There's a lot of misinformation circulating around highsec regarding the motives of gankers. It's not only the New Order that's misunderstood; there are also independent groups of gankers like MiniLuv and those random Russian gankers (that's not their official name, I don't think). Today I received an essay from Agent Morrigan Laima, a Minister within the Imperium's Ministry of Love ganking organization. Morrigan decided to clear things up by drafting a detailed list of reasons why people gank. Now I'll turn it over to Morrigan. Enjoy!
Why We Gank
Gankers have a wide range of motivations - we’re not simply space pirates looking for the next loot pinata as many white knights and carebears would like to believe. These motivations range from the financial, to the strategic, to the altruistic, to pure entertainment derived from the destruction of ships and the ensuing reaction.
We gank targets because of who they are connected to. The obvious affiliations of corp and alliance tickers run only skin deep in high security space, as too many pilots foolish enough to display the same ticker will be subject to war declarations from “mercenary” and pirate groups seeking to prey on easy targets. The vast majority of pilots in highsec therefore are in small independent corps, or NPC corps, but those pilots are frequently under the control of players affiliated with larger entities, including the nullsec coalitions. A great deal of effort goes into uncovering these connections, as targeting the highsec operations of an entity you don’t like requires determining which pilots they use to operate in highsec.
We gank targets because of their value. A pilot foolish enough to carry valuable cargo without sensible precautions to protect themselves will be found, and they will be targeted if we are able to do so. The chances of getting caught are substantially higher in the pipes connecting trade hubs, but we notice patterns elsewhere too,, and if you make a habit of being a shiny target, your movements are being tracked by someone.
We gank targets because they try to hide their value. Double wraps are a sign you are hiding something. We want to know what, and we are very much inclined to blow you up just on the chance that it might be expensive. Trying to be clever to trick the cargo scanner won’t help you, we’ve seen all the tricks, and most of us copy and paste cargo scans into something that checks not only the cargo value, but also the “red flags” that indicate possible concealed value.
We gank targets for ideological reasons, like the New Halaima Code of Conduct. Many of us consider the supposed safety of high security space to be a grave threat to the nature of EVE Online as a sandbox game, and are firmly of the opinion that there should be nothing even resembling “safe” in a sandbox.
We gank targets for other economic reasons - to eliminate competition, to drive up the price of minerals and modules, and to drive down the productivity of highsec space to further widen the gap between it and the more profitable lowsec, nullsec, and wormhole regions If carebears are allowed to feel safe, they try to overcome the lower productivity of highsec with excessively blingy fittings to become competitive with the same activities in what should be more lucrative space. This is why miners and incursion runners are so frequently singled out. Many of us strongly believe that the risk/reward proposition of highsec is broken - too much reward and too little risk, and that if CCP is unwilling to fix it, we must act on our own within the mechanics of the game to do so.
We gank targets because they clearly do not respect the nature and risks of the sandbox. Profitable or not, a pilot who thinks shiny, expensive fittings are better simply because they are shiny and expensive is going to be in someone’s crosshairs sooner rather than later.
We gank targets because of the attitudes of the pilots.
We gank targets to show them that there’s more to this game than PvE. Occasionally, we’re able to cut through the tears and grief and open the minds of a miner or mission runner, and show them that this game has more to offer than just the terrible missions offered by agents and boring, repetitive gameplay of mining. Many timer a pilot’s first taste of blood in this game is by being bloodied themselves, and a few of those pilots actually develop into well-rounded individuals that are able to enjoy all the game has to offer, and to see the game’s PvE as a means to an end, rather than an end in and of itself. Conversely, if a pilot feels entitled to play this multiplayer, PVP game as a single-player campaign, we don’t want them here. We want to drive them to either grow as a player, or to go back to WoW. We see this sort of player as toxic to the community at large, because EVE is shaped so much by its playerbase, directly by their actions, and indirectly by their lobbying for changes to the game. Our greatest fear is that they will turn this game into a theme park and, in doing so, ruin everything that is unique and special about EVE Online.
We gank targets because we enjoy the destruction and because we can.
We gank targets because we enjoy the reaction. Every game needs its villains, and we’re happy to play the part. Just remember, in a world as complex as New Eden, nothing is black and white - every hero is someone else’s villain, and every villain it someone else’s hero.
