I don’t value my own opinions higher than any alternative either. I’ve never been any different.
And it is nothing to do with some “fiery finger of god”. There are plenty of arguments that can be validated through direct quotes from CCP, data collectable through the API, Killmails, records from reputable player groups (eg. Red Frog Freight, EVE-Uni, etc.), from video records, etc.
There is a lot of different ways to validate an opinion.
But an unvalidated opinion, whether mine, your’s or someone else’s, is just that. Unvalidated and therefore not reliable in that state.
Doesn’t matter whether it agrees or disagrees with my own view (it doesn’t necessarily disagree), it just isn’t anything beyond opinion at this stage and you do not know that it is absolutely the reason the mechanic is the way it is. If you do, then link where you have validated that view.
So one moment you say opinions are important and then you say fact are important.
FACT : bumping is used to prevent someone’s freighter from warping off
FACT : preventing someone from warping off is called tackling, and there are modules DEDICATED to this, and only this, that incur concord reaction to the aggression.
so FACT : bumping is an aggression by the game logic. Now the game engine CAN’T guess who is responsible, so it can’t handle this case - and thus does not. But this is a technical limitation.
I was merely correcting people who like to exaggerate. It was so obvious to me I did not understand why they were so dishonest. Actually they just could not read my words correctly.
In general, opinions are equal and not better than any alternative opinion in the absence of validation.
CCPs opinions however help them make decisions on design and development, so in these types of discussions, their opinion is the only one that truly matters.
The facts you think you are presenting aren’t, especially the last one.
On the first one, it’s not a full explanation. Bumping affects alignment to specific warp locations. You can still warp to any other warpable point you are aligned to. Bumping is not aggression by the game logic at all. If it was, there would be a crimewatch flag for it.
It effectively is used to prevent people from warping.
You calling for a full explanation is dishonest. It’s just troll to make people waste time with your crap arguments.
nope.
That’s why we say it is a technical limitation.
Just like tidi.
In an ideal world, we would have no limit ; game engine and game logic would be in sync. In reality, we have limitations complexity and computing power, so game logic and game engine are different.
In an ideal world, we would not have tidi, guns would not go through the asteroids, everybody would be happy, there would be no bots. Reality is just a bit more complex.
No. It can be used by incompetents and by competent gank groups. A competent gank group waiting out a 10 minute timer that is highly competent could look like an incompetent gank group that is not waiting out a timer, but just has crap players.
Further, at this stage, I’d say ganking is a highly refined “art”. That is most groups doing it know precisely what they are doing.
No we aren’t. You want to limit it to just mechanics because looking at the underlying behavior is not conducive to your narrative. This is just another example of your dishonesty.
But oddly enough it does not elicit any kind of timer. And hasn’t for over a decade.
This is way, way to subtle for Mike.
Nope. What ship is going to do enough DPS before CONCORD arrives?
You said game logic and computing power are different.
That is not a detailed outline of the technical limitation. That is just a general statement and even there you have presented nothing to demonstrate that this is even a critical issue in the bump mechanic.
That’s far from detailing the technical limitation you claim exists here.
I did it. You are too dishonest to read it, but I did.
I did not use the word “detailing” so keep your interpretation for yourself.
All your posts were you quote me contain things made up by yourself. That’s why I say you are dishonest. Your only effort is in trolling, not in communication.
No, that is an explanation why your reasoning, which I quoted, is wrong.
There is not a single post where you’ve explained the technical limitation. Not one. It’s nothing but invalidated opinion, and you can’t validate it, because the information isn’t publicly available.
Any arguement that stipulates the only way to safely undock a freighter requires a 2nd account is missing the point.
The amount or value of cargo is absolutely irrelevant when dealing with the mechanic.
Bumping is in every sense of the word a point, scram or tackle which technically form of aggression but can’t be addressed becuase it would really cause problems on undocks or cyno bridging for example.
The module does seem like a reasonable fix to balancing the mechanics without breaking other aspects of the game. It especially doesnt impair the “organized ganking” groups.
It’s fine that Carriers are not a solo play ship.
It’s fine that Dreadnaughts are not a solo play ship.
It’s fine that fax machines are not a solo play ship.
It’s fine that super carriers are not a solo play ship.
It’s fine that Titans are not a solo play ship.
It’s fine that BLOPs is not solo play.
And it’s perfectly fine that freighter pilots that want to manage their risk, use multiple characters if they want to. It’s the most effective way.
What’s the fundamental problem that some ships are in general, more effective when there is group play involved?
It would. The only people who gank consistantly without horribly failing are veteran gankers. You throw more nerfs like this around and you’re making a much more difficult barrier for entry for newer ganking groups. The amount of freighter ganks that actually occur in the game is tiny.
Several years back I was at the charity dinner with hilmar getting drunk and he asked me what I do in the game and I said I’m not really sure right now becuase you nerfed input automation on isboxer and I really enjoyed managing my hulk fleet, running my rorq, hauler and scouts across 3 screens, it was like my little symphony and now it’s a monster click fest and just not as fun and he said “you know I’m really not a fan of any gameplay that requires you to have multiple accounts to enjoy…”
