Khan Milo
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.03.09 11:45:00 -
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TL;DR the aggression warning and GCC warnings could use some love, changing the text from yellow to red is hardly enough and is the only visual difference
Let me say up front that I know what I did and that it was my own damn fault. (I undocked in something big and expensive after shooting a noob ship with another noob ship) I did this kinda tired and blurry after a full day at work and the warnings I got were no different from those I expected after I stole from a friend so he could web me through empire, but something was wrong and the steal mechanic didn't work, so I figured "just shoot him" (I earned idiot piloting lvl 5 that evening)
The aggression mechanic between corps/individuals is 15 minutes long and the warning is in yellow text in the upper left corner and the undock warning suggests you might not be able to re-dock (not true)
the GCC mechanic between individuals/concord/everyone is 15 minutes long and the warning is in red text in the upper left corner and the undock warning suggests you might not be able to re-dock (true)
This is a rather subtle difference for folks who don't do this often (I get aggression only with known pilots or their alts so they can sling me quicker in slow defenseless ships) less than once a month. and this time I was tired to boot.
Rather than suggest massive changes, like not allowing orcas, freighters and other defenseless ships to undock while GCC is active seems a bit much but the only reason I can see someone doing it on purpose is to grief their own corp and not be bothered using the trash option.
I would prefer a visual/audio upgrade and a second warning when GCC is active... something along the lines "are you sure? you will get blown up immediately" with visual cues along these lines: (first 2 are airlocks that are suggesting bad things are about to happen, the 3rd is an undock from Aliens with more visual warnings)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK5rZ6waRDE&feature=related#t=4m37s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS6m6NM_Md0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn45pl8yXzk#t=2m35s Aliens had a good sequence when Bishop undocked the dropship remotely but I can't find that...
I was also a bit surprised that scratching the paint on a noobship (I did 5 total damage) equates to a HS gank where billions of isk are blown up, and that ships with no offensive weapons are still considered a threat, but I guess the smallest aggressive action is equal to the greatest.
I don't want to stop people from trying, I do just want to make the differences a bit clearer and easier to spot.
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