How many times have you been ganked over period of time?
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Never successfully, but people have tried about 12 times in the year I played open. I had at least G3 engineered my ships by the time I went mostly open and I don't engineer in open, though.
I got killed a few times, but always legit opposition and not ganking- once was by a known ganker, but they were there in their capacity as Zachary Hudson's Oily Headbutt.
I got killed a few times, but always legit opposition and not ganking- once was by a known ganker, but they were there in their capacity as Zachary Hudson's Oily Headbutt.
i play in open, so no pvp has ever been non-consensual, so ganking hasn't ever been possible.
So never.
When pads were too full or the absolute necessity of secrecy in undermining demanded it, i jumped into solo. Never been ganked there either.
I dont play in private groups like mobius and such, where there have been in the past, times where players conned their way in to ruin people's day who expect only co-op.
So never.
When pads were too full or the absolute necessity of secrecy in undermining demanded it, i jumped into solo. Never been ganked there either.
I dont play in private groups like mobius and such, where there have been in the past, times where players conned their way in to ruin people's day who expect only co-op.
Ganked (i.e. ship destroyed) I think 3 times in about 2000 hours, all in open except DW2 (where a cmdr tried to gank me in PG).
Less than 1 percent of the cmdrs I have seen have tried to gank me. I don't go to Farseer though.
Less than 1 percent of the cmdrs I have seen have tried to gank me. I don't go to Farseer though.
Once. It was while approaching a coriolis back when it was becoming popular to use sidewinders to destroy ships at stations, boosting into them or whatever they were doing then.
Lost a full sheet of passenger missions and the rebuy. I got to the mail slot and was greeted out of nowhere with the "Your ship was destroyed by *****. That's the only CMDR I've ever blocked in this game.
No big deal really but from that point on I've been solo.
Lost a full sheet of passenger missions and the rebuy. I got to the mail slot and was greeted out of nowhere with the "Your ship was destroyed by *****. That's the only CMDR I've ever blocked in this game.
No big deal really but from that point on I've been solo.
Is this a secret open iz best thread?
No. I have no intention of convincing anyone here to play differently than he likes. I'm just curious. Besides, we all can see what is a myth and what is not, whether the open is a mass slaughter or a single cases.
From Horizons to date, more thousands of hours than I will admit to, I have been attacked by other Commanders a few times, three that I can distinctly recall (my memory sucks though). On two of those occasions the other Commanders claimed I was the aggressor, but all I did was run from them once I noticed they were shooting at me, so who knows what actually went down.
Dozens of times for sure, maybe hundreds, I’ve ran into random Commanders and joined up for a bit to get something done, with nobody even trying to murder anybody.
Dozens of times for sure, maybe hundreds, I’ve ran into random Commanders and joined up for a bit to get something done, with nobody even trying to murder anybody.
It's still absolutely irrelevant tho
It's enough to be ganked once, to potentially ruin work worth of weeks or even months
For a pvp-er, being ganked may mean nothing.
For anyone else, it may be a game breaking event.
Worse case scenario, this thread might give someone a false impression that Open is quite an idyllic and pastoral venture.
And we will get some new threads "i've been ganked..."
Sure, I just wondered. Good that you're not trying to convert people! As it happens im in open, in case you think I was trying to be a butt.
My CMDR has been shot down by, or due to the actions of, other CMDRs maybe a few dozen times in 7k hours, not including beta testing. All but one of these were due to either arranged conflicts where retreat wasn't an option, or miscalculations on my part during active combat. Only one (a suicidewinder attack) was by surprise and lacking clear provocation, but even my CMDR's ship destruction in that scenario was due to negligence on my part.
My CMDR has probably been attacked a couple thousand times, but getting shot down is phenomenally rare.
Open has always been low risk for those who have basic piloting abilities and are paying attention. For the last several years it's been low risk for almost everyone due to the depreciation of relative consequences.
You pretty much have to be carrying a large chunk of exploration data through high-traffic systems in a ship ill-equipped to escape to be risking a meaningful setback.
My CMDR has probably been attacked a couple thousand times, but getting shot down is phenomenally rare.
Open has always been low risk for those who have basic piloting abilities and are paying attention. For the last several years it's been low risk for almost everyone due to the depreciation of relative consequences.
You pretty much have to be carrying a large chunk of exploration data through high-traffic systems in a ship ill-equipped to escape to be risking a meaningful setback.
Handful of times. First were some BGS bullies, they only got me because jumping froze you in place back then and you could be shot for a couple seconds. What a shyte mechanic. Most annoying was a dude who pulled me out supercruise while I was admiring that blue giant forgot its name. Really annoyed me and I decided to try out the new full shotgun complement (Asp X - 6 I believe?) on him instead of NPCs. Almost got him but I wasn't used to the reload cycles. If I can't be bothered I just log. Last dude killing me was an NPC because I refused to believe they could now reverse accelerate as much as forward. Ridiculous.
CG isn't ganking so I don't count those kills.