Following a few simple rules goes a long way in creating an enjoyable experience for all: AXI Presents twelve good etiquette rules to make the most of
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Verbatim written version, purely as a convenience and not necessarily an endorsement:
Paraphrased clarifications given verbally:
To help supply at least one reason related to 10, my personal observation is that often stabbing the Interceptor shield just provokes a new shield anyway (this happens if the Interceptor is still emitting missiles at the time).
- Remember the human; be nice
- Choose the game mode that best fits your play style
- Turn off "report crimes against me"
- Be present in voice channel
- Keep conversation on-topic; don't be "that hot-mike guy"
- Properly request (and offer) a wing invite
- Quickly dock/undock; don't AFK on the pad!
- Avoid using Ship-Launched Fighters in large instances
- (Controversial / personal opinion) Please don't bring Plasma Chargers to a large group fight
- Don't ram the thargoid
- Prioritize resetting the swarm if it flies over you
- Stop using beams once shield is down
Paraphrased clarifications given verbally:
- (6) State your Commander name and system name when requesting a Wing invite via voice channel.
- (8) Lag is the cited reason.
- (10) Shield damage is the implied reason for trying, though no justification is provided, citing brevity as the reason.
- (12) Interfering with the Interceptor targeting is the cited reason (insofar as one needs no cooling if not being targeted).
To help supply at least one reason related to 10, my personal observation is that often stabbing the Interceptor shield just provokes a new shield anyway (this happens if the Interceptor is still emitting missiles at the time).
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Oh, i definitely agree with 9 (and generally speaking people aiming for the hearts and not spamming random damage at the interceptors)
And it's one of the reasons i got 1550 kills (including 400+ interceptors) last week in Gliese 9035 in SOLO.
I mean, i dont get overly fussed if i get a bounty shooting the random that boost in front of my shards (and ram the interceptor in the process), but the plasma spam is driving me nuts
And it's one of the reasons i got 1550 kills (including 400+ interceptors) last week in Gliese 9035 in SOLO.
I mean, i dont get overly fussed if i get a bounty shooting the random that boost in front of my shards (and ram the interceptor in the process), but the plasma spam is driving me nuts
Decided to simply delete my response (which I can't actually do) so deleted the text.
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people usually dont use flak in public ax cz because most often than not you'll be also hitting npc or human allies.
no, this is referring to flying through the swarm to reset it
it sure needs to be fixed
but people insisting to keep using a SLF even after directly being told their SFL will bork the instance, means they simply dont care they're ruining the instance or they're intentionally trying to ruin the instance. Which in both cases it means they got a spot (even temporary) on my block list
#2 seem to imply that people playing in Open should accept gankers in AX CZ
I dont accept that.
Since we're at etiquette - then gankers in AX CZ are definitely against any sort of etiquette - so accepting #2 means dissing any attempt at following the etiquette required by any of the other 11 points in this "lets all abide to this 12 AX CZ etiquette points".
Sort of like criminals are just not going to follow rules. Its the definition of being a criminal. Anti socialists just aren't going to be social.
Why would I do #3?
You wouldn't be there, would you?
I won't be, I prefer to play with my own gang.
#3 doesnt makes sense in conjunction with #2 (not minding gankers in ax cz)
Why should i make it easier for a ganker?
however if no gankers are in the instance, #3 kinda makes sense.
Only kinda, because it may still serve as teaching trigger discipline and spatial awareness to the wanabe thargoid hunter
Because it's extremely stupid to have Crimes on when you're in amongst a collection of players fighting against an Interceptor.
- the player with Crimes on will end up looking like a red hostile to most other players, which means when hitting "target next hostile" the player's ship gets targeted, which is super inconvenient for everyone else.
- the player with Crimes on can cause another player to receive a fine, which again is super inconvenient due to that player now only having Anonymous Access to the nearby starport or planetary base they are defending, meaning no repair and restock until they clear their name.
- the player with Crimes on may cause other players to receive a bounty if that player with Crimes on subsequently explodes, which is more than possible given the abundance of Interceptors and then Hydras at a place. Again meaning no repair and restock, and more than likely having to "hand themselves in" somewhere and a time consuming trip back from a prison megaship. It can also mean that player's Notoriety going up too - ask me how I know this.
