Elite status and piracy

Hosanna

Hosanna
Has there been more information about elite status gain?
I have gathered there are several paths to gain that status yes.
But I'm just conserned the thing about destroying ships.
I get it is possible to intimidate victim to give his loot and hopefully get some ransom. But what stops you to destroy the ship after transactions to boost your elite status?
I would hate to replicate the thing what it is in EVE with killmails.
 

Kleinholz

K
A bounty might actually be more of an incentive to destroy the ship instead of keeping it intact. But, is there more information about the Elite status? Haven't read anything specific about it yet.
 

jabokai

jabokai
Hosanna said:
I get it is possible to intimidate victim to give his loot and hopefully get some ransom. But what stops you to destroy the ship after transactions to boost your elite status?
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If the victim has no bounty on their head (i.e. they're innocent of any crime) then killing them will not count towards your kill count.
 

Styggron

S
Reputation is degraded yes, plus more and more peoplke will come after you, you will not be able to dock at some stations etc so it will be a tough life. (as one would expet it to be).
 

deusx_ophc

deusx_ophc
i don't care for the badge "elite" as long as my name is on the top of that bounty board.

well for a few days only and with a little help of a friend (or more)
 

Andrew Sayers

A
Hosanna said:
I get it is possible to intimidate victim to give his loot and hopefully get some ransom. But what stops you to destroy the ship after transactions to boost your elite status?
I would hate to replicate the thing what it is in EVE with killmails.
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The broad plan is to differentiate between "piracy" (taking cargo without killing), "bounty hunting" (killing for ransom) and "psychopathy" (killing for killing's sake). Frontier will have to provide non-overlapping incentive structures so psychopaths can't impersonate pirates to get extra loot, but we've yet to hear any details. You may be interested in reading a thread discussing the hero trap, which includes an interesting discussion of the problem.
 

Hosanna

Hosanna
Yea The hero trap.
I see it everyday when I play world of tanks. Sorry bit of off topic, but in that game sometimes you would be better to just stay put and let the enemy come to your trap.
But many times our guys try to engage the enemy by their own alone just get killed. Hero trapped :D
 

izzy

izzy
Hosanna said:
Yea The hero trap.
I see it everyday when I play world of tanks. Sorry bit of off topic, but in that game sometimes you would be better to just stay put and let the enemy come to your trap.
But many times our guys try to engage the enemy by their own alone just get killed. Hero trapped :D
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I think you can do the same in Elite ;)
 

Commander Mick

Commander Mick
Elite Status.....


I am hoping there more to attaining status in this game then the number of ships you have shot down.

That has always seemed lame to me.

I was thinking it should be based on the percentage of times you've successfully hit other ships with your lasers.

Another thing I was thinking, they should give you special code you can send in once you have attained the status of Elite and they send you t-shirt with your Status of Elite written on it.

Just a idea.
 

Nagual

Nagual
Commander Mick said:
Elite Status.....


I am hoping there more to attaining status in this game then the number of ships you have shot down.

That has always seemed lame to me.

I was thinking it should be based on the percentage of times you've successfully hit other ships with your lasers.

Another thing I was thinking, they should give you special code you can send in once you have attained the status of Elite and they send you t-shirt with your Status of Elite written on it.

Just a idea.
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Elite status can be reach in four areas, Combat, Wealth, Influence and Knowledge.
 
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