Friday, March 11, 2016
Over Eight Hundred Fifty-Nine Billion in Shares Sold
As I've often observed before, there are countless good reasons why someone would buy shares of New Order stock.
Every reason is a good one.
EVE players take great pride in appearing on the month's Top Supporters list on MinerBumping. It's a place of honour.
Speaking of honour, Zopiclone purchased an additional 470 shares and sent us over the 858 billion isk mark, earning her a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.
Good deeds echo across the EVE galaxy. Judas Khan was impressed by one of our Agents, and all of highsec was enriched as a consequence. Judas purchased 1,000 shares and sent us over the 859 billion isk mark. A complimentary Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™, Mr. Khan. And well done, Agent NotTheSmartestCookie.
Every reason is a good one.
EVE players take great pride in appearing on the month's Top Supporters list on MinerBumping. It's a place of honour.
Speaking of honour, Zopiclone purchased an additional 470 shares and sent us over the 858 billion isk mark, earning her a Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™.
Good deeds echo across the EVE galaxy. Judas Khan was impressed by one of our Agents, and all of highsec was enriched as a consequence. Judas purchased 1,000 shares and sent us over the 859 billion isk mark. A complimentary Supreme Protector's Tip of the Hat™, Mr. Khan. And well done, Agent NotTheSmartestCookie.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
MalkePigen's Swan Song, Part 3
Previously, on MinerBumping... MalkePigen lit up Uedama local with a litany of complaints about EVE. She resented CCP, felt ganking mechanics were unfair, considered ganks to be harassment, accused gankers of being cowards for remaining docked up during their criminal timers, and vowed to quit the game. When asked why she remained in the game she hated so much, MalkePigen gave a startling explanation.
According to MalkePigen, her subscription fee was repeatedly paid for by CCP due to some kind of problem with the petition system. She'd flooded CCP with frivolous petitions about ganking and harassment. That, combined with MalkePigen's confusing writing style, had baffled CCP and made them unable to answer her petitions. Apparently this resulted in them giving her free game time as compensation.
MalkePigen no longer paid for her subscription to EVE, not even with PLEX. Her account was kept alive solely by feeding on a diet of gnarled, broken petitions. She was something different now, something twisted and monstrous.
...MalkePigen had become a zombie space lawyer.
Fellow Anti-Ganker Rhamnousia Nosferatu joined the conversation in local. Breaking an informal Anti-Ganker policy of silence in local, Rhamnousia urged MalkePigen to stop feeding people tears.
But MalkePigen, despite a killboard full of proof that she was an Anti-Ganker, no longer felt she was part of that movement. Because CCP allowed "harassment" of anyone who tries to stop ganks.
No one could figure out MalkePigen's definition of harassment, not even CCP. Their confused reaction to MalkePigen's petitions made her "quit", but they also paid for her subscription. She existed in a gray area. An undead Anti-Ganker, she played EVE only to complain in local.
A tormented soul with unfinished business in Uedama, MalkePigen could not move on.
Over the years, Agent Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri has built a solid reputation for honesty, integrity, and all that good stuff. He couldn't believe his character was being questioned by MalkePigen. Salah and 50 unnamed co-conspirators were charged with harassment.
Uedama had no choice but to bear witness to MalkePigen's speech in local. After a seemingly endless rant, MalkePigen took a breath, allowing others to offer their input.
MalkePigen wasn't done, though. As Uedama's residents spoke up, MalkePigen accused them of harassment, or at least of being pro-harassment.
Although she'd devoted a lot of time to complaining about unfair game mechanics, MalkePigen didn't consider that to be her main point. What, then?
It was all about harassment. MalkePigen was going to make Uedama understand what that word meant to her. Even if it took all night.
To be continued...
According to MalkePigen, her subscription fee was repeatedly paid for by CCP due to some kind of problem with the petition system. She'd flooded CCP with frivolous petitions about ganking and harassment. That, combined with MalkePigen's confusing writing style, had baffled CCP and made them unable to answer her petitions. Apparently this resulted in them giving her free game time as compensation.
MalkePigen no longer paid for her subscription to EVE, not even with PLEX. Her account was kept alive solely by feeding on a diet of gnarled, broken petitions. She was something different now, something twisted and monstrous.
...MalkePigen had become a zombie space lawyer.
