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Chris Silvermoon
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.05 15:22:25 -
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School semester is starting back up so I am making a new char to do courier contracts where I can just click jump and not have to be as involved as a combat character.
Is there freight corporations where you can join to have assigned contracts and rates, or is it better just to look at contracts and take what is available? Other than red frog that is.... person been waiting since july to join them according to their queue so I would finish my degree before I got in there. |
Blake Lowe
The Icarus Expedition
The Daedalus Imperium
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Posted - 2015.01.05 15:33:31 -
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Clicking and forgetting with a freighter is a sure way to be blown up by some money hungry gankers. |
Chris Silvermoon
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.05 15:38:27 -
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Dual screens, not going to forget about it, just less involved not hands off or at tabbed. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
8298
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Posted - 2015.01.05 15:39:35 -
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Blake Lowe wrote:Clicking and forgetting with a freighter is a sure way to be blown up by some money hungry gankers.
Actually code will gank just because, afk hauling with cargo is just asking for it.
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J'Poll
Green Skull LLC
5311
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Posted - 2015.01.05 15:52:23 -
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Push Industries
Red Frog
Latter does require a double account though.
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Chris Silvermoon
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.05 16:08:54 -
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3 accounts right now, null sec industrial, wormhole, and a high sec missioner |
J'Poll
Green Skull LLC
5312
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Posted - 2015.01.05 16:24:24 -
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Chris Silvermoon wrote:3 accounts right now, null sec industrial, wormhole, and a high sec missioner
Then you would easily get into RFF if you have make it through their basic recruitment
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Solecist Project
Snuggle Society
Covalent Bonds
12555
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Posted - 2015.01.05 16:45:43 -
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Would be more healthy to have an alt web you into warp constantly.
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
4503
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Posted - 2015.01.05 20:09:15 -
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Solecist Project wrote:Would be more healthy to have an alt web you into warp constantly.
Most of my alts are trained to pilot the Minmatar Hyena, because it has a wonderful bonus to web range. Why web range? Because inter-regional gates are HUGE!
Plus, one can overheat webs (typically two) for even more range, and not worry about burning them out, as they only cycle once.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4922702#post4922702 |
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
204
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Posted - 2015.01.06 04:01:49 -
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Webbing frig is a bit too easy to gank. There was a carebear who came crying to the forums last month because he claimed someone popped his webbing frig, leaving his freighter stranded for what became an eventual gank. He might have been full of it, but still gets you thinking.
Rapier or Ashimmu seems like the better choices.
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Steppa Musana
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.06 04:44:30 -
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McChicken Combo HalfMayo wrote:Webbing frig is a bit too easy to gank. There was a carebear who came crying to the forums last month because he claimed someone popped his webbing frig, leaving his freighter stranded for what became an eventual gank. He might have been full of it, but still gets you thinking.
Rapier or Ashimmu seems like the better choices.
Ashimmu is the best ship for this, Low skill requirements and much stronger tank than Rapier |
Velarra
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Posted - 2015.01.06 04:44:52 -
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Chris Silvermoon wrote:where I can just click jump and not have to be as involved as a combat character..
At the risk of sounding not all that helpful - undocking from a station in Eve is consenting to being as involved in space flight as a combat character. Regardless of whether you are in a freighter or destroyer. The actual warp tunnel is rather peaceful, and in a freighter this peaceful period of flight can give one opportunity to read a book, spend some time in the wash closet or even walk the dog, - but the moment you come out of warp, and arrive at a gate all bets are off.
Suggestion: Rethink the idea of freighter piloting being a casually serene activity akin to ship spinning in station. |
Sabriz Adoudel
Glorious Revolutionary Armed Forces of Highsec
CODE.
4294
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Posted - 2015.01.06 06:46:05 -
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Freighters are:
1) not a ship designed for New Citizens at all
2) not a ship you can safely fly anywhere without dilligence, scouting and possibly an armed escort suited to the area of space you are operating in. So cyno ships with capital support (or at least the plausible threat of capital support) in null and much of low, or tanking links, web support and possibly EWAR or logistics ships in highsec.
Just be aware that freighter building is a highly competitive market, and in order to ensure demand for their products, some large scale freighter builders pay alliances like mine to blow their products up.
Basically, carrying collateralized courier contracts around highsec is a way for you to make a poor income, interspersed with utterly devastating losses.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
866
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Posted - 2015.01.06 10:21:26 -
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at the rates I get my cargo shipped one gank will probably set you back a month of playtime, oh yea and then there is the whole collateral thing.
also any time I play eve and try to do something else... I end up just playing eve. "AFK" Droneboats apparently require a lot of attention.
