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Cara Forelli
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Posted - 2014.07.05 13:27:00 -
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Sounds like you had a couple bad experiences. Unless you are very hard to get along with, your player-corp experience is pretty atypical. Sounds like they were just jerks. However, this game was not meant to be played alone. I would highly recommend looking for another corp. Find one that specializes in mining, or look into some other activities. You don't have to mine forever. On looking for a corp, here is a good guide.
Getting ganked is part of the mining profession. There are some ways to minimize your risk. Keep a low profile whenever possible. Move your operations when space becomes hostile. Fly a well tanked procurer instead of a retriever (much harder to take out quickly but less yield). Many people just factor in their losses as a business cost. As long as you've mined more ore than your retriever is worth by the time it gets destroyed it has already payed for itself. Mining corporations can also add additional layers of protection. A good corp will help you replace your ships - not blow them up for laughs.
Finally, you should never lose your pod in highsec. When you are sure that your ship will be destroyed select a warpable object like a planet from the overview and spam click the "warp-to" button in the selected items box, while your ship is still in structure damage. As soon as your ship pops (which due to server ticks will be slightly before it actually shows that way on the screen) you pod will instantly warp (they align instantly). Normally, your pod will be warping out before your enemy can even see that your ship has been destroyed. They should have no chance to target your pod.
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Cara Forelli
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Posted - 2014.07.05 19:36:00 -
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Oraac Ensor wrote:It is if you want it to be.
It's true, some people enjoy playing by themselves. I think it's safe to say this is the minority of players, however. I'm actually quite introverted and I probably spend 85% of my time "soloing pvping", but being part of an active corp still vastly increases my enjoyment. It's even more important when you're first trying to climb the learning curve. Sure it can be done with some (a lot) of googling, but it's much easier and faster to learn from others.
TLDR: You're right. I'm right. Yay.
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Cara Forelli
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Posted - 2014.07.06 16:19:00 -
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Don't biomass.
EvE is a long term game. Patience is very important. Whether it's putting up with an extra day of training because you really can't afford to lose +5s, or sticking it out until your reputation blows over (I give it two weeks before everyone forgets about this thread).
I would recommend a resculp though. People might not recognize you, plus you can be beautiful like me. 
I'm going to echo the advice above. If you don't enjoy being prey, perhaps it's time to consider being the predator. And no, not all combat characters are like the (arguably unsavory) ones you have run into so far. There are plenty of well meaning pew-pewers from low, null, to WH space that just want to blow things up and have a good time, and would be glad to help you get started doing the same.
Not sure I would recommend 100 rifters though. Maybe 100 breachers...or tristans. Rifters are so 2010.
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Posted - 2014.07.08 02:53:00 -
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Tau Cabalander wrote:Keno Skir wrote:Cara Forelli wrote:I would recommend a resculp though. People might not recognize you This is pointless, your avatar makes near 0 difference to anything and should be largely ignored forever. I think Cara Forelli was attempting to inject some humour.  At least I hope so.
Yes. I'm hilarious. And beautiful.
But really, some people have visual memories. I often recognize people's portraits rather than their names. I honestly have no idea what OPs name is of the top of my head, but I could pick out her portrait from a lineup.
But yeah. It's not gonna help if someone really wants to mess up your day.
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