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Phantom Harlock
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Posted - 2006.04.11 22:02:00 -
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If an obelisk by happens to cross into 0.4 space and a few pirates see it come in from the jump. Do there eyes widen and crap their pants at the possiblity of massive loot? Or does the obelisk stand a chance to make it to the nearest station or gate?
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Ras Blumin
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Posted - 2006.04.11 22:04:00 -
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Edited by: Ras Blumin on 11/04/2006 22:08:19 It can't fit stabs, so it's a "sure win", as long as you can keep a scrambler on it until it dies/pays.. It doesn't drop loot tho, so ransom is the only profitable action.
A dirty job - Released 2006.01.02 |
Tasuric Orka
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Posted - 2006.04.11 22:17:00 -
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Cant it crawl back trough the gate it came from, ithought warp and gates were sepperate systems. ________________________________________________ Hypocritical. |
Ras Blumin
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Posted - 2006.04.11 22:38:00 -
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Originally by: Tasuric Orka Cant it crawl back trough the gate it came from, ithought warp and gates were sepperate systems.
It'll only be flying like 1-10 m/s with 1-2 webs on it. Could be possible if noone webs it I guess.
A dirty job - Released 2006.01.02 |
Lilan Kahn
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Posted - 2006.04.11 22:46:00 -
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Frighters didnt drop last i checked
Originally by: Eris Discordia
We break after X amount of threads, then we go wild and then we get our medication.
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9854365
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Posted - 2006.04.11 23:02:00 -
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no loot from freighters.
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BetaZ
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Posted - 2006.04.11 23:37:00 -
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Originally by: 9854365 no loot from freighters.
True
They could be carrying 6 Ravens and they will all get destroyed no matter what.
Who's dumb ass idea was that!
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2006.04.11 23:41:00 -
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Originally by: BetaZ
Originally by: 9854365 no loot from freighters.
True
They could be carrying 6 Ravens and they will all get destroyed no matter what.
Who's dumb ass idea was that!
Prolly the the dude who figured having 1800 shuttles pop up when a freighter goes bang might not be all that good for server performance, hence their ability to drop loot was nerfed. -------
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Phantom Harlock
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Posted - 2006.04.12 01:21:00 -
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My questions answered, thanks!
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Death Unleashed
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Posted - 2006.04.12 02:46:00 -
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Just out of curiousity, how hard is it to take down a freighter? I often see the passing through my area and have always wanted to have a go at them. Could a loan BS tanking sentries manage this?
Regards Death
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Baldermoore
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Posted - 2006.04.12 04:25:00 -
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Freighters not dropping loot is a known bug. I asked the devs about it durring the vegas meet and was met with some surpize about it.
It currently has something to do with a check in the code that does not allow the ship to jet anything. Hense when the thing is blown up, it (the freighers code) comes up against that prohibition and it drops nothing.
At least thats what I got from it anyways. The good news, or bad depending on your point of view is it will be fixed and soon frieghters will be dropping loot.
For those that are interested, you can check out the answer that was given I think there is a pod cast of the entire Q&A session from the vegas meet. You can find it on eve-nn.com I believe. SNIGG-We be Pirates Disclaimer - I am Snigg's token noob. Please ignore anything I say |
David Hope
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Posted - 2006.04.12 04:38:00 -
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Edited by: David Hope on 12/04/2006 04:40:28
Originally by: Death Unleashed Just out of curiousity, how hard is it to take down a freighter? I often see the passing through my area and have always wanted to have a go at them. Could a loan BS tanking sentries manage this?
Regards Death
The Obelisk has a base structure of 120,000. So if you have a base dps of 500 once you have got through armour and shield you will have to wait four minutes before it pops. And remember you will need a webber and a scrambler. And you had better hope the pilot has no friends.
If you have good faction gear it can be done.
EDIT: Also remember that if the pilot logs before you initiate aggression they will simply disappear, scrambled or no. Most low-sec freighter pilots can only be caught on jump in as they use instas. You need to aggro them before they log off to even have a chance and they will usually log off while still cloaked.
