As all of the people for this years CSM are putting out their ideas this has sparked some good discussions inside of GetCo. This is one of those blogs.
Suicide gankers - I hate them! But they are a play style that some people in Eve seem to enjoy. All I can see in my mind is the equivalent of today's suicide bombers that everyone hates and wonder how anyone could even want to resemble that!
Anyways! Since it is allowable in game and even with the threat of Concord killing them this doesn’t stop them from doing it. So we need consequences if they do it.
Suicide gankers - I hate them! But they are a play style that some people in Eve seem to enjoy. All I can see in my mind is the equivalent of today's suicide bombers that everyone hates and wonder how anyone could even want to resemble that!
Anyways! Since it is allowable in game and even with the threat of Concord killing them this doesn’t stop them from doing it. So we need consequences if they do it.
The Concord: Special Victims Squad investigates Crime watch crimes. It is
housed in separate Regional Patrols (i.e. The Forge, Sinq Laison, etc).
The Special Victims Squad only investigates the following types of
cases:
- Any pilot who is the victim of any gank crime or attempted gank crime
- Any victim of Crime watch Act (all degrees) or Attempted Crime watch Act (all degrees)
- Victims of Aggravated Ganking (all degrees) in High Sec
- Victims of Hulkageddon Abuse 1st Degree in High Sec
The Special Victims Squad does not investigate any Scam, theft or corporate
theft cases.
If there is a crime against an Mining Barge/Exhumer class ship, a Special
Victims Squad may assist in the investigation.
With the new unit formed, new and creative penalties will be brought into play.
With the new unit formed, new and creative penalties will be brought into play.
For example, those found guilty of Hulkageddon Abuse 1st Degree will
have:
- Permanently flagged as a Registered Miner Offender and as such, a SUSPECT flag will be applied.
- A fine will be issued in increments based on convictions of crime.
- 1st offense = 50mill
- 2nd offense = 100mill
- 3rd offense = 500mill
- additional offenses will incur a 100mill fine
Example 4th offense will be 200mill - This penalty applies to all ship classes belonging to the pilot for the duration.
Example Guilty of Aggravated Ganking in the 1st Degree will have:
- Felon flag will be applied to
- A fine will be issued in increments based on convictions of crime,
- applied to online time only, so not logging in will NOT count towards the penalty time.
- 1st offense = 50mill, Criminal flag for 24 hours
- 2nd offense = 100mill, Criminal flag for 1 week
- On the 3rd offense, will be classified as a Habitual Ganker
- Crime watch Criminal flag will be applied to offender permanently.
- Character will be flagged as non-transferable.
- If the pilot is a member of a player based corporation, the corporation will be notified of sanctions.
- Taxes doubled.
Other options:
- Pilot could be deported to the nearest Low Sec and not allowed back in Empire
- Should there be a biomass penalty or prevention?