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.

Jeez people, keep it short and civil.

To clarify: My corp participates in faction warfare as Caldari state protecterate. Jita and the entirety of The Forge is Caldari space, and in comes a Minmatar pilot in a catalyst dealing ~400 dps. I did try to warp off when I saw that the gates were closed but he locked me down before I could warp because I'm in a BADGER. The corporation I am in has no active war declarations. I am not talking about the state of the game or the fact that I was blown up, I'm talking about the METHOD in which I was blown up. This isn't like low/null sec where you can scout things out and scan down the system for bubbles, it is a single choke point that closes and opens at a whim with no reliable way of activation without the "Jita gates are closed" etc etc message.

Oh also, it's my fault that Jita gates were closed? Really? Tell me how.

MORE CLARIFICATION: I'm not complaining about the loss/losses as it took me about 4 hours of sitting in complexes watching 5 episodes of the walking dead on my other monitor and glancing at local every once in a while. I got jumped a few times and by a few gate camps, but oh what's this? I BURNED TO THE GATE AND JUMPED THROUGH BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLOSED. And once again, cause of death was because Jita gates were closed, something that no amount of preparation or "scouting" would prevent. Really it comes down to how fast you can press jump and enter jump and enter jump and enter, rinse repeat until you're in. Also why would I go to the Amarr trading hub? There isn't a State Protecterate station within reasonable distance and the prices are subpar.

Also the thread title is "legitimate game mechanic" I'm not asking about the internal factors of this kill such as faction warfare, suicide ganking, etc. I'm saying that the ONLY reason I died was because I was denied use of gate due to Jita being overfilled which is due to hardware restrictions.

I think I should add an appendix for this post.