2) Extra accounts - if any mechanic in the game requires you to use alts, its flawed mechanic.

Hey, I am going to declare war on you and you have to say yes because.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................because I say so.

The same way a freighter pilot should be able to attempt to get "unbumped" IF there were any mechanic or module allowing it.

Nothing prevents them from attempting to align. They just won't succeed.

Just like how you automatically fail to solo gank a freighter, right?

It has one.

You're just ignoring it to suit your own purposes.

ECM is not a counter that a single ship applies to itself, it's something your friends or alts do for you. Same with remote reps.

The counter to being bumped in the single most non-combat ship in the game is to bring friends.

Deal with it.

I must have a fleet of some 20+ ships to gank a freighter. Under your logic this mechanic is broken as I should be able to gank and loot said freighter solo.

No you must have 20+ to successfully gank a freighter. You can attempt it solo. The same way a freighter pilot should be able to attempt to get "unbumped" IF there were any mechanic or module allowing it.

No you must have 20+ to successfully gank a freighter. You can attempt it solo. The same way a freighter pilot should be able to attempt to get "unbumped" IF there were any mechanic or module allowing it.

I am not versed into ganking so would freighter gank fail if you had to hold point on it?

*cough gate guns cough*

I am not versed into ganking so would freighter gank fail if you had to hold point on it?

What if you gank it in place where there are no gate guns like POCO, unfinished POS or even player Outpost?

Ok so now you are saying, that bumping also creates a mechanic that effectively allows you to "tractor" any ship to desirable position. A mechanic that cannot be directly generated by using any module in the game.

If that isnt the meaning of "not working as intended" and "broken mechanic" then i dont know what is....

It's an emergent mechanic resulting from the fundamental design of the game - just like so much warfare revolves around station docking mechanics, or gate camping because of how ships move around the game universe. Therefore, as CCP has ruled, it is working as intended.

I am not sure what you are trying to get out of continuing this conversation. Do you have a practical suggestion to make things better? If so please share it - or better yet post it in the F&I forum. You seem to just be ranting about something that has long been accepted as a valid mechanic/tactic in the game.

Perhaps we should confine our discussion the best practical ways to deal with bumping as the OP asked.

So, because I can suicide into the side of a freighter causing no damage and having zero chance of every killing it let alone looting its cargo you think you should get a way to beat the efforts of a fleet over 20+ people all by yourself?

Every month that goes by the more I think Idiocracy was a documentary.

Setting freighters aside for a secound i do see bumping in the list of harrassment and you should ask when does harassment start?

I can sit in and mine away then i get bumped, thats ok ill just head back, then they offer to duel over and over until i block it, then come the form fleet spams, when exactly is that line crossed?

When do we see it go from a gank (that never happens) to a pathetic outreach to achieve someones results by any illicit way possible? Sounds more like grief play.

Defend away, "this is EVE".

This is different.

All of the above can be solved by changing system (jump cloning or pod express - limited but still possible) or logging off once in station.

However, the instant someone bumps your ship they can keep you in space for eternity. You simply cant change system (since you even cant warp) and you cant log off (well you can, but your ship will then warp back to the same spot assuming it managed to pull the emergency warp).

I guess by "ways to get out of bumping" you mean, for example, bringing a friend to web you or having a webbing alt. And what should the pilot do when all of his friends/corpmates are offline (sleeping, at work etc....)? Are you seriously proposing that people should be forced to drop another 15 EUR on this game for second account just to get out of bumping?
If yes, then I have to question your judgement (no offense).