Grauth Thorner
Vicious Trading Company
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Posted - 2014.11.09 13:21:23 -
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Cyndrogen wrote:When I started playing eve online I didn't really understand lowsec mechanics or nullsec etc.
I remember I was only a month old toon, I flew to TAMA to deliver robotics to a very high buy order. There is a reason the buy order was so high. I jumped into system, was almost insta locked, webbed, scrammed and after two volleys my ship suddenly upgraded to a pod! Cool! Immediately after I saw a bright flash of light and was kindly teleported back to highsec. Snigwaffe, never heard of them before venturing to Tama. That was 5 years ago, since then I have lived in lowsec, ran mission, ratted and even managed a POS for a period of time.
I went into a rage over losing a hauler ship, a badger. LOL. The people in Jita felt bad and gave me a little ISK to cover my loss. So funny to think about it now.
What was your trip to lowsec like the first time you ventured into the wild?
My first time was with a hauler as well, but with some crappy fit I used for mining. I had just invented AFK-mining (at least, it felt like I invented it), flying in a Bestower with a T1 miner during moments I would be AFK for at least an hour. I thought to myself: Lower security means more expensive and more ores, let's see how low I can go! At that point I had no idea there was something called high-sec, low-sec or even null-sec and I had no idea what the consequences were so I went for it. Before I knew it I was being chased by some pirates. Smart as I was I just thought to myself: ruuuuuun!
And so I did, but ofcourse, after jumping to the next system called Sahda (still low-sec), they caught up on me, got a point and asked me to pay like 5 million ISK or else I would loose my ship. Tough as I was (I was flying a Besty after all, it doesn't get much tougher than that!) I rejected their 'offer' thinking I still had a chance to escape (we were still at the gate after all). Apparently they didn't take no for an answer and all of a sudden I saw some fireworks and my Besty was a goner. I somehow did manage to get my pod out though.
I also recently learned about hauling some stuff to make some easy money. So to cover my loss I thought to myself 'well why not make a couple of hauls with a new Besty, so I can get enough money to buy another Besty in case this one is also destroyed.'. And so I did, bought 5k Mechanical Parts and hauled them to a station not too far away from my location. I had to go through low-sec but I still had no idea that there was a difference between high, low and null-sec. So I went for it, and before I knew it I was in Naguton (which apparently lies next to Sahda) and guess who I found there... The exact same pirates that killed me only 39 minutes ago. This time they weren't going to give me an offer though. They destroyed my new Besty, and this time I couldn't get away in my pod either. That's when I rage-quit EVE for a loooong time.
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