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Brep	Posted - 2004.03.25 03:34:00 - [1] Edited by: Brep on 25/03/2004 21:47:10 Hey guys, great thread! I'm very new to eve, and I just had my first real expedition with a few mates lastnight. There were three of us in a gang - one with a fairly large ship, and the other in a decked out frigate. I was still in my n00b ship with two blasters. Since I'm new to the game, the concept of battle was relatively new to me. Now we found a large group of smugglers at Adrel IV and sat 60k's out, ready to attack. The other frigate in our group accidentally shot a missile into the other guy in our group (he's new also) but it was just an accident so we thought nothing of it. Several minutes later I decide to run in towards some smugglers. I was outof lock range so I decided to activate my blasters in preparation. I then realised my support, the larger of our ships, decided to head off in another direction. So I thought I'd better stick with him so I just instinctively doubleclicked on him. oops. I started firing on my own gang member, purely by accident. It didn't matter to him, I couldn't harm his large ship anyway. I stopped my blasters and said sorry in the chat... before I knew it I had Concord all over me! They just kept blasting until I was in pieces :( My security tatus was dropped and I had to warp to the nearby station to get a new ship. Luckily I hadn't bought a new ship yet, but my security status is kinda screwed now. I undocked again and the Concord locked me up again! After asking some local players they toldme to wait for 15 mins and I'll be ok. So I did and the concord let me be. It's not the end of the world, it's no big deal I guess... but I can see this happening to a lot of new players! Surely the police should react according to your charcter's experience... meaning they won't destroy you and your security rating, but disable your ship for a short time and give you a warning. After all, it was just an interface slip-up, and not an act of hostility at all. Also, who here thinks that double-clicking on a gang member should FOLLOW them, and not lock them up? Most games won't have quick ways to attack non-hostile people, which is how I made the wrong assumption. I must say, after the frustration I was quickly cheered up by my mates and I'm still immensly enjoying eve - if only I had more time to play! EDIT: Maybe I misunderstood what my security status used to be... I don't think it was affected by much at all actually... I'm a silly n00b ;)
Brep Gallente Lode Runners	Posted - 2004.03.25 03:34:00 - [2] Edited by: Brep on 25/03/2004 21:47:10 Hey guys, great thread! I'm very new to eve, and I just had my first real expedition with a few mates lastnight. There were three of us in a gang - one with a fairly large ship, and the other in a decked out frigate. I was still in my n00b ship with two blasters. Since I'm new to the game, the concept of battle was relatively new to me. Now we found a large group of smugglers at Adrel IV and sat 60k's out, ready to attack. The other frigate in our group accidentally shot a missile into the other guy in our group (he's new also) but it was just an accident so we thought nothing of it. Several minutes later I decide to run in towards some smugglers. I was outof lock range so I decided to activate my blasters in preparation. I then realised my support, the larger of our ships, decided to head off in another direction. So I thought I'd better stick with him so I just instinctively doubleclicked on him. oops. I started firing on my own gang member, purely by accident. It didn't matter to him, I couldn't harm his large ship anyway. I stopped my blasters and said sorry in the chat... before I knew it I had Concord all over me! They just kept blasting until I was in pieces :( My security tatus was dropped and I had to warp to the nearby station to get a new ship. Luckily I hadn't bought a new ship yet, but my security status is kinda screwed now. I undocked again and the Concord locked me up again! After asking some local players they toldme to wait for 15 mins and I'll be ok. So I did and the concord let me be. It's not the end of the world, it's no big deal I guess... but I can see this happening to a lot of new players! Surely the police should react according to your charcter's experience... meaning they won't destroy you and your security rating, but disable your ship for a short time and give you a warning. After all, it was just an interface slip-up, and not an act of hostility at all. Also, who here thinks that double-clicking on a gang member should FOLLOW them, and not lock them up? Most games won't have quick ways to attack non-hostile people, which is how I made the wrong assumption. I must say, after the frustration I was quickly cheered up by my mates and I'm still immensly enjoying eve - if only I had more time to play! EDIT: Maybe I misunderstood what my security status used to be... I don't think it was affected by much at all actually... I'm a silly n00b ;)

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