And finally, it's completely pointless being in Open with your Crimes on and choosing to go to a location where there will be other CMDRs battling the goids; there will be indiscriminate shard cannons firing, fast moving ships, and an inevitable "fog of war". What is the point of having Crimes on in such a scenario anyway when you have Hydras on the scene which are bigger and badder griefers than yer ordinary common garden player griefers ever could be!? If you're afraid of having your ship blown up, then don't even go to an anti-xeno site! Stay away!
All your points really fit into this
And there are an awful lot of CMDRs in public AX CZ that desperately need trigger discipline and spatial awarenessIf you're afraid of a ganker being there, don't go, because Hydras are bigger gankers than a player could ever dream to be. And especially don't go if you're afraid of having your ship being blown up. I'm up to 17 of my Anacondas being blown up by Interceptors now and I'll keep going back for more because my alt-character is not getting attached to his ship nor is he bothered about it getting blown up.
This isn't a question of trigger disclipine one whit - Interceptors don't give a hoot about your trigger discipline and are quite happy to melt your ship for you; the battle site is super chaotic and there is no such thing as a clean war there; get rid of that pointless "trigger discipline and spatial awareness" rubbish.
All your points really fit into this
See my other response as to why that's 100% bunk.
You don't want to get a fine you don't hit other players. Simple. And not my problem. It's a you problem. Which I wouldn't do anything about.
I'm not afraid of a ganker.
But they will ruin an instance by driving players out of the instance either by having them to wake out or by killing them
And this is really not helpful for AX instances in open. Do we really want to have everyone in PG or in Solo?
As a case in point, i dont mind Solo (and the main reasons i went solo are: players spamming plasma chargers and panic shields)
This are the stats for my last week spent in solo in Gliese 9035
It actually is, else you'll have an interceptor spamming panic shields again and again and again.
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Again, I really don't care what a ganker chooses to do, I'm there to chew gum and blow up goids, and I'm all out of gum.
Your mode of choice is up to you and I absolutely do not care if you're in solo; it's good if you are because then you're out of the way of those in open who choose to team up against Interceptors.
Irrelevant, as their shields are quickly brought back down again by people like myself who specialise in bringing them down and exerting the hearts, enabling the other players to go after the hearts.
I doubt very much we'll ever see eye-to-eye on this as I disagree with your apparent battle purism here.
Nope.
Keep your heat under 20%, fly 250+ m/s, dont get closer than 800m and you'll never get hit by a Hydra
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most of the points i agree with..... the SLF should not need to be a thing and shame on FD for not fixing it, but if it breaks the game then its an unfortunate necessity (so long as other players are not a prat about it when they message those with the SLF (for instance i usually miss messages due to them being broken in VR)Oh, i definitely agree with 9 (and generally speaking people aiming for the hearts and not spamming random damage at the interceptors)
And it's one of the reasons i got 1550 kills (including 400+ interceptors) last week in Gliese 9035 in SOLO.
I mean, i dont get overly fussed if i get a bounty shooting the random that boost in front of my shards (and ram the interceptor in the process), but the plasma spam is driving me nuts
but i think point 9 is out of order to be honest....... i do wonder now if that is why on a couple of occasions i have been ordered to leave an instance the moment i drop in, which frankly i think is pretty damn rude.
thankfully only a rare thing. That said, i have done my fair share of ramming, as well as getting the thargoid shield to fire off (mostly due to ignorance when 1st starting) but even then it wasnt deliberate... and to be honest players who give others grief for doing that are the ones in the wrong imo, and it is that kind of elitist attitude which does give the gmae a bad name on other forums (not aimed specifically at you btw) and is why i generally stay out of open and swerve multiplayer games not with friends in general.
the weapons are legitimate weapons, and if players are unskilled or unknowlegable and do it wrong, so bit it and perhaps those who have an issue with that should keep out of open and form their own l33t private group (as many have told those in open who didnt like getting ganked, if you dont like it then stay out of open?)
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Haven't I seen that you don't even play the game nor even go to anti-xeno battlegrounds?
Now try doing that in an Anaconda engineered up the wazoo and very, very heavy due to all the armour. BTW my Conda is engineered to run cool and doesn't overheat even with all Guardian shards and the Guradian plasmas firing. And I do have two beams with thermal vent on it as well.