Fellow Anti-Ganker Rhamnousia Nosferatu joined the conversation in local. Breaking an informal Anti-Ganker policy of silence in local, Rhamnousia urged MalkePigen to stop feeding people tears.
But MalkePigen, despite a killboard full of proof that she was an Anti-Ganker, no longer felt she was part of that movement. Because CCP allowed "harassment" of anyone who tries to stop ganks.
No one could figure out MalkePigen's definition of harassment, not even CCP. Their confused reaction to MalkePigen's petitions made her "quit", but they also paid for her subscription. She existed in a gray area. An undead Anti-Ganker, she played EVE only to complain in local.
A tormented soul with unfinished business in Uedama, MalkePigen could not move on.
Over the years, Agent Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri has built a solid reputation for honesty, integrity, and all that good stuff. He couldn't believe his character was being questioned by MalkePigen. Salah and 50 unnamed co-conspirators were charged with harassment.
Uedama had no choice but to bear witness to MalkePigen's speech in local. After a seemingly endless rant, MalkePigen took a breath, allowing others to offer their input.
MalkePigen wasn't done, though. As Uedama's residents spoke up, MalkePigen accused them of harassment, or at least of being pro-harassment.
Although she'd devoted a lot of time to complaining about unfair game mechanics, MalkePigen didn't consider that to be her main point. What, then?
It was all about harassment. MalkePigen was going to make Uedama understand what that word meant to her. Even if it took all night.
To be continued...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
MalkePigen's Swan Song, Part 2
Previously, on MinerBumping... Anti-Ganker MalkePigen wailed in local about the unfairness of EVE and the invincibility of the New Order. She freely admitted that it was impossible to stop our Agents. She hated the game and cursed CCP. She threatened to quit the game, yet she returned to Uedama day after day to fill the system with her tears.
MalkePigen's latest complaint was twofold: CODE. gankers were "harassing" people while hiding in stations.
The carebear was no denialist; she didn't make claims about the New Order being unable to affect anything. Quite the opposite. She declared the whole game ruined by the Code.
MalkePigen's fountain of tears continued to flow. Given enough time, she might compose a haiku by accident.
Our Agents let MalkePigen know they cared. It was difficult to communicate with her, though. Her replies were often garbled.
On MalkePigen's home planet, people write vertically.
Someone needed to pick up the pieces and put MalkePigen back together again. Agents Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri and Knackered Old Goat had a pretty good idea of how that could be accomplished.
The Anti-Ganker still had a suspicious and hostile attitude toward our Agents. She wanted Salah to demonstrate good faith.
Salah was up to the challenge, but MalkePigen changed the subject again.
Uedama's chief tear supplier spoke in riddles. She was neither miner nor Anti-Ganker. What was she? If our Agents provided the answer, I guess they won a prize or something.
As an aside, it's odd that MalkePigen has always denied being an Anti-Ganker. Her killboard is full of CONCORDed Catalysts and rookie ships, and empty pods.
MalkePigen's gruff exterior gave way. She was about to go into full supervillain monologue mode. She would finally reveal why she kept playing the game she hated so much.
The bombshell dropped.
To be continued...
MalkePigen's latest complaint was twofold: CODE. gankers were "harassing" people while hiding in stations.
The carebear was no denialist; she didn't make claims about the New Order being unable to affect anything. Quite the opposite. She declared the whole game ruined by the Code.
MalkePigen's fountain of tears continued to flow. Given enough time, she might compose a haiku by accident.
Our Agents let MalkePigen know they cared. It was difficult to communicate with her, though. Her replies were often garbled.
On MalkePigen's home planet, people write vertically.
Someone needed to pick up the pieces and put MalkePigen back together again. Agents Salah ad-Din al-Jawahiri and Knackered Old Goat had a pretty good idea of how that could be accomplished.
The Anti-Ganker still had a suspicious and hostile attitude toward our Agents. She wanted Salah to demonstrate good faith.
Salah was up to the challenge, but MalkePigen changed the subject again.
Uedama's chief tear supplier spoke in riddles. She was neither miner nor Anti-Ganker. What was she? If our Agents provided the answer, I guess they won a prize or something.
As an aside, it's odd that MalkePigen has always denied being an Anti-Ganker. Her killboard is full of CONCORDed Catalysts and rookie ships, and empty pods.
