RenraikuSeal Clubbing refers to the killing of new pilots in starter zones or near enough.

Everyone is able to defend themselves, that's just a matter of education.

Some would argue about whether seal clubbing includes Harmless Pilots in the big 3 ships, I say no personally, they have played the game long enough to get an anaconda, corvette or cutter, then they are no longer new, because their combat, trade or exploration rank is no longer in the lower tiers.

Mobanditohow does a player benefit from taking out another player with no bounty and minimal cargo

Kari Kerenski

Mobanditohow does a player benefit from taking out another player with no bounty and minimal cargo

I can think of quite a few reasons why they would do that, all of them legit and within the rules of the game.

However, I think Ren has it right - worry less about other people's motives, there's nothing you can do about that. Worry more about what you can do - like equipping your ship appropriately, choosing a game mode suitable for your playstyle, or having your GTFO-high-wake-plan practiced and second nature.

Silver TafferCould be another form of seal-clubbing! Most exploration ships are not configured for combat, some not even carrying weapons to save on weight. That and the necessary lightweight engineering for enhanced jump range makes them an ideal target to test out a fully PvP engineered ship, huh?

No, I don't think that's a particularly good test at all. Can anyone elaborate on the expression "seal clubbing" please? I've seen it bandied around, but I don't get the context.

Mobandito
so i guess open play is for fighters only. im a trader my cuter is built for trade not fighting Their rebuy costs are nothing so they have little to lose.

fidai1970I’ve just been trying to get organized as a new wing leader...I play on Xbox and just started back playing elite last November..the grieferers do exist and target anyone..they spy on wings ,and do other uncalled for things that you would not believe,,,I just love to play elite and have fun and play almost everyday..o7

Phelbore

fidai1970I’ve just been trying to get organized as a new wing leader...I play on Xbox and just started back playing elite last November..the grieferers do exist and target anyone..they spy on wings ,and do other uncalled for things that you would not believe,,,I just love to play elite and have fun and play almost everyday..o7

Once you form a wing, you have an organized group effecting other factions thru the BGS, whether you know it or not. You're no longer background traffic which can be compensated for, you're a political entity. Spying is fair game.

Kari KerenskiYour Cutter is more than capable of surviving and evading a player attack.

Numa

Kari KerenskiYour Cutter is more than capable of surviving and evading a player attack.

Agree, if there's one ship that can easily survive, it's the Cutter. In one CG, SDC were blockading the CG station with 3 full wings. Usually I fly solo/group only, but on this day I wanted to see what my Cutter could take, prepared to eat the rebuy if need be. I had around 3000 MJ highly resistant shields and dual SCBs in the military slots as defense, nothing else.

With that I left the station and made my run for highwaking out. SDC opened up with all they had. I made it out without losing shields, though my modules took a fair beating. I was leaking some cargo due to a malfunctioning hatch. No idea how this would have played out if I had MRPs instead of the SCBs.