That’s just utter nonsense. In null you have all the time in the world to solo attack. You don’t have Concord arriving to blow up your ship after 20 seconds or less. In fact I’d argue it requires LESS ‘skill’ to solo kill something like a Venture in nullsec, with all the time in the world, than it does in a 0.8 system where you have to arrive and get within range and fire and kill…all within 10 seconds or less.
Likewise the only reason you can solo kill an Orca with an Ibis in nullsec is that infinite time element. It has nothing to do with ‘skill’. And the only reason people require multiple attack ships to do the same job in highsec is again that very short time window.
It most certainly is…if you’ve got a good chance of losing your ship in a big battle within the next 12 weeks and you are likely to have multiple battles. Which can happen to even the most skilled pilots. I paid 18m ISK insurance on a 250m ISK ( total cost inc fittings ) ship, and got back 60m ISK from insurance. That’s a nice 42m ISK.
Obviously, the lower the risk the less it is worth it.
You’re not wrong. In a game that boasts the risk vs. rewards concept, I’d expect them to have better consequences for these shenanigans. I believe if CCP would make it where those who regularly seek to get their lunch money back in ISK would be immediately a legal target, that would sow it down. The fact that the CONCORD would pop me if I destroy a known suicide ganker on sight tells me these bozos are in the CCP “good ole boy” program, and I suspect it - as unrealistic as the risk vs rewards is - makes CCP a lot of money somehow. You’re playing in a world where things are money motivated, both in game and on the product level. In the free market, when someone’s business ethics seem flawed, you can either stay with them and deal with it, or find a product you like better. Be honest though…MMOs coming out now. You think you’ll find a better place than New Eden to play.
CONCORD is indifferent. To them, you’re just another player illegally destroying another player. Much like in real life, it doesn’t matter if the guy you just saw on the sidewalk is a known criminal, if you put a bullet in his head, the police will be along shortly to do the same to you….
