ANSWERED: Can alphas smartbomb in Highsec?

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Question: Can alphas smartbomb in Highsec?

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Interesting… I thought suiciders use dedicated alts for it and their security status does not matter much?

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Well, security status matters if you want to tether, dock, or avoid faction police/antigankers. However, there is a cost to that.

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Thanks for explanation! The things have definitely changes since I really learned about ganking last time…
Especially interesting that one can use smartbombs without SS on “red”. :face_with_peeking_eye:

it would be interesting to see Support on it.

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Ok, I just tested it.

The smartbomb cannot be activated without a red Safety.

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Yes…and there is a good reason for that. Whereas an Alpha can attack suspects, for example, if he was able to use smart bombs to attack suspects then that would be open to the abuse of people using alts as suspects and then shooting the suspect with a smart bomb just as a non-suspect ( i.e the real target ) passed by. See…CCP sometimes do think of everything…and thus no such exploit can exist.

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Never used one myself but isn’t it a non-targeted area of effect weapon?

Consequently I would expect you don’t need a target to be locked, you just activate it and anything within range is damaged.

If that is the case then there is no way to specifically attack a suspect.

With that said if I recall correctly you can not activate it if a stargate or station is within range and if that is true then the system does check if there is an invalid target in range and as such it could account for valid and invalid targets (similar to the Vorton weapons I guess) and would prevent to be activated without red safety if there is a non-valid target (not suspect, criminal, war target or such) within range.

:thinking:

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But what about standup guided bombs? :thinking:

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No idea, someone who actually used it or knows might chime in. Maybe the uniwiki has some info on it but am not going to do the reading for you. :stuck_out_tongue:

:wink:

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No.

CCP’s Rule:

AoE weapons that can hit neutrals or non-aggressing players are banned in high-sec due to CONCORD mechanics and griefing potential.

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I vaguely remember something about SB fitted Armageddons in HS… a long time ago…

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The Kings of SB’s…

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No. Activating smartbombs in highsec always needed red safety. Since the alpha ganing nerfs, alphas cannot turn red safety so they cannot smartbomb anymore.