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Kharaxus
CareBear Initiations
The Foundation To Protect Endangered CareBears
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Posted - 2015.01.06 12:36:16 -
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Starting school - and playing Eve as a freighter pilot why?.....Hmmm....I assume you are going to school to learn? Because with all of your 3 alts, you haven't learned the basic mechanics the mistress Eve demands from its loyal committed players.
Its amazing how many people on this planet of ours, insist on respect for their education - while knowing nothing about basic mechanics.
Do your schoolwork first. Then you can play Eve. |
Chris Silvermoon
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.06 15:51:24 -
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Kharaxus wrote:Starting school - and playing Eve as a freighter pilot why?.....Hmmm....I assume you are going to school to learn? Because with all of your 3 alts, you haven't learned the basic mechanics the mistress Eve demands from its loyal committed players.
Its amazing how many people on this planet of ours, insist on respect for their education - while knowing nothing about basic mechanics.
Do your schoolwork first. Then you can play Eve.
Get off your high horse. 38 years old, a family, full time job, full time school, and I am graduating after this semester. I currently have a 3.62 GPA so the insinuation I don't know how to manage my time is insulting.
I am looking for a side project while I am doing calculus on the second screen. I don't really care about the money so much. I just want a diversion so rest of my life doesn't burn me out. Homework time is my only time to myself now.
Before telling people how to live their life find out what is going on in theirs and why they need a distraction. Do you have all of that going on plus your wife being diagnosed with an incurable auto immune disease and basically given 10 years to live? If not then don't try to judge me. |
Gully Alex Foyle
Black Fox Marauders
Spaceship Bebop
3289
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Posted - 2015.01.06 16:12:57 -
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Sorry OP, don't know much about freighters, I have a jump freighter to jump stuff into lowsec for me to pvp.
If you want/need to play EVE at a slow pace, have you considered manufacturing/trading? Fun if you're into numbers and spreadsheets, less risky (and, fwiw, much more ISK-profitable) than hauling in a freigher.
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Kharaxus
CareBear Initiations
The Foundation To Protect Endangered CareBears
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Posted - 2015.01.06 16:21:02 -
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Chris Silvermoon wrote:Get off your high horse. 38 years old, a family, full time job, full time school, and I am graduating after this semester. I currently have a 3.62 GPA so the insinuation I don't know how to manage my time is insulting.
I am looking for a side project while I am doing calculus on the second screen. I don't really care about the money so much. I just want a diversion so rest of my life doesn't burn me out. Homework time is my only time to myself now.
Before telling people how to live their life find out what is going on in theirs and why they need a distraction. Do you have all of that going on plus your wife being diagnosed with an incurable auto immune disease and basically given 10 years to live? If not then don't try to judge me.
More reasons to budget your time. More reasons to rage when somebody ganks your freighter.
The basic game mechanics in Eve says no.
People play this game specifically to target freighters. Threads have been written to combat mechanics - that allows ganking - and you want to do exactly the opposite. Trying to prevent a gank will simply take more of your time away from your IRL schedule, defeating the purpose of this thread. |
Chris Silvermoon
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.01.06 16:32:18 -
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Gully Alex Foyle wrote:Sorry OP, don't know much about freighters, I have a jump freighter to jump stuff into lowsec for me to pvp.
If you want/need to play EVE at a slow pace, have you considered manufacturing/trading? Fun if you're into numbers and spreadsheets, less risky (and, fwiw, much more ISK-profitable) than hauling in a freighter.
Nothing is off the table... station trading might be ok. I all ready make ammo and drones and such out in null. Not really interested in doing another industrial char right now.
I just need the distraction right now... get away from first world issues. Last semester did not have a diagnosis so wasn't so bad, now though....
maybe I will take a char to hek rens or amarr. Jita orders change too often in the.01 war |
Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.01.06 17:32:04 -
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Chris Silvermoon wrote:I just need the distraction right now... get away from first world issues. Nothing wrong with flying courier missions if that's what you want to do in Eve - there certainly are plenty of people doing it.
The risk doesn't seem to be random ganks of freighters so much as payload/deposit scams. Just fully tank the sucker and make sure you manually warp through the danger systems - and make sure you could mentally handle it if you did lose one. Get some tanking implants so it will be harder for gankers to estimate how much alpha they need if they go for you.
