
Macropodder
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Posted - 2008.02.28 21:34:00 -
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I think thats it's high time that CCP changes the rules a bit when it comes to podding pilots. When you have a pilot that is a member of a large corp or alliance who is running missions, who in turn has a high standing because of this, it should not give them the ability to go out and hunt other players (like miners) like they were fish in a barrel. Take for example Fleetbee. A member of the Goonswarm. He has a high standing, yet, he also has a massive kill rate of miners. Has he lost the ability to be in high sec space. No! While I fully realize that EVE is not the real world, it is based on the premise of a society. Well, I would hate to live in a society that lets someone like Fleetbee remain in high sec space when he spends most of his time causing grief to his fellow players and claims it to be a "Holly War against the Infidels" when we have that going on in the real world. To put it plainly, the actions of pilots such as Fleetbee should not only have him podded by CCP, but reduced in security status much faster than he is being reduced. Anyone who prays on other pilots in this manor should be reduced in security status within the state they are committing the crime in much faster than they are. High security status or not. PVP is one thing. But to constantly attack pilots that are not doing PVP, that are not into PVP, is wrong. To call it a Holly War against the Infidels is an insult to every man and woman that has died to provide us with the liberties we have today. I personally have several accounts. The actions of Fleetbee have made me seriously considering if I want to continue playing EVE, because the rules have allowed Punks to start terrorizing players in high sec space because he and his fellow members of the Goonswarm have decided to hunt miners. If the rules governing how quickly you lose the ability to remain in high sec space don't start reflecting the crimes that they are committing, I think that CCP will fid a sudden drop how many paying members they have. I didn't start playing this game to to find the type of activity that my friends have given their very life to protect us from. Yes, it's just a game. But in any civilized space, these types of actions should not be tolerated, no matter how many mission the pilot does for the state. A criminal is a criminal. They should be pushed into low sec space where they can pray on others like themselves. High sec space is where those pilots live, who don't care for the jihad or the Holly War against the infidels. attacking pilots that have not stolen from you should lower your standing rather quickly, regardless of the number of missions you run for the state. Your security status should reflect your criminal actions faster and harder that your mission running does. If you are going to terrorize innocent pilots on a daily bases, then your security status should drop fast and hard with each ship that you destroy. If you have a perfect standing of 10.0, if you start taking out other players, by the 10th ship, you should be reduced to .4 space or below. Let the punishment fit the the crime. If you want to attack other players, your criminal status should progressive for each kill, and it should also be harder to gain security status because of this type of criminal activity. |

Macropodder
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Posted - 2008.03.06 23:32:00 -
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Well, seems like a bunch of yall have gotten way of point. The whole reason I started this thread was because the Punishment doesn't fit the crime. Look at my name. I hunt macro miners. I don't pod kill them, but I do hunt them. But, what GoonSwarm is doing is way out of the norm for ganking. I don't believe that the kind of podding that the GoonSwarm is doing is what was intended by the designers of EVE either. That's why I stated that it's time for them to change it and make the punishment fit the crime. Make the punishment stackable, and yes, redeemable. But not easy, simple or fast. You should drop like a rock to .4 space access by the 6th or 7th podding and no, you shouldn't get insurance for being podded. After all, it is a crime. I never said Space was safe. Nor did I imply it. I've only stated the obvious. The punishment for podding someone, (miner or not) doesn't fit the crime. For any game to have any kind of continuity, the laws that govern it should be somewhat realistic.
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