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Now that I have a job that allows for overtime, am I a Bad Person if I grind isk by literally just working a few extra hours a week and buying plex instead of ratting? ratting is why i quit in the first place but i really want to get back in and do more stealth bomber ratter hunting. one hour of overtime is more than 40 bucks, or over 4bn. much better than the afk ishtar ticks i was getting before i quit. The other upside is that i was annoyed that i was training skills that i knew i was only going to use for ratting instead of skills i was going to use to actually benefit my corp or have fun with e. i havnt come out of lurking in like 8 years, why did someone buy me a new pfp and tag line lmao NavyBlue fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Apr 3, 2019 |
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NavyBlue posted:Now that I have a job that allows for overtime, am I a Bad Person if I grind isk by literally just working a few extra hours a week and buying plex instead of ratting? ratting is why i quit in the first place but i really want to get back in and do more stealth bomber ratter hunting. one hour of overtime is more than 40 bucks, or over 4bn. much better than the afk ishtar ticks i was getting before i quit. I mean I don’t rat or mine or do any of that. I plex when needed so I can log in and just do fun poo poo. Easy trade for me.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:02
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The only thing I ever really did once I found my niche was go on solo friendly fire rampages in pandemic horde. Though I haven’t played in like months now. It’s a free activity since all you need is one bling frigate kill to resell and bam you’ve financed dozens of gank destroyers. Is this still viable?
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Apr 3, 2019 13:10
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So I rarely talk in local, but yesterday in my ratting system—there were just blues—people were talking about blingy ratting ships... And I said, in reference to my blingy Nyx, “I essentially rat with my dick...” A couple hours later I get a GM notification that someone reported me for “a chat violation” and I was receiving an official warning. So in other words, a GSF member or the single broader Imperium dude in local filed a ticket and complained because I said ”I essentially rat in my dick,” AND CCP issued me a warning... A warning I immediately submitted my own escalation ticket about, because, even though I was only officially warned, gently caress that.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:14
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PvE IRL for funds to Eve is in no way shameful.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:29
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Micromancer posted:PvE IRL for funds to Eve is in no way shameful.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:33
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Micromancer posted:If you wait the several months to be capswarm compliant you'll probably have gotten tired of staring through the window watching everyone else eat. ^ This, so much this Eve is a game, your ships are virtual and none of your crew actually die. Take a risk and fly the poo poo you want to even with crappy skills and gently caress the haters who think you're doing it wrong. If it dies, it dies. Laugh at your loss and move on. There is no shortage of people who will be willing to help you get back into another capital ship if you lose it, as long as they get to laugh a little.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:34
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NavyBlue posted:Now that I have a job that allows for overtime, am I a Bad Person if I grind isk by literally just working a few extra hours a week and buying plex instead of ratting? ratting is why i quit in the first place but i really want to get back in and do more stealth bomber ratter hunting. one hour of overtime is more than 40 bucks, or over 4bn. much better than the afk ishtar ticks i was getting before i quit. Honestly, if your real life budget allows for it, just buy a plex. Ratting is a skullnumbing activity that could be better used doing something fun. Especially if you have limited time to play.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:42
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ZombieLenin posted:So I rarely talk in local, but yesterday in my ratting system—there were just blues—people were talking about blingy ratting ships... If you can pinpoint who, you can escalate to innominate (I think?) and report for goonfucking.
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Apr 3, 2019 13:47
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ZombieLenin posted:So I rarely talk in local, but yesterday in my ratting system—there were just blues—people were talking about blingy ratting ships... What a little bitch baby. Its too bad logs don't record who is in local, only who talks. This cowardly snitch likely didn't say anything so it would be hard to narrow down who did it.
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Apr 3, 2019 14:05
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Rutibex posted:What a little bitch baby. Its too bad logs don't record who is in local, only who talks. This cowardly snitch likely didn't say anything so it would be hard to narrow down who did it. I mean, I don’t even care to get whoever in trouble... it just mystifies the gently caress out of me that anyone would report me for that, let alone someone in the Imperium. It also mystifies me that CCP “warned” me over it. As in game chat goes in eve, saying you are flying an e-peen has to be one of the tamer comments types into eve on any given day.
