We do?

How a person chooses to play Eve, so long as they do not break any of CCP's rules is fine.

One thing that ticks me off is the fact that miners and gankers alike hide in NPC corps so they cant be wardec:ed and that is cowardly.
As well as gankers that make and alt and as soon as its too low in sec status they biomass it and fire up alt number two then three and so forth. Just so they don't have to live the the choices they have made. Hiding behind another game mechanic so they don't have to deal with the sec status.

Please stop spouting that bullshit.

Firstly, most (the vast majority) gankers don't do that.

Secondly, the reason they don't, is because it's a bannable offense.

I did not mean to offend you but the people that have ganked me in hisec have all been in NPC corps so I spoke just from experience and the reason why I brought up the Biomass issue is because when I had a conversation with a ganker I was told that there was no point in me coming after him since he was about to biomass that character due to sec status. I admit this was a year or so ago but can you please link to where it says that you are not allowed to biomass a character due to secstatus only to make a new one? I have not read that part.
I am not being sarcastic, I did not mean to offend you I am only speaking from my own experiences.

I had a conversation with a ganker I was told that there was no point in me coming after him since he was about to biomass that character due to sec status.

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However, it is the hundred other loud-mouthed bears that do not understand the purpose of the game.

Mining explained:
Scout belt -> Scan asteroids -> Lock targets -> Fire lasers -> Return to station and repeat.

Ganking miners in hisec:
Run D-scan -> Scout belts -> Lock targets -> Fire lasers/rockets/missiles/cannons/blasters -> Return to station and repeat.

The purpose of the game?? Wouldn't that be to pay your mothly fee and play in the sand box the way you want to play and ignore the others that tell you how you should be playing?

Seems to be no shotage of loud-mouthed people trying to to tell others the PURPOSE of YOUR game.

Its not miners and gankers we hate, its crybabies and griefers. All miners are not crybabies and all gankers are not griefers. I applaud the skill that goes into getting the best fit for a gank, getting a cloaker in next to a target and warping in to take someone out in 20 seconds or less. It does take some decent planning. I dislike those same guys emailing the pilot of the hulk afterward to tell him he sucks and he should go back to WoW.

And it's not about having to fight a mining barge to "fight". But at least fit a tank, don't just fit for max yield and afk in a belt for 40 minutes.

A damage control unit and an afterburner, along with orbiting your roid, will deter tons of ganking. But no, gotta fit that survey scanner, gotta fit that 3rd MLU.

Secondly, the reason they don't, is because it's a bannable offense.

If you want to play alone, play single-player games. This is a MULTI-PLAYER sandbox. They are not telling you how to play, they are just playing with you how they see fit. Did you have your sand castles trampled by bullies when you were a kid?

Not sure what you were like as a kid but I wouldn't play with or like a kid who trampled my sand castle. I would like and play with the kids who also enjoyed building sand castles.

The issue with ganking in eve is those who enjoy kicking over sand castles don't want to play with the other kids who enjoy kicking over sand castles, because that would mean eventually your sand castle will get kicked over too. No one enjoys having their sand castle kicked over.

This thread will go places

griefers

There's nothing wrong with gankers. They add a very interesting dynamic to EVE and gameplay in hi-sec that wouldn't be there without them. The only gankers I hate are those who are in it just to **** people off. Those who can only enjoy the game by taking enjoyment from others.

The ideal ganker-miner relationship would be the mutual respect for each other. Miners who don't cry and throw tantrums when their ships are blown up, and gankers who don't stroke their e-peens when they kill someone. We should see miners congratulate successful gankers for catching them off guard or getting around their defenses. We should see gankers give kudos to miners who withstand their assault.

A true ganker would admire the careful attention and planning a miner who avoided a gank put in. A true miner would respect gankers for successfully killing a ship in mere seconds before CONCORD could destroy them.

It's the attitude of the carebears and the suicide gankers that are the problem, not what they're actually doing.

I am a miner but I do not hate gankers... I pity them for not being able to do anything else but to kill miners who can't fight back

Is it that hard to have alts or friends?

I personally do not hate gankers...

Perfect post for demonstrating the exact wrong attidtude about EVE, as it's bascially saying "go play in low sec.

No, "New Eden" is one place. The Gankers aren't being cowards by ganking people inside high sec rather than gallantly dueling 1v1 in low sec lol.

They are playing the game as allowed by the game maker, and if you don't like it your choices are defend yourself (tank your ship/make yourself a hard target), activley fight back of log off. The real problem isn't the gankers, it's the people who ingore the 3 solutions I just offered and go for option 4: Do noting about it but whine to the developers and make snide remarks about the gankers on the forum in fine "strongly worded letter" form.

If you want to play alone, play single-player games. This is a MULTI-PLAYER sandbox. They are not telling you how to play, they are just playing with you how they see fit. Did you have your sand castles trampled by bullies when you were a kid?

I like this idea, how about a trap mining boat. It looks like a miner but when fired upon instantly webs and scams the attacker and raises all defenses to 99%.