Malthraz
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Posted - 2008.04.02 12:59:00 -
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Damn, long post. Sorry.
I have not yet watched the video, but I must say all of the morality commentary is quite interesting.
The way I see it:
Vasili is destroying peoples' time, effort and enjoyment in this game. His motivation does not seem to be fun, but more to achieve a goal, which I am sure he derived some satisfaction from.
At the moment I am a care bear and fairly new to the game. I was unaware of this method of avoiding NPC retribution. I believe I cannot commit enough time to the game to really enjoy PvP, but things may change.
Now, for the people he is targeting, their ship really is their character, it is all they have worked for. I think these care bears have neglected some key rules of Eve; these rules are what you PvPers love about Eve.
Vasili is causing these people a lot of misery and distress, but I think that this misery really is consensual, by the very fact that they are playing Eve. These care bears and a lot of the outraged people posting here do not understand this. They operate under the misconception that high sec space is safe.
Now, I find it interesting that Vasili is unconcerned that his actions are spoiling peoples fun. I think this says something about his personal character, but I certainly would not call him anything as strong as a bastard in a polite discussion.
I think this video proves that a lot of care bears are playing the wrong game and suffer greatly for it. It comes down to a discrepancy in expectations.
A finial note in regard to whether this is an exploit or not. I am not CCP, so my opinion really makes no practical difference. However, this tactic only works if people are not playing smart. There are many tactics in this game that work under the same principal. The thing is, it cannot be used to force combat on someone in high sec space without NPS retaliation, so it is a tough call, but I think it is *not* an exploit.
Vasili, you are very unkind and unforgiving, but you picked the right game for it and you did it with style. That at least, I can have respect for.
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