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Apr 3, 2019 14:25
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Probably someone ratting in a VNI who's mad about your dank ticks. Edit: There were some folks who get real salty when you rat in something more expensive than disposable ships.
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Apr 3, 2019 14:36
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NavyBlue posted:Now that I have a job that allows for overtime, am I a Bad Person if I grind isk by literally just working a few extra hours a week and buying plex instead of ratting? ratting is why i quit in the first place but i really want to get back in and do more stealth bomber ratter hunting. one hour of overtime is more than 40 bucks, or over 4bn. much better than the afk ishtar ticks i was getting before i quit. not at all. why on earth would you play a game in a way you're not having fun doing. no sense in wasting your leisure time grinding up in-game currency if that's not fun for you. plus, people like you are how i can divert industry profits to play for free  we need more people doing this or i can't pay for game time with isk!
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Apr 3, 2019 14:44
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ZombieLenin posted:I mean, I don’t even care to get whoever in trouble... it just mystifies the gently caress out of me that anyone would report me for that, let alone someone in the Imperium. people are dumb. GM's will act semi-independently and usually if you raise it up to a senior GM, there's at least a modicum of common sense applied. Also basically if you haven't received at least a warning are you really even playing the game?
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Apr 3, 2019 14:57
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Eve's tag line used to be HTFU. 
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Apr 3, 2019 15:09
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evilweasel posted:not at all. why on earth would you play a game in a way you're not having fun doing. no sense in wasting your leisure time grinding up in-game currency if that's not fun for you. I'm also on board with people buying PLEX with real money. The sort of person who is too lazy to rat is also the same person who is too lazy to list their 1b+ isk ships on the market for a day, and instead sells it directly to me for 800m. Play EVE for fun and be wasteful! Don't let anyone shame you for buying PLEX with your hard earned real money.
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Apr 3, 2019 15:43
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Loky11 posted:people are dumb. GM's will act semi-independently and usually if you raise it up to a senior GM, there's at least a modicum of common sense applied. Yeah, like I said, I escalated just because... when citing the “violation” the GM linked me to the landing page of the EULA, the 3rd party EULA, and about 25 other policies without even suggesting where I might find “saying you are ratting with your ‘dick’ is verbotten.” Plus, that is just a ridiculous thing to be warned for when I have reported the same person using racial slurs in the global trade chat 4 times over the last 3 months and there that person sits, still spamming racist memes/slurs.
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Apr 3, 2019 15:49
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If anyone has ever seen me talk in alliance about the exploration carriers I fly, and also likes laughing at people on Reddit, I may or may not have made an effort post about it there.
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Apr 3, 2019 17:37
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FAT32 SHAMER posted:i have bad news Yep. I was a terrible poster on goonfleet. I've also heard that DBRB loves catpics. R413 fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Apr 3, 2019 |
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Apr 3, 2019 18:29
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OT to pay for eve is good if you make more irl than in eve, especially if you have a job where ya can just slap a few hours of OT on the end of your shift
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Apr 3, 2019 18:31
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Micromancer posted:If anyone has ever seen me talk in alliance about the exploration carriers I fly, and also likes laughing at people on Reddit, I may or may not have made an effort post about it there.  Exploration carrier? As in you are scanning down data sites and hacking them in a carrier? Do you go for the capital sized wormholes too?
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Apr 3, 2019 18:48
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I would love an exploration cruiser that used the carrier drone mechanics.
