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Tau Cabalander
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Posted - 2013.02.06 04:17:00 -
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AquSe PixKha wrote:I just want to become a hauler and just wondering, how often do hauler get killed? Assuming I'm on a Charon that is. And maybe you could share some tips on how not to get suicide ganked except for the usual of keeping your cargo low ISK. Thanks, and that's all. I own 6 Charons and I've never been ganked.
1. Don't AFK with cargo. 2. Don't be a loot Pi+Ķata. |

Tau Cabalander
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Posted - 2013.02.07 01:24:00 -
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RubyPorto wrote:Tau Cabalander wrote:2. Don't be a loot Pi+Ķata. Really just this. An ATK Freighter/Indy is only marginally harder to gank then an APing one. * You can't be bumped approaching the gate when you warp-to-zero. * If someone bumps you as you are trying to leave a gate, they have to kill you within 1 minute if you logoff, and the gank squad probably isn't even on grid yet (gank squads don't often hang around gates). * AFK gives potential gank squads a lot of time to organize (or to be awakened, or login) though gank-pros have alts all along major pipes. |

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Posted - 2013.02.07 01:54:00 -
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RubyPorto wrote:2. Noobship+Civvy gun = 15min timer. More than long enough to bump you out of the 250km of a Concord spawn's insta-gib radius or to reset the spawn. (You want to bump the Freighter away from the gate anyway to avoid Gate guns if you're using Taloses). Stop giving them ideas 
Anyways, yes that could work, though I've never seen that tactic used. I have seen a lot of freighters AFK on approach getting bumped as the forces gather.
Also, not everyone has mastered the technique of bumping. When I jumped into 0.4 system by accident, a bumper gave-up because he couldn't change my course. It is rather surprising I didn't lose my ship. |

Tau Cabalander
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Posted - 2013.04.14 10:04:00 -
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So I was in a Charon and I went to the BPO vendor that stands just outside Jita 4-4 and bought a Charon BPO, but somehow I managed to buy 1120 of them.
I was really confused, because I didn't have that much ISK in my wallet. While I was trying to figure out what had happened and what to do, somebody noticed my cargo and opened-fire. In a panic I just logged-off, and I instantly realized that was pointless. I figured it would make for a historic EVE killmail.
I forgot to mention this was all in a dream [sharp-eyed readers would have wondered about the vendor]. You know you play too much EVE when...
I made several trips today, for real, through Niarja and Uedama with pricey cargo in my Crane. Just got back from Jita 4-4 where I took a tanked Bustard instead to move some pricey and bulky hulls I purchased. All trips completed without any incident.
So the only time I've been ganked while hauling in over 4 years now is in my dreams. |

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Posted - 2013.04.16 00:51:00 -
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Zenon Cold wrote:So now the problem is that I kinda lost interest in playing the game, basically starting all over again. I mean what's the point spending hours and hours playing when you can loose everything in a second. What's the point being in highsec when police doesn't work anyway? Sure I know now, I won't ever haul expensive cargo in a fragile can but what hard lesson comes next? I am scared to go mining with my retriever or buy even more expensive ship, if I can loose it in highsec. I guess this game is not for me :-\ Did you have fun doing it?
That's the point of EVE.
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Posted - 2013.04.18 07:56:00 -
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Elena Thiesant wrote:DeLindsay wrote:On a different note, apparently in my 7 years on/off this game I have never heard of "double wrapping" but I can only assume it means putting a secure container in your hold to put the valuables in? Putting the items into containers and then courier contracting the containers. Plastic wrap of contract + container = double-wrap To clarify further:
Courier contract packages are plastic-wrapped. To enable a plastic-wrapped package to be plastic-wrapped a second time, it is placed into a container and the container is courier-contracted again.
A double-wrapped package is often considered to be a reason to gank a hauler.
You are better-off in an un-scanable Blockade Runner. [I moved 7 billion ISK out of Jita in an alt's Crane earlier this evening.] |
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