MalkePigen's gruff exterior gave way. She was about to go into full supervillain monologue mode. She would finally reveal why she kept playing the game she hated so much.
The bombshell dropped.
To be continued...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
MalkePigen's Swan Song, Part 1
MalkePigen is a troubled soul. You may know that she has complained about CCP stacking the deck in favor of gankers. That's only the start of it.
You see, MalkePigen has been playing EVE since 2008. By this point, she could be anything: A supercap pilot, a nullsec coalition leader, a market tycoon... If she set her sights higher, she could even aspire to become an Agent of the New Order. Really.
Instead, MalkePigen has wasted her time in EVE. She gets on killmails like this one:
After spending 10 million isk to buy a kill right, MalkePigen attacked Agent Aaaarrgg's rookie ship, which had been undocked to draw CONCORD during an aggression timer. (Personally, I'd have recommended that she invested that money in a mining permit.)
Sadly, MalkePigen dedicated herself to the Anti-Ganker cause. As a result, she became deeply unhappy.
MalkePigen freely admitted in local that the CODE always wins. Always. So why was she bothering with her fruitless anti-Code agenda?
The Anti-Ganker bitterly cursed the state of the game mechanics. She couldn't see a way to win.
Of course, there was an easy way out of this dilemma. MalkePigen, like all the other rebels, could embrace the Code, join the New Order, and win every day. She wasn't willing to do it. Her misery was of her own making.
MalkePigen wallowed. She was self-griefing.
Video games are supposed to be fun. Agents of the New Order are always having fun; Anti-Gankers are always in a bad mood. And they accuse us of playing the game wrong!
MalkePigen was nostalgic for the days before the New Order started fixing highsec. Pretty weird.
Finally, the Anti-Ganker threatened to quit the game. Yet she continued to log in day after day, just to complain in local.
When our Agents saw her, they tried to be kind, warm, and welcoming--in keeping with the New Order's reputation. But MalkePigen was in no mood. She was about to unleash another epic rant. And this time, all of her secrets would be revealed.
To be continued...
You see, MalkePigen has been playing EVE since 2008. By this point, she could be anything: A supercap pilot, a nullsec coalition leader, a market tycoon... If she set her sights higher, she could even aspire to become an Agent of the New Order. Really.
Instead, MalkePigen has wasted her time in EVE. She gets on killmails like this one:
After spending 10 million isk to buy a kill right, MalkePigen attacked Agent Aaaarrgg's rookie ship, which had been undocked to draw CONCORD during an aggression timer. (Personally, I'd have recommended that she invested that money in a mining permit.)
Sadly, MalkePigen dedicated herself to the Anti-Ganker cause. As a result, she became deeply unhappy.
MalkePigen freely admitted in local that the CODE always wins. Always. So why was she bothering with her fruitless anti-Code agenda?
The Anti-Ganker bitterly cursed the state of the game mechanics. She couldn't see a way to win.
Of course, there was an easy way out of this dilemma. MalkePigen, like all the other rebels, could embrace the Code, join the New Order, and win every day. She wasn't willing to do it. Her misery was of her own making.
MalkePigen wallowed. She was self-griefing.
Video games are supposed to be fun. Agents of the New Order are always having fun; Anti-Gankers are always in a bad mood. And they accuse us of playing the game wrong!
MalkePigen was nostalgic for the days before the New Order started fixing highsec. Pretty weird.
Finally, the Anti-Ganker threatened to quit the game. Yet she continued to log in day after day, just to complain in local.
When our Agents saw her, they tried to be kind, warm, and welcoming--in keeping with the New Order's reputation. But MalkePigen was in no mood. She was about to unleash another epic rant. And this time, all of her secrets would be revealed.
To be continued...
Monday, March 7, 2016
You Think You Know Someone
EVE Online, even more so than other MMOs, is about people. If you need help with the game, you don't reach for an instruction manual; none exists. Instead, you go to your fellow players.
Naoki Skulltulla > I'm trying to get my complex buddy to set up cap and shield trans on both of our ships... only problem is, he armor tanks... and by tanks I mean.. warps out every 18 seconds to rep and come back...Naoki Skulltulla and Mihai Albescu met up in the Help channel and joined a private convo. Naoki was looking for a way to help her corpmate perform PvE. Currently, said corpmate's methods were embarrassingly ineffective.
