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Leesin Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.01.15 10:30:00 -
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Well infact I've only been in 1 or 2 PvP fights before this venture from what I remember and that was when I played for a couple of weeks early last year, building skills and learning fittings etc, but I just didn't have the time to put into the game at that point so I stopped playing. The other day I just had an itch to try EVE out again, thus here I am.
So I logged back on again, slowly remembered where I left off and got to grips with the interface again, reading guides again as I plodded along. Done a bit of mining so I could make Rifters with the blueprint I had, so of course I don't have to worry about buying them when I lose them, which is inevitable. Done some PvE in my cruiser, not fun for me personally, very boring infact lol.
So there I was dabbling around, sorting skills out, planning for the future, when I just looked at my Rifter and thought "What the heck, let's go and get into a fight". Warped into the local 0.4 sector and scanned with the directional scanner, I think it was a "Procurer" that showed up, ( I think that's the name, I knew it was a mining ship though ). I think I physically smiled at that point and I began I warping around the asteroid belts, it wasn't long before I found him, the adrenaline already started kicking in.
I wasn't close enough to tackle him so I whacked my afterburners on and closed the distance hoping he is too occupied elsewhere to notice me, which he didn't, atleast until it was too late. Got him locked, scrambled his warp, webbed him, started draining his energy and began blasting into his hull as I orbited around him. Bam, he released 5 drones that quickly began eating my shields, the damage they were doing to me was quite alot and I instantly thought "Damn, this could be game over already". ( my Rifter is also only using all tech 1 gear ).
By this point I could feel myself physically shaking, though I did my best to keep my mind clear, I switched on my small armour repairer, switched to my Drones tab and began shooting down his drones 1 by 1, lucky for me they could not do enough damage to surpass my armour repairing, stayed near full armour the whole time.
It dawned on me he had not fired anything at me from his ship, I realised now his drones were gone he was defenseless, so I began blasting him apart. I watched his shields drop and as they got real low something came into my mind, something I had been reading in the previous days from various guides "Offer ransom fee!". So, looking at the market value of his ship showed around 8 mil in the region, with his fittings and cargo I'd just assume toward 10 mil, maybe even more. I opened a private chat with him and simply demanded "5 mil and I'll let you go", I felt 5mil was a very fair offer, for all I know I could have let him off lightly.
First of all he reponds with "How do I know you will?" I say "You don't, but I'm going to blow you up if you don't send me 5mil". He doesn't respond so quickly, as my Rifter is slowly eating through his ship and is approaching Hull and I am beginning to think his ship is just going to be debris shortly. He then types "2.5 mil now and 2.5mil after you let me warp out" Heh, no way I thought, I'm not about to let my first victim fool me, "No, 5mil now and I'll leave you alone for a month, or your ship is going to be blown apart", I did think to myself after the fight "a month? maybe too long" but he is after all only one fish in a sea of plenty, plus also my first piracy victim!. ( I am going to abide by my own rules btw, I may be pirating right now but I'm still a gentleman and I'll leave him alone for a month lol )
DING, my wallet recieved 5mil, instantly I stopped shooting him before I blew him to pieces, disengaged all my offensive modules and watched him fly away. As I warped to the sun to hide for a few minutes I was excited, I felt overjoyed that I had just actually successfully solo pirated and earned myself a tidy and humble sum of 5mil in a very short amount of time, doing something I had alot of fun doing, not a massive earner, though 5mil is better than a kick in the teeth.
But you know what, I couldn't have done it without the countless guides I had read, all the information experienced players had put online for guys like me to learn from, my fittings, my tactics, my reactions, my first ever piracy attempt and also my first success, all down to the guys that take their own time to write these guides. I would like to say a BIG thank you to all of the people that do take time out of their own day to help other players learn the game, I had a massive amount of fun and adrenaline for the first time in a long time of gaming and especially MMORPGs and it wouldn't have happened without these guys.
