FaarkenThought so my Anaconda is 400 million and climbing and I haven't A rated the power plant yet.

Blood VipreJust got terrorized by Cmdrs Niatra and Dangerous.com

His souped up Fer De Lance and my teeny weeny Eagle. Bullies... Both of them.
No dialogue, I had nothing of value.
50 million in assets and credits, gone. Nearly four years of an hour or two a week playing time, gone..........

I won`t be playing this in open, ever, ever, again.

M. Lehman

Blood VipreJust got terrorized by Cmdrs Niatra and Dangerous.com

His souped up Fer De Lance and my teeny weeny Eagle. Bullies... Both of them.
No dialogue, I had nothing of value.
50 million in assets and credits, gone. Nearly four years of an hour or two a week playing time, gone..........

I won`t be playing this in open, ever, ever, again.

Don't blame open. Blame the fact that you flew without rebuy and in four years never bothered to learn basic evasive skills.

And how on earth did you lose fifty million in assets in an Eagle?

Logan Darklighter

Blood VipreJust got terrorized by Cmdrs Niatra and Dangerous.com

His souped up Fer De Lance and my teeny weeny Eagle. Bullies... Both of them.
No dialogue, I had nothing of value.
50 million in assets and credits, gone. Nearly four years of an hour or two a week playing time, gone..........

I won`t be playing this in open, ever, ever, again.

I'm also a bit confused how you lose 50 million getting killed in an Eagle. Even my hottest, most modified ship - A Fer De Lance with A-Rated everything and 70% Engineered systems, doesn't come close to that level of re-buy if it gets destroyed.

Nevertheless, I feel you on how many bastards are playing in open. Look up the info on "Smiling Dog Crew" or CMDR Harry Potter/Besieger sometime if you want your faith in humanity utterly and completely tanked.

I normally fly solo, private group or in Mobius. I've been burned myself by griefers once too often.

But I was in open play a couple of days ago. The ONLY reason I was playing in open was that it seemed like the only way to get a wing going for the Thargoid CG. Higher population and all that.  I was flying back to the station after an unsuccessful outing in a Rando Wing trying to take down a Thargoid. The Starfish actually RAN. Never saw that before.

I'm at 40% hull integrity and modules averaging 80%. I'm also NOT set up for PVP in the slightest.

And some asshole jumps me less than 10 light seconds from the station. He was WAITING for wounded birds like my poor Anaconda to be coming back.  

Oh HELL no. I'm not giving some rat bastard like that the satisfaction of the kill and rebuy.

I pulled "the loud handle".

The "Loud Handle" is what fighter pilots call the eject system activation - sometimes it's a hoop between the legs. Sometimes it's above the head. The end result is the canopy is ejected and the ejection seat is rocketed out of the cockpit.

In my case, the "Loud Handle" is the USB Wireless "dongle" that connects me to the internet by way of the Router Wi-Fi.

Boom. Done. In game he just sees me vanish.

Yeah it's a "combat log". Yeah in some people's eyes it's breaking the rules, terms of service, whatever.

F***K it. I don't care. I wasn't set up for PVP. I'm not A-Rated or engineered enough. A fair fight is for fools. And that was in no way a fair fight.

And I am no fool.

I was going to lose. Yes - I forfeited the fight. But I also get to KEEP MY MONEY.

Cheeky bastard also had the balls to try and "friend" me when I logged back in about 20 minutes later (In Solo mode, just to be safe). PFFFT. YeahRIGHT. Like I said - I'm nobody's fool. That request is DENIED.

Someday when I'm a better pilot and have a fully PVP rated ship, I'll fight back fair and square. But until that time. NOPE. Loud handle is the way to go.

And don't fly in open unless you absolutely have no choice.