This is an attack on high sec minors.

This requires attention

This is an attack on high sec minors.

A single bumper won't be able to do much to a booster if said booster is being intelligent. Also, if the booster doesn't have level 1 skills. Fit a Higgs rig, drop an MTU in the center of a belt, and orbit it at a few km.

The Orca, with zero Leadership skills, will have a 22.5km link, which is enough to reach all but the most extreme edges of any highsec static belt. The miners don't need to be humping the rocks at the outer edges at 0 to mine them, so they should be well within this very minimum range.

Add in level V Leadership skills (+6% range per level, or +30% at level IV) and that 22.5km range is now 29.25km.

Add in level V Wing Command (+5% range per level, or +25% at level IV) and that 29.25km range is now 36.56km.

Add in level IV Fleet Command (+4% range per level, or +16% at level IV) and that 36.56km range is now 42.4km.

Most highsec static belts are roughly 50km across, and your boost range with those skills is 86km across.

If you've gotten bumped far enough in an Orca in a highsec static belt that your miners are out of range of their boosts, you've managed to do something very, very wrong.

Rather you're AFK or not, it wont matter... You wont be able to get back in range fast enough too boost your fleet. After Novembers update, a single bumper will be able to knock boosting ships out of range of the barges they support in High sec. The connection between limited mining range boosting and bumping cannot be denied.

There are upgrades for miners this upcoming patch, its true. But at the cost?

The cost being the mining bumping will now actually effect mining production, and be able to stop mining boosting all together in high sec, and this is unacceptable. Actually bumping boosting Orcas out of range will soon be a reality. Gankers/bumpers will now be able to cripple high sec mining ops at will with no more then a bumping ship.

This requires attention and if it does not receive any in the next week, it will be spread through the mining community.

This is a deliberate attack on miners, not just multiboxers, in a Trojan horse 'esc' in sheeps clothing to make it look like a great favor while completely screwing high sec mining, especially multiboxing.

This is an attack on high sec minors.

CCP once again has Goons/CODE working within its CSM ranks to ruin industry.

Code doesn't do that :p

Your whole cult was founded on a carefully crafted lie. ...

So how can you sit there in your altered reality and purport to know what your entire alliance is up to? Especially given the fact that you've been playing Eve Online for less than two months.

a single bumper will be able to knock boosting ships out of range of the barges they support in High sec. The connection between limited mining range boosting and bumping cannot be denied.

This requires attention and if it does not receive any in the next week, it will be spread through the mining community.

The cost being the mining bumping will now actually effect mining production, and be able to stop mining boosting all together in high sec, and this is unacceptable. Actually bumping boosting Orcas out of range will soon be a reality. Gankers/bumpers will now be able to cripple high sec mining ops at will with no more then a bumping ship.

This requires attention and if it does not receive any in the next week, it will be spread through the mining community.

This is a deliberate attack on miners, not just multiboxers, in a Trojan horse 'esc' in sheeps clothing to make it look like a great favor while completely screwing high sec mining, especially multiboxing.

This is an attack on high sec minors.

"Oh no, there is a possibility that for a short fraction of my mining time I might not get the theoretical maximum boost! Won't someone think of muh ISK/h!"

Friend, of course it is a "deliberate attack" on miners. CCP has put you at (some very marginal) risk to the other players as befits a the competitive sandbox game they are developing. You are suppose to adjust your game play according to the actions of the other players, and sometimes, they are going to want to bump you. The Orca is a big ship with lots of things going for it, but does have downsides like it is slow and bump-able and you have to deal with that.

If you find yourself getting bumped, you can do plenty of things from getting yourself a permit to ganking the bumper. You can also just fly a Porpoise which should be able to be fit in a very bump-resistant way and still provide good boosts.

Personally though, I am looking forward to the "boost" in player interaction resulting from the proliferation of Orcas (and Rorquals outside of highsec) out in the belts come November.

*snip*

What are you talking about? This "old system" has been there forever.

SECURITY LOCKOUT

It's a good idea to know where the cut-off points are for access to solar systems with any given security status. A character will have to possess a security status equal to or greater than the following levels:

-1.99 for access to 1.0 security level systems
-2.49 for access to 0.9 security level systems
-2.99 for access to 0.8 security level systems
-3.49 for access to 0.7 security level systems
-3.99 for access to 0.6 security level systems
-4.99 for access to 0.5 security level systems"

--EvE Online Player guide. Piracy section.

WHO IS CONCORD AND WHAT ROLE DO THEY PERFORM?
CONCORD can be considered to be the GÇÿspace policeGÇÖ who patrol the higher security areas of New Eden. They take action against those who attack others without justification and will hunt such miscreants down and destroy them without mercy. However, their role is not to prevent an attack but to punish an aggressor. Should you find yourself under fire from another pilot, CONCORD may not arrive in time to help you, so it will be down to your skill and the strength of your ship to prevail. CONCORD are also responsible for the security status of pilots, which is essentially a penalty/reward system and your status will increase or decrease depending on your actions. Actions that are for the good of all, such as destroying NPC pirates and undertaking certain missions will increase your status. Actions that are considered criminal acts, such as attacking another player or destroying their property without just cause will result in a decrease in status; not to mention a heavily armed CONCORD fleet turning up to show you the error of your ways. If your security status should become too low, this may make higher security systems difficult for a pilot to navigate through due to CONCORD presence.

I don't know where you are getting this text (and as far as I am aware it never reflected actual Eve gameplay at any point) but CCP has recently published a version of their player guide, the New Pilot FAQ, which spells out exactly what they expect players to do in highsec:


You should probably read the whole thing. You are expected to defend yourself in highsec, not CONCORD. They are just there to punish offenders and impose retribution/cost on them, not lock people out of whole sectors of the game or protect you.

Sure you can pine for some mythical version of Eve where NPCs do all your dirty work for you and you are isolated from the rest of the game and can grind in peace, but that will just leave you impotently shaking your fist at the bumpers/gankers (and it seems CCP) when player interaction comes a-knockin'. I think you will find it more productive to take a proactive approach, and come up with ways to protect yourself from the tiny risks you are at in modern highsec, which is the safest it has ever been.

Trust me, CCP has given you plenty of tools. Go learn them.

The only thing that has ever happened for being an outlaw is as included in the text, the local navy shoots you in the face.

In that respect, you aren't allowed in the system, but it's never been a gates closed type of lockout, just a 'don't linger here' type of lockout.

The gates also used to lock on you if you attacked someone near them.