Windjammer
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Posted - 2008.06.03 03:57:00 -
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Guy getting blown up = my ship, my modules, my cargo until such a time as somebody puts it into their own cargohold or can.
Person blowing up a war target = I care about blowing this guy up. That's primary. If I can get his valuables into my cargohold, that's nice, but it's secondary.
Mission runner: I fit my ship for missions. I sacrifice PvP ability for PvE ability. My buddies might be able to get my stuff before the mission raider does even if I get blown up by a mission raider.
Mission raider: I fit my ship for raiding missions. I sacrifice PvE ability for PvP ability and the ability to get to the wreck fast. I try to get the stuff from the guy I scanned down by blowing him up and scooping up his stuff before he can get his buddies in to defend or scoop his stuff up.
High sec ganker: Much the same as a mission raider save for the sacrificial component and having buddies standing by to scoop stuff.
High sec gankee (person getting ganked): I might like my stuff to be scooped up by friends who are following my shipment which is too large to be carried in combat ships.
Guy who is snatching the loot from under the nose of the person who won the combat = I've fit my ship for speed and maybe salvaging. Because of the ship I've got and/or the way I've fit it, I have no significant combat ability. That's been sacrificed for speed and/or a salvage ability. If the person who got blown up has corp mates near by, I'm toast.
This does not seem to be a problem that needs fixing. How many war targets float around with a bunch of modules worth a billion each? Not many or at least not many smart ones. How many mission runners are scanned down both by a raider and a ninja thief at the same time? Not many.
Currently the person who takes the loot goes flashy to the owner of the loot and to the owners corp. That's risk versus reward. If this happens in low sec, the winner of the recent fight just dings the thief on the head and takes the loot anyway. If this happens in high sec, well......somebody risked and won or perhaps they got blown up by the owners corp mates.
You make choices, you make trade offs, you take risks and you pursue rewards. Anyway, just a few thoughts.
Regards,
Windjammer
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