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In what other high sec system can you die because the gate doesn't allow you to jump through when you are within range.

HTFU.

EDIT: Here's an obvious answer... you could have turned around and docked up until later, instead of waiting on the gate.

I recently lost a badger with 350~ million isk worth of ammo, nothing new right?

Well I lost it in Niyabainen, 1.0 sec space. Well hey suicide ganks are still a viable strategy in this situation right?

Well I wasn't caught undocking from station, in some random belt, or any other situation where one can viably be killed in high sec. No, I was killed trying to warp through Jita gates and stopped because it was too congested.

As many know a badger warping is like trying to roll a space potato in a straight line, it takes more time than it should and it's painfully slow. So in comes a Minmatar wartarget in 1.0 sec caldari space and the second he gets on the gate he locks my ass down. I was 1000m from the Jita gate, I could have jumped through but nop, officals shut the gate down due to congestion which for all intents and purposes means the Jita node is a fustercluck of people trying to get in and everyone else spamming PLEX scams and such. So I petitioned this and I was given the response "Being killed on a gate because our servers were too full is a legit game mechanic" and yada yada yada. So what I'm left with is being told CCP hardware restrictions can directly translate in to there being a "legitimate game mechanic". In what other high sec system can you die because the gate doesn't allow you to jump through when you are within range.

I too would like the Federal Government to pay for my fuel for everytime that I am stuck in traffic on a Highway!!

GIVE ME MY WASTED MONEY GOVERNMENT!!! AND BUILD WIDER ROADS THAT CAN HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC!!

HTFU.

EDIT: Here's an obvious answer... you could have turned around and docked up until later, instead of waiting on the gate.

I recently lost a badger with 350~ million isk worth of ammo, nothing new right?

Well I lost it in Niyabainen, 1.0 sec space. Well hey suicide ganks are still a viable strategy in this situation right?

Well I wasn't caught undocking from station, in some random belt, or any other situation where one can viably be killed in high sec. No, I was killed trying to warp through Jita gates and stopped because it was too congested.

As many know a badger warping is like trying to roll a space potato in a straight line, it takes more time than it should and it's painfully slow. So in comes a Minmatar wartarget in 1.0 sec caldari space and the second he gets on the gate he locks my ass down. I was 1000m from the Jita gate, I could have jumped through but nop, officals shut the gate down due to congestion which for all intents and purposes means the Jita node is a fustercluck of people trying to get in and everyone else spamming PLEX scams and such. So I petitioned this and I was given the response "Being killed on a gate because our servers were too full is a legit game mechanic" and yada yada yada. So what I'm left with is being told CCP hardware restrictions can directly translate in to there being a "legitimate game mechanic". In what other high sec system can you die because the gate doesn't allow you to jump through when you are within range.

It isn't that oh, Jita was just suddenly locked down or anything. Jita has been like this literally for days. Why is the OP surprised that he wasn't able to get through? Was he actually just chilling on the gate? Or did he just happen to arrive there just a second earlier and the wartarget got lucky?

I recently lost a badger with 350~ million isk worth of ammo, nothing new right?

Well I lost it in Niyabainen, 1.0 sec space. Well hey suicide ganks are still a viable strategy in this situation right?

Well I wasn't caught undocking from station, in some random belt, or any other situation where one can viably be killed in high sec. No, I was killed trying to warp through Jita gates and stopped because it was too congested.

As many know a badger warping is like trying to roll a space potato in a straight line, it takes more time than it should and it's painfully slow. So in comes a Minmatar wartarget in 1.0 sec caldari space and the second he gets on the gate he locks my ass down. I was 1000m from the Jita gate, I could have jumped through but nop, officals shut the gate down due to congestion which for all intents and purposes means the Jita node is a fustercluck of people trying to get in and everyone else spamming PLEX scams and such. So I petitioned this and I was given the response "Being killed on a gate because our servers were too full is a legit game mechanic" and yada yada yada. So what I'm left with is being told CCP hardware restrictions can directly translate in to there being a "legitimate game mechanic". In what other high sec system can you die because the gate doesn't allow you to jump through when you are within range.

So in comes a Minmatar wartarget in 1.0 sec caldari space

But the hardware is behaving exactly as it was designed, to handle as many people as it possibly can. This is still a pilot issue, Jita has been clogged for days now, plenty of posts about it.

Wouldn't fitting the badger a tank (or anything for that matter) have bought you a smidgin of time against the lone destroyer ?

http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=16474383

Good lord, I've had T1 frigates with more tank then that.
I mean the WT could just have easily locked you up on the other side of the gate while you were aligning and blapped you then.

Two weeks ago a certain high ranking member of my corporation *) lost a ship with several hundred millions of Isk worth of cargo wile trying to dock at Jita IV-4. Scotty was apparently busy so the docking request didn't come through. There where 2000+ in system.....
When he reluctantly told us, he immediately said there was only one to blame: him. He was right.

If in doubt about the safety of your route, scout. Being it null sec, low sec or high sec, there is never 100% safety. And that is as it should be.
Also, when flying a less defendable ship, fly the route multiple times with less cargo to spread the risk. That way when your ship gets blown up, you don't lose all. Or fly a sturdier ship of course.
And please, don't blame CCP (or anyone else) for something they have very little or no control over.

I reassure you, we all had our 'DOH... whatwasIthinking?!?.....' moments in EvE. Learn, move on and do it better the next time.

Good luck in your future endeavours!


*)Yes, us ISD people DO play EvE, although not with our ISD characters.