Hamfast
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.05.15 19:36:00 -
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To start, I am a Carebear (Classic Sense) in that I don't like the Pew Pew part of PvP... I try to avoid it if I can... if you like it feel free but please leave me out.
My opinion is Suicide Ganking is part of the game, and needs to be left in the game... but in the case of Freighters, the Risk/Reward is out of whack...
First we must define success... for the Gankers, Freighter goes Pop = Success, freighter survives = Failure... for the Freighter driver it's the oppisite (simple enough)
As it is now, the Gank Squad fails, the insurance pay off almost no cost and perhaps some small profit... Success means they add the parts of the cargo they can grab... more profit... no down side... no real risk...
From the Freighter point of view, Gank Squad fails, they get to keep the cargo, but it still costs them to repair the ship (It's not long to Hull on a freighter and there are no remote Hull Repair Modules)... if the Gank squad succeeds, the Freighter driver may have lost billions... but they lose millions even if they survive...
If there was no insurance payout for those killed by Condord, it would start to work toward a balance... the Gankers would have to succeed to have any payoff... failure is totally loss...
Second is Freighters, they need to have less hull and more Armor and Shields... totals need to be a bit higher then now... 20% to 30%... make it so that if the Gankers have enough firepower to do the damage needed, they succeed and get to loot the freighter wreck... they fail, and the Freighter can be remotly repaired (or at least most of it)...
Concord should also be able to handle all "Hostiles" in a timely manner once it arrives...the Higher the sec the faster the response... so the Suicide Gank squad has a longer lifespan in .5 space then .9... so less ships are needed to gank... but with enough ships, even in 1.0 sec space, the Freighter should still pop... how many is yet to be determined... but the Freighter will have to be carring a good load to make it worth the cost.
Noob in training...
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