[Official Event] Orange Gold Madness - Concluded

[Lemon]

CD/CM interaction issue - it seems easier for people just slap on auto cm and run in the 500 range they get to by the time you scan them and write lines to stop on frigate/GB that's needed, kinda sad, and then you got the same speed and are rekt since auto cm works so well.
The one guy who's cargo we got we we had to chase 400k off plane in 3 people for an hour

[LuckyOne]

destination is impossible to police without a capital ship and capital ships are impossible to intercept with without just camping allentown with a battleship like a prick
and lawfuls seem entirely uninterested in the event

Well, it's actually easier to lock down than before, the Cali - Penn hole was removed. It's just that Liberty lolfuls are only Lemon and his gang, and the others figured the smuggling has a better effort-to-profit ratio.

[Antonio]

destination is impossible to police without a capital ship and capital ships are impossible to intercept with without just camping allentown with a battleship like a prick
and lawfuls seem entirely uninterested in the event
just a free money event for smugglers that im going to do instead of trying to stop people with garbage CDs and uber-nerfed bombers changed my mind, definitely just going to camp it in a battleship

poor choice in destination for such an immense payout. zero risk maximum reward

Why you thought camping Allentown is a good strategy is beyond me. By the time you catch someone, give them time to respond, and drop engagement lines, they're 5k away from docking. No singular ship will stop transports by directly camping the base, nor should that be encouraged because it's bad roleplay and bad gameplay.

You have one of the most choke pointed systems in the game in Pennsylvania, with the New York - Penny gate heavily favored over the Kansas back alley, and you still managed to pick the arguably worst strategy out there instead of just sitting at the jumpgate. I'm amazed.

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[Saronsen]

Why you thought camping Allentown is a good strategy is beyond me. By the time you catch someone, give them time to respond, and drop engagement lines, they're 5k away from docking. No singular ship will stop transports by directly camping the base, nor should that be encouraged because it's bad roleplay and bad gameplay.

You have one of the most choke pointed systems in the game in Pennsylvania, with the New York - Penny gate heavily favored over the Kansas back alley, and you still managed to pick the arguably worst strategy out there instead of just sitting at the jumpgate. I'm amazed.

oh no, i camped the kansas hole and the gate separately
its just impossible to catch transports solo thanks to disruptors being dog.
theres no one else on the lawful side so theres nothing to it but to let people get their free money
theres no incentive to play as a lawful besides possibly maybe intercepting someone, getting a friend to log a transport, and getting half the reward (split 2 ways). or you can print a billion/10 million credits in 3 hours flying a zoner whale or train or whatever

[Lemon]

We had the same issue - camping hole but by the time you scan, drop attack lines they were gone as 500 range makes CDs useless, this is if you do it as solo GB/frigate

You need 3-4 people, 2x snubs to cover both holes who have more than one chance at cd, + frigate/GB to kill em, ideally 2 at a hole, and that's for one enemy, if they bring lines/frigates in multiples they were just flying past us hah.

The profit is too high for the risk right now I'd say - won't lie that I had the urge to join the smuggling side too because it's so easy


Edit; I am talking about people who just don't watch player list and smuggle, slap on auto CMS - not even the legal metagamers and people with escorts
Edit 2: The issue is with the mechanics, CDs/CMS, armor to be clear, the event would be just fine pre patch, all ships have max armor now and get to minmax at the same time, while CDs seem to work worse Vs auto CMS

[9th.Legion]

I'm a bit confused here.... When I bought the Cardamine for 150$ from Alpha, went to Allentown and the price is different than the one here, it's 249$ P.U. and that is not matching the price here.
Is the stated price activated only when you go there with a 5K transport or with any other transport, cuz i used a 4ker ?
Or when the event ends, people get a bonus that matches the stated price here P.U. ?

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[NOVA-5]

Should get a bonus on top of that pricing, unless you sold & rebought it back
at a different base enroute as that will cancel the bonus.
Shouldn't be any confusion over say 800k.

[9th.Legion]

Should get a bonus on top of that pricing, unless you sold & rebought it back
at a different base enroute as that will cancel the bonus.
Shouldn't be any confusion over say 800k.

Oh, I C now. So it's a bounty bonus when you sell the load. But does it work for all types of Ships, or only for 5K transports?

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[Couden]

Just camp Tau-23)

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[9th.Legion]

Just camp Tau-23)

I would confiscate cargo at California xD

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