Ripblade Falconpunch
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.05.06 04:02:00 -
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Agana wrote:Hello world,
I am going to try my hand at low sec mining in a venture. I have one fitted reasonably well, and put a prototype cloaking device on it.
My goal is be able to mine enough Zydrine and Megacyte to fuel some production jobs. Specifically, I have some frigate, destroyer and a cruiser BPOs and have been trying to sell ships so I can make a little more then what just selling the raw minerals will get me. I know I can just buy the minerals, but that's not as fun as trying to low sec mine.
My thoughts for how to go about this are as follows:
Go to random low sec system. Cruise around the asteroid belts till I find one not occupied by npc pirates. Align myself to a stellar object, and begin mining. If someone warps into the belt I could hit my cloak and wait for them to leave.
Having no real experience in pvp, I don't know if this is an effective tactic. Would I be better off just warping out as soon as someone comes into the belt? I saw mention in some thread a while ago about forcing someone to decloak, but I don't know how that works.
Does anyone else have any advice on better ways to mine low sec solo?
Props to you for realizing you're doing something that's "not efficient" but doing it anyways because it seems like fun.... don't get discouraged by the pages of bittervet fa**otry trying to insert poop in your thread, if you're not having fun what's the point?
You can force someone to decloak by passing within 2000m of them in space.
You probably won't be able to tank most belt rats. Anyone in a cloaky ship can jump you, rather easily. You'll probably get popped, more than once. On the bright side, you're losing a 300K ship, who cares? I'd say you're better off dropping into your belt, aligning to a celestial or a bookmarked safe, and simply warping out if someone drops into your belt. Keep an eye on local, if anyone with a negative sec status so much as enters the system - warp out, cloak, and go make a sandwich.
TL;DR - You can't AFK mine in low sec. If you don't practice being paranoid to the point of warping to a safe and cloaking if a red so much as enters the system, you will eventually die. Just because they didn't bother you *this time* doesn't mean they didnt see your venture on dscan, hit their home system to pick up a stealth bomber and then come back to pop you.
Good luck, and have fun! |