleplaying a jerk'... it's a matter of typecasting. |
Tasuric Orka
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Posted - 2006.04.10 01:02:00 -
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Respect man, i would have boogied out to get my cruiser 
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gordon861
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Posted - 2006.04.10 01:05:00 -
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Sooner or later one of the macro miners will learn that the hauler account could do with upping it's combat skills as well and come out with a Battle Cruiser instead on one of the runs and suprise you.
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M3ta7h3ad
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Posted - 2006.04.10 01:11:00 -
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lol :) civilian shield booster, the true mark of a macro/farmer.
Apocs, Geddons, Cormorants, Ospreys, Retrievers and Covetors...
No matter what, they always fit civilian shield boosters.
Kudos to doing it in your hauler mate, every time I try on the crowd in esescama they just warp away in unison.
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If you kill all the wolves, your gonna end up with a crapload of bunnies, and by bunnies I mean stupid people
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Wu GyaFei
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Posted - 2006.04.10 01:23:00 -
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I was about to scream .. *******!
then I realized he killed a macro, =]
good job! =]
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Cmdr Sy
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Posted - 2006.04.10 04:01:00 -
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Priceless.
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Mrsticks
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Posted - 2006.04.10 04:04:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing
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everyone else would have docked to get a combat cruiser, but you killed him in a hauler
respect
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My new sig hope you don't mind 
and on the kill priceless
Originally by: HippoKing
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everyone else would have docked to get a combat cruiser, but you killed him in a hauler
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Spy4Hire
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Posted - 2006.04.10 04:29:00 -
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Uhm.... why didn't you kill the drones *first* and just keep the covetor scrammed?
I have yet to pop a slavEbay miner fitting stabs.
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Hllaxiu
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Posted - 2006.04.10 04:49:00 -
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Why didn't you fit a blaster?
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.04.10 05:13:00 -
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Presumably, because he'd like to be able to fire on a target that's farther than 5 feet away.
It's not that you're 'roleplaying a jerk'... it's a matter of typecasting. |
Shot Callista
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Posted - 2006.04.10 07:24:00 -
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Originally by: Cornelius Murphy
Amusing, and a blow against macro miners!
I fail to see the part where they're clearly established as macro miners. So they ignored him stealing the ore? If you were in a barge or even the hauler picking things up and someone stole ore from you, I doubt you're fire upon them straight away. Those drones were intended for keeping them safe from NPC rats, and they decided enough was enough so set them on you.
Some people do actually mine to build things, or for the money to buy other things in-game. Not everyone is a macro miner or "farming" (my understanding of farming being making ISK to sell).
Originally by: Ebedar
So I got bored and decided to annoy the farmers in Pakhshi.
You mean you got bored and went stealing ore, maybe hoping to be able to fight some miners too.
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Corunna ElMan
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Posted - 2006.04.10 09:19:00 -
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Edited by: Corunna ElMan on 10/04/2006 09:19:39
Happinessai has never run a single mission for anyone other than the initial tutorial agent. Never, in 7 1/2 months. Favorable standing with Concord only, unfavorable standing with the pirate factions. Consistent with someone who only ever fights NPC pirates in belts... and not for the sake of combat or the security status would be well above 1.6. No bio whatsoever - not even some cool wrecking shot or NAPs or anything.
Ti Chell has completed only the tutorial - in over 5 months, no standings with any faction, positive or negative. No missions, no rat kills, no bio.
I don't think you need to be D1ck Tracy to figure out what these characters are used for.
It's not that you're 'roleplaying a jerk'... it's a matter of typecasting. |
Diicc Tater
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Posted - 2006.04.10 09:19:00 -
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Originally by: Shot Callista
I fail to see the part where they're clearly established as macro miners. So they ignored him stealing the ore? If you were in a barge or even the hauler picking things up and someone stole ore from you, I doubt you're fire upon them straight away. Those drones were intended for keeping them safe from NPC rats, and they decided enough was enough so set them on you.
1: They didn't dock any of the other alts to get a cruiser
2: They did not respond, in any way, to indicate active playing
3: The mechanics allow for this to be done so even if they were NOT afk it's all good.
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