There are occasional posts on Reddit from courier pilots that are interesting stories. You might also try to strike up a conversation with Push/Red Frog pilots - they might be able to give you ideas on how to join sooner.
Personally, I find being in space more relaxing/entertaining than station trading. But to each his own.
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Gully Alex Foyle
Black Fox Marauders
Spaceship Bebop
3289
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Posted - 2015.01.06 17:32:10 -
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Chris Silvermoon wrote:Gully Alex Foyle wrote:Sorry OP, don't know much about freighters, I have a jump freighter to jump stuff into lowsec for me to pvp.
If you want/need to play EVE at a slow pace, have you considered manufacturing/trading? Fun if you're into numbers and spreadsheets, less risky (and, fwiw, much more ISK-profitable) than hauling in a freighter. Nothing is off the table... station trading might be ok. I all ready make ammo and drones and such out in null. Not really interested in doing another industrial char right now. I just need the distraction right now... get away from first world issues. Last semester did not have a diagnosis so wasn't so bad, now though.... maybe I will take a char to hek rens or amarr. Jita orders change too often in the.01 war Come to think of it, if you can get the isk / skills, jf hauling would be more profitable and safer as well. Just need to find customers, you could try lowsec pirate and fw corps.
Make space glamorous!
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J'Poll
Green Skull LLC
5321
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Posted - 2015.01.06 18:22:39 -
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Kharaxus wrote:Starting school - and playing Eve as a freighter pilot why?.....Hmmm....I assume you are going to school to learn? Because with all of your 3 alts, you haven't learned the basic mechanics the mistress Eve demands from its loyal committed players.
Its amazing how many people on this planet of ours, insist on respect for their education - while knowing nothing about basic mechanics.
Do your schoolwork first. Then you can play Eve.
Lol.
And who are you to judge.
Both of my freighter pilot aswel as one of the JF pilot I own are in NPC corps (starter or default) for the obvious reason.
Hell, a freighter hauler being in a player corp is just dumb...as it gives way more risk to the freighter then it will benefit from being in a corp.
So, please, you should learn basic mechanics...before telling other to do so, as you clearly lack them.
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Kharaxus
CareBear Initiations
The Foundation To Protect Endangered CareBears
74
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Posted - 2015.01.06 19:34:54 -
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J'Poll wrote:Kharaxus wrote:Starting school - and playing Eve as a freighter pilot why?.....Hmmm....I assume you are going to school to learn? Because with all of your 3 alts, you haven't learned the basic mechanics the mistress Eve demands from its loyal committed players.
Its amazing how many people on this planet of ours, insist on respect for their education - while knowing nothing about basic mechanics.
Do your schoolwork first. Then you can play Eve. Lol. And who are you to judge. Both of my freighter pilot aswel as one of the JF pilot I own are in NPC corps (starter or default) for the obvious reason. Hell, a freighter hauler being in a player corp is just dumb...as it gives way more risk to the freighter then it will benefit from being in a corp. So, please, you should learn basic mechanics...before telling other to do so, as you clearly lack them.
Or perhaps you understand the basic mechanics.
Are you assuming I am a freighter pilot?
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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
1309
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Posted - 2015.01.06 22:32:19 -
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Gully Alex Foyle wrote:Chris Silvermoon wrote:Gully Alex Foyle wrote:Sorry OP, don't know much about freighters, I have a jump freighter to jump stuff into lowsec for me to pvp.
If you want/need to play EVE at a slow pace, have you considered manufacturing/trading? Fun if you're into numbers and spreadsheets, less risky (and, fwiw, much more ISK-profitable) than hauling in a freighter. Nothing is off the table... station trading might be ok. I all ready make ammo and drones and such out in null. Not really interested in doing another industrial char right now. I just need the distraction right now... get away from first world issues. Last semester did not have a diagnosis so wasn't so bad, now though.... maybe I will take a char to hek rens or amarr. Jita orders change too often in the.01 war Come to think of it, if you can get the isk / skills, jf hauling would be more profitable and safer as well. Just need to find customers, you could try lowsec pirate and fw corps.
If you have JF skillz there is always Black Frog. |
McChicken Combo HalfMayo
The Happy Meal
237
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Posted - 2015.01.07 07:14:21 -
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You seem open to station trading and hauling, so why not combine both?
Train for a jump freighter and seed commonly used ships, ammo and modules into populated lowsec and NPC nullsec territories. You mark the price up 15% or so from Jita and many dwellers in the area will happily pay it.
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