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Azaru Shepard
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Posted - 2012.06.14 20:36:00 -
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So I started playing a month ago, and I've been mining and saving my cash while training to get a mining barge. Today my goal was realized when I bought my Retriever and equipped it with 2 strip miners and 5 mining drones. I was finally going to get to do some serious mining and work my way towards a hulk. So as I'm flying back to my home in Deepari, I get a message from a guy named Ugly about joining the Hard Rock Miners. He talks to me for about 15 minutes about their goals and such and he seems like a really nice guy. I dock at the starbase and join their corporation. About 5 minutes later he asks me to come to the asteroid field in Deepari .9 space. I figure we were going to do some mining as a corporation, so I warp on over. As soon as i reach the field, 3 green ships from my corporation warp field me, and ask me for 8 million isk. Of course i don't have that much, and they proceed to destroy my month of work with Concord doing nothing at all to help me. That was a cheap and dirty way of killing a newbie, and there is no reason that it should even be allowed in the game. Canceled my subscription immediately afterwards. |
Azaru Shepard
Hard Rock Miners
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Posted - 2012.06.14 20:42:00 -
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I had just used all my money to purchase the ship. It was 1.8mil to insure my ship, and I was just starting to mine again to get enough to get it insured. So basically lost everything I had. |
Azaru Shepard
Hard Rock Miners
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Posted - 2012.06.14 20:52:00 -
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Tevar wrote:Azaru Shepard wrote:I had just used all my money to purchase the ship. It was 1.8mil to insure my ship, and I was just starting to mine again to get enough to get it insured. So basically lost everything I had. #1) Never undock what you can't replace #2) Don't be a high sec miner righ now cause... Hulkageddon???? #3) Politely explain the situation to the folks in the corp you joined and see if they were kidding or will help you? BE POLITE! #4) Sorry for your loss mate.
So like I said I just started the game. The game tells you you're pretty safe in 1.0 and .9 space. I always made sure I never attacked anyone, never stole from containers, and when people flipped my cans, i just took the loss. No where was it explained that I should beware of joining a corporation because they could kill me with impunity regardless of what sector security was. I explained to them that I was new, I had no other cash, and the fact that I was immediately destroyed after saying that shows they weren't kidding. The whole point of this is, EVE is not going to get or maintain new memberships if they let the new player base be totally abused like this. I went above and beyond to make sure that no one could kill me, yet I still lost everything to a bunch of unscrupulous people who took advantage of a newbie. |
Azaru Shepard
Hard Rock Miners
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Posted - 2012.06.14 20:58:00 -
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Tevar wrote:Azaru Shepard wrote:I had just used all my money to purchase the ship. It was 1.8mil to insure my ship, and I was just starting to mine again to get enough to get it insured. So basically lost everything I had. #1) Never undock what you can't replace #2) Don't be a high sec miner righ now cause... Hulkageddon???? #3) Politely explain the situation to the folks in the corp you joined and see if they were kidding or will help you? BE POLITE! #4) Sorry for your loss mate. When I was bran spanking new I tried to autopilot from Hemitar to Jita... lol... got podded lost my only ship... The pirates after a quick chat, sent me 3x the amount of that ship, explained what I had done wrong, what happened, and how to set up autopilot to never send me through lowsec again... I was polite and I also understood that pirates gonna pirate... and I kind of admire pirates... not an easy life... be polite...
If I had flown through lowsec space and got jacked by pirates that's one thing, being abused in 1.0 space is another story. Real pirates I admire, life is not easy for them living in lowsec. Unscrupulous people praying on the newbies in 1.0 space is a whole different story... |
Azaru Shepard
Hard Rock Miners
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Posted - 2012.06.14 21:06:00 -
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Zoe Athame wrote:
EVE is hard. We like it this way. Obviously the players and CCP want new customers but we can only go so far to help you without ruining EVE's integrity. EVE is not for everyone and you not given a promise that you will enjoy it. If it's not for you, don't feel bad, just find a more casual game.
Yes EVE is hard. How is not letting corporation members kill you in 1.0 space ruining EVE's integrity? |
Azaru Shepard
Hard Rock Miners
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Posted - 2012.06.14 21:47:00 -
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This will be my last post on here, and I'll just sum up some things. Thanks to everyone that had sympathy for me, and especially Lazarus who offered me money. However the game is uninstalled and the subscription canceled. The game being hardcore is great I really liked that. A system that lets people take advantage of newbies is not however. Let this just be a heads up to any other newbie that was looking for a new game to call home. All I wanted to do was be part of a mining corp and enjoy the company of other people while having fun.
Two kids that don't know each other walk into an arcade. They both end up playing the same game together for hours.
Kid 1:Hey lets go next door they got better games there
Kid 2:Sure lets go
Kids walk past a security guard next door. Kid 1 pulls a gun out on Kid 2. Security guard sees this, thinks hey they came into together, its cool. Kid 1 shoots Kid 2 in the face and kills him.
Everyone else: He should have known better. |
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