Chicki Posted August 26, 2002 Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 Hi. I am new to BCM and loving it. Been playing in roam in my BK MK3, mining mostly. Just noticed that I have -21,000 or so EP points. ????? How did I get negitive points? I have only engaged about 3 ships so far, all enemy. Destroyed nothing else. Like I said, just been mining mostly. Anyone enlighten me? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrai Posted August 26, 2002 Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 iv never heard of it going negative, but u do lose EP points if friendly ships get destroyed ur area of operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted August 26, 2002 Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 It is perfectly normal for it to go negative. You have to work to raise it. He was obviously doing badly e.g. allowing ships to get destroyed in his PZ, destroying friendlies etc etc. All circumstances under which you would lose EPs. [ 08-26-2002, 08:04 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon 5 Posted August 26, 2002 Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 ...and having negative EPs rips you out of any paycheck if I remmeber well. gnya ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicki Posted August 26, 2002 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 Do you have a PZ in roam mode?! Thanks for the replys. Pretty sure I haven't destroyed any friendly ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grayfox Posted August 26, 2002 Report Share Posted August 26, 2002 whatever area you are in. if you are in roam, and youre in jupiter space, and a galcom (if youre alignment is galcom)vessel is destroyed while it is traveling through jupiter space, then you will lose EP. if you happen to be sitting at 0 EP to begin with, then you will be negative... same works for the other alignments. i started a roam, and wasnt paying attention, and by the time i reached my destination in obsidia, i was -3,000 EP. took me a while to work that one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruis.In Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 now you know why your EP goes negetive even though you arent doing "anything" so start doing it and protect those transports Cmdr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasos073 Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 As a matter of fact, it happened to me last day and I was wondering why! After 5 hours of playing, I managed to get 3500EP's. While checking the ship's subsystems, I looked on the Roster Tab and saw - Oh, s**t - [-1500EP's]!!! All these happened in the POLARIS region while I was following a suspicious transport in the PROCYON's front yard: ACTIS IV. Who said that any region is ever been cleared?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr Nova Posted December 12, 2002 Report Share Posted December 12, 2002 Bah. Gaining EPs back is easy. Just spend a few hours massing a huge profit, and buy some OTS nukes. Easy couple thousand EPs per nuke, if you find the right targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon 5 Posted December 13, 2002 Report Share Posted December 13, 2002 I already too out 3 bases at once with a single bugnor .. but I usually nuke bases with the smallest nuke possible to take it out. and with the new patch bases don't have any "indestructible" structures anymore, so you can actually kill it completely with main guns and fighters. (a good thing!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasos073 Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Sorry guys, but a question came up to my mind about a certain situation. Let's say I'm in MARS, and decide to go to TREAS, leaving my mining drones in Mars to keep mining. Do I still lose EP's when a transport is destroyed in that area, just because my drones were mining in Mars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon 5 Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 if I remember correctly you don't lose exps for being lazy unless you have a PZ assigned - which is scripted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihau Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 quote:Originally posted by nasos073: As a matter of fact, it happened to me last day and I was wondering why! After 5 hours of playing, I managed to get 3500EP's. While checking the ship's subsystems, I looked on the Roster Tab and saw - Oh, s**t - [-1500EP's]!!! All these happened in the POLARIS region while I was following a suspicious transport in the PROCYON's front yard: ACTIS IV. Who said that any region is ever been cleared?...Every mercenary will engage any diplomat ship it detects in the area. So if you're TER/MIL, every destroyed diplomat means -5000 EP. It also means that every merc and diplomat will be on blue on your radar - watch it carefully all the time, because you won't get an alert beep when such situation occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasos073 Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Thanks for the advice. I 'll be watching for such situations. The lost EP's match with those of a destroyed diplomat, do it's obvious what happened. I'd better read again the chapters about classes and EP's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalshion Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 I've gotten -neg exp's before.. I first thought it was a mistake ti'll I found out later on that the only reason I got them was for not defending my ships.. now i do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Pelletier Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 quote: Every mercenary will engage any diplomat ship it detects in the area. So if you're TER/MIL, every destroyed diplomat means -5000 EP. It also means that every merc and diplomat will be on blue on your radar - watch it carefully all the time, because you won't get an alert beep when such situation occurs.DOH! Do I lose EP if I destroy the mercenary aswell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihau Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 quote:Do I lose EP if I destroy the mercenary aswell?No, and you wouldn't gain any either. But if you think that losing 5000 EPs is acceptable, then just ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mihau: quote:Do I lose EP if I destroy the mercenary aswell?No, and you wouldn't gain any either. But if you think that losing 5000 EPs is acceptable, then just ignore it. LMAO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolferz Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 just aquick FYI, you can also lose experience by docking at a station with intruders on board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihau Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 I have a quick question about diplomat and other castes attacking them. Why the assassins, a caste primaly designed to engage them, is neutral to them? I have never seen any assassin attacking a diplomat ship. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: just aquick FYI, you can also lose experience by docking at a station with intruders on board Now thats something i didn't know. [noted] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinstretton Posted August 28, 2003 Report Share Posted August 28, 2003 If you want a quick way to get 0 EP, from a neg EP then the easy way to do it is to dock with illegal items. It costs you a violation but what the hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Elio Jason Posted August 29, 2003 Report Share Posted August 29, 2003 the only reason there are NEG exp points is so that you have to come back and work them off and keep playing the game! muahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XOR Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 Do all classes lose exp if someone in their faction dies? like say your just a merchant and a diplomat gets blown up do you lose exp for that when its not your responsibility to defend them because your just a merchant????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Most Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I would say NO, but hey i'm not sure. But just using common sense, if you cant defend yourself i dont see how the game can hold you responsible for other vessels getting destroyed. Then again i've never played anything but MILITARY and MERCENARY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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