Yes, I understand the use of scouts. It leads me to believe that, even so, ‘small groups of gankers’ rarely waste their time (and that of their alts) on roaming Highsec looking for targets which might be many systems away from base and, if it’s a lone Mackinaw, hardly worth the effort?
Those scouts are better employed checking out systems known to provide content such as Mission Hubs, Ice Anomalies, etc., surely? It was only your using the term ‘stumble across’ which elicited my response.
I do not say ‘it doesn’t happen’, only that I find it unlikely to be a regular occurrence. I’ve no proof, of course.
I only skimmed your comment on filaments, Lucas. Apologies.
I’ve no interest in them whatsoever, but I suppose I should acquaint myself with their use. Point taken.
I can see how they would make it easier to contrive a surprise appearance in Null, countering the extensive surveillance systems in place in that region.
They might not, but I do. I have never once mined AFK. Which is the reason I have never been ganked while mining. And I fully support AFK people of any sort being ganked.
Why do you think I post the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch every time it gets raised ? The ‘good old days’ exist in every game I’ve encountered. Elder Scrolls vets argue that Morrowind was the best ever and later iterations were ‘dumbed down’. People argue that the original Half Life was the best. And so on. All rose tinted.
I dont think even the brainiest of vikings have worked out how to turn a volcano into personal transportation, but I look forward to the results, esp. in Airship and cruiseliner technology lol
(sea platforms are however, by definition, out at sea, unlike fjords and rivers which are definded by their proximity to land, but Ill not mention that, shhh)
I watched a documentary that says that a lot of the deep sea drilling platforms are built in the fjords and then towed out to sea, by trolling fishing boats.
Nope. The entire argument against P2W is that people need to ‘grind’ to make ISK. My point is that AFK people are not ‘grinding’ at all. And if people have always done AFK…then there never was a glorious time of everyone grinding away.
