I see them all the time in rare commodity sectors, especially Lave.
Why destroy a fellow player when there is zero gain?
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I see them all the time in rare commodity sectors, especially Lave.
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In the news, actually, under Top 5 <system you're in> Bounties. There's a list, including last known location. A few of them have been there a while, thought about going after them a few times myself but they're always so inconveniently far away from me. I doubt, though, that they are the only five players with bounties like that.
Every system may have the same or different players.
Seen a lot of different players on the bounty boards.
Hopefully one day I cross one of them and don't die.
Seen a lot of different players on the bounty boards.
Hopefully one day I cross one of them and don't die.
I get a hoot out of all the people like this who think that anyone who would kill another player without some sort of express reason can only be explained by claiming they're just terrible human beings.
You want a perfectly acceptable answer to "Why?" ... "Because."
Don't like getting shot by random no-life pirates in Open? Team up with some other players, form an alliance and then give them a taste of their own medicine. Get creative. Think outside the box.
^^ This.
I wiped my account yesterday (self-imposed ironman), sold my "Merc" freagle and the shield generator of the free Sidey to equip for mining, and went to the LHS 3447 belt to start over.
Got shot by another CMDR in a Sidey after he scanned me. No cargo, since I had just started.
"Because, reasons."
Too bad I couldn't stay to watch him getting blown up by the two authority ships in close proximity.
Just started over (after noting down his name for my personal KOS list). Hope to find him in a fully-laden Type 9 one day for a bout of sweet revenge. ;-)
I wiped my account yesterday (self-imposed ironman), sold my "Merc" freagle and the shield generator of the free Sidey to equip for mining, and went to the LHS 3447 belt to start over.
Got shot by another CMDR in a Sidey after he scanned me. No cargo, since I had just started.
"Because, reasons."
Too bad I couldn't stay to watch him getting blown up by the two authority ships in close proximity.
Just started over (after noting down his name for my personal KOS list). Hope to find him in a fully-laden Type 9 one day for a bout of sweet revenge. ;-)
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I had a funny encounter on Saturday.
I've decided to visit Founders World to get a discount on Type 6 so bought a temporary Side'y and headed for the journey.
On my arrival, I found a player in Python and it really didn't take him long to sit on my tail and disrupt my SC.
I've stopped and tried to write a message in role-play style, but even before I finished half the sentence, I had my shields down and 10% hull left.
I thought to myself "great, yet another of those dudes who can't even put a reason behind pew-pewing everything in their sight" and tried to escape. I managed to build some 3,5km distance and I just saw his pulse lasers nicely shooting all around me instead of me - gimballed weapons. I tried to SC-off but was to late - one ray finally hit my hull and I exploded into void.
I headed back to Founders System, this time in Solo mode as I knew he's there to shoot everything in his sight, regardless of who it is and what.
Bought Type 6, re-logged to Online and docked out of the station. And there he was, some 100km+ from the station.
I've aligned myself to my next system to chat, put throttle to 100% and decided it's time to have some fun with the guy.
I've wrote a message "Well well, if it isn't mr. can't aim gimballed-laser, small ship picker" hoping he would come for me again and I would play a chasy-chasy, catchy-catchy over next few solar systems. Instead, all he wrote was "small c*ck" - funny to hear that from someone who picks on Sidewinders with his Python - surely there's no compensating here.
To my disappointment, he then disappeared and entering SC rendered him gone too - looks like he logged off, still late enough for me to report him for offensive language.
He didn't disappoint in one manner though - I used to picture people - flying around and pew-pewing everyone regardless of anything - as some sort of mentally impaired individuals, with not enough brain function to at least put some reason or explanation to support their actions, and boy - did he deliver! Stereotype? I don't think so.
Have a go at them, lads, write a message and if they start abusing language - file complaint. Since ED is all about "adjust to survive", it's time for them to adjust to some civilized level of playing and if they can't - bans are free and there's plenty of them. It's in our hands to eliminate such dysfunctional elements to make Online a better place for everyone.
I've decided to visit Founders World to get a discount on Type 6 so bought a temporary Side'y and headed for the journey.
On my arrival, I found a player in Python and it really didn't take him long to sit on my tail and disrupt my SC.
I've stopped and tried to write a message in role-play style, but even before I finished half the sentence, I had my shields down and 10% hull left.
