Interesting Feature

Damaged1 · Feb 12, 2015

So people can interdict you, disable your thrusters and leave you to die. Nice feature. Absolutely ruins the game. Last straw for me, too many of these nice "features" completely ruins the game and makes it a huge waste of time. Why bother hauling anything if you have no way to defend yourself in a massive ship?

ChubbyBunneh · Feb 12, 2015

Massive ships don't get mass locked by anything except stations and other massive ships.

The auto field repair module works on thrusters now too.

ciger · Feb 12, 2015

Damaged1 said:
So people can interdict you, disable your thrusters and leave you to die. Nice feature. Absolutely ruins the game. Last straw for me, too many of these nice "features" completely ruins the game and makes it a huge waste of time. Why bother hauling anything if you have no way to defend yourself in a massive ship?

what is a massive ship? you can always submit to the interdiction and jump away after 5s

eza · Feb 12, 2015

AFM module now repairs all modules except power plant and itself. Maybe fit one?

Gorf · Feb 12, 2015

eza said:
AFM module now repairs all modules except power plant and itself. Maybe fit one?

Won't the griefer just kill you if he goes through your modules and sees that you can repair the damage done?

Skip Intro · Feb 12, 2015

Damaged1 said:
Why bother hauling anything if you have no way to defend yourself in a massive ship?

Well, equipping shields and weapons might be a start.

Whiterose · Feb 12, 2015

Damaged1 said:
So people can interdict you, disable your thrusters and leave you to die. Nice feature. Absolutely ruins the game. Last straw for me, too many of these nice "features" completely ruins the game and makes it a huge waste of time. Why bother hauling anything if you have no way to defend yourself in a massive ship?

I read this and had an image of you stamping your feet and holding your breath until your face turned blue. I could be wrong though. Welcome to ED

babelfisch · Feb 12, 2015

Even if the attacker has a bigger ship you still can jump to another system, even if mass locked. If you can't get away fast enough, learn to submit, boost and jump. Also equip a better shield. If he still catches you he might be the better player.

TehGems · Feb 12, 2015

Gorf said:
Won't the griefer just kill you if he goes through your modules and sees that you can repair the damage done?

So you want a module that prevents you from dying, correct?

Belsameth · Feb 12, 2015

eza said:
AFM module now repairs all modules except power plant and itself. Maybe fit one?

Also not the Canopy.

Flappers · Feb 12, 2015

Whiterose said:
I read this and had an image of you stamping your feet and holding your breath until your face turned blue. I could be wrong though. Welcome to ED

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Whiterose again.

Seems you have my approval across posts

glunark · Feb 12, 2015

Are you in a massive ship or where they?

Because if its you, the bigger your ship, the more guns you can put on it.

eza · Feb 12, 2015

Gorf said:
Won't the griefer just kill you if he goes through your modules and sees that you can repair the damage done?

Almost certainly! But i understood the OP as meaning he'd been left alone to die, with no way of engaging FSD to get out of there.
If killing his thrusters was just the prelude to killing him, then no, AFM wouldn't help much.
It might be just enough to get up speed to engage FSD though if he's lucky...

- - - - - Additional Content Posted / Auto Merge - - - - -

Belsameth said:
Also not the Canopy.

eza said:
AFM module now repairs all modules except power plant and itself.

Canopy isn't a module, but it's true that it's worth remembering that canopy and hull damage can't be repaired either, only what you can see on the list of modules.

Gorf · Feb 12, 2015

TehGems said:
So you want a module that prevents you from dying, correct?

Um, no - not even remotely correct.

I made an observation about the mentality of griefers (genuine griefers, not pirates). They are interested in heaping misery on players, and one way of doing that is to make a player destroy their own ship through lack of choice. If the player has a choice (self-repair) then the griefer will just destroy them rather than force suicide.

OnePercent · Feb 12, 2015

Ever heard of SUBMIT? throttle back and let them take you into normal space.

No damage and FSD recharge is only 5 seconds. Plenty of time to get away, Also no pirate will mass lock you.

Tiamat · Feb 12, 2015

The AFM solution has already been posted but I would also add that FD are considering (and will probably implement) jury rigging modules such as sensors/thrusters as an option for those that don't carry an AFM unit.

Vasious · Feb 12, 2015

Gorf said:
Won't the griefer just kill you if he goes through your modules and sees that you can repair the damage done?

Not sure if the AFM unit shows up on the list of subsystems when you can a ship.
Not everything does IIRC
If so, just wait until they leave before repairing

- - - - - Additional Content Posted / Auto Merge - - - - -

Tiamat said:
The AFM solution has already been posted but I would also add that FD are considering (and will probably implement) jury rigging modules such as sensors/thrusters as an option for those that don't carry an AFM unit.

Indeed, sounds promising

Skuli · Feb 12, 2015

Skip Intro said:
Well, equipping shields and weapons might be a start.

I had A-rated shield, chaff, heat sink, and weapons on my T7. Did not keep the imperial clipper and then the asp from killing me before I could jump out of the interdiction.

Vasious · Feb 12, 2015

%OnePercent% said:
Ever heard of SUBMIT? throttle back and let them take you into normal space.

No damage and FSD recharge is only 5 seconds. Plenty of time to get away, Also no pirate will mass lock you.

Didnt seem to work for the people in the videos in the Station Griefing thread which is probably the same videos that resulted in this thread

Sams · Feb 12, 2015

Seemed appropriate