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Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
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Posted - 2013.02.15 15:00:00 -
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Dexen Echerie wrote:So for months and months, everything was cool. Mining in Hi-sec was just fine, and suicide ganking was rare (at least in the systems i mined in)....
I know it happens, wasn't even all that surprised. What got me was when today, we got hit AGAIN in a different system. Same M.O., though I didn't recognize any of the names from the day before...
This isn't so much a (edited to: complaining) post as it is a question...
Anyone else noticing a rise in suicide ganking lately? Or have I just been unlucky?
I live in Genesis, and like you, have seen a rise in ganking. I think lots of small timers and new players are getting into it. Which is actually very cool because they have made some mistakes and the "miners" have started to fight back a bit. I heard a story where a couple of gank fit cats got reverse ganked by a handful of frigs operated by miners. Which would just be cool if true.
As for mining in peace, have you thought about lowsec? When I get the urge to punch rocks I fit a cloak on my covetor if the pipe is busy, usually its slow enough that I just stay aligned though and keep my finger over the warp button if someone enters system. The yield isn't as good as grind mining in high, but its a lot more fun, and the rats are worth more so that helps.
Anyway, your not imagining things even if its not on the rise everywhere there is a trend happening.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
129
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Posted - 2013.02.15 15:04:00 -
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Jorma Morkkis wrote:
You forgot that some people can get Tech for free.
Resources that you harvest yourself are not free. That is one of the strangest misconceptions about economy and business that I have ever heard. And a very common one in Eve.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
129
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Posted - 2013.02.15 15:07:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:Herr Wilkus wrote:A Procurer costs 7 Million ISK, and has almost 30K EHP untanked. Yeah, makes sense.  Fun fact. My arbi with a 1600 plate has less tank than an untanked procurer. It also barely out tanks an untanked mack which now has a bigger base EHP than the heavy assault ships.
I now must go and buy a skiff and then go and shoot billboards.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
129
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Posted - 2013.02.15 15:10:00 -
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Jorma Morkkis wrote:Herr Wilkus wrote:Eh, don't bother. Jorma has been posting for years now.
Wasn' t the sharpest tool in the shed before, nothings changed.
Tutoring Jorma in economics is like showing a chicken the Space Shuttle. For you economy means "only lazy people can earn money". In other words (in EVE): Economy: ganker gets profit Non-economy: miner gets profit
Are you RPing Minmatar here?
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
129
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Posted - 2013.02.15 16:23:00 -
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Jorma Morkkis wrote:Lascivit Mercator wrote:why every mining op doesn't include a scimmy and a falcon/rook is beyond me... Falcon is a bad ship for anything like that. Mostly because you have massive targeting delay after decloaking = gank is already over before Falcon gets target lock. Rook? What? You want to shoot gankers? Try 800mm Nado instead = even max fitted Catalyst goes down with two volleys of RF Fusion L.
Prolly just having a logi ship on grid would be enough to dissuade gankers. Give a noob a few million to leave a couple of mining lazers off and fit remote repper's. Of course they may gank the noob, but thats ok, better than loosing a barge.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
130
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Posted - 2013.02.15 18:14:00 -
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So the mining buffs do seem excessive; however I just took a procurer into lowsec to try out this incredible tank. I sent my drones after billbaords and sentry guns and gates. Attacked passing frigates with impunity. And eventually died in an epic fireball running for the gate from 4 other ships. It was really a lot of fun.
Next time Im going to drop the ancillary shield booster for ECM, and fit a drone link aug in the high or something. This ship isn't just a miner, what it really allows is for miners to get used to fighting a ship. Frig combat happens too quickly to learn from, this thing took almost a minute to kill. And all for 10 million ISK or something. Maybe thats what CCP was thinking when they designed it.
In any case if you like to mine, get one of those things and head into lowsec preferably with a few budides in the system behind you. I recommend a name like "bait ship one" or something.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
Corey Fumimasa
Royal Caldari Imperial Guard
Imperium Directive
130
|
Posted - 2013.02.15 19:02:00 -
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Kate stark wrote:let's not be silly.
ganking happens, that's a fact.
the reality though, is what's more inconvenient. losing isk because you're mining less stuff because you're flying something suboptimal for mining? or losing isk because you're replacing disposable throw away ships?
now unless some one is literally stalking you and blowing you up every time you undock, the latter is less of an inconvenience, generally.
Your right! When someone gets ganked they should loose the SP's required to fly that ship.
This is a youtube playlist going over my first 30 ship losses. Video sucks but the audio came out well.There are some good lessons, and if you know the game there's some funny stories. |
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