Naoki Skulltulla > I need a second pilot... even if that second pilot is me....
Mihai Albescu > Augoror or Exequror would be a better choice if DPS runs an armor tank
Naoki Skulltulla > Oh, he runs an amarr maurader. Not sure what it's called
Mihai Albescu > he has to warp out even with a Paladin? He's doing it wrong
Naoki Skulltulla > he forgets to rep until he hits hull and by then He's being blapping so much he's out of cap and can't repMihai diagnosed the corpmate with an acute case of bot-aspirancy. The prescription was a good gank.
Naoki Skulltulla > his ship have 21 seconds of cap...
Mihai Albescu > Where does he run, sounds like somebody is in dire need of a ganking
Naoki Skulltulla > all over amarr space.
Naoki Skulltulla > he refuses to go through nyarja
Mihai Albescu > Smart man, he should avoid Niarja and Uedama or buy a CODE. permitAs usually happens when two EVE players discuss something, the conversation turned to the New Order. We're the main thing happening in EVE today.
Mihai Albescu > CODE. honors their permits if he doesn't fly ridiculous bling and violate the Code by autopiloting
Naoki Skulltulla > I've been attacked by code 17 times for autopiloting
Naoki Skulltulla > Every time I came back with a drink at full health 6 systems over lol
Mihai Albescu > I'll be honest with you, I think he's a confirmed Goofus. Look for a better corpmateThe situation in Naoki's corp was dire. Sadly, the carebear CEO's behavior was all too typical.
Naoki Skulltulla > He's my CEO :/
Mihai Albescu > RUN!
Mihai Albescu > Probably subsidizing his loses with real money and gambling on iwantisk
Naoki Skulltulla > lol, nah, I know the guy personally, he has no money
Naoki Skulltulla > I had to pay for his account a few times
Naoki Skulltulla > he lost a T3 in a 5/10It turned out that Mihai was actually an Agent. This was a great opportunity for Naoki to extricate herself from a bad situation and join CODE.
Naoki Skulltulla > not sure how... but I was there
Mihai Albescu > I'm a permitholder and my alt is in CODE. It's a great diversion teaching hisec carebears about the game mechanics
Naoki Skulltulla > yeah... I don't pay extortion money, even in video games :) but, that's ok. At least now I know to run if I see you lol
Mihai Albescu > You do understand that you are flying in James 315's territory? It's not extortion if we claim the space.Unfortunately, Naoki's mind had been poisoned by anti-Code propaganda, or, judging by her use of a Miner Bingo quote, possibly by sheer carebear instinct. Mihai set her straight.
Mihai Albescu > You pay dues to the controlling alliance in lowsec, hisec, wormholes, and that's not extortion
Mihai Albescu > Rid yourself of the notion that hisec is free, and just look at the killboard. CODE. has destroyed 27 Trillion ISK worth of property of violators in their space. If that's not control I don't know what is.
Mihai Albescu > The primary goal of the New Order is to rid hisec of bots and people who act like bots who destroy the economy by mining without effort. The best way to distinguish between bots and players is a permit in the bio.A classic symptom of bot-aspirancy: The inability to understand or appreciate emergent content. If something isn't within the bounds of pre-programmed gameplay, they just don't get it.
Naoki Skulltulla > The best way to determine bots from non-bots is to private convo.... I know money talks, but that's kind of a self-fulfilling detriment to everyone to just assume if they haven't payed they are cheating
Naoki Skulltulla > also
Naoki Skulltulla > not CCP sanctioned
Mihai Albescu > CCP sanctions player-generated content.Mihai and Naoki had been having a nice, normal conversation. Little did Mihai realize that Naoki was a rebel all along! And things had been going so well.
Mihai Albescu > The game mechanic does not allow sov in hisec, so we established de-facto sov with permits and catalysts.
Naoki Skulltulla > Which means, you guys planted the first flag and say "Mine" without any real claim and extort everyone who doesn't agree with you
Naoki Skulltulla > That's essentially what cyber terrorists do
Naoki Skulltulla > You can't write laws for land you don't own.Strange theories about the New Order and our purpose waft across highsec. Truth is the only antidote. All our Agents come equipped with it.
Mihai Albescu > That's funny. They do in wormholes. James wrote the law, and to quote Frank Herbert, "The people who can destroy a thing, they control it."
