Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising
The Bastion
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Posted - 2015.11.19 01:18:23 -
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I build and sell packages of bookmarks. TheyGÇÖre mostly in nullsec, but IGÇÖve also worked-up the hisec GÇÿHighways of LoveGÇÖ collection (http://i.imgur.com/EVJfsJI.png). As a result, along with being a longtime w-space / nullsec denizen, I am fairly experienced in not getting killed while travelling through hostile space. In all the travel IGÇÖve done in recent years, I have lost:
1.One ceptor to lowsec gate smartbombers GÇô Only a few months ago. I had a perch, just did not use it;
2.One ceptor to a fast-locking gate camp GÇô A really exceptional occurrence, props to them; and
3.One ceptor and one covops to forgetting to activate the cloak and going AFK GÇô Idiot-factor prevails.
Once you have a perch bookmarked your ability to negotiate hostile gates is markedly improved GǪ but a noobship is damn slow in warp, slow when burning ongrid, and also pretty slow to align-warp after youGÇÖve jumped through the gate. A noobship also dies 99.9% of the time if thereGÇÖs a dictor waiting for you on the other side.
I canGÇÖt remember when I last used a rookie ship other than as a cyno ship. For GÇÿtaxiGÇÖ runs that do not involve jumpbridges I usually take an interceptor that is fitted out for align-warp speed and also has the ability to cloak (for when I want to go afk). For bookmark scouting and building I use either a burn-speed fit GÇÿceptor (again with a cloak) or a cheetah. If my taxi-travels are likely to include jump-bridges I often choose a blockade runner for the space-AIDS protection it provides, or just take a ceptor and wait-out the timers.
A fit-out ceptor costs around 25M isk direct-from-market, less if you are able to efficiently self-build. That is not an awful of isk compared to the huge benfit it offers.
I am not alone in this. My bubble camping in hostile space sees the passage of approximately ten ceptors for each non-nullified ship. Yachts also get quite a lot of use for that purpose GǪ safe passage through my bubbles. I recently tried to smartbomb (disco-rohk) a yacht and was unhappily surprised that he got through the gate safely. Perhaps just my fail as a disco-dood but frustrating all the same.
I guess I am almost a 'vet' by now. Hopefully not too bitter and managing to help more than I hinder.
Our pirate epic arc completion packages really are very good: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=12973&find=unread
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