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Cobra Mk2

Cobra Mk2
i thought i would play some elite again to play the new chapter 1 stuff.
spent last night learning about the guardians and exploring (my fav part )
logged in today and spawned next to one of the guardian ruins on the ground inside my cobra.
5 secs later a cmdr in their anaconda started shooting me and blew me up along with my 5 million or so worth of map data while i was still parked

I've played games a long time, i know what to expect from players so im not really peed off at the cmdr but i think FD should give us an option to protect the map data that us explorers spend most of our time collecting.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
It must be said, it is only explorers that have a lot to lose in these situations. I've lost millions worth of bounties due to being killed, but they've never bothered me. It's rather different when you lose several months worth of gameplay, though. There should be some way to protect it, I agree. Or, everything should be lost when you die. The current implementation is rather selective.
 

Demascus

Demascus
Sorry for your loss.
Just like how you lock your car, house, wear a seat belt etc.
It goes without saying switch to solo at popular stations, engineers and missions sites. Unless ship destruction is of no concern to you.
 

Lightspeed

Lightspeed
Several points here .....

He only logged in briefly and was ganked ..... kind of harsh to blame him, how could he know this was going to happen?

The loss of data in the game is unacceptable .... we can keep materials and scanned data collected here and there, so why not exploration data? The risk of losing data placed upon explorers is too harsh - this can involve many weeks, months of game play.

Playing in Open is not an invitation to combat with someone unwillingly.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Lightspeed said:
Several points here .....

He only logged in briefly and was ganked ..... kind of harsh to blame him, how could he know this was going to happen?

The loss of data in the game is unacceptable .... we can keep materials and scanned data collected here and there, so why not exploration data? The risk of losing data placed upon explorers is too harsh - this can involve many weeks, months of game play.

Playing in Open is not an invitation to combat with someone unwillingly.
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Yes I agree with that

It's enough scandalous et must to change
 

Deleted member 115407

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Lightspeed said:
Several points here .....

He only logged in briefly and was ganked ..... kind of harsh to blame him, how could he know this was going to happen?

The loss of data in the game is unacceptable .... we can keep materials and scanned data collected here and there, so why not exploration data? The risk of losing data placed upon explorers is too harsh - this can involve many weeks, months of game play.

Playing in Open is not an invitation to combat with someone unwillingly.
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I disagree - like most other things that can affect the BGS, i.e. Trade and mission cargo, Intel Packages and bounty claims, combat bonds, etc. exploration data is sensitive to ship destruction. Frankly, I think ALL missions should be sensitive to ship destruction, even data missions.

Besides, explo data has the added benefit of you potentially getting your name on discovered objects. That and the cash should be incentive for explorers to protect themselves when returning to the bubble.

It's a shame that so few seem to.
 
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Sugarat

Sugarat
Lightspeed said:
Several points here .....

He only logged in briefly and was ganked ..... kind of harsh to blame him, how could he know this was going to happen?

The loss of data in the game is unacceptable .... we can keep materials and scanned data collected here and there, so why not exploration data? The risk of losing data placed upon explorers is too harsh - this can involve many weeks, months of game play.

Playing in Open is not an invitation to combat with someone unwillingly.
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Losing data is the only risk to explorers.. that and the fact anything else would be highly exploitable.
 

Bill Clement

Bill Clement
:( Sorry to hear about your loss, mate. Open seems to attract numpties with the intellect and morals of primary school age playground bullies. The weenises never pick on anyone their own size...

...and then the neds have the cheek to complain open is quieter than player groups!

I know it's an outside shot, but perhaps if you raise a ticket, support might be able to help? Honest mistake, logged in to the wrong mode by accident, could happen to anyone? After all, having your Cobra blatted by a battleship while your engines weren't even warmed through is hardly 'pvp', it's more 'club vs seal pup'.

Also, hit the ignore feature against the clubber's in game CMDR name. It'll make it a lot less likely that you'll ever meet him again in game and if enough people do that the big bold hero will be having a much quieter time in future...
 

dognosh

dognosh
Cobra Mk2 said:
i thought i would play some elite again to play the new chapter 1 stuff.
spent last night learning about the guardians and exploring (my fav part )
logged in today and spawned next to one of the guardian ruins on the ground inside my cobra.
5 secs later a cmdr in their anaconda started shooting me and blew me up along with my 5 million or so worth of map data while i was still parked

I've played games a long time, i know what to expect from players so im not really peed off at the cmdr but i think FD should give us an option to protect the map data that us explorers spend most of our time collecting.
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Really sorry to hear this :)
I hope you learned a lesson, OPEN ,no matter how many times the proponents of it bleat about it, is dangerous at the most inconvenient times.
The rule is(a bit like don't fly without insurance) if you have something that is too valuable to lose, do not play in OPEN.If you do you could get away with it, or you may not!
 

krylite

krylite
Sorry to hear about your bad luck OP.

imo, this is the lowest, no class form of ganking/murdering.

- start shooting at cmdr who just logged in, and ambush from waiting
- victim cmdr and ship is parked, or cmdr out on srv and ship is still parked.

sadly the only ways to be safer is either start in solo/pg, or next time park in "orbit", then approach location on alert for griefers.
 
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Hellakitty

Hellakitty
vindelanos said:
Awesome. Put 4 on a DBS and have at it - it's like apocalypse now :)
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I built a DBX specifically for CAS. A multicannon on the centreline and dumbfires on the side pods. Tons of shields and tons of hull. Dirty drives for the high speed strafing passes. Even bought the paintpack with the khaki colour so I could go all out attack chopper with it.

Then I realised I actually had no use for it at all and it's been sat as a hangar queen ever since.

Once my PC is up and running again I may re-commission her and go have some fun :D

Outstanding, Red Team, outstanding! Getcha a case of beer for that one.
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Deleted member 115407

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Hellakitty said:
I built a DBX specifically for CAS. A multicannon on the centreline and dumbfires on the side pods. Tons of shields and tons of hull. Dirty drives for the high speed strafing passes. Even bought the paintpack with the khaki colour so I could go all out attack chopper with it.

Then I realised I actually had no use for it at all and it's been sat as a hangar queen ever since.

Once my PC is up and running again I may re-commission her and go have some fun :D
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Built the same DBX - Super heavy ground attack. Works great, but.... in 3.0.3, I think, they said they are going to be buffing AA turrets, so we'll see...
 

Drunkenmonk

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Apocalypse Now such a good movie,the amount of times I've watched the village attack when they play Ride Of The Valkyries...
 
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