I thought to myself "great, yet another of those dudes who can't even put a reason behind pew-pewing everything in their sight" and tried to escape. I managed to build some 3,5km distance and I just saw his pulse lasers nicely shooting all around me instead of me - gimballed weapons. I tried to SC-off but was to late - one ray finally hit my hull and I exploded into void.
I headed back to Founders System, this time in Solo mode as I knew he's there to shoot everything in his sight, regardless of who it is and what.
Bought Type 6, re-logged to Online and docked out of the station. And there he was, some 100km+ from the station.
I've aligned myself to my next system to chat, put throttle to 100% and decided it's time to have some fun with the guy.
I've wrote a message "Well well, if it isn't mr. can't aim gimballed-laser, small ship picker" hoping he would come for me again and I would play a chasy-chasy, catchy-catchy over next few solar systems. Instead, all he wrote was "small c*ck" - funny to hear that from someone who picks on Sidewinders with his Python - surely there's no compensating here.
To my disappointment, he then disappeared and entering SC rendered him gone too - looks like he logged off, still late enough for me to report him for offensive language.
He didn't disappoint in one manner though - I used to picture people - flying around and pew-pewing everyone regardless of anything - as some sort of mentally impaired individuals, with not enough brain function to at least put some reason or explanation to support their actions, and boy - did he deliver! Stereotype? I don't think so.
Have a go at them, lads, write a message and if they start abusing language - file complaint. Since ED is all about "adjust to survive", it's time for them to adjust to some civilized level of playing and if they can't - bans are free and there's plenty of them. It's in our hands to eliminate such dysfunctional elements to make Online a better place for everyone.
If that were the case, you could go blast some npcs, no?
The players I have a problem with are the ones (as in the op) who want an unfair fight against a human player because their actual reward is knowing they caused frustration to a person rather than just blowing up some pixels.
My view is, if I ever come across a player like that I will do everything I can to deny them this "fun", including running away and logging to solo to avoid getting re-interdicted. If I find that doesn't work, I will just play solo full time until there is some actual incentive for me to do otherwise...
The "challenge" argument is invalid in the op's case anyway, as it is in many other cases where there is a considerable power discrepancy between the two players.
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But.. He gave you his reason... In fact that was literally all he said!
Perhaps they just like to see people post rage posts online where people say they're done with open play and flee to solo?
Consider yourself lucky you only lost 300k, that is my re-buy cost, and last weekend I was destroyed X3 times by enemy players in the system I usually trade in, with a full cargo hold each time. Twice it was only 500k cargo, but the 1st time I had 1 million in cargo! That was almost 3 million in a single night! They were not after my cargo they were just trigger happy because there was a civil war going on in the system......
....although that may be partially my fault.... I had been trading many items that were generating lockdown....
BUT that is not the point: Don't fear the Reaper, stay in open or they win!
Consider yourself lucky you only lost 300k, that is my re-buy cost, and last weekend I was destroyed X3 times by enemy players in the system I usually trade in, with a full cargo hold each time. Twice it was only 500k cargo, but the 1st time I had 1 million in cargo! That was almost 3 million in a single night! They were not after my cargo they were just trigger happy because there was a civil war going on in the system......
....although that may be partially my fault.... I had been trading many items that were generating lockdown....
BUT that is not the point: Don't fear the Reaper, stay in open or they win!
Why do children burn ants with a magnifying glass? *shrugs* Same question, different words.
To the OP....sincere bad luck. That would annoy me too.
....but, I find the threat of random murderers vastly overstated on these forums. I have been in open for about six weeks now and I haven't been interdicted by a human once. I am using systems that have a high CMDR population at the moment and every one seems friendly. I suppose it does depend what your flying though. I'm in a Cobra.
There are unfriendly types out there no doubt, and no doubt I will get unlucky eventually..........but the murderers are very few and far between.
....but, I find the threat of random murderers vastly overstated on these forums. I have been in open for about six weeks now and I haven't been interdicted by a human once. I am using systems that have a high CMDR population at the moment and every one seems friendly. I suppose it does depend what your flying though. I'm in a Cobra.
There are unfriendly types out there no doubt, and no doubt I will get unlucky eventually..........but the murderers are very few and far between.
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