Gankers… a serious question

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WeComeInPeace

WeComeInPeace
Screemonster said:
The thing is, most of the engineering is on the defensive side. Engineering gives... well, a still pretty significant damage boost to weapons over stock, but the hitpoint inflation that defensive engineering allows, especially on big ships with lots of utility points (or a certain medium ship with... lots of utility points) is considerably larger.

The kinds of ships that get ganked are often neither engineered to a serious degree, or would pop to a vanilla ship.
I've had newbie gankers pull my T7 and popped their shield in a single missile salvo, with the only relevant engineering being overload munitions. I've likewise had traders decide to fire first when I demand cargo, expecting a T7 to not be a threat, with similar results.
Likewise, against these kinds of threats, I can just facetank whatever they're throwing at me. In a type-7.

If an actual dedicated ganker came along in anything other than another memeboat, though, there's no way I could chew through his health pool before I ran out of either ammo or hull.

And that's the real rub of engineering - it's not just that it's necessary to survive, it's that when someone does go out with the aim to cause mischief, those people are effectively indestructible. Because you know they didn't skip the engineering.
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It's like tanks. Bigger guns vs more armor. A death spiral.

You definitely need some protection while running, but stocking up on shield boosters will buy enough time to get out.
 

Screemonster

Screemonster
Northpin said:
Indeed, but i dont think that Cutter was engineered when their shields were wiped in 2 salvos
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Yeah, pretty much. If you engineer you can be effectively indestructible.

The only problem with this for your average non-PvPer is that gankers do engineer their ships, which makes sticking around to fight completely futile.
 

Harry Hates Golf

Harry Hates Golf
Crashdown BSG said:
Took my new Cutter to Sol yesterday, primarily to see the Voyager Probes…saw another CMDR was there, dropped an o7 in chat. He interdicted me, and I can only assume his Anaconda was fully engineered, as he took down my shield and disabled my drive within seconds…
I know, “iF yOu PlAy In OpEn YoU hAvE tO eXpEcT pLaYeR iNtErAcTiOn” but what do players like that accomplish? Only driving people into Solo, or worst yet, not playing Elite…because we really need that now…
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Console is dead.
Just go to solo mode and enjoy the game while it last. It won't be playable in a year or two (perhaps less).

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Northpin

Northpin
Crashdown BSG said:
I like playing in open…but I also hate gankers too…
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Block is available for a reason
So... Block them and dont clogg - it's the best solution both for your gaming pleasure and for your account safety

(on console you should be doing it not from ingame, but from the console social/multiplayer setup - no idea how this is working on PS, i play on XB)
 

Crashdown BSG

Crashdown BSG
Northpin said:
Block is available for a reason
So... Block them and dont clogg - it's the best solution both for your gaming pleasure and for your account safety

(on console you should be doing it not from ingame, but from the console social/multiplayer setup - no idea how this is working on PS, i play on XB)
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He’s blocked now
 

markyp4334

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Well it’s been posted again, instead whining about a legit game play style how about you improve your ship soo you can survive an attack? theres a good guide on how to survive in open by rinzler go watch it given your flying a ship with the most powerful shields ingame I would look at your own setup instead blaming other people for your lack of competence.
 

Crashdown BSG

Crashdown BSG
markyp4334 said:
Well it’s been posted again, instead whining about a legit game play style how about you improve your ship soo you can survive an attack? theres a good guide on how to survive in open by rinzler go watch it given your flying a ship with the most powerful shields ingame I would look at your own setup instead blaming other people for your lack of competence.
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Lack of competence 😂😂
 

WeComeInPeace

WeComeInPeace
markyp4334 said:
Well it’s been posted again, instead whining about a legit game play style how about you improve your ship soo you can survive an attack? theres a good guide on how to survive in open by rinzler go watch it given your flying a ship with the most powerful shields ingame I would look at your own setup instead blaming other people for your lack of competence.
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Disregarding the clog: Seeing a ship with a shield tiny enough for your tiny hardpoints to penetrate, doesn't exactly automatically make it ok to blow that ship up, does it? Do you also run around beating up old women because "they can't defend themselves"? :alien:
 

markyp4334

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Am Sorry but does clogging not fall under competence? or were you just plain old salty to see your pixel ship go boom You decided to shut game app?
 

markyp4334

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WeComeInPeace said:
Disregarding the clog: Seeing a ship with a shield tiny enough for your tiny hardpoints to penetrate, doesn't exactly automatically make it ok to blow that ship up, does it? Do you also run around beating up old women because "they can't defend themselves"? :alien:
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You joking right? cutter has most powerful shields ingame
 

Crashdown BSG

Crashdown BSG
WeComeInPeace said:
Disregarding the clog: Seeing a ship with a shield tiny enough for your tiny hardpoints to penetrate, doesn't exactly automatically make it ok to blow that ship up, does it? Do you also run around beating up old women because "they can't defend themselves"? :alien:
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I can only imagine, like most griefers, he’s been bullied IRL
 

WeComeInPeace

WeComeInPeace
markyp4334 said:
You joking right? cutter has most powerful shields ingame
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That's not the point. If you want a brawl (fair enough!), why punch someone smaller than yourself? Because you don't dare finding someone capable of punching back? That just being a bully. If you want to be cool, I wouldn't go bullying. That's just pathetic and not cool. If you go punch a wing of gankers in a Vulture, now that's cool. See the difference? :alien:
 
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