You misunderstand. I don't have a problem that they play the game. I don't have a problem with the fact that they want pvp.
Here I was happily bounty hunting in the Naitis system. Then I try to get back to Ford Dock to get my Asp back to go elsewhere and there they are:
A bunch of ats in fer-de-lances shooting everyone down and claiming that "this system is under lockdown".
Wait, what?
Who locked the system down?
Why?
And why do they pick on random Vipers just trying to make a living?
What is the purpose of such behavior other than to grief other players and bat them into submission and leaving the game?
Seriosuly, this is borked up.
You misunderstand. I don't have a problem that they play the game. I don't have a problem with the fact that they want pvp.
I have a problem with the fact that they say "this system is under lockdown" and kill me without giving me even a chance to tell them that I CANNOT comply with their demands.
I wasn't even given a simple chance to tell them why I had to get to Ford. No.
"system is under lockdown"
and then on the forum "skimmerlivesmatter". I mean really? If you wanted to grief other people then why hide it?
Picking on Viper IIIs with FDLs is not my idea of fun, honestly.
And why didn't I go to group or solo? Because I wanted to outsmart them. Managed to do that actually, getting to the other station without them as much as noticing...
So much for the "lockdown".
As you found, you can avoid blockades, wasn't that more fun than avoiding NPCs?
I would go solo, but that would mean they won actually.
I don't have a habit of running away like a little girl whenever an obstacle presents itself, and going solo would be just that.
Instead I find... alternative solutions.
I'm sorry, is being a girl somehow derogatory? or bad?
One of those players, no, two of those players that stopped you getting to Ford Station were girls.
Still, picking on random, novice Viper IIIs with no bounty on them and no cargo at all seems... counterproductive.
Still, picking on random, novice Viper IIIs with no bounty on them and no cargo at all seems... counterproductive.
You don't get satisfaction from killing them as it's basically a free win.
You don't get any bounty.
You don't even get the bloody cargo...
And they don't even try to RP it through.
See - I don't mind getting killed. I don't mind blockades.
I mind senseless blockades, griefing and killing for nothing other than killing itself. See - they didn't say "system is on lockdown because of an investigation into skimmer raids in this region"
They didn't say "we're fighting against the Alliance and blockading this system to make a statement"
They didn't even say "yarr we're a bunch of psychos who just want to kill stuff - and you're stuff"
No.
They just said "jump out or ya ded" and killed me without giving a chance to explain that I simply couldn't comply with their demands.
It was terrorism pure and simple and should be treated as such - shame the game has no mechanisms to report terrorism to NPC authorities. Would be fun to see the entire Alliance navy barrel down on those four or five FDLs and blow them to hell.
I'm sorry, is being a girl somehow derogatory? or bad?
One of those players, no, two of those players that stopped you getting to Ford Station were girls.
So are you denying just swearing at them? You say they did not give you the 30 seconds? Because if they did and the best you could come up with was "F Off", then I remain unsuprised you earned their attention in this manner. However, it is your word against theirs.. so I don;t really know what to think. The fact they are not here mining salt, and attempting to somehow defend their game, leads me to believe they may have been open to some dialogue.
So are you denying just swearing at them? You say they did not give you the 30 seconds? Because if they did and the best you could come up with was "F Off", then I remain unsuprised you earned their attention in this manner. However, it is your word against theirs.. so I don;t really know what to think. The fact they are not here mining salt, and attempting to somehow defend their game, leads me to believe they may have been open to some dialogue.
So recently there was a CG that hit Top tier, the Walter goal maybe? Can;t remember. I noticed it took me about 12 trips in a T9 to get the Top 10 percent bonus. There is no way it would really have been worth the risk of dying, given the rebuy cost of the T9 and all the cargo, even if my odds of surviving a run were say, about 1 in 4. After 3 or 4 deaths, the whole operation would become a net loss for me. The only real way to achieve is to do what you are prepared to do in solo, to get to the tier you want. Newer players in smaller ships will ever hit the higher percentages, unless they want to do about 100 trips. All that aside, afterwards, I tend to get a smaller ship, say cobra or asp, then try some runs in Open. This way, I also get to experience the fun of smuggling. If Open had more traders in, it would be less of a problem, as the lion can;t catch all the gazelles. As it stands, it's a field full of lions hunting lone gazelles who pop in and have very low odds of survival. I enjoy smuggling past other players, some of the best emergent gameplay IMO, but it's not worth losing my T9 repeatedly to the same person when all they have to lose is a rebuy cost of about 300k.
i have the screen cap on my other PC. so in 9 hours when i get off from work it will be pretty clear