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loolooey
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:31:00 -
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Can't really see you guys getting money off mining equipment. Does anyone pay the ransom? If not, how are you guys making money? I have a main and I think I am absolutely sick of mining and was thinking of giving EVE a last shot as a pirate. Seems like here lately I really want to **** people off, lol.
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Famine Aligher'ri
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:38:00 -
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Yes some pay ransoms and some don't. Mostly making most of my isk in 0.0 atm from solo engagements on frigs with t2 equipment but that's not really considered piracy. Decent isk can be pulled in from just ganking people at gates or stations. Many haulers around just begging to be hurt...
-Famine Aligher'ri, of The Aligher'ri
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Feuergeist1
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:50:00 -
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Well, a friend and I popped a covetor and made about 45 mil of the mods it dropped.
made by Esturary! |
Poison Kiss
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Posted - 2005.11.03 03:58:00 -
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Most of them mine like crazy when they hope no-one is watching. 
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Shin Ra
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Posted - 2005.11.03 04:05:00 -
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It is entirely possible to make a fortune from pvp/pirating. Its all a numbers game
2 or 3 of you will be able to kill excatly the same number of miners as 10 ppl would, however you get a better split. If there are 10 ppl online, split into two groups. Do not blob up.
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Necrologic
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Posted - 2005.11.03 06:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Shin Ra
It is entirely possible to make a fortune from pvp/pirating. Its all a numbers game
2 or 3 of you will be able to kill excatly the same number of miners as 10 ppl would, however you get a better split. If there are 10 ppl online, split into two groups. Do not blob up.
Exactly.
In the beginning it is difficult to make a profit at piracy. With practice and some compitence i do well without resorting to gate camping. I make alot of money in other ways, but given just an interceptor+loadout i'd probably have 100+mil in my wallet within a week solo, not sure if i'd manage more or less in a gang as i'm almost always solo.
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Ank Myrandor
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Posted - 2005.11.03 09:40:00 -
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when you're a pirate it's hard to make money in eve. but what the hell why do you need money if you have tactics :P
if you got a decent team everything should go well.
sometimes you got lucky to ransom the right people but most of the time when people are scared of ya there is nothing to scramble :(
i blame u , infod, beer and kebabs and others !! :P
but well yeah earning money isn't the first priority for all pirates ... as long as i have fun in the game it's okay :)
current stash : 120k isk YARRRRR !!!!
( i should buy less or roam even more !! )
True Amarrians are Dutch !!
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Chrisbitz
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Posted - 2005.11.03 17:04:00 -
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Originally by: Feuergeist1
Well, a friend and I popped a covetor and made about 45 mil of the mods it dropped.
You AND A FRIEND managed to pop a covetor? wow!!! <uber> I bet he must have been afk for you to be able to manage that! I'm impressed! :-)
<sarcasm mode:off>
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Gaelron
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Posted - 2005.11.03 17:18:00 -
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Edited by: Gaelron on 03/11/2005 17:19:13
Originally by: Chrisbitz
Originally by: Feuergeist1
Well, a friend and I popped a covetor and made about 45 mil of the mods it dropped.
You AND A FRIEND managed to pop a covetor? wow!!! <uber> I bet he must have been afk for you to be able to manage that! I'm impressed! :-)
<sarcasm mode:off>
This is by far the stupidest troll post I ahve seen since I left WOW.
Edit: I forgot to congradulate you! Congratulations (yea spelling)
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Sluggers
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Posted - 2005.11.03 17:27:00 -
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Originally by: Chrisbitz
You AND A FRIEND managed to pop a covetor? wow!!! <uber> I bet he must have been afk for you to be able to manage that! I'm impressed! :-)
<sarcasm mode:off>
lol, bet you were the one who lost it. He was just saying they made 45m off it, not that it was the best kill ever.
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Xtro 2
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Posted - 2005.11.03 17:48:00 -
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Originally by: Chrisbitz
Originally by: Feuergeist1
Well, a friend and I popped a covetor and made about 45 mil of the mods it dropped.
You AND A FRIEND managed to pop a covetor? wow!!! <uber> I bet he must have been afk for you to be able to manage that! I'm impressed! :-)
<sarcasm mode:off>
Who cares how many it took, result is they got a kill and made cash from it.
Job done tbh.
Pirating is often a boring waiting game, you earn next to zero, then bam, along comes that sweet load and you have a nice earner.
Inbetween kills add some gangs roaming around to wipe you out, totally empty belts, people insta'ing away safely, it can be very boring and risky, and other times a total cash filled cake walk.
Make what you can of it, your never thrown any bones with regads to the way pirating works these days patch after patch, its a constant upward climb with few gains, take what you can when you can as often as you can.
UPC - PVP'ers Good and Bad, How Do You Want Peace?
Through Talk Or In A Casket? We Decide!