If you even made it this far into my massive amount of text, I wish you a good day, good luck and see you in space perhaps :). |
Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
331
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Posted - 2013.01.15 10:37:00 -
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that's a good write-up, great to hear you got them shakes and the excitement :)
even greater to hear that you were ~*honourable*~ when it comes to the ransom.
i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling. |
Zol Interbottom
Nanotrasen Inc
115
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Posted - 2013.01.15 10:45:00 -
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as an occasional miner i am offended at this lack of tank and waste of drones
Nivin Sajjad > we fly perpetually networked, neural interfaced spaceships yet can't communicate coordinates to each other without physically passing back and forth little pieces of paper. it's weird |
Pandora Barzane
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2013.01.15 10:59:00 -
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eve needs more pirates like you.
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Solstice Project
Highsec Outlaw Elementary School
2548
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:05:00 -
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Congratulations !
Keep it up !
Inappropriate signature removed. Spitfire |
Mehashi 'Kho
Idiot with a gun
52
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:06:00 -
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Nice read! Brings a smile to my face to remember my first pvps, where I could hardly click the right modules with excitement!
Grats on your first bounty, and on behalf of us low sec inhabitants, thanks for honouring the ransom!
Good luck and happy pewpew! |
Aracimia Wolfe
Fade To Darkness
144
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:14:00 -
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Well done to you sir! I look forward to seeing more like you in space
I like my coffee like I like my men. In a plastic cup
http://aracimia.blogspot.co.uk/ |
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
3665
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:16:00 -
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After weeks of same copy pasted garbage, finally a thread worth reading. 
Auditing | Collateral holding and insurance | Consulting | PLEX for Good Charity
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LittleTerror
Phoenix GSOL
25
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:21:00 -
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Very nice read, and that's exactly how I started pirating, this makes me want to just sell up and move to lowsec with a few prints for frigates etc, and just go roaming for victims again. |
Asuka Solo
Stark Fujikawa
Stark Enterprises
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:27:00 -
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Leesin Skord wrote:As I warped to the sun to hide for a few minutes I was excited, I felt overjoyed that I had just actually successfully solo pirated and earned myself a tidy and humble sum of 5mil in a very short amount of time, doing something I had alot of fun doing, not a massive earner, though 5mil is better than a kick in the teeth.
I would just like to point out... you didn't pirate. You almost kidnapped, threatened with violence and then ransomed.
Pirates would take the money and then blow up their victims and lewt their wrecks regardless.
We think of e-honor as more of a guideline.... and not an actual code that has to be followed or even enforced.
Eve is about Capital ships, WiS, Boobs, PI and Isk! |
Mildew Wolf
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:38:00 -
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Asuka Solo wrote:Leesin Skord wrote:As I warped to the sun to hide for a few minutes I was excited, I felt overjoyed that I had just actually successfully solo pirated and earned myself a tidy and humble sum of 5mil in a very short amount of time, doing something I had alot of fun doing, not a massive earner, though 5mil is better than a kick in the teeth. I would just like to point out... you didn't pirate. You almost kidnapped, threatened with violence and then ransomed. Pirates would take the money and then blow up their victims and lewt their wrecks regardless. We think of e-honor as more of a guideline.... and not an actual code that has to be followed or even enforced.
i feel sorry for you |
Sarah Schneider
PonyWaffe
Test Alliance Please Ignore
1823
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:38:00 -
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Good thread, what a surprise!
Playing Eve 100% Risk Free! |
Dheeradj Nurgle
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
187
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:45:00 -
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You honoured the ransom. You might make it far. |
Leesin Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:55:00 -
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Thanks to all for the warm welcome, I'm sure I'll be meeting some of you in the future and I won't hold any grudges if you blow me to pieces  , I'm enjoying this already!.
Asuka Solo wrote:
I would just like to point out... you didn't pirate. You almost kidnapped, threatened with violence and then ransomed.
Pirates would take the money and then blow up their victims and lewt their wrecks regardless.
We think of e-honor as more of a guideline.... and not an actual code that has to be followed or even enforced.
