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Elliavir
Miskatonic Mercantile
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Posted - 2013.09.19 05:29:00 -
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You don't need to be the most amazing miner tank ever to survive ganks... you just need to be decent. If you are the miner in the tanked Procurer or Skiff, you are already less attractive than most of the other targets in the belt.
Could someone take out my Skiff? You bet. Have they yet? No. Why not? Probably because for the cost of the number of destroyers it would take, they can get several other kills.
I have yet to meet the 2 destroyers who can take me out in 0.5 space, where I usually mine. I will be duly impressed when I do - those will be some impressive gankers. |
Elliavir
Miskatonic Mercantile
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Posted - 2013.09.20 03:35:00 -
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MeestaPenni wrote:Gankers are bullies with exactly the same motivations and influences as the school yard bully picking on perceived weaknesses.
No, they pick on actual weaknesses.
Picking on an incorrectly-perceived-weakness-that-isn't-actually-there tends to lead to a lot of free loot and salvage for the locals, without any profit for the ganker(s). |
Elliavir
Miskatonic Mercantile
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Posted - 2013.09.20 04:39:00 -
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Hammer Crendraven wrote:The tanked procurer is for the person that can not stand ganks at all.
And they probably will still get ganked just because of the tears it provides.
If you can't stand ganks at all, you shouldn't be in a mining ship at all. At least not anywhere in New Eden.
I fly Procurers and Skiffs because I find setting up a new ship vaguely annoying. Even if I have a saved fit. I prefer not to do it if I don't have to. Although I love all the customization options EVE offers, ship fitting is one of my least favorite actual activities.
If someone goes to all the effort to gank me in one of my mining ships, well.. .they are welcome to the killmail. They've certainly had to spend the ISK to get it. If they can do it at a profit, my hat will be off to them. If EVE had fruit baskets, they'd get one from me.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I haven't been successfully ganked ... yet. I mine with the idea of being one of the least attractive targets in the belt. I like being left alone while I have my coffee and mine. And it seems to work pretty well, overall. I am sure I'll lose a mining ship somewhere along the line - but I will have avoided a whole lot of ship fitting along the way.
Mind you, I'm not discounting ISK-tanking. If someone is comfortable just writing off an occasional ship as a business expense, that's fine. That's not everyone's preferred playstyle, however - and Procurers and Skiffs make for a nice alternative. |
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