ready4impact
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Posted - 2013.10.12 18:04:00 -
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There is only one thing you have to remember in EVE Online and it applies to all aspects of the game.
You are not now nor will you ever be totally safe while making money. This is not a coincidence but a game mechanic.
However, there are several factors that you control in the process of gathering ISK and exposing yourself to danger as a consequence. For example, The higher your ISK per hour is in almost any activity the higher will be the danger, whether it is a Officer fitted Nightmare for HS LVL4s or Faction BCSs on your CNR in 0.0.
You choose whether to expose yourself to a 5% chance of having your anomaly be the one your enemy decides to warp into first and make 100mil ISK/h or you can take a lower yield anomaly and earn 90mil ISK/h for a .2% chance of being warped to first.
Of course this applies to the choice of your fitting. Including your damage loss as a consequence of pre-aligning to be able to log a warp out before the enemy shows up as well as choosing to reduce the quality of damage or tank mods to reduce the ISK loss when the enemy inevitably catches up with you.
In conclusion, even though total safety can seldom be achieved you can increase your practical ISK gain calculating in your risk as a part of an equation. For Example, In 20 hours you will earn:
1-(With a Ishtar in top anomaly): (50mil * 20)-(1*Price of said ishtar)~~750mil
2-(With a Ishtar in non top anomaly): (45mil * 20)-((5%/.2%)"To compensate for the reduced rate of loss"*1*Price of ishtar)~~890mil
If you understood these simple examples you will now understand that if you, for instance, take a 20bil isk NM to HS to do LVL4s with 100mil/h with the 3% chance of getting ganked in an hour, you will earn less ISK then if you would have taken a 1bil ISK NM with a .001% chance of getting ganked per hour that earns 70mil/h.
Now, as far as your specific problem is concerned I would put out several recommendations for you that should, while being maybe harmful for ISK/h as used in the previous simplified examples, increase your actual long term profits by minimizing the impact of Black Ops drops on your vessel:
1.Watch Local, Anything you don't recognize is to be treated as a treat and you should move to a safer system via a scout ASAP.(Of course NBSI SHOULD BE OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES by any good alliances, at least when engaged in PvE)
2.Since Black Ops cyno alts take up to 2 months to train you should take their names when they drop your allies and add them to your contacts as -10 with note:"Enemy BO Cyno etc."
3.Bubble the local gates, as it would at least buy you some extra time to warp out with recons and coverts that dont have nullifiers and help you with good old fashioned blobs.(Enjoy the mortal ceptors while you can)
4.Minimize unnecessary expenses when in comes to tank. If you can tank it with a gist B-Type don not buy the A-Type. If T2 fields will do do not go faction etc. PLEASE, apply aforementioned equation with regards to you ship type and damage mods.
5th is the most important step. Send your corp mates this article and always remember: They are here because you are feeding them! If you stop being such a naive target rich environment the enemy will leave. In your case even their name suggests their troll-like behavior.
Regards and take care mate |