Verity Sovereign
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.12.14 17:24:00 -
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You think its unfair that sometimes they brought more stabs than you have points...
Look at it from the other point of view - anyone who wants to travel through low sec has no way of knowing what is on the other side of the gate (unless they have a buddy or scout alt, if you are solo, its just a roll of the dice as to whether or not the gate is camped).
If its going to be fair gameplay, when you go out hunting, sometimes you should become the hunted, ie sometimes your prey should end up killing you.
They fit stabs, they are no longer fit to fight back, your risks go down, their risks go down.
If you're going to make stabs chance based, then you should make points chance based.
Then add stacking penalties to points as well as stabs..
Then add +2 and +3 stabs since there are +2 and +3 points
Its already in your favor, consider:
You bring 3 ships, you load them up with points
They bring 3 ships, loaded up with stabs.
Your three ships focus their points on one ship, the stabs on the other 2 ships count for nothing, you get a kill.
Of course, maybe you wanted all 3 ships, then it just comes down to if you fit enough points (a fast ship with 4 meds, can get 8 points on a target rather fast).
It comes down to a fit, just like everything else.
It would be a whole lot easier to PvP if you already knew what the enemy had fit..
You didn't have the right fit to catch your target, deal with it.
*Yes I have used stabs to get away from a gate ambush.
There were about 8 of them, and it was just me and another guy in a CNR, I only had 3 stabs, I don't think the CNR even had that many.
They pointed me first, but the CNR came through the gate (why, I don't know, it was a dumb move on his part, perhaps some of the pirates stayed on the other side of the gate and he was forced to take his chance and jump through, even though I had told him they had me).
They took some points off me, put it on the CNR, I warped away (3 points vs 3 stabs). with 1 point per ship they had, they easily could have had us both.
I guess they piled on extra points on the raven, one for evey low, leaving only 3 on me (if I recall correctly and there were 8 of them, and assuming each one fitted 1 disruptor), and I got away.
They got a CNR, and were happy, we lost a CNR so not so happy. Overall I think the situation was fairly balanced
I think the guys actual fit was 2 stabs, 2 nanos (for faster align), and a DCII.
The stabs simply meant they had to prioritize they prey. They could go for the less valuable ship (standard Apocalypse) with more lows that would potentially take many more points to pin down, or the valuable ship with less lows, allowing them to point it, and still have a chance at me.
It really came down to their distribution of points, and their decision to take 0 risk on the raven getting away, rather than give it a chance to get away while bringing down my chance to get away (again, with a 4:4 point split, they would have had us both, they did 5:3 and only got the CNR).
I lived, I saw the decisions they had to make, it wasn't my CNR, I found it entertaining and was pleased. |