Naoki Skulltulla > Teh majority of the reason CODE exiss, is because peop,le are lazy. Piss in the wrong peron's cheerios.... Well... Infinite monkey Theorum was made for a reason...
Naoki Skulltulla > I'll blow up one day, it'll happen, but not likely in highsecAnother reason our Agents win every argument: They know what a carebear is going to say even before the carebear does.
Mihai Albescu > It'll happen, and you'll regret not buying the best insurance plan around, or you'll leave hisec. The New Order always wins, you know :)
Naoki Skulltulla > Maybe, but, like I said, one day, you guys are going to attack the wrong person, there will lots of time dilation and frustration to follow
Mihai Albescu > Haha, Carebears have been saying that since we started. "Someone else" never materializes.
Naoki Skulltulla > feel like I'm signing my death warrant lol
Naoki Skulltulla > Again, you can't just make up what a crime is, but, as long as it gets CODE hard to think they have some measure of control over the people in a game who have lives that don't cosist of cheeto dust and pizza, more power to themThe Code shines like a bright light. You might think someone is a rational, reasonable person. But once you get them talking about the Code, it's amazing how their true colors are revealed.
Naoki Skulltulla > Assaulting people in a video game is not a track record of anything more than cyber bullying. I know CCP won't put a stop to it, but that's ok. But I can, by taking my money elsewhere along with everyone else who gets fed up with it, and then, good luck
Naoki Skulltulla > you'll have the whole game to yourselves, and I'll still hav entertainment for my dime
Mihai Albescu > Shooting spaceships in a game about shooting spaceships is not assault, as much as you would wish.Naoki confessed that the idea of Code-compliance made her want to quit the game. Being affected by other players' actions in an MMO made her uncomfortable.
Naoki Skulltulla > The game is sandbox, it's not about anything in particular
Mihai Albescu > Then you admit it is a sandbox for player-generated content.
Naoki Skulltulla > CODE is generating content, it's pissing off new players and running them off from the game
Mihai Albescu > The New Order is about ridding hisec of scummy bots and bot aspirants with false ideals.The name of James 315 is another good litmus test to use. Good people become happy when they think about me. Bad people prepare to Ctrl+Q at the mention of my name.
Naoki Skulltulla > defined by who?
Mihai Albescu > Our savior James 315
Naoki Skulltulla > Oh, so now it's a religion? In that case, yeah, I'm definitely going to have to avoid that. Well.. that actually makes sense... self purported sense of worth and value, little to nothing to show for it.. yeah,very religion-y
Naoki Skulltulla > :/ I give up... just wanted a game to have fun in. Guess I'll go play every other game in existence.... One's where, the developers won't tolerate this nonsense because it's bad for business.
Naoki Skulltulla > If you can't see that zealotrous behanvior, and strict adherence to the imagination of a man or small group of men is the same shit that destroyed thousands of empires over the course of history, then, I don't think you can understand my stance.Mihai and Naoki had a productive little chat. Even though Naoki had only been interested in techniques for running complexes, she'd learned a great deal about highsec and EVE. Whether they appreciate it or not, knowledge always brings a carebear one step closer to compliance.
Naoki Skulltulla > Bu then again
Naoki Skulltulla > You aren't trying to
Naoki Skulltulla > Religious people never do
Naoki Skulltulla > Oh well, I needed more free time anyways
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Kills of the Week
A good gank is a work of art. Don't believe me?
Credit Agent Fiddly Pop for this photo. Carebears, you can remain our canvas. Or you can embrace the Code and become an artist. Now join me for a look at some of the more exotic pieces painted during the week of February 28th @ 00:00 EVEtime through March 5th @ 23:59 EVEtime.
The trade routes continued to be showered with high-value killmails. ForeverBlue put 31.7 billion isk at risk by blundering through New Order territory without a care in the world--or a permit. Then he encountered a group of people who did care: Agents Talon Calais, Assassn Gallic, Ganku Desu, Miss Relina, Vitalix Shouna, Zula Terra, Baby Lemba, Morrigan Laima, Yvain Bluewater, Prixm Wind, Ayatola Whoami, Hayley, Hold my pleb, Miner Compliance Officer, Nin Rin, Unwarranted Assumption, Kishar Enkidu, Logical Fatality, and Raarva wiped him from the face of highsec.
