Nicol Nicculon
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Posted - 2010.11.25 21:53:00 -
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Edited by: Nicol Nicculon on 25/11/2010 21:54:17
Yes, I was a victim of this Newb Abuse last week - I was happily mining with my Navitas in a starting system, moved the ore into a can and after I had 3000 m3, I warped back to get my Iterion. Upon return, I just saw a guy in a strange ship taking my can and he got a red skull. My white can changed to a yellow one. I was so angry I went back to my station and returned with my Destroyer / Catalyst.... as you might guess, BAD IDEA.
I attacked him and first thing he did was warp-scrambling me. I lost not only my can, but also my Catalyst with all equipment.
Some of the lessons I learnt were:
- If you do nothing, the only thing you loose is the can, not your ship (as long as you don't attack) or he will get CONCORDOKKEN!
- You have to equip your ship optimally.... (how this is done, I have of course no idea). (Did I mention that his ship was a frigate?) and have a decent set of appropriate skills.
- People coming to a starting system robbing newbs have no honour - don't expect them to 'play fair' .... they are not necessarily evil, some are maybe just 'bored' and want to 'show them newbs a lesson'
- Two days later, another thief took my stuff. He then told me that it was an error so I can take the stuff back (however, he didn't abandon his can)... well, I wasn't as dumb this time.... lols.
Kind regards,
Nicol
PS: The story with the one that destroyed my destroyer continues: After my initial shock of being podded, I went to the system chat and told everyone that a xy was canflipping in a newb system and all newbs should beware and that this guy must have no honour. I further told everyone that this guy must be a real hero among his friends, telling them of robbing from poor newbs must give them full awe and a high standing, instead of testing his mettle against similarly advanced players. Soon he started to write back and in the end, he told me to stop whining and he handed me an amount 10 times higher than what I lost in this evening - I was of course flabbergasted. He told me that people whine then complain, while instead they should accept it as a part of the game and learn how to deal with it with a smile on the face. In the end, I have learnt a lot (e.g. NEVER EVER fly a ship you won't want to risk to loose), learnt that I need to know how to equip a ship (still don't know that much more on that) and, most importantly, I learnt to either quit gaming EVE or enjoy this aspect.
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