Navigation Boy
Edge of Existence
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Posted - 2014.12.15 20:58:50 -
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I often invite friends to a gank I did all the work for, and could have easily done alone. Why not? Friends share.
Anyway, the best high-level advice for how to avoid ganks, or stay alive in general, is to start ganking, and start killing other players. Once you have seen what you have to do while hunting someone, you will see what can be done to make it harder. It would almost be better to ask people what tricks they use when hunting someone, and analyze that... IMO, solo hunting is the greatest game in Eve anyway, and one even new players with can partake in (shout-out to wingspanTT - I love his vids).
But for a partial, more immediate list:
- After scanning a system out, lurk and watch for a long time (about 1/2 to 1 hr) to identify those who may be lurking about. It also gives hunters who spotted your probes time to get bored and look elsewhere.
- Scout adjacent systems as well. The larger the sphere of your awareness, the better your odds of survival.
- Verify every wormhole is no further than ~14.6 AU from where you plan to run sites.
- Check dscan every 3-5 seconds. No less. Seriously.
- Watch for new sigs popping up while you run sites. Verify their range immediately if possible. If further than 14.6, you could be in trouble.
- Maintain high alert. When you get tired, or get carpal tunnel from dscan, just leave.
- Do NOT warp back to the wormhole in an emergency. Make safe spots and ping spots.
- Have the mindset that every cloaky ship is hunting you and currently creeping up on you. Even that buzzard you saw on scan for 3 seconds.
- Be aware of what enemies have to do to find you. Run their process over in your mind. How would you kill someone like you? Eg: If you are at a sig, they either need to probe, or have pre-probed and waited until you showed up.
- Set goals. Get in and get out. If your goal is to just run sites all day, then your day will end with an (attempted) gank.
- Don't just warp to the site from the wormhole. Bounce somewhere else in the system first. If they are going to find and kill you, at least make them work for their supper.
- Never do anything the same way twice. For example, don't run all of one kind of site, then all of another kind. Try to avoid patterns in everything you do in wormholes. This is general advice, and applies to more than just site-running.
Some more high-level stuff. Every action tells a story. Take action to project the narrative you want them to have, and not the true story. It will slow their reactions. For a practical example: Instead of scanning out the system, then returning to highsec to get your drake, take your scan ship out a different hole, or scan more systems. Don't make it obvious that your focus is on that one system. Contrary to how it may seem, there are not 10 gankers in every single wormhole. They pick up your activity and then move assets to where they believe a gank is probable. Try to confuse them, and it will buy you time. Be the fox and not the hen. This is the mindset you need to have.
Also, ask those who gank you for their side of the story. Wormholers are actually a very friendly group, as ruthless as they may seem. Tons of people would be happy to take you under their wing, if you ask.
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