Himself.
How much of an impact do you truly believe rebuys have on murder hobo'ing?
- Thread starter Powderpanic
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Himself.
How many is he?
Pretty much this.
Plus the higher your PF bounty, the more NPC bounty hunters that should be chasing you around.
Not that NPC's are any threat to a PvPer, but being interdicted every seven seconds should put a serious dent in any 'murder-hoboing' plans.
Although, if they just let the Mistress remove the restraints on a certain type of NPC then you could find yourself the target of some very capable Pilots Federation Profit Adjusters
Pilot's Federation Bounties are not local, they are trans-galactic.
Doesn't sound like we're there yet.
A point defense system or two works wonders for keeping missiles at bay, especially on the rear of your ship, but there are a few other things that work well for avoiding these encounters:
1. Practice evading interdiction. If they can't catch you they cant shoot at you. This whole submit-and-run thing is garbage.
2. Mines hurt, a lot. Don't be afraid to stick a couple on your trade ships and leave them strewn behind you. Remember, when seconds count, the local authorities are minutes away.
3. If it looks suspicious, it probably is. so Run Rabbit, Run - that is to say, don't fly in a straight line. Remember, they have to be behind you. You can even turn and face them in super cruise to keep them off of behind you.
4. Low Wake - drop out of super cruise yourself, with enough range to have the time to plot a high-wake jump to the next closest system and go. Or low wake and log out from the menu - that really frustrates them.
Or.. don't play in Open - pick or form a Private Group where you just don't have to deal with this sort of thing at all.
If this is brought about by the change in beta to add your most costly ship rebuy to the rebuy screen, then the reasoning is off. That is in to curtail jumping into a suicidewinder and erasing your bounties for nearly free.
It won't stop rich muderhobos. It will make them less rich slightly faster or not bother to swap to a sidewinder.
It is but one step in a process.
However, I agree. Monetary based punishment is not the total answer.
It won't stop rich muderhobos. It will make them less rich slightly faster or not bother to swap to a sidewinder.
It is but one step in a process.
However, I agree. Monetary based punishment is not the total answer.
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Its practically impossible to avoid intrediction from a cmdr. Npcs are easy.
Very few carry the grom missle which has timeout after the first hit.
Mines hurt but they are a minor inconvenience to the attacker, they wont save you.
What will save you is proper shields and boosters, pref prismatics and engineered.
Very few carry the grom missle which has timeout after the first hit.
Mines hurt but they are a minor inconvenience to the attacker, they wont save you.
What will save you is proper shields and boosters, pref prismatics and engineered.
Goose4291
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Who said anything about such a change ruffling anyone's feathers.
What I did say was that the few open players who post here have been saying for months that any sort of credit based punishment isn't going to discourage station ramming, griefing, piracy or just straight up PvP within the open community, because credits are meaningless due to how easy they are to procure due to the demands of the 'i-win' button crowd.
If this is the sum effort of their attempts at fixing C&P/Karma (which knowing the devs, it likely is), this will do -all.
Which it almost certainly isn't, for Christ's sake. Let's quit with the doom-and-gloom hysteria.
Goose4291
Banned
The issue is that monetary punishments don't work in a game where credits are easy as hell to procure, yet some people who post here (and it seems frontier listen to) seem to think monetary punishment will be a silver bullet cure for griefing.
I tell you what, I'll drop my 'doom-and-gloom' hysteria, that's based on their track record with game mechanic tweaks if you drop yoiur reverent fanboy defence based on..... Well something, I guess?
Almost none : credits don't mean much in E : D, the game always had at least one cash cow exploit active since launch (and even in gamma IIRC). I could rebuy all day long without even noticing the difference in my cash balance, and I'm far behind the space richer guys.
...comments from the lead developer.
lol Might as well copy eve onlines CONCORD
Basically a nobody where I live. Not many, then.
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I admit that I sort of skimmed the OP.
Is the question would full rebuys prevent PK'ing?
The answer is no. I have about 1.5B in assets, and fly mainly vipers. As I've stated in the past, I have vipers that will shred many traders in no time, but only because many traders seem to take no measure to reinforce their ships. (I don't generally go around PK'ing, but have been guilty of overly-aggressive piracy in the past).
What I'm saying is, were I to take one of these Vipers to a trade CG, I'm sure that I could find plenty of soft targets to engage. And what would be my risk? 10M credits?
I made 7.5M last night without trying very hard.
As for full insurance... 500k Cr? lol
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And just to be clear, I do have my Reverb Torpedo Courier on standby to prove it
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And when I say many traders make no effort to protect their ships, I mean it. I take these same Vipers mat hunting in anarchy rings sometimes, and properly outfitted NPC T-7s are a pain in the butt to kill because they can soak up so much damage. What I'm saying is, you see those useless little size 3 slots in your T-7? Throw some MRP/HRPs in there and buy yourself some military bulkheads, for god's sake.
Is the question would full rebuys prevent PK'ing?
The answer is no. I have about 1.5B in assets, and fly mainly vipers. As I've stated in the past, I have vipers that will shred many traders in no time, but only because many traders seem to take no measure to reinforce their ships. (I don't generally go around PK'ing, but have been guilty of overly-aggressive piracy in the past).
What I'm saying is, were I to take one of these Vipers to a trade CG, I'm sure that I could find plenty of soft targets to engage. And what would be my risk? 10M credits?
I made 7.5M last night without trying very hard.
As for full insurance... 500k Cr? lol
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And just to be clear, I do have my Reverb Torpedo Courier on standby to prove it
*Edit #2*
And when I say many traders make no effort to protect their ships, I mean it. I take these same Vipers mat hunting in anarchy rings sometimes, and properly outfitted NPC T-7s are a pain in the butt to kill because they can soak up so much damage. What I'm saying is, you see those useless little size 3 slots in your T-7? Throw some MRP/HRPs in there and buy yourself some military bulkheads, for god's sake.
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Goose4291
Banned
.... Who's commentary also covers the broken half baked mechanics I mentioned previously, such as power play, multicrew and planetary based ground mechanics.