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Posted - 2009.06.27 16:26:00 -
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 Originally by: corestwo
...Jihad is coming. 
Originally by: Hithero Wolf
A goon tired to kill my totaly unprotected mackinaw last night...
So, whatever happened to Jihadswarm?!?
Last I seen it was barely struggling to keep a killboard populated just after the changes to sec status loss for hisec aggro last year. Now, the domain name looks expired and everything. I must say it was enjoyable watching you insta pop an ice macro. Kinda broke up the monotony!
To me the title of the thread, Jihadswarm, whatever you want to call it is the same. People playing the game as it was intended. I have responded this time around in the exact same way as the last iteration of Hulk exterminating in hisec......first, take some of the profits from doing all that mining and buy a second Hulk. Fit it out and just keep it in dock. For the most part, a Hulk will always be valued to someone somewhere so if anything, think of it as an investment. EvE inflation seems alive and kicking. And regarding the whole cost issue with this subject, I have saved up and spent stupid amounts of money just to get drunk and do a Clint Eastwood gauntlet run into low/null sec to see how long I would last before someone in a t1 frig costing one fifth the amount pwns me. So how much it costs someone to shoot at you is almost irrelevant cause you have no idea where they got their ship. Stole it. Given to them by an alliance or simply played for ISK for a few days and built/bought their own. I personally feel if you have any ship that takes you longer than 2-3 weeks to buy, build or acquire, then perhaps you need to find another profession, a different ship or simply don't freak out if you get it blown up just because you didn't want to or because you thought that day was a good day to do a bunch of AFK mining.
Second, If I have a hauler/orca or someone flying CAP for me, I try to have them fit a remote shield transfer mod. Even a cheapo tech 1 transfer can be run for a few seconds from a good number of different types of ships. This alone can be a deal breaker for even multiple gankers as a shield xfer cycles quicker than an armor rep and means they gotta throw x2 or x3 more volleys to get the job done. And from what it sounds, most only have one or maybe two volleys of weapons before getting concordoken. The types of off-beat tactics that are being used by all the bad people can be applied to you as well. Imagine the look on someone's face when they see an Iteron V light up two shield xfers on a Hulk as they are in the middle of a target lock. I imagine it would be about as shocking (pun intended) as a Hulk pilot seeing a couple flashes of light before being in their pod.
So, depending on where you mine, this game is all a roll of the dice. I played right through a number of months of the GS Jihadswarm with only once even seeing a roaming suicide gang and they didn't even go for my ship out of the lot. If you see them every time you undock, then move somewhere else. Another suggestion is to set your personal standing for anyone or corp you know is ganking to -5 so to see the red sign in local and all that. Then deal with the fact it doesn't matter if you run missions, do PVP, or even mine, everyone risks losing whatever ship you click undock with at anytime and just about anywhere.
I know it's easy to say to yourself you understand that last statement. But you really have to treat it as gospel. The title of this game should be "Get Blown Up -- EVE Online." If it's not someone you don't know, then it's some bored corpmate who decided to get at least one killboard post that day. The point being, it's just a ship, get over it. Have a laugh in local and go get a pint while you get in another ship. Rinse and repeat.
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