I got these after doing missions and couldn’t use a gate and then when getting back to station, couldn’t Dock right away due to these timers. I hadn’t even targeted another player and only killed missions specific npcs.
Can someone explain why this happened so i can avoid it please? I was confused and never had this out of the blue before.
I do help some very new pilots and they do get the same message too … their safety is green , no agresive action towards other players tutorial post tutorial stage , they dock up scared , worried if they did something wrong and waiting …
It was strange and i thought maybe the wannabe gangkers near me were using some exploit to gangk me. I was in my paladin in 0.9 space though, so I activated my bastion ready to pwn XD
That still does not explain the new players case …but well may be was a bug… i have seen a zinitra once undock from rookie starter system … i have watch it like 3 min than disappeared.
First normal (lvl 3 / lvl 4 agent) missions are NOT instanced, other players can get to your mission locations.
Second, yes turning on the Bastion module (ANYWHERE) gives a weapon timer. I understand this was done to prevent people sitting on stations with Bastion active while engaging in PvP and then when it started to look like they were losing they would turn off Bastion and dock up.
I believe the way it works is that anyone can probe your location while you’re on a normal mission. However if they then warp to you, they end up at the same acceleration gate you went through. So after the gate they will warp into roughly the same spot that you arrived at.
There’s been some unusual content over the years where keys/tokens were needed for gates. but iirc that’s the process for standard deadspace missions with accel gates.
Why would i post on my alt? It doesn’t bother me. I don’t have any problem with the game or how people choose to play it beyond the actual time sink and isk costs themselves relative to the average player.
If and probably wont because it wont even be worth anyones time really and the cost to gangk ratio wouldn’t even be worth it. There’s no tears to farm as i have billions of isk too.
Much better things for people to waste time on. Theblast time i got gangked i thanked one of the 2 guys for saving me 20 jumps XD
You underestimate some people’s dedication, available free time and the fact they also have wealth and do things just for the sake of it and the fun, not even the tears. But was mostly a joke, though it is entirely possible someone noticed this thread and passed the info along and eventually… but will see how it goes, emergent gameplay and such. Just in case it happens (jokes aside) drop us a zkill link to your lossmail in case it happens.