Pirates have ransomed people for hundreds of years and still do today, even Julius Caesar himself was captured by pirates when he was a young man, they ransomed him. To quote "Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea.", or in this case space instead of sea, but it is piracy nonetheless to attack a ship and rob it, regardless of if anyone was murdered or not or whether you were honourable to your word or not.
I also was only honourable to my word because that's just the type of guy that I am and it's a smart tactic, I didn't think it was a code or anything. Plus if I catch him again next month I'll have him pay another ransom, if I had blew his ship up after he payed the ransom he would (hopefully for his sake) not be stupid enough to pay a ransom to me again. |
Efraya
DEEP-SPACE CO-OP LTD
Exhale.
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Posted - 2013.01.15 11:58:00 -
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Welcome to eve, your doing it right.
WSpace; Best space. |
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
1007
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:01:00 -
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Asuka Solo wrote:
Pirates would take the money and then blow up their victims and lewt their wrecks regardless.
It's that mentality that has pretty much killed pirating in Eve.
@OP Nice write up.
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Princess Saskia
Hyperfleet Industries
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:27:00 -
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It sound's like my first PVP experience, Oh so many memories!
/Princess |
Liam Inkuras
Chaotic Tranquility
Casoff
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:34:00 -
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Oh the shakes... How I do love the shakes... Except for when they make me misclick and warp off (true story) |
Nathaniel Toralen
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:38:00 -
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This is a cool little story and I hope it gets more people to try out PvP, even if you're just ganking miners. Maybe one day you'll even come out to nullsec. |
Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games.
Suddenly Spaceships.
409
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:45:00 -
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I remember when this game used to be the same for me.
The only time i get the shakes now is when i spend ~5billion ISK on 1 ship. |
Etherealclams
305
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Posted - 2013.01.15 12:53:00 -
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This has seriously inspired me to make t2 fit rifters and just go out and find some fights.. I've never really gotten into pvp but damn it I want to.
http://aclamthatrants.blogspot.com/
Read up on my adventures. |
Jim Roebuck
Flaming Cow Industries
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:20:00 -
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Honoring the ransom: You'll go far, kid.
As a pirate myself, I too also honor ransoms. Why? Because I'm not a douche pirate.
"Black shadows hanging over his shoulders
Black mark up against your name
Your green eyes couldn't get any colder
There's red poison flowing through your veins..."
AC/DC, Evil Walks |
Jonah Gravenstein
Overly Complex Security Innovations
5048
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:20:00 -
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Good read, nicely done OP
Always bet on stupid, CCP can't patch stupid.
The measure of success in Eve is not monetary worth,
it's how effectively you can bend others to your will. |
baltec1
Bat Country
4752
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:26:00 -
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OP is a keeper. |
Tiberious Thessalonia
True Slave Foundations
Shaktipat Revelators
1166
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:29:00 -
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You did everything right! You didn't panic, you shot down his drones, you kept him locked down, you handled ransom correctly (I sometimes wish that I was an actual pirate rather than a marauding force of vengeance so I could do this, just for the fun of it).
Good work! |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
Home Front Coalition
270
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:41:00 -
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And then they tell me the newbs are risk averse... hah! Good job OP, hope you stick around for longer. |
Gluthor
Black Rain Cartel
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:48:00 -
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lol if this is true you're very very lucky to find the one noob mining in lowsec |
Rordan D'Kherr
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
402
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Posted - 2013.01.15 13:55:00 -
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Congrats and keep on going, OP!
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Don't be scared, because being afk is not a crime. |
Yim Sei
Ontogenic Achronycal PLC
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Posted - 2013.01.15 14:03:00 -
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Nice post OP would read again - reminds me of my first in my little incursus
No other game has a rush like it :)
Post with my main? This is my main - I just overtrain and overplay my alts. |
Leesin Skord
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
24
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Posted - 2013.01.15 14:05:00 -
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Gluthor wrote:lol if this is true you're very very lucky to find the one noob mining in lowsec
Yeah I was lucky to find this guy, especially as it took me only 5 minutes to do so, but I assure you it did happen. After checking out his recent losses he seems to be a regular at this 0.4 system, guess I'll see him in a month. |
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