Kraelon
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Posted - 2009.12.06 19:02:00 -
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with ninja salvaging, and I believe being a ninja salvager is a legitamate profession in the universe of Eve.
I will address a few points as to why I feel this way, and give solutions to angry mission runners that would like to salvage their missions with little to no competition.
First off, this is a PvP game, and everything is contested. That is the way it is, hi sec or no. PvP occurs everywhere, be it ship combat, undercutting prices on the market, competing for asteroids to mine in highly populated areas, 0.0 sovereignty, etc. Wrecks belong to no one, it is part of game mechanics. Salvaging wrecks is a separate mechanic, that requires training additional skills and fitting seperate modules that are not meant for mission running. It is a separate source of income outside of the mission mechanic, therefore nothing is being "stolen" from the mission runner. If part of the mission requirements were to bring your agent back the salvage of a particular ship, then perhaps things would be different. But that is not the way it is. Wrecks are just contested resources that happen to be spawned from the destruction of any ship, be it an npc ship in a mission or scanned down plex, or a player wreck that got owned by another player or couldn't handle the rats he was fighting.
Most mission runners that are smart and are in it for the isk, know that salvaging their own missions actually lowers their isk per hour. Therefore, most smart mission runners do not salvage their own missions, especially those that have built up high skills and money to run faction or T2 ships and mods for missions. They are able to run through level 4 missions too quickly for salvaging to be profitable. There is also the advantage of gaining lp faster by doing missions in this manner, and if you use your lp just to sell faction mods you purchase, then your income is just being sped up that much more.
Without ninja salvagers, all those left behind wrecks that mission runners arent salvaging go to waste. What does this mean? It means you will be paying more isk for all those rigs you love to put on your ships, because there is so much less salvage being introduced to the market. That, in effect, is taking away from your income as well, because you end up spending more money on your ships.
All of that being said, there are still those who want to salvage their own missions and avoid ninja salvagers. Which is fine, there is nothing wrong with that. Like any possible threat in the game, there are ways to avoid it. For example, you want to buy a Raven Navy Issue on contracts. Do you just buy from a contract that is titled Raven Navy Issue without looking at it, or do you research it first to make sure its not a scam? You research it of course, to make sure you are actually purchasing a CNR, and not a regular Raven. Mission Runners who want to avoid ninja salvagers must also do their research.
Pick a npc corp you want to work for, and pull up their info. Look for the highest quality lvl 4 agent, and see what system he/she is in. What you are looking for is a high quality lvl 4 agent in a backwater system that no one goes to, many corps have these, they exist I promise. Then, run your missions there, and I guarantee you will never see a ninja salvager. I run lvl 4s in a backwater system with only one system connection, and have not once ever had a problem with ninja salvagers. Just avoid main mission hubs that are heavily populated. Its too easy. Later, when you are able to run missions faster and realize salvaging is not profitable for you, then go back to the main mission hubs if you wish.
There is no reason to complain about ninja salvaging. It is a legitamate business that helps the economy, and if you are smart its easy to avoid them.
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