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LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.18 13:05:00 -
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CCP when are you going to acknowledge AFK Cloakers are the same as macro users, ie, people "playing" eve while actually NOT playing EVE? ITs BS that people can turn on their cloak and leave for the day immune to any form of interaction from people actually playing the game while they impact them.
At least give us a probe that may take 30 minutes for results so that this practice can be stopped. I have no problem with cloakers but AFK players are cheats and should be treated as such. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.19 21:35:00 -
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Edited by: LORD IZE on 19/05/2007 21:41:53
This isn't a complaint against cloaks. IT is a complaint against AFK cloakers which is no different than using a macro to play the game when you are not at your comp. People who enter a system, cloak then leave their comp for an extended period of time( ie. > 30 minutes), simply as a means to harrass people actually in the system and playing the game is not right. IF macro users are doing something wrong by setting up side programs to play eve while they are not present at their computers than afk cloakers are soing the same thing by taking advantage of a flaw in the game mechanics.
I also don't think active players need to get a nerf. A specialized three probe idea, first probe, detectes all cloaked in system, takes 30 minutes for scan results, allows warp to within 5 au, second probe takes 30 minutes, scan range 6 au, allows warp to within 1 au, third probe takes 10 seconds, scan range 1.5 au, allows warp to 0. This process would allow any active player to avoid detection with very little effort(simply can't sit at same spot for an hour) and would allow finding afk cloakers that have been away for an hour or more. These would be specialize probes that have to be used in sequence, each being a prerequisiste for use of the other. wouldn't take a lot for ccp to implement and shouldn't change the game for cloakers as they current are used except for allowing a means to find afk cloakers. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.20 04:45:00 -
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Edited by: LORD IZE on 20/05/2007 04:44:08
 Originally by: Angelus Xenotov
Afk cloaked in a system is the same as docking in a station and going Afk. quote]
No its not the same. Docking in station and going afk is no big deal and has no impact on the game except to annoy corpies from time to time 
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LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.20 13:53:00 -
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No Angelus, my argument is people should not be able to "IMPACT" the game afk, like macro users do and afk cloakers do. People docked in a station are either in "their" system or at npc system and their location identifiable. Thus people know where they are. AFK cloakers that impact people negatively come to hostile system, cloak at ss, then leave for an extended period of time simple to harass people actually playing the game. That is BS and should not be allowed. All that I am seeking is to allow those playing the game the opportunity to "interact" with that specific player who is harassing me but not actively playing eve because they are gone and off doing something else. I also think that a method, such as the one I suggested, can be found that, 1) requires an effort on my part, and 2) Has no real impact on the way cloaks are used today(with this topics' subject being the one exception.). |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.25 04:34:00 -
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Lets stick to topic, ALL i have asked is that something being added to the game to detect AFK cloakers. NOT active cloakers. The deference would be defined as time away from your comp. One possible method is the one I suggested that would require at least an HOUR to locate a cloaker in your systems and the cloaker has to be relatively stationary(with the exception of moving in while cloaked but not warping).
What is your real objection to allowing detection of someone that has logged on and left his char in space cloaked simply to harrass active players? |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.29 04:49:00 -
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Well it looks like cloaks are gettng nerfed next patch and it will probably be a nerf instead of something reasonable that just allows players to detect the afk cloaker. too bad more people didnt' support working to end the afk cloaker, now all will suffer. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.05.31 02:00:00 -
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AFK cloaking is akin to macro mining. Its a way to play eve while not at your computer. It really doesnt' matter IF you can't understand how afk cloaking can be used to advantage and i'm not gonna explain that to you here so you and anyone else not in the know can go try it. What I hope to convey is that playing eve, through means other than direct input into the game is something less than desireable and thus should be eliminated. I hope ccp, when it finally takes action, just gives us the tools to seek out the afk cloaker and kill him. For those cloakers not afk but actively playing I hope their cloaks continue to offer them the protection they offer today. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.06.10 21:01:00 -
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Edited by: LORD IZE on 10/06/2007 21:00:43
The point of this thread isn't to change cloaks. Its exactly the OPPISITE. Not to change cloaks but also come up with a method of finding afk cloakers. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.06.11 13:06:00 -
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People having an impact on the game while they leave their computer idle and are off doing something else will never be fine. AFK cloakers need to go. Its cheating, period. |
LORD IZE
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Posted - 2007.06.16 15:37:00 -
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its cheating and needs to be fixed. |
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