Pure hyperbole
I have a different idea for the commodity.
A community question: Would you like a PIRATE cg?
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Pure hyperbole
I have a different idea for the commodity.
Even if it's only PvE yes please.
I heard that in the 2.1 beta there was some stupid ''piracy'' CG? I have no clue what it was it sounded really stupid.. something about pirates can only fly these ships while bounty hunters can only fly these ships. It had nothing to do with piracy it was just a PvP brawl CG in a ring or something stupid.
Pirate specific hardpoint mounted weapons. Oh man, they're be so infuriating too. As a pirate, the last thing you really want is to kill your custom. So the best thing to do would actually be to replace all pulse/laser weapons with ion based charge weapons, for overloading and disabling. They'd be good for taking out shields, but also be more likely to malfunction systems, with a much greater likelihood when a module is low on health.
And then, replace the normal munition based weapons with weapons based on pure kinetic imapact. These would be like, noble gas bombs. Something non-reactive and not actually meant to do anything more than screw up your trajectory. These would be to prevent running as well as harass, though the smaller classes of these for something like an Eagle should require a drive to be knocked out or something before its full effect is felt by any larger vessel.
This would combine pretty neatly with the Zoom and Boom concept I've pitched before too, creating a heavy class of chase ships that are indeed pirates, but not actually doom incarnate. They're gonna take your cargo though.
What do we have, pulse lasers, beam lasers, burst lasers, multicannons, and cannons.
Ion Steamer
Ion Pulsar
Ion Burst
Impact Cannon
Impact Shredder (Shotgun style weapon meant to damage a number of modules at once.)
Pinpactor (Multicannon style weapon designed to pinpoint destroy modules, high damage but zero effectiveness against shielded targets.)
So basically, a suite of weapons for pirates to leave your targets broken, crying and disabled, but still alive and with their ship. The weapons would be geared mainly for stripping shields and destroying subsystems, but it essentially removes from all but the most determined player the option to outright kill the target, unless you really want to dump all of your ammunition into killing him.
(The Ion Weapons would obviously be confined to shield and subsystem damage, and not effect the hull itself. So, they'd have to get their destruction on manually with the low impact boom weapons.)
Course you could still just blow out the cockpit and watch him suffocate to death. His fault for not buying that escape pod.
And then, replace the normal munition based weapons with weapons based on pure kinetic imapact. These would be like, noble gas bombs. Something non-reactive and not actually meant to do anything more than screw up your trajectory. These would be to prevent running as well as harass, though the smaller classes of these for something like an Eagle should require a drive to be knocked out or something before its full effect is felt by any larger vessel.
This would combine pretty neatly with the Zoom and Boom concept I've pitched before too, creating a heavy class of chase ships that are indeed pirates, but not actually doom incarnate. They're gonna take your cargo though.
What do we have, pulse lasers, beam lasers, burst lasers, multicannons, and cannons.
Ion Steamer
Ion Pulsar
Ion Burst
Impact Cannon
Impact Shredder (Shotgun style weapon meant to damage a number of modules at once.)
Pinpactor (Multicannon style weapon designed to pinpoint destroy modules, high damage but zero effectiveness against shielded targets.)
So basically, a suite of weapons for pirates to leave your targets broken, crying and disabled, but still alive and with their ship. The weapons would be geared mainly for stripping shields and destroying subsystems, but it essentially removes from all but the most determined player the option to outright kill the target, unless you really want to dump all of your ammunition into killing him.
(The Ion Weapons would obviously be confined to shield and subsystem damage, and not effect the hull itself. So, they'd have to get their destruction on manually with the low impact boom weapons.)
Course you could still just blow out the cockpit and watch him suffocate to death. His fault for not buying that escape pod.
Remember Remember the 5th of November, anyone?
I don't voite against pirating CGs. But I'll make sure I am not near once it happens.
The idea is valid and if you can convince FD to initialize one. Go ahead. But players like me
will avoid the region where it happens as long as it lasts.
So be prepared that there are not many players to be pirated (except priates).
Regards,
Miklos
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This is PvE piracy. Players won't be flying around carrying the commodities to be pirated (lets say specific convoy signals chock full of antiquities).
The only reason you won't want to be near it is the same reason for any CG. Players actively opposing it.
Same as always. Not exactly hard to figure out.
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I'm sure that'll make some heads spin.. ''Wait.. they're griefing.. no wait... are they playing the game.. !?!?1!!? DOES NOT COMPUTE DOES NOT COMPUTE''
But yea wouldn't bounty hunters in this case be the griefers by the standards set by people who don't want to play in open because they don't want some ass ruin their experience.
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Would be nice if they actually did it though. Like make it so there is a HUGE reward if the traders can get to enough tiers and such. But of course unless there will also be a wall of NPC pirates waiting in solo it wouldn't really work.
I was robbed by a pirate player commander just once... It was during the "copper" CG... It was pleasant, fun and thrilling experience
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I'm highly interested in piracy CG, as a person who enjoys bounty hunting...
I tired piracy once.
I needed up making 0cr from stolen cargo....
And 250,000cr in bounties....
Turns out I just can't stop being a bounty hunter... Lol
I needed up making 0cr from stolen cargo....
And 250,000cr in bounties....
Turns out I just can't stop being a bounty hunter... Lol
STOP GRIEFING. [sulk]
Ahoy but there be an exploit see. Just jettison cargo to a buddy and it shows up as illegal salvage aargh matey! So bring ye Cutter and plenty of limpets and let's be droppin' thee some cargo. *applies as PvE as can be private group, no way to tell difference between illegal salvage from source*
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I'd be fun to give it a go but not much point if everyone is going to combat log. Or would it just be PVE pirating?