Originally by: Xzar Fyrarr

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I was wondering...
But have any of you tryed this type of ransoming , only works at gatecamps I believe.

If they have a combat ship, instead of killing it, scram it web it, and tell him "If you want to web Warp to XXX.
When he gets to xxx another ship scrams and webs him.
Ship B , a combat ship, enters gatecamp.
Same thing goes on.
Ship B is told to warp to XXX place.
Now the one pilot from the gank camp there proceeds to tell them if either wants to live.... theyll have to kill each other ?
Like a gladiator scenario >.>
The winner gets to leave system while the loser doesnt?

Of course not many people will stick around for that but hey its a fun way to get cheap loot ^.^
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The way I ransom is very simple, but effective most of the time.
First off, it is based on many situational factors.
If I am in a system that is populated, lets say Amamake, I will not even bother giving me than a 15 second ransom as that system is crowded with ebil piwates.
However if its a smaller system, the ransom will be no longer than 30seconds.
I will also take into effect what ship they are flying.
I have setup A base ransom system that I personally like, Frigates-500k, Cruisers- 2mill Battlecruisers, Tier 1 depending on race 30mill, depending on race-20mill.
Tier 2-38mill
Battleships, in the rare occasion we catch a loan battleship that is 100mill.

Then I take into effect how old the char is, what corp he is in, and his sec status, all these things I look at during the last few seconds of a fight.
If the char is 2 weeks old, I blow up his ship and give him 2mill as hes not even a month old.
If I manage to beat a 3+month old char solo, I will add 10mill to the ship cost.
If our gang manges to beat someone who is a year older, we just kill it It boost our confidence which IMO is much more important than a ransom to me at this moment .
If the character is unwilling to pay a ransom, we/I pop his ship and hope to ransom his pod.
Pods are always at least 9mill.
If its older than 2 months we/I usually assume+4's are installed so it the ransom goes up to 50mill

Thats my short little basic ransom list

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