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Ellen Madullier
Flipsiders
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Posted - 2015.01.08 00:46:51 -
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I gave up using a cargo scanner when I checked my last can and it had 94m worth of loot according to eve praisal. I failed the can and instead I dropped the scanner in favor of a scanning module. Maybe it's superstitious but I felt like I was always failing high value cans and I would rather not know what's in there. 
Also dreading the 10+ day archaeology train.
SUPER MODLEL ELLEN MADULLIER - BELLE EXPLORATEUR de NEW EDEN
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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
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Posted - 2015.01.08 11:00:34 -
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My way of dealing with a big loss is simple. I kept playing. I kept making ISK. At one point I pulled that 1B mod out of the site, awhh yiss... but I kept playing, and playing, and playing... 1B became 2B... 4B... 6B... and so forth.
At this point I'd have to actually do my best to neglect my income sources, buy a Capital or two, or welp shinies in order to experience any financial distress. Just keep playing, improving and hoarding riches.  |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
8340
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Posted - 2015.01.08 11:10:03 -
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Ellen Madullier wrote:
Also dreading the 10+ day archaeology train.
that's Cute 
"I'm also quite confident that you are laughing
and it's the kind of laugh that gives normal people shivers."
=]I[=
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Alaric Faelen
Sabotage Incorporated
Executive Outcomes
310
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Posted - 2015.01.13 16:35:49 -
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I deal with loss by putting a GF in local and dying with grace and aplomb. An SRP helps too.
But it's all just part of the game. Losing my stuff is as much part of the game as gaining it in the first place. I find Eve to be a fun game, not just 'winning' at it, but getting blown up is fun too. As I only use a single acct, I do not have alt scouts or out-of-corp haulers. I either rely on friends, or take the risk alone. That by itself is part of the fun- being social in an MMO, or boldly going where I have no idea what is on the other side.
The 'loss is real' part of Eve is perhaps my very favorite thing about this game. If there is nothing to lose, then there is really nothing to gain either. It's why I cannot understand the appeal of games like WoW, where 'loss' means a ghost run back to your stuff, restored as if nothing happened. What is the point of conflict if there is no actual loss incurred? Who cares about skill and survival if the only threat is a boring jog while invulnerable?
Deal with loss by simply playing to replace your stuff. It should have been fun getting stuff, so it should be fun getting it again. |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
1681
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Posted - 2015.01.14 22:30:03 -
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A good way to deal with bigger losses is to plan one. That's right, suicide yourself at the end of your first Insurance contract.
This is how I usually do it. If any PVP ship happens to get below 2 weeks of insurance time I will welp it, no matter what class it is apart from T3 Cruisers (because of SP loss). That makes your losses quite predictable, and each time you fail at dying (yes this happens) the reward is to keep the ship a while longer. With predictable costs, losses become a lot more managable.
I also stock up on tons of PVP mods. There is little sense in having a huge wallet number and no assets you can actually use. I have hundreds, if not thousands of T2 and Meta 4 modules from looting and purchasing the last few years. Oh my friend wants to sell me some drones for a little discount? Sure, give me 100... the higher number of items you buy, the bigger the sum of those discounts.
The absolute best way to handle loss really wel,l is go become filthy rich with very little effort, and have some much stuff it literally doesnt matter what you lose. The way I play I end up with tens, maybe hundreds of fitted ships and perhaps two, three shinies that would hurt a little for when I feel like riskbreaking. |
Tsukino Stareine
Sock Robbers Inc.
850
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Posted - 2015.01.14 22:41:30 -
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i recently lost a mid grade snake omega while exploring in low sec, overall isk loss was 600m in my vexor navy.
I just bought another one and went out and did more exploring. |
Gregor Parud
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Posted - 2015.01.15 13:37:09 -
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I don't mind loss (as stated above without the "pain" of losing there's no glory in winning), I do mind being dumb. So if I lose because I did something stupid or fcked up I'll be pissed, but not because of the loss itself. If I lost because it was a) outside my control or b) went "what the heck, lets see where this goes" then I don't care at all. |
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