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alphawolf2929
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Posted - 2005.11.03 20:39:00 -
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if i remember clearly an imperial apoc was given as a BIG lottery prize. how they got it dont remember
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alphawolf2929
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Posted - 2005.11.03 20:39:00 -
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wth? my reply went to the wrong thread?
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Grankor
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Posted - 2005.11.03 21:25:00 -
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Pirates dont make a living....
THEY MAKE A KILLING!!!! YARR!!!
Most pirates sell mods from shipkills, or make money from ransoming.
Other pirates have mining alts that make the money for them 
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TheKiller8
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Posted - 2005.11.04 15:53:00 -
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Solo piracy made me about halve a billion from ransom and loot. Plenty of my victims were barges and from my experience they were often better targets than mining BS. If a mining BS refused to pay up it often meant little profit as the loot (Miner II's, co processors, etc) was worth crap. Barges however always have Strip Miners (3mil a piece), in some cases t2 variant (12mil a piece) and in two cases Harvester Drones (YUMMY). Killing NPC'rs was usually just silly as low sec empire is usually only roamed by cruisers. However I got one goddamn fat pigeon in a low sec system with a complex in it. Those complexes are usually ran by Battleships with juicy mods, in this case a faction battleship. But now my secrate is low (from 4.8 to -1.8) and I rather not pirate my way out of high sec so it'll be a while before I have another pirating spree.
If you've got the skills I strongly suggest Solo. Low sec systems are very solo friendly with sentries to protect you from small gangs and stations to dock and log (when you're not criminally flagged that is). Gangs are way too easy to notice in unpopulated areas and will scare most good targets away before you can get to them.
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Josiah Bartlet
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Posted - 2005.11.05 09:50:00 -
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<sarcasm mode:off>
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Shinnen
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Posted - 2005.11.05 09:57:00 -
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Just got 80m + from a bustard, had to share it out tho, still not bad tbfh
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Feuergeist1
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Posted - 2005.11.05 10:24:00 -
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Edited by: Feuergeist1 on 05/11/2005 10:24:57
made by Esturary! |
The Hanz
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Posted - 2005.11.05 11:11:00 -
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Made about 1 billion in a week once. I'd say it pays.
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DeMundus
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Posted - 2005.11.05 12:43:00 -
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Lets just say ASCN and ISS, soon are sponsering me a navy BS
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Sangxianc
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Posted - 2005.11.05 14:04:00 -
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Originally by: Grankor
Pirates dont make a living....
THEY MAKE A KILLING!!!! YARR!!!
I loled 
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Magic Trev
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Posted - 2005.11.05 14:38:00 -
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short answer : good pirates can make aliving easliy yes
Originally by: Eris Discordia
Size doesn't matter, it's what you do with it?
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TuRtLe HeAd
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Posted - 2005.11.05 17:02:00 -
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I come from a crowd where ransomming is not considered piracy.
Pirates Kill for the Loot to make the isk
Kidnappers hold people to ransom.
But yes there is isk to be made but its not as high as people like to think.
Besides theres too many pirates in EvE at the moment. |
EvilTwin I
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Posted - 2005.11.07 10:40:00 -
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YES !
Give people a fair chance to pay, act loyal, ask for something not-too-insane-high-isk-amount = yup |
Ank Myrandor
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Posted - 2005.11.07 10:54:00 -
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if you're a wasted no good pirate you, can always make a stupid alt and lower your'self to real scummmm ....
ore-thieving
- just saying this as a pirate ;) -
True Amarrians are Dutch !!
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Rhodry Amarrian
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Posted - 2005.11.07 12:24:00 -
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Originally by: DeMundus
Lets just say ASCN and ISS, soon are sponsering me a navy BS
Considering one of your guys just lost a Rattlesnake with about 1bn isk+ worth of mods on it I can only assume that pirating must be incredibly profitable. 
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Ange1
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Posted - 2005.11.07 12:35:00 -
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Originally by: Rhodry Amarrian
Considering one of your guys just lost a Rattlesnake with about 1bn isk+ worth of mods on it I can only assume that pirating must be incredibly profitable.
Poor Rawthorm will be back in business soon enough
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DeMundus
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Posted - 2005.11.07 12:36:00 -
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Originally by: Rhodry Amarrian
Originally by: DeMundus
Lets just say ASCN and ISS, soon are sponsering me a navy BS
Considering one of your guys just lost a Rattlesnake with about 1bn isk+ worth of mods on it I can only assume that pirating must be incredibly profitable.
His loss not mine.
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2005.11.07 12:50:00 -
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Many pirates have a second account that they use for a steady income, less fortunate players, like myself, just need to make sure they don't fly expensive ships ( dont fly what you cant afford) not die often and loot***** like crazy.
Then you can easily make a living out of it It's also a very fun way of living in EVE.
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Tenacha Khan
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Posted - 2005.11.07 19:33:00 -
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Originally by: Grankor
Pirates dont make a living....
THEY MAKE A KILLING!!!! YARR!!!
true.
Removed - Too Big. Capsicum
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