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Naomi Hale
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Posted - 2014.05.27 06:47:00 -
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I always liked the idea of self-destruct causing an AoE explosion, so you can damage your attackers (not strictly kill them) but also taking a security hit in high sec since you are technically using a smart bomb. Just an option for people to use if you know you're ship is doomed.
But then think of your poor ship crew when you do it, one thing to be killed in combat, another to be killed by your own ships Capsuleer in petty revenge.
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Naomi Hale
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Posted - 2014.05.27 11:58:00 -
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Aralyn Cormallen wrote:Crazy Dave wrote:I am told eve was designed to mimic the real world as much as possible in most aspects of the game. So in the real world, self destructing your ship ( or scuttling as its called in the Naval parlance) should render your ship and everything on it completely useless to any aggressors. Really? I didn't realise in real life when a ship was scuttled it atomised so there was no potential for a wreck to salvage. You learn something new every day. Oooor, scuttling a ship merely makes it impossible to be stolen or captured intact (and in truth, is no different to it just being blown the crap up), and in this case it does the exact same in EvE.
Realism was never a part of EVE. It's closer than most games but it's still a game and therefore can never be realistic.
In real life delicate computer and mechanical components don't tend to survive massive explosions unscathed. Since ships in EVE are almost always over 100m+ long any explosion that destroys the ship should ruin any working components. That's why I like the salvaging feature so much, you get burnt out, damaged or malfunctioning parts and scrap metal, which is what would be left in a destroyed ship.
In EVE you don't even need to repair the modules you loot from wrecks, you can slap it straight on your hull. Not realistic. You should get salvaged parts and a lump of scrap metal equal to or less than the total mass of the ship, not intact ammo, turrets, launchers or hull plates. That's just weird.
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Naomi Hale
Children of New Eden
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Posted - 2014.05.27 12:00:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:Crazy Dave wrote: Any ship that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads can be manually detonated in extreme situations. I sure as **** hope not.
I don't think he meant with the nuke... did he?
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