AFK Capital ship camping for free money

[CaptainKremmen]

I really do wonder why a system that could be summed up like this:


"LAST SHOT GETS KILL"

...is rewritten as...

"LAST SHOT GETS KILL (unless that last shot comes from a ship not flown by a player (except for capital ships))"

...and possibly...

PAYMENTS HANDED OUT TO EVERY ATTACKING SHIP (based on damage dealt to hull and sub-systems using fixed weighting tables (excluding partially damaged sub-systems (discounting damage components from friendly fire (and collisions (but full damage payments if target is destroyed by circumstances other than weapons fire within ten seconds of receiving weapons fire from player ship(s))))))


Are we quite sure we all want to be explaining crap like this to newcomers for the next n years?

 

[Kondensat]

I really do wonder why a system that could be summed up like this:


"LAST SHOT GETS KILL"

...is rewritten as...

"LAST SHOT GETS KILL (unless that last shot comes from a ship not flown by a player (except for capital ships))"

...and possibly...

PAYMENTS HANDED OUT TO EVERY ATTACKING SHIP (based on damage dealt to hull and sub-systems using fixed weighting tables (excluding partially damaged sub-systems (discounting damage components from friendly fire (and collisions (but full damage payments if target is destroyed by circumstances other than weapons fire within ten seconds of receiving weapons fire from player ship(s))))))


Are we quite sure we all want to be explaining crap like this to newcomers for the next n years?

because it would be fair, and nobody can complain about and/or exploit the game mechanic
not reason enough?!

 

[SteveLaw]

because it would be fair, and nobody can complain about and/or exploit the game mechanic
not reason enough?!

Of course people would complain about it. Some people seem to want to complain about absolutely anything.

 

[Arubeto]

Of course people would complain about it. Some people seem to want to complain about absolutely anything.

That "some" in your post is quite the euphemism

 

[Taimaru]

Doesn't it only attack if you haven't chosen a side, or if you are on the opposite side?

You can't choose a side if the Capital Ship isn't in a war zone - i.e. parked in orbit above Earth.

 

[Aquamonkey]

I'll ask you as well then, how would you have fixed it?

Make it count like being in a wing, that is essentially what you are doing in a CZ. Last shot gets full credit, but if the cap ship gets the last shot, you still get a %.

 

[Space Dandy]

Has someone tried flying around the cap ship and just taking puck shots at the enemy when they're almost dead and thereby stealing the kill from the cap ship? Seem almost like an exploit....if it works.