Ryaustal So wait... people actually use sidewinders to kamikaze trade ships in an attempt to get the station to blow them up???? This is about speeding right?
I was talking about chances for trading in small(er) ships ...
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16 Nov 2017, 7:58pm
I was talking about chances for trading in small(er) ships ...
16 Nov 2017, 8:04pm
Ryaustal
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So wait... people actually use sidewinders to kamikaze trade ships in an attempt to get the station to blow them up?
Kind of. It doesn't happen nearly as often as some here would have you believe, but it does happen occasionally. It's also easily countered by not speeding through the mailslot and causing enough damage to make them explode anyway.
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16 Nov 2017, 8:19pm
16 Nov 2017, 8:27pm
Martind ForlonIf is CG destination not in anarchy system, you need expect troubles with such "speed police" cmdrs
lol. once they start up people start sending out warnings on the comms
"douchebags are flying through the mailslots - keep under 100" etc.
and sometimes you get a victim or victim's buddy who are puzzled by the whole thing since they are new and also could never imagine such behaviour "hey guys - someone flew their eagle into my friends ship on his way in and it got blown up. How can i find out who it is?"
Shock means the poor guys don't even remember to look at their contact list to see who got their buddy killed.
16 Nov 2017, 8:39pm
How will the tactic of sidewinder ramming to incur a huge penalty on the other player be fixed here?
Ramming is an issue we want to look at. It may be we can tweak the ramming crime to mitigate against this behaviour, though it may be that a karma solution is still required.
Its obviously enough of an issue among the player base, and the stats, that means that FDev are going to revisit the issue.
16 Nov 2017, 9:51pm
JQPersonally, if I had to throw my two cents in as to what is a "suitable trading vessel," I'd say a trade ship with shields, countermeasures, and even potentially some means of self defense. Call me what you will, but I don't have any sympathy for traders with no defenses getting destroyed. It's a harsh galaxy, and if you make yourself an easy meal just to maximize your profits, you have nobody to blame but yourself when you get eaten.
+1
16 Nov 2017, 10:12pm
John MathurinRyaustal
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So wait... people actually use sidewinders to kamikaze trade ships in an attempt to get the station to blow them up?
Kind of. It doesn't happen nearly as often as some here would have you believe, but it does happen occasionally. It's also easily countered by not speeding through the mailslot and causing enough damage to make them explode anyway.
Well thats good to know because I usually come in hot through the slot.
16 Nov 2017, 10:19pm
RyaustalJohn MathurinRyaustal
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So wait... people actually use sidewinders to kamikaze trade ships in an attempt to get the station to blow them up?
Kind of. It doesn't happen nearly as often as some here would have you believe, but it does happen occasionally. It's also easily countered by not speeding through the mailslot and causing enough damage to make them explode anyway.
Well thats good to know because I usually come in hot through the slot.
Don't do that. Having a collision under 100 m/s doesn't do enough damage to destroy anyone, and would result in a very small fine, if not being ignored by the station itself. The people doing the ramming are counting on people impatiently boosting through the mail slot and breaking the rules, and rammers are just taking advantage of that.
Are the people doing the ramming being dicks? Absolutely, and no one's denying that. But the guy boosting through the mailslot because he's impatient shares a little of the blame too.
16 Nov 2017, 10:52pm
RyaustalJohn MathurinRyaustal
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So wait... people actually use sidewinders to kamikaze trade ships in an attempt to get the station to blow them up?
Kind of. It doesn't happen nearly as often as some here would have you believe, but it does happen occasionally. It's also easily countered by not speeding through the mailslot and causing enough damage to make them explode anyway.
Well thats good to know because I usually come in hot through the slot.
Not good at CG's
17 Nov 2017, 12:24am
17 Nov 2017, 4:48am
Marra MorganThe espionage meta-game has its place and is thriving in ED as much as it is in other popular space-based MMO's.
There's espionage in Elite?? Is it a mission board thing?
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