This one was painful. Delecron Vandas's bot-aspirancy had grown to crippling proportions by the time he decided to AFK autopilot in a ship with 6.2 billion isk--and only 2,149 hitpoints. Agent Semtex Attor lightly tapped the Tayra until its cargo came out.
So much for all those skills. When you think about it, there's really only one skill injector in EVE: the Code.
From last week, Rufiet got caught in the boondocks, the Black Rise region. Another three ORE Strip Miners down! Let's make those vile modules extinct. Agents True Valhalla and Schatten Katze were especially excited by this kill. True Valhalla explains why:
Rav3n Ellecon had a Navy Megathron worth half a billion isk. It was fail-fit. No doubt about it. But that's not what's truly remarkable about this kill.
Agent Piz Caldera managed to solo the faction battleship using nothing but a lowly frigate, a Merlin. How in the world did he manage to prevail? The CODE always wins. Always.
...!
Champz Griswin's mining Catalyst was popped by Agent Zopiclone. Zopiclone's response was simple, the clarity of her purpose unmistakable:
Enjoj was enjoying some quality AFK time, autopiloting with a covops. She had no intention of activating her cloak. After all, why cloak in a covops when there's no such thing as the Code and no risk in highsec? She was shot down by Agent Winnie Po0h, who followed up the kill with a quick blap-blap of her 2.7 billion isk pod. Enjoj probably didn't need those missile hardwirings anyway. Though a 2.7 billion isk pod loss is nothing to sneeze at, it could've been worse. And I fear that next week we'll see what that means.
Credit Agent Fiddly Pop for this photo. Carebears, you can remain our canvas. Or you can embrace the Code and become an artist. Now join me for a look at some of the more exotic pieces painted during the week of February 28th @ 00:00 EVEtime through March 5th @ 23:59 EVEtime.
The trade routes continued to be showered with high-value killmails. ForeverBlue put 31.7 billion isk at risk by blundering through New Order territory without a care in the world--or a permit. Then he encountered a group of people who did care: Agents Talon Calais, Assassn Gallic, Ganku Desu, Miss Relina, Vitalix Shouna, Zula Terra, Baby Lemba, Morrigan Laima, Yvain Bluewater, Prixm Wind, Ayatola Whoami, Hayley, Hold my pleb, Miner Compliance Officer, Nin Rin, Unwarranted Assumption, Kishar Enkidu, Logical Fatality, and Raarva wiped him from the face of highsec.
This one was painful. Delecron Vandas's bot-aspirancy had grown to crippling proportions by the time he decided to AFK autopilot in a ship with 6.2 billion isk--and only 2,149 hitpoints. Agent Semtex Attor lightly tapped the Tayra until its cargo came out.
So much for all those skills. When you think about it, there's really only one skill injector in EVE: the Code.
From last week, Rufiet got caught in the boondocks, the Black Rise region. Another three ORE Strip Miners down! Let's make those vile modules extinct. Agents True Valhalla and Schatten Katze were especially excited by this kill. True Valhalla explains why:
"My friend and I are both new players with under a month of experience each, and this was our first attempt to kill anything larger than a Retriever. Seems like we hit the jackpot :)"The New Order loves new players. That is, new people who actually play the game.
Rav3n Ellecon had a Navy Megathron worth half a billion isk. It was fail-fit. No doubt about it. But that's not what's truly remarkable about this kill.
Agent Piz Caldera managed to solo the faction battleship using nothing but a lowly frigate, a Merlin. How in the world did he manage to prevail? The CODE always wins. Always.
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Champz Griswin's mining Catalyst was popped by Agent Zopiclone. Zopiclone's response was simple, the clarity of her purpose unmistakable:
"This will not stand."The New Order will not allow atrocities of this nature. Not in our highsec.
Enjoj was enjoying some quality AFK time, autopiloting with a covops. She had no intention of activating her cloak. After all, why cloak in a covops when there's no such thing as the Code and no risk in highsec? She was shot down by Agent Winnie Po0h, who followed up the kill with a quick blap-blap of her 2.7 billion isk pod. Enjoj probably didn't need those missile hardwirings anyway. Though a 2.7 billion isk pod loss is nothing to sneeze at, it could've been worse. And I fear that next week we'll see what that means.
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