I see what you mean but by that definition would that not mean that ranking, prod collection and/or sitting idle (collecting nrg as you recharge in order to make you more powerful) is farming.
To me it's not farming if there is no intent i.e multihacking/raiding 1 person in one go for no reason other than to pad stats. Finding the same person on BT 12 hrs later is not a choice I've made, just a mechanism of the game. I haven't gone out my way to find that person.

An example using Borderlands 2... I farmed BNK3R for 3 hrs today hoping to find a legendary weapon... didn't get it but i farmed the hairy hell out of him just like i intended to. If i'm just playing the game getting on with story and the weapon drops that's not really farming.
Not meaning to sound pedantic but by the UD definition doing anything in a game can be construed as 'farming'

Apparently you don't understand what webguydan said, so let me try to reword it for you...

The reason Negron hits you so fast is 'cause you're staying down for so long. The longer you stay disabled, the quicker you appear at the top of his Battle tab when you finally do repair.

So he doesn't have to keep checking for you 'round the clock. Why not? Because you'll show up as soon as you finally do repair BY INTENTIONAL DESIGN of game mechanics, as a consequence of staying disabled for so long.

that all assumes he's not on Negron's snooze alerts. Knowing the two of them I imagine Blitz is most of the time when he is up in that he likely retaliates. At that point, scroll, click and check can be a beautiful thing depending on who is who's alerts...

It is? I thought i was being nice getting a badge out of u almost every day since i know u gonna alert me over a badge hit there for Teneka to hit me back.. I dont mind..

Lets say i would like to become a prick and open a second tab just to speed up things for u and keep on doing this for couple of months how long could u possibly halc for?.. would this be harassment cause Dan is not gonna do anything about it by the looks of it... Who is there to stop me?

This the main reason why this topic was created so lets concentrate on that..

I stopped wasting my alerts on you.

I always knew every time i badged u Teneka would come along for sure couple of hours later.. Funny part is he is the only one there that plays the game full out when he is online .. He is like one man army.. proops to him..

and I guess u dont alert over badges now.. Gratz bud !!!

Anyways back to the topic.. srrys guys..

Right. And since Negron PvP's a fair amount, it's not like it's going to be days in between when he decides to check his tab.

You guys aren't getting it ..............

It doesn't matter when I repair. When I'm seen I'm attacked constantly until I'm disabled.

You guys aren't understanding.
The sooner that I repair means the sooner that I'm attacked.
Say I repair 5:00 AM .. He logs in at 11:30 AM. He will find me and attack nonstop interrupting me if I'm playing until I get tired of repairing.

And even if I repaired at 5:00 PM right in the middle of his playing time he will see me within 10 min every single time.
How do I know ? It's been happening for 3 months now. You guys can keep trying to explain away any or all of this but these are the facts.

He looks for me and or has friends tell him if I'm on and he won't stop attacking no matter how long I try to hold him off. ( Stalker )
Too bad I don't have some hot model stalkers instead.

He keeps going until he gets tired ... That's it right there. End of story ... Restricts and inhibits my game play every time I repair.
NON STOP attacks so I can't keep repairing to play. Been there and done that many times and I'm tired of it.. Comprehending yet ?

I don't live in this game to keep looking at the battle tab to find a person to harass and even IF I had the time, I sure in the hell wouldn't waste my time doing it.

There's too many other things to do in this game. Personal goals etc ..

I've been going through this too long so if you guys can't understand it, I don't want to tell you.

I take that back .. I hope it doesn't happen to you unless you're in HB.

Let's go over this again since some of you aren't getting this either ........

3. Code of Conduct.
While using the Game or Materials, you agree not to:

Restrict or inhibit any other player, user or member from using the Game, including, without limitation, by means of "hacking" or defacing any portion of the Game;

Forget the hacking part .. Dan told me that he wasn't doing it about 3 months ago but he is RESTRICTING and INHIBITING my playing time.
It's right there in black and white.

Try and get around that and explain that away ........ The TOS.

OH NO!!!!
He killed you 2x???
whatever shall you do?
you cant possibly afford the repair cost.
i mean paying 400-600M a day must completely stop you from doing anything at all in game.
You know what?
maybe if you stop by ill give you a toxic or two and maybe just maybe you can deal with it...
Hows that sound?

Check the sig smarty pants.
good luck finding someone.

I am a bit amazed this is still going on, but I will give my 2 cents.

First no the shouldn't be a place for harassment. But what is considered harassment? Zeroing someone? Hitting them daily for badges?
In my opinion, harassment is the continual offensive actions against someone for extended period of time (more than a week min.) even after they have stopped hitting you back. I also think someone spamming you for hours on end to make sure you can't play is also harassment. I don't mean a CM and a few d bombs to guard exotica, but hours of it just to so you can't play. Basically what I got from CRA and what I am doing to CRA members back.

Second I have experienced Negron's actions. He literally goes non-stop for hours, every 5-15 minutes continuously no breaks, no NPCs or bases (no battles) except hitting you. It is crazy... CM+emps and he is so bloody strong and fast it is hard to even defend yourself. Lag or look away for a few seconds and you're dead. Granted I deserved it, I was zeroing his hacks for the elite medal for a few days when the UST provided a boost and I could. He was relentless, no cheating, but completely shut down the game in every other aspect. I had a similar express with Zakawas (then QCC and MLP) recently and returned the favor to their legionmates (see above).

Third Blitz...when you say you quit...quit. Do as Sumofallevils did and just reset and walk away. Clearly the game is not fun for you due to Negron's actions. No point in playing a game if it is not providing an escape from stress and isn't enjoyable to play. Just move on already. ToS or not Dan is not on your side, he rather you leave than prevent high ranks from just continuously hitting he other nonstop until they can't do anything but defend their ships.

Fourth saying calming amps/halcyons are the way to prevent this is just a cop out. PVP is a big part of this game and with more badge items coming out you can honestly expect someone to completely stop doing it because someone decides to make the game unplayable because you stole a planet or disabled someone or just helped someone do the latter.

Fifth the fact that people can still spam and be spammed with 0 disables is beyond me. Once you are out of actions you should be recessed from pvp. A calming amp effect or something, you break it by doing an offensive action and open yourself up to more abuse. This seems to happen to me more than others, but I honestly hope it becomes a strategy people decide to use so it gets fixed when more people complain about it.

Sixth
It has been done, a screen shot of the comms sent to Dan and the player who stated it is not banned. This is a ridiculous statement of inaction on Dan's part.

Seventh


Loose way to interpret the ToS and not your call, but sadly I do agree with the sentiment. In no way should someone be able to prevent someone from playing the game by spamming them for hours on end. yes I am doing it currently. Is it against the ToS? not according to Dan. Should it be? ya if you don't want people with grudges ruining games for others.

IMO a limit of 1000 debuffs on a single ship from one other ship should be in place. At no point will you ever need 1000 emps to disable someone.

Eighth
This is not a war game...no where does it say it is. This is a strategy game. I am tired of people saying it is a war game. A war game you point and shoot and build armies and then send them to their deaths. This you build, you think of way to improve, you can play this game without once participating in pvp, granted you limit yourself from a lot of the game, but hey that is up to you.

In summary
Harassment shouldn't have a place, but it does.
As people's art production grows, they can do it endlessly completely shutting you down, or at least closing off major parts of the game without any consequences except that someone else can do the same to do them.
If you aren't enjoying the game, because someone is going out of their way to ruin the game...you should just quit, because Dan isn't going to help.