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Death Unleashed
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Posted - 2006.04.12 04:45:00 -
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Originally by: Death Unleashed Just out of curiousity, how hard is it to take down a freighter? I often see the passing through my area and have always wanted to have a go at them. Could a loan BS tanking sentries manage this?
Regards Death
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Alliaanna Dalaii
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Posted - 2006.04.12 06:14:00 -
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I happen to know Brandon (urr cant remember last bit of his name) solo'd one the other day down to structure where it then paid his ransom. He was on his own tanking sentries I believe... So It can be done
Did Tiller solo one ? Im sure I remember a thread of solo'ing a frieghter at the gates.
Alliaanna
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Deathhawk
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Posted - 2006.04.12 11:08:00 -
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Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:49 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:30 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:12
Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii I happen to know Brandon (urr cant remember last bit of his name) solo'd one the other day down to structure where it then paid his ransom. He was on his own tanking sentries I believe... So It can be done
Did Tiller solo one ? Im sure I remember a thread of solo'ing a frieghter at the gates.
Alliaanna
yeah tiller did one too..think he was the first
DH
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tiller
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Posted - 2006.04.12 11:31:00 -
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Edited by: tiller on 12/04/2006 11:33:42
Originally by: Deathhawk Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:49 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:30 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:12
Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii I happen to know Brandon (urr cant remember last bit of his name) solo'd one the other day down to structure where it then paid his ransom. He was on his own tanking sentries I believe... So It can be done
Did Tiller solo one ? Im sure I remember a thread of solo'ing a frieghter at the gates.
Alliaanna
yeah tiller did one too..think he was the first
DH
Yeah they tough as nails solo.. you'd need a faction bs and setup to actually do it all under sentry fire solo.
Lucky for me the guy logged so I finished the job from 155km
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eddie valvetino
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Posted - 2006.04.12 12:30:00 -
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Originally by: Phantom Harlock If an obelisk by happens to cross into 0.4 space and a few pirates see it come in from the jump. Do there eyes widen and crap their pants at the possiblity of massive loot? Or does the obelisk stand a chance to make it to the nearest station or gate?
hmmm
depends on the size of the attacking fleet and how smart they are
I have jumped a freighter into dastryns (placid) and a bunch of guys tried to pwn me
They made some big mistakes... the main one was letting me talk to them and stopping fire when they got to structure, in order to ransom me... by the time they realised i was not gonna pay and was only 3.5 km from the gate again, it was too late... aggro timer stopped them jumping. the one guy who did manage to jump after me, hit me with a webber before scrammer... Thanks mate... insta warp to the next gate and high sec
lovely... still it did cost 33 mill to repair the damage, but the cargo hold full of HACs, Recons and BS got out safe :)
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eddie valvetino
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Posted - 2006.04.12 12:32:00 -
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Originally by: BetaZ
Originally by: 9854365 no loot from freighters.
True
They could be carrying 6 Ravens and they will all get destroyed no matter what.
Who's dumb ass idea was that!
ships drop from a freighter package ready to fly...
so they are still worth killing if you can :)
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Sphalerite
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Posted - 2006.04.12 12:58:00 -
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Originally by: eddie valvetino
They made some big mistakes... the main one was letting me talk to them and stopping fire when they got to structure, in order to ransom me... by the time they realised i was not gonna pay and was only 3.5 km from the gate again, it was too late
And people complain that pirates don't offer ransoms
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kessah
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Posted - 2006.04.12 13:23:00 -
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a lone battleship can quite easily tank the sentries long enuf for a ransom.
