Calprimus
Caldari
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2006.09.04 09:55:00 -
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 Originally by: Broglo
Is it griefing, hell yeah. BUT, a pirate is, by definition, a griefer. This what a pirate does. Finds an easy target and takes them out. They use deception, they cheat and they take advantage of every opportunity possible.
This is why I think EVE is so neat. It is probably one of the few MMORPG's that really mirror the real world.
Is it bad for newbs (i.e. no one will gang and help)... yes. BUT, how much help should you expect in a untamed wilderness of space.
IS Loft and his crew a bunch of jerks who trick people, use game dynamics to avoid repercussions for their actions and take advantage of nice people? Yes. But, they are pirates. They are jerks, but I don't recall many history books that cover stories about really nice pirates.
In sum, it sucks to be taken advantage of. Many times after getting toasted ona gate camp, or jumped in .4 space, i get a little frustrated. But, then I laugh. I rememebr the first time I got taken for a mission scam. I was a newbie, just got my first million, thought it wa s a big deal, saw a mission for 500k and was like, wow, this is great 50% profit and only two jumps. Grabbed the mission, money went bye bye and the cargo was not to be found. At first, I was very upset, but then I thought, "Hey, this game even allows dyamics for crooks.
The only thing I wish is that there were some more dyanmics for getting back at these types of crooks. The only thing I think is wrong, id that lefty as his crew should be losing security rankings. That is the only part about this that I think is an exploit. There must be soem consequnce. I can imagine that they fooled Concord command into thinking it was an alliance war issue, but when the Victim came back to port and told COncord what happened, they could say, "Oh crap, we were duped, make a note in his permanent file." (You know your permanent file will follow you forever .
Agree.
a) That tactic should be reviewed by the devs.
b) If allowed, consequences must hit the jer.... ahem the pirates.
c) No team up to unkonw players. That means, no potential way to make new friends, to help new players (the real ones) in enjoing this game. Go CCP, go....
By the way, and this is important clarification, real pirates were living outside the law, protected by noone except themselves, continuosly hunted by, well, almost anyone.
Do us a favour, don't call yourself a pirate and do the "yarr" thing.
You just a scammer, a lame one.....
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