Capt Hindgrinder
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Posted - 2005.04.28 17:59:00 -
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 Originally by: Blacklight
4. Ninja!
Ok so not only do you want into 0.0 but you also want to retain your current solo or corp identity but you also want the really good stuff. You're gonna have to be very patient about getting in and out of 0.0, you'll have to time it right for when chokepoints are clear, you're gonna have to be very savvy with your ship setup, people will be trying to kill you and using stations is going to be dodgy.
If you have the patience and can do the prep to get set up then this approach is not impossible. Sneak a couple of secure cans out to your target area first and anchor them at a good safe, one for supplies and one for loot. Get the right set of instajumps before you go. Spend time scouting in a fast and small ship for quiet out of the way systems with the right minerals and npcs.
Many alliances, seeing a 1 person blob in some out of the way system won't ever investigate because they'll assume you're one of their own.
This is the riskiest route into 0.0 and if you can pull it off you've proved yourself.
Hope that helps.
Success with this method is compounded if you are capable of maintaining a med/lrg tower, several corp hangers and an intense refinery, sure beats loggin at a SS to avoid probes.
Tips for Hostile Mining Ops:
If Local is clear - tank a small spawn with a BS and mine like crazy with the tank + your alt char either mining or hauling.
If Local has 1-2 (non-covert ops) enemies who are camping your gates and trying to scare you off... sc3w'em. Keep mining but switch tactics. Find out-of-grid rocks and "ninja-mine" them with large/med barges. Jump to your OOG rock, hit the rock for a full cycle, jump back to your POS and dump it in a hanger. Repeat till full, change rocks when the spawn comes to rocks that are 150+km apart and keep jumping back and forth if the npc's lock u.
If Local had 3+ enemies you need to fall back to psych-warfare. Talk to them in local. Advise them that they are not likely to get a fight from you as you are simply not equiped, they will usually leave. Point out other blobs on the map to them that appear more inviting than your solo-ninja op...or just say "Hi" then nothing at all for 1/2 hr- they will think u are afk at your station and probably leave...or probably the BEST way to handle them is distract them long enough for your friends to come ambush their camp...but this is not always possible. I'd LOVE to say "You should swap mods and go give them the PVP they came for!!!" but tbh, this would be the WORST thing you could do. If you give them a good fight, they'll come back. PVP has a time and a place, and that time is "When you're ready" and the place is "Chokepoint as far away from your POS as possible." Not glorious, but effective.
Hope this helps too.
C.H.
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