Ive done it solo in an Armour tanking raven cap booster w\800's
Ransom for 400m at first then if he says no knock him down to the bear minimum of hull and tell him to empty his wallet, if you dont see it blink in the next 15seconds your losing 1bil isk ship with lord knows how much tasty loot --------------------------------------------------------
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kessah
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Posted - 2006.04.12 13:26:00 -
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Originally by: Sphalerite
Originally by: eddie valvetino
They made some big mistakes... the main one was letting me talk to them and stopping fire when they got to structure, in order to ransom me... by the time they realised i was not gonna pay and was only 3.5 km from the gate again, it was too late
And people complain that pirates don't offer ransoms
Quite clearly, inexperienced pirates. Always state your terms asap if your going to ransom on a gate.
pull your ship to a stop and youve 15secs to pay up if they continue to move then pop em, in my experience i find you get more isk worth in there loot than you'd get in the ransom you were thinking in your head. --------------------------------------------------------
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tiller
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Posted - 2006.04.12 13:47:00 -
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Originally by: kessah
Originally by: Sphalerite
Originally by: eddie valvetino
They made some big mistakes... the main one was letting me talk to them and stopping fire when they got to structure, in order to ransom me... by the time they realised i was not gonna pay and was only 3.5 km from the gate again, it was too late
And people complain that pirates don't offer ransoms
Quite clearly, inexperienced pirates. Always state your terms asap if your going to ransom on a gate.
pull your ship to a stop and youve 15secs to pay up if they continue to move then pop em, in my experience i find you get more isk worth in there loot than you'd get in the ransom you were thinking in your head.
Some sanquine guy reminded me of this other day. Create a channel called what ever ya want 'your death' for example.
Set MOTD to something like...
Quote: Cease all aggressive actions and stop your ship / pod.
You are now under control of Beer and Kebabs Gate Control Authority.
You have 10seconds to pay the sum of....
Get them scrammed and then invite them to it.
Then just type price and wait a few seconds for them to read before counting down..makes it nice and easy. You can even get good ransoms out of cruisers this way.
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Phantom Harlock
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Posted - 2006.04.14 03:56:00 -
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thanks for all the info guys. just imangine though, if the obelisk was carrying 6 navy issued Ravens and the drop bug was fixed. Big Money!
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Emperor's Champion
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Posted - 2006.04.15 09:17:00 -
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G/L with that getting fixed if you heard the vages Eve radio questioning the Devs didnt even know that they didnt drop loot. Way to go programmers yay lets not even know what where doing :P. *sarcasum i like the game but pls fix not that youll listen to the majority of eve on any topic :P
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Requiescat
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Posted - 2006.04.16 01:16:00 -
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they have hp out the wazoo btw, even if they were going 10m/s you would have a hard time locking them down before they gated, or called in reinforcements at least Max sig image dimensions are 400w x 120h & 24,000 byte filesize. --Jorauk |
Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2006.04.16 18:47:00 -
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Originally by: Phantom Harlock If an obelisk by happens to cross into 0.4 space and a few pirates see it come in from the jump. Do there eyes widen and crap their pants at the possiblity of massive loot?
No, because they probably already know frieghters don't drop cans.
Originally by: Dark Shikari Istvaan Shogaatsu's ego, when combined with a veldspar asteroid, would create 500 titans. Too bad he's never mined.
RAWR!11 Sig Hijack!11 - Imaran |
Tenacha Khan
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Posted - 2006.04.16 18:48:00 -
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Originally by: Phantom Harlock If an obelisk by happens to cross into 0.4 space and a few pirates see it come in from the jump. Do there eyes widen and crap their pants at the possiblity of massive loot? Or does the obelisk stand a chance to make it to the nearest station or gate?
The only time i ever see one in low sec is when im paid to escort it
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Tenacha Khan
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Posted - 2006.04.16 18:49:00 -
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Originally by: Deathhawk Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:49 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:30 Edited by: Deathhawk on 12/04/2006 11:09:12
Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii I happen to know Brandon (urr cant remember last bit of his name) solo'd one the other day down to structure where it then paid his ransom. He was on his own tanking sentries I believe... So It can be done
Did Tiller solo one ? Im sure I remember a thread of solo'ing a frieghter at the gates.
Alliaanna
yeah tiller did one too..think he was the first
DH
Rivek ransomed one very early on I think
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