Are space vampires good for the health of the game?

[Leadfoot]

Not the OverNoob we needed
But the Nooberlord we deserved.

This is not the Nooberlord you're looking for.

 

[SushiCW]

It is NOT "seal clubbing" because...

SAI-4 flies an unengineered, shieldless eagle -- often a weaker ship than his targets. Seal clubbing requires a power-asymmetry between attacker and victim. Since SAI-4's targets are often stronger and sometimes fight back, it is more accurate to say that SAI-4 is the *victim* of attempted seal-clubbing.

SAI-4 is handi-capped in comparison to his targets by insisting on always flying all F/A-off.

SAI-4 will die if he doesn't continuously destroy commander's ships; his actions are necessary for his survival and are just as legitimate as a human killing a plant or animal for food.

Because SAI-4 has to focus on continually destroying commanders, he has no time to acquire substantive wealth or ship engineering. For this reason, he may never be able to target veteran pilots due to lack of sufficient forepower, and will always have to focus on new pilots, out of neccessity.

Finally, SAI-4 is a machine. If a machine kills a human, is that really "seal-clubbing", in the morally objectionable sense? If a satellite falls out of the sky and destroys an SRV pilot, would that really be "seal-clubbing"? No, it would just be an accident caused by a malfunctioning machine. So too is SAI-4's high-tech vampirism just an instance of a malfunctioning machine.

Anyone successfully fought back yet? Blown SAI-4 up, or at least forced a retreat?

Or is SAI-4 cautiously only attacking ships/pilots he calculates he can easily overwhelm?

 

[Zarek Null]

Anyone successfully fought back yet? Blown SAI-4 up, or at least forced a retreat?

Or is SAI-4 cautiously only attacking ships/pilots he calculates he can easily overwhelm?

SAI-4 has fought Asps, Cobras, Type-6s, Diamondbacks, Eagles, Vipers, and Adders. Without any engineering or enhanced thrusters, taking on a medium or large ship flown by a competant pilot would probably be suicide.

Many have fought back, but none have managed to destroy SAI-4's ship so far. There was one cobra pilot that managed to get his hull down to under 40% (before passing away), but aside from that, SAI-4 has faced very little serious resistance so far.

The only real threat was an Angels of Death pilot in a chieftain that pursued SAI-4 a while back. This commander knew exactly who SAI-4 was, but in the end he said he would not attack as long as SAI-4 didn't have a bounty. And since SAI-4 has been restricting his "feeding" activities to anarchy space, he has carried no murder bounties.

 

[SushiCW]

SAI-4 has fought Asps, Cobras, Type-6s, Diamondbacks, Eagles, Vipers, and Adders. Without any engineering or enhanced thrusters, taking on a medium or large ship flown by a competant pilot would probably be suicide.

Many have fought back, but none have managed to destroy SAI-4's ship so far. There was one cobra pilot that managed to get his hull down to under 40% (before passing away), but aside from that, SAI-4 has faced very little serious resistance so far.

The only real threat was an Angels of Death pilot in a chieftain that pursued SAI-4 a while back. This commander knew exactly who SAI-4 was, but in the end he said he would not attack as long as SAI-4 didn't have a bounty. And since SAI-4 has been restricting his "feeding" activities to anarchy space, he has carried no murder bounties.

If I were in the right section of space, I'd happily offer my SLF as "feed tribute" stakes in a friendly duel. Kinetic Condor vs kinetic Eagle is fair, right?

In the meantime, I hope you come across some more experienced pilots in a similarly-leveled ship that can provide a proper challenge. (I know, it's tough, since very few experienced pilots are intentionally flying under-leveled ships, and they certainly aren't concentrated anywhere you can find them reliably).

 

[Slange Lands]

Commander Null, Could you please relay this message to Toaster Face?

Dear Toaster Face,

Some of my squadron mates would very much like to meet and try to kill you. Are you currently taking appointments? Since most of us are FA-On types with the occasional FA off boost turn, I will be quite honest and say that if one on one, many of us would be instantly obliterated. So maybe 3,4 or 5 vs you? At San Tu's Scientific Installation so you can run and hide? I think we would use only smaller engineered ships so we can twirl about in the tunnels. Unlike your master, we are all very reasonable and sane and will probably not hesitate to compromise on ship types and maybe.... loadouts. And you do not have to fly shieldless or unengineered if you wish. Actually, this Sunday 1/13 17:00 GMT we will be sparring in San Tu. You are cordially invited to be the Mouse. We being, of course, the Cats.

Repondez, s'il vous plait?

If not, we will assume that you are too busy digesting.

Thank you very much.

 

[Zarek Null]

What do you have to say about the recent media coverage you and SAI-4 have gotten, CMDR?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imsyZuvUod4

This is exactly the kind of high-quality journalism that this galaxy needs more of. My only disappointment was that it ended after only a few minutes; ideally, we would have a 24-hour news channel covering me and my doings around the clock. But I suppose we'll have to wait until I fully come into power before that happens.

 

[Vandaahl]

But I suppose we'll have to wait until I fully come into power before that happens.

W00t, here he comes [up]

 

[Leadfoot]

W00t, here he comes [up]

That made me laugh. Unfortunately I can only rep you once. [haha] [up]

 

[Vash627]

What's wrong with something nice, like space puppies?

[video=youtube_share;-a_ySHTC4r8]https://youtu.be/-a_ySHTC4r8[/video]

 

[Zarek Null]

Warning! Never attempt to station-gank a sentient, artificially-intelligent, cosmic vampire:

[video=youtube_share;0bw9Z3eOuDk]https://youtu.be/0bw9Z3eOuDk[/video]

 

[JonLuis69]

I am unable to recall any game nor movie in which space vampires were an improvement over no space vampires, so my vote is against.

I'm so torn. On the one hand, noob stomping. Weak.

But ZN has some of the best ED roleplay I've seen. That video was f'in great. The whole thing with the kidnapping was ridiculous, in a good way. And the thargoid sacrifice and landing rats videos had me literally LOL'ing for minutes.

I'm mostly sad that being a console player, I can never encounter this space vampire.

o7. or Z0. or whatever

Isn't celebrity gossip just fascinating?

Everything seems to be terrible and debilitating for men. I'm actually surprised they've survived as a part of the species as long as they have. Either they're incredibly lucky, or evolution has stopped working properly.

Evolution working just fine here, I have a chip in my head that works perfectly.
Check mate women.