mikaelim
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Posted - 2007.07.02 23:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Moha Mend
Just send your quick feelings:
Is or is not Eve unbalanced, making piracy too easy and cheap, with little consequences, and hence causing the numbers of pirates to increase over the number of casual players, making casual playing hard and not-fun?
Pirates life isn't generally easy. I am a pirate in a small corp (6 members) and i am a *casual player*. Since i've become outlaw life is very dangerous. I'd say people who kill in lowsec and then go back to hisec (yellows) might have it too easy, but meh.
Just an example. We typically move in groups of 3-5 people of cruisers, sometimes bcs. Some of our members are outlaw and if they are attacked (happens frequently) at a gate we cant help without drawing sentry fire on us. Our cruisers might pop a hauler under sentry fire, but they cannot do it to pvp fitted ships and so we often have to leave them alone dieing.
If you on the other hand are attacked by pirates they get
shot by sentries themselves and *every* eve citizen is allowed to help you without fearing sec-hit/sentries. Small difference?
As you stated lowsec is full of pirates. But you do realize they try to kill each other too?
And not all carebears are like you. Many of them bond together and swarm lvl4 mission hubs with their ravens and at least for nooby-pirates like us they are hard to bite. So not every "carebear" is helpless and can't defend.
Oh yeah and i am broke half of the time also, so...
I could go into detail about how you are always either huntings somebody or being hunted by bigger fish. But i don't want to sound this like a whine. I love what i do now and i chose my playstlyle! (started as a miner but was bored after a month  ) I didn't choose this playstyle because its easy, but because its fun. Its a steady rush and i always have to watch my back.
I think after reading your OP and posts in the other thread that you've probably never been a pirate. (and certainly not an outlaw) So why do you think you can judge how easy life as a pirate would be?
I'd guess you've never even pvped (meaning pvp ship combat here) and don't have deeper knowledge about game mechanics and such (no offence - everyone approaches games how he likes). I think this is really the main problem.
Otherwise i can't understand how you don't manage to avoid pirates and run your missis in lowsec after 12months ingame. It's not that hard if you know the mechanics, really!
I know 2 month old noobs who do it. They get caught once or twice while learning the ropes, but they survive. But if you didn't decide for this life in the first place you may very well be hosed.
Hope you find more fun in the next game you'll move on to. gl.
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