Reader Submission: Duselduzi falls into my trap and drops faction loot!
Our first reader submitted story is from player AKeeFa, who writes clearly and concisely, with tears, loot and betrayal. Well done!
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I don't get much time to grief these days so I quickly scan down a noobish bear salvaging his wreck field in a Noctis and start looting. He warps off, obviously freaked by the flashy-red Vigil in his pocket. I continue to loot and salvage the large wrecks for a few minutes, keeping an eye on local to see if he has left system. A couple of minutes later he returns in a Domi, yellow boxes, unleashes drones and then fires at optimum range. I warp out to my nearby Orca at 20 percent shields and swap to my Tengu, returning to the pocket a minute later to find it empty. Sad faced, I check local and add him as a contact, swap back to my salvager and continue looting. As I burn to his outlying large wrecks, I notice him go offline, which gives me the chance for a badly needed toilet break and a quick nappy change for my four month old son as well.
I return to my Vigil, burning to nowhere and over 300kms from the nearest wreck, just in time to see old mate come back online and the agro expire. We both land on the gate together, but this time he is in a Catalyst and watches me continue to loot and salvage for a minute or two and warps away, presumably to grab his pew-pew Domi. I smile to myself predicting that he will swap in a salvager and tractor beam to stay in pocket and protect his precious wrecks.
Two minutes later he drops in, locks and lets loose with out of range guns, giving me time to confirm my prediction before leaving. He is probably feeling pretty chuffed with himself for successfully scaring away the pesky thief as I land on him and lock him up with my scarey-looking Tengu.
[22:53:47] AKeeFa > 50 mill or your ship dies
[22:54:41] AKeeFa > you have 30 seconds to comply
[22:54:51] duselduzi > what? for?
[22:54:53] AKeeFa > and your drones are useless
[22:55:07] AKeeFa > i will let you have your ship if you pay :)
His armour disapears as I disengage my missles.
[22:55:08] duselduzi > u will let me escap?
[22:55:20] AKeeFa > recall your drones too
I have already blown a couple out of his T2 Hammers out of the sky and he docks the remainder up.
[22:55:44] AKeeFa > now pay
[22:55:58] duselduzi > i just have 23mio
[22:56:05] AKeeFa > that is all you have?
[22:56:12] duselduzi > y
[22:56:19] AKeeFa > hmmmm
[22:56:38] AKeeFa > okay i will take 25 mill
[22:57:00] duselduzi > i give u drones this are the missing 2
[22:57:18] AKeeFa > okay abandon all your drones
[22:57:29] AKeeFa > plus the 23 mill
[22:57:46] AKeeFa > all of your drones
He abandons his T2 medium, small and T1 Ogres :)
[22:57:51] AKeeFa > good. now pay!
[22:57:55] AKeeFa > pay the 23 mill
[22:58:02] AKeeFa > time is running out
[22:58:09] duselduzi > how does it work?
[22:58:16] AKeeFa > right click on me and give money
I resume pounding him with missiles and his hull begins to disappear quickly.
[22:58:57] duselduzi > plz stop
My wallet flashes and I check to see if he has paid and I disengage my missiles.
[22:58:59] AKeeFa > thank you very much :)
But I want more!
[22:59:20] AKeeFa > u sure you dont have anything else to give me?
[22:59:26] AKeeFa > eject your cargo too
A can appears full of ammo and loot.
[23:00:09] AKeeFa > okay i think ive squeezed all i can out of you now
[23:00:13] AKeeFa > did you learn something today??
[23:00:42] duselduzi > i need a pvp ship...
[23:00:47] duselduzi > and mony XD
I reactivate my missiles for the final barrage and hope for some sweet tears.
[23:00:54] AKeeFa > yes what type were you thinking?
[23:00:58] duselduzi > plz stop and let me out.
His Domi explodes to my satisfaction.
[23:01:45] AKeeFa > i know - betrayal sucks :(
[23:02:04] AKeeFa > but i hope we can still be friends?
[23:02:59] duselduzi > y we hunt u ally and so
[23:03:11] AKeeFa > hmm? i dont understand?
[23:04:00] AKeeFa > does that mean you and your friends will pew pew me?
[23:06:26] AKeeFa > yum faction armour repair survived :))))
My new friend rage quits. That is the cherry on top.
[23:06:43] AKeeFa > gotta love that! o/
http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=14856096
Well,
That was a waste of 2 minutes...
(/Me giggles madly)...It urp-sploded!
While the betrayal is nice, it wasn't done with any of the style, flair or general win of the regular MLYT posters. while paul, khalia and co come across as delightfully evil, yet polite and well carried all the way, this guy just comes across as brash and greedy.
Still, its good to see that bears are still biting!
Awesome!
@Arwyel - "Brash and Greedy" Yes, that fits in nicely with my corporation name....Thanks :))
@Akeefa, I hadn't checked your info in game so I hadn't picked up on that :P I enjoyed it anyway, its great to see some tears, more please :)
Dear lord...the fit. Why mission runners shoot at ninja salvagers in ships without points is beyond me..thats my number one facepalm. People commonly complain that griefers take advantage of game mechanics to grief highsec bears and that the mechanics need to be changed to protect bears, when in reality if you dont understand the importance of carrying a point for PVP and its implications...its not an issue of game mechanics not protecting you rather your lack of understanding. He was in a Domi FFS, if he had merely replaced the salvager and tractor beam with heavy neuts and fitted a point it very well could have been a different story. Though, Gallente drones against a T3 is admittedly fail.
I'm a PVP pilot by trade and I personally love it when I get ninja salvaged in missions. I'm not saying this to discredit ninja salvagers as I am a fan of the tactic but people really don't understand how easy they are to kill, which makes it even more laughable when people get killed by them. Lots of times I leave my alt parked in station or logged off in a PVP ship, or i'll put a point on my main toon and put my alt in a logistics ship off grid.
People think they got killed becuase of a poor game mechanic, but in reality they died because theyre terrible at EVE. It sounds cocky, but it really is the truth more often than not.
I think you're missing the point Anon (pun intended).
He didn't see my Tengu until the final time I returned to the pocket. Until then he thought he was dealing with a pesky thief in a frigate. Probably the first time he had been baited in such a fashion.
But yeh...heavy neuts would have ended my fun!
Hi, just a technical note, and a request as well, I suppose: your blog looks god-awful in Chrome. The content area starts below the sidebar area and is all center-aligned.
Every time you dishonor a ransom, that's maybe 5 more ransoms that could have been paid but won't because you've either ruined your reputation or created a bad impression of pirates. It hurts everyone involved, and for what -- a killmail of a bearing failfit and some crappy loot? If you want a record of your combat and intend to ransom, turn on Fraps.
-Katalci [Girl.]
Every time I dishonor a ransom, that's one more bundle of loot and lulz for me. I couldn't care less about the ransoms that some e-honour pirate is missing.