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Erica Dusette Sky Fighters 3781	Posted - 2014.03.15 06:18:00 - [1] - Quote Tank your barge or Indy. 90% of people don't bother to. Put an alt (or friend) in an actual combat ship, close by and ready to either rep or pew the gankers when they go suspect. It's really not that hard and the mechanics are quite straight forward. It just takes a little effort, planning and friends (or alts). You know, the same three things gankers often employ. These threads are becoming kinda sad and hard to watch lol Seems a lot of people are just too useless/lazy to go to any effort at all to defend themselves and instead want mechanics changed so they don't need to. GÖí -á-á Major (Ret.) Caldari Naval Militia Gÿá -á Sky Fighters \| Just an innocent explorer! pâä -áHerrbert: "womwomwowmwoaugharwajwowoooommm"
Erica Dusette Sky Fighters 3784	Posted - 2014.03.15 07:25:00 - [2] - Quote Miriya Zakalwe wrote: Even a logi frigate appearing to be repping you will probably make them choose someone else. Absolutely. And IMO it's the inherent risks of being ganked or harassed that can make even mining somewhat of an adventure. That's what I love about EVE. No matter what you do - trade, haul, mine, mission - there's always risks, but there's always measures you can take (if you can be bothered) to mitigate those risks. That game of cat and mouse, hunter/prey is a lot of fun for both sides (or it SHOULD be). Back when I started EVE I dabbled in highsec mining like most players. As soon as I realized people would try to gank/can-flip me I was excited. I took my mining toons to lowsec to mine, and would keep a pair of drakes cloaked in a safe and ready to warp in whenever something landed on grid with my miner. Kinda noobish, but I had a ton of fun despite having little success. The problem is people are lazy. They don't want to sacrifice slots to tank or arm a barge. They don't want to sacrifice alts (or friends) by having them run security instead of burning 'roids. Lazy/greedy people will die, again and again. I know people even today that have multiple-characters who live in w-space. For max profit they will use all toons to mine/farm simultaneously without sparing any to scout connecting holes. Because of this greed/laziness they are ganked almost weekly, resulting in more lost ISK and time than they could have made in a month. I realised this very early in my wormhole career, and even today I won't run an anom unless I have cloaked scouts on every connecting hole. Since taking the time to be cautious instead of greedy I can't remember the last time I was ganked running sites. To mine/mission/farm anywhere is a challenge. You need to realise this and tackle the challenge appropriately. Asking for your barge to be buffed so you can engage in combat without even switching off your mining lasers is just defeatist and plain silly. If someone's not enjoying the challenges EVE throws at you then it's maybe not the game for them. GÖí -á-á Major (Ret.) Caldari Naval Militia Gÿá -á Sky Fighters \| Just an innocent explorer! pâä -áHerrbert: "womwomwowmwoaugharwajwowoooommm"

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