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Apr 3, 2019 18:54
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reddit finally noticed that 1dq now has a new keepstar grid with two keepstars all wrapped up in faction fortizars so nobody can online a hostile citadel anywhere near them they are, predictably, somewhat peeved about it
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Apr 3, 2019 18:59
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evilweasel posted:reddit finally noticed that 1dq now has a new keepstar grid with two keepstars all wrapped up in faction fortizars so nobody can online a hostile citadel anywhere near them Could a hostile fleet even get to 1dq? I thought all of Delve was protected by cyno jammers. Any invaders would be stopped at the front door.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:08
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Rutibex posted:Could a hostile fleet even get to 1dq? I thought all of Delve was protected by cyno jammers. Any invaders would be stopped at the front door. ain't no sense in taking chances when we have that many faction fortizars sitting around
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Apr 3, 2019 19:11
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evilweasel posted:reddit finally noticed that 1dq now has a new keepstar grid with two keepstars all wrapped up in faction fortizars so nobody can online a hostile citadel anywhere near them LOL. Did they think the Dyson sphere was only for show? Even so, Eve needs more player-created terrain.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:12
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Ynglaur posted:LOL. Did they think the Dyson sphere was only for show? Like one person out of two hundred figured out that's what the layout did, the rest thought it was just tuzy cheekily stuffing a ludicrous amount of ehp in the system.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:16
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That many structures on grid opens up some interesting tactics. Put those little micro jump structures off the undock and have stukas bounce all over the place. Flood the grid with structure-based fighters. If someone poked hard enough, it could be fun!
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Apr 3, 2019 19:24
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Rutibex posted:Could a hostile fleet even get to 1dq? I thought all of Delve was protected by cyno jammers. Any invaders would be stopped at the front door. no, cyno jammers would impede our ability to drop titans on every velator that didn't take that left turn in Albuquerque
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Apr 3, 2019 19:26
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Gwyneth Palpate posted:no, cyno jammers would impede our ability to drop titans on every velator that didn't take that left turn in Albuquerque Oh, I thought the system wide ones allowed friendly cynos. Shows what I know!
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Apr 3, 2019 19:35
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Rutibex posted:Oh, I thought the system wide ones allowed friendly cynos. Shows what I know! also they cost 900m/mo per system to keep online in ihub fees so it's basically throwing money into the toilet for little reason since covert cynos pierce the jammer anyways
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Apr 3, 2019 19:40
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So you're saying that 1DQ is basically a honeypot for hostile caps?
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Apr 3, 2019 19:42
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Ynglaur posted:So you're saying that 1DQ is basically a honeypot for hostile caps? I suspect we've blown up more of our own capitals in Delve than hostile ones.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:53
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Ynglaur posted:So you're saying that 1DQ is basically a honeypot for hostile caps? 1dq is the safest place to drop hostile caps actually, because its the one system titans in 1dq can't drop in and must manually warp instead
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Apr 3, 2019 19:54
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evilweasel posted:1dq is the safest place to drop hostile caps actually, because its the one system titans in 1dq can't drop in and must manually warp instead Thats how the last BIG hotdrop I remember happened - the one where Jay lost his Rev - dropped us in 1DQ and bubbled in the direction of the keepstar so anyone warping in would land 200 off.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:56
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Okay I'll put more sabers on contract.
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Apr 3, 2019 19:56
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Actually, why do we have shield and armor on 1dq? Don't we have enough we could / should split them?
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Apr 3, 2019 19:57
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Ynglaur posted:Actually, why do we have shield and armor on 1dq? Don't we have enough we could / should split them? Like, the standing fleet? I don't think we have enough people in standing all the time to split safely, without becoming vulnerable to dreadbombs. Various people who want more easy ratting space have repeatedly tried to make "south delve standing" a thing, and the word from On High has always been no. But for the first half of the GOTG war we sent armor supers north and kept shieldfleet at home.
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Apr 3, 2019 22:00
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Klyith posted:Like, the standing fleet? I don't think we have enough people in standing all the time to split safely, without becoming vulnerable to dreadbombs. Various people who want more easy ratting space have repeatedly tried to make "south delve standing" a thing, and the word from On High has always been no. Exactly, and it seemed to work well...
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Ynglaur posted:Exactly, and it seemed to work well... It worked great when there's a war on because wars don't last forever and all our dudes get hyped up for weeks by maximum hurf. Also IIRC the shieldfleet that stayed behind wasn't doing ratter protection standing fleet, they were there for defense ops because NC had staged to poke at our poo poo. Homedef was running subcap fleets, ratters were told they were on their own, and ElitistOps guys were making daily brag posts because they killed another idiot Hel and extracted their dreads.
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