Well there is. As I mentioned, it’s just a random loot box game where sometimes they make hundreds of millions each from one ship. They sit on gates and gank anything and everything, there’s no cherry picking, they get plenty of loot that way, it’s disingenuous to suggest otherwise.
If there was an equal financial incentive to attack pirates, why would that be a problem for anyone who seriously has the game’s interests at heart rather than just protecting the right to gank as some sacred cow?
The same people arguing against it are likely the same people who’ve said at points over the last 20 years that there is nothing stopping a player-led militia from stopping this happening. It’s never going to happen unless there’s a financial reason to do so.
Eh? Do you think they use at least semi decent gear? Given we are talking about the GP, would a ganker’s drops not be more than the drops from GP runners? Why would there need to be even more reward?
In the context of this event, try to drive a nice car from Beijing to Beirut and on to Berlin via Tripoli and Madrid. Will every stretch of the route guarantee you a safe passage? And not doing it remains an option, no coercion
meh, jump to a empty clone, do it in a corvette, “set home station” along the way. That’s how I and my buddies did it. Got killed 3-4 times (smartbombs) but just come back at them again and again.
I thought the event was neat, I like the lore and “scenery” in Eve, some of these places I never knew about. As an explorer I thought it was interesting.
i did finish the race 2 times now and made it through several gate camps with ease (1month player here)
later i got blown up by some people but it was because MY OWN FAULT! and the good thing is, i did learn from it! u cant buy or mine that experience haha
If you jump into low sec with campers waiting for victims, I cannot figure how attention is going to save you at that point. Pretty much you are either fit and have a plan to use that fit and you execute it right or you die.
About the only other thing I can think of is wait for some other sucker to decloak and become the new target, and you warp off after hoping not to get noticed.
You can take some precautions, but there are many ways to avoid the campers if you pay attention.
Fit a ship with an align time below 2s, to don’t get caught by instalockers. I’ve avoided one camp like this.
Put some tank on your ship, to survive a small smartbomb camp. I’ve avoided one camp like this.
Put warp core stabilizers on your ship, to survive getting caught by warp disruptors. I’ve avoided one camp like this.
Warp to 100 or 70, not to 0 at the beacons. I’ve avoided many camps like this.
Warp from unexpected angles by warping to a out-of-line sun or moon first, so you don’t arrive at the same 100 or 70 in a crowded system as many others. I’ve avoided a couple camps like this.
Warp from a nearby sun or star that isn’t inline with the common warp route to a gate, to avoid smartbomb camps in a system with flashies in local. I’ve avoided some camps like this but got lazy once when I was showing a part of the Grand Prix to my girlfriend and warped straight to gate: Ares | Gerard Amatin | Killmail | zKillboard
I then had to explain smartbombs. Pay attention guys.
I think you may need to brush up on the definition of “pay attention”. Its not the same as “prepare your fit in advance” as I was indicating. Its also not the same as “have a plan and use it”.
“Pay attention” would indicate you get information on the spot and utilize it on the spot.
In my case, I should have paid attention to the flashies in local and took action that I didn’t warp from gate to gate. I didn’t pay attention and paid for it.
There is a difference! One of them is a sub-group of the other.
All ganking is pvp, but not all pvp is ganking.
Some PvP for example is the act of avoiding ganks, outsmarting the gankers. If you can manage to keep your ship out of the claws of gankers and outplay them, you’re winning PvP on your terms.
And that’s what I liked about this event, it allowed everyone to participate in this race and outsmart eachother. Some people were racing, others ganking the players racing, some players killing the gankers. Fun for all!
