I've encountered the CODE before, and I have to say, my first encounter was in fact an exciting one. I was flying a T6 on a rare run when I got interdicted by an Imperial Clipper. He demanded I drop cargo.
I'd gotten my T6 to maximize its speed and had outrun pirated before, so I took my chances running. But failed to realize the mass lock factor and the fact the Clipper is the second fastest ship in space (also the whole jump to another system trick).
So I ran, and I got shot at. I watched in horror as my shields died and then my hull started taking damage. I was never going to make it. And then... then my ship started spinning, drifting dead in space. He'd targetted and shot out my drives.
Obviously, in this position I went "Um, on second thought... here." and gave him my cargo. He left me alone (we even chatted a bit) and I repaired my drives and limped to the station.
This I actually chalked up to a very positive encounter. It was thrilling, I was beaten, and I was allowed to live to fly another day (no way this guy knew I was playing a version of IronMan, but if he had, I could have potentially been back to Sidewinder). I actively saluted him the next time I saw him.
Then there was the Cerberus Plague, where I encountered a blockade by people who were shouting out that the plague had to be allowed to burn, and that only the rich were getting the medical supplies. I had no problem with this, either. I managed to avoid them a couple times, got interdicted and escaped a couple of times, but the fact was it kind of added something to the event, and there were enough players around to organize and fight back too.
This blockade of Hutton has none of that going for it.
So far I haven't seen any word of anyone just having their drives shot out, and re-demanding the jettisoning of all cargo. I'm only hearing about ship destruction.
My encounters happened a few minutes from my last station stop, not an hour and a half. You might say it's just a game, but if I spend an hour and a half building a house of cards and you knock it over just before I put the tip top on, shouting "Earthquake!" you can't just say "well, they're just cards" and expect that to be a valid reason for me not to bop you in the beak. Both are douchebag moves, and can only be considered douchebag moves to anyone who isn't the douchebag in question.
I'd go so far as to call it MAXIMUM
It's no different than intercepting and destroying an explorer who's come back after a month of collecting data. There is NO gain to be had from the one doing the destroying other than the joy of seeing another's effort turn to dust, regardless of your RP justification.
The "reasons" given, both in-game and metagame wise are laughable, as pointed out by just about everyone here.
I'd gotten my T6 to maximize its speed and had outrun pirated before, so I took my chances running. But failed to realize the mass lock factor and the fact the Clipper is the second fastest ship in space (also the whole jump to another system trick).
So I ran, and I got shot at. I watched in horror as my shields died and then my hull started taking damage. I was never going to make it. And then... then my ship started spinning, drifting dead in space. He'd targetted and shot out my drives.
Obviously, in this position I went "Um, on second thought... here." and gave him my cargo. He left me alone (we even chatted a bit) and I repaired my drives and limped to the station.
This I actually chalked up to a very positive encounter. It was thrilling, I was beaten, and I was allowed to live to fly another day (no way this guy knew I was playing a version of IronMan, but if he had, I could have potentially been back to Sidewinder). I actively saluted him the next time I saw him.
Then there was the Cerberus Plague, where I encountered a blockade by people who were shouting out that the plague had to be allowed to burn, and that only the rich were getting the medical supplies. I had no problem with this, either. I managed to avoid them a couple times, got interdicted and escaped a couple of times, but the fact was it kind of added something to the event, and there were enough players around to organize and fight back too.
This blockade of Hutton has none of that going for it.
So far I haven't seen any word of anyone just having their drives shot out, and re-demanding the jettisoning of all cargo. I'm only hearing about ship destruction.
My encounters happened a few minutes from my last station stop, not an hour and a half. You might say it's just a game, but if I spend an hour and a half building a house of cards and you knock it over just before I put the tip top on, shouting "Earthquake!" you can't just say "well, they're just cards" and expect that to be a valid reason for me not to bop you in the beak. Both are douchebag moves, and can only be considered douchebag moves to anyone who isn't the douchebag in question.
I'd go so far as to call it MAXIMUM
[video=youtube;FQyLkMRgLJE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQyLkMRgLJE[/video]
It's no different than intercepting and destroying an explorer who's come back after a month of collecting data. There is NO gain to be had from the one doing the destroying other than the joy of seeing another's effort turn to dust, regardless of your RP justification.
The "reasons" given, both in-game and metagame wise are laughable, as pointed out by just about everyone here.
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