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Miss Tabaki
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Posted - 2007.01.12 13:29:00 -
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Do sentry guns do to little damage in low sec?
Every day when I run my courier missions in low sec, I see industrial wrecks. All over the place they litter the gates. How come its so easy (remember low sec is supposed to be dangerous, even for pirates) for any pirate these days to tank the sentry guns?
Should sentry gun damage be upped to make the lifes a bit more exciting for the griefers, or is a killboard full of industrial ships all they really need to be excited in this game?
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Alliaanna Dalaii
Gallente Does Not Compute
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Posted - 2007.01.12 13:37:00 -
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Go grab a standard fitted cruiser and attack something under sentries, See how long you last.
The risk for pirates is very real allready. If i'm pirating in my HaC and engage at a gate I cannot permatank. If the hauler has any escort (hint, take an escort you tards) that can scamble me i'm probably toast.
A clever Af pilot + sentries would be enough to nail me.
So no. Unless their is some more reward added to lowsec which increases the amount of belt targets we can get I see no reason to nerf gatecamping even further.
Before anyone whines about our playstyle, The box eve came in tells me my carrier is valid 
Alliaanna DNC Treasure Hunt !!
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Josefine Dark
smile'n smite
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Posted - 2007.01.12 13:42:00 -
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Originally by: Miss Tabaki Do sentry guns do to little damage in low sec?
Nope! They'll deal enough damage to get the gatecampers into trouble if they're not careful enough! But the sentries are tankable to a specific point... So afk flying haulers in low-secs deserve to die to a gatecamp
Originally by: Miss Tabaki ...or is a killboard full of industrial ships all they really need to be excited in this game?
First off all haulers get killed to get your life going as a pirate... so it's not for their personal KB statistics but to ensure their outlaw life!
so long
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FooB2
Caldari Pre-nerfed Tactics
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Posted - 2007.01.12 13:44:00 -
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Edited by: FooB2 on 12/01/2007 13:42:32 decent pirates will have near 3 years SP backing behind them. and friends. think about it.
oh, and as for "killing haulers = low". pirates kill people. haulers are people. therefore hauler dies. we dont care what you're in, we will attack it. its not our problem if you enjoy piloting flying-pinatas full of ISK through low sec.
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Katrina Kirellii
Caldari Escorts of Eve
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Posted - 2007.01.12 13:59:00 -
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Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii The risk for pirates is very real allready. If i'm pirating in my HaC and engage at a gate I cannot permatank. If the hauler has any escort (hint, take an escort you tards) that can scamble me i'm probably toast.
A clever Af pilot + sentries would be enough to nail me.

Alliaanna
Thanks for the Plug!
In reality - once the hauler jumps - the Pirate can pretty much pick on it first (ignoring any escort) and kill it. Usually jamming is late. So a good escort is really *bait* who hopes to survive or can somehow stir the mix up a bit and survive while allowing you to escape. In terms of the lone pirate who is usually a newbie rogue, an escort can scare them off - but then your odds without an escort would have been pretty good anyhow.
Again though - thanks for the plug - Escorts whether formally trained or not are important.
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SwindonBadger
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.01.12 14:00:00 -
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I occasionally try and tank the centries in a crow, so far my best is 2 vollies before they win! normally Im pritty sleapy when this happens.
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Alliaanna Dalaii
Gallente Does Not Compute
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Posted - 2007.01.12 14:06:00 -
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Originally by: SwindonBadger I occasionally try and tank the centries in a crow, so far my best is 2 vollies before they win! normally Im pritty sleapy when this happens.

Can I just say... You have the coolest name/Sig ever ! 
Alliaanna DNC Treasure Hunt !!
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SwindonBadger
0utbreak
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Posted - 2007.01.12 14:17:00 -
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yarghhhh :) thanks to the boss and dashi! though most people prefer the other outbreaks sigs with nice ladies on,,, strange people if u ask me.
tanking centries in a carrier or dred pritty easy I hear .. but then its easy to set up on them too :) I dont think the gates need to be harder or weeker, I takes a while to get the skills in a bc/bs to tank them well enough to kill and not have to warp out instantly and it only takes a few people to get them tackled once agressed and watch them pop.
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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.12 16:14:00 -
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Edited by: Marcus TheMartin on 12/01/2007 16:11:15 Scouts are key for haulers use them as annoying as they are. I've lost so many cruisers to sentry guns its ridiculous I'd actually be broke right now if this guy didn't overpay on the ransom (his corpie convoed and smack talked me so I didn't give it back).
Also quit using the word griefers its your fault for flying a pinata filled with goodies we pirates are just the ones swinging the sticks (yes we can see through the blindfold) Best Dressed Corp of 2006 and 2007! -Marcus TheMartin Marcus Thinks Eve who knew!? |

Portios Smith
Sanguine Legion
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Posted - 2007.01.12 17:30:00 -
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Originally by: Katrina Kirellii
Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii The risk for pirates is very real allready. If i'm pirating in my HaC and engage at a gate I cannot permatank. If the hauler has any escort (hint, take an escort you tards) that can scamble me i'm probably toast.
A clever Af pilot + sentries would be enough to nail me.

Alliaanna
Thanks for the Plug!
In reality - once the hauler jumps - the Pirate can pretty much pick on it first (ignoring any escort) and kill it. Usually jamming is late. So a good escort is really *bait* who hopes to survive or can somehow stir the mix up a bit and survive while allowing you to escape. In terms of the lone pirate who is usually a newbie rogue, an escort can scare them off - but then your odds without an escort would have been pretty good anyhow.
Again though - thanks for the plug - Escorts whether formally trained or not are important.
You are turning out to be a worst propaganda machine than BoB
Most of the time your posts either exagerate a fact or all together twist it. you either really don't know WTF you are talking about or just enjoy making stuff up. Either way your full of crap
For you newbies in a hauler out there, if you want to survive in low sec:
1. Use warp to zero you n00bs, autopilot will get you killed
If you use WTZ the only time a piwat can get you is on the other side of a gate and a lone one will have a hard time.
2. Fit stabs, haulers in dangerous space are one of the best ways to use stabs
3. Fit a decent Tank. it does you no good to be able to warp away from a rupture at a gate if you dont last long enough. a good tank will ruin most solo cruiser/battle cruisers day
Finally you have to contend with low sec gate camps. fortunatley for you this are very rare now that Kali nerfed them hard. if you jump in to a system in a slow arse mammoth for example and your overview is suddenly full of ships. you can kiss your hauler good bye (and probably your pod too).
5. A friend in a frig one jump ahead is the single most effective way to keep your cargo vessel in one piece. he can give you up to the minute traffic information and is much better equipt to get away from a camp than you.
I understand it is not always possible to bring a frind along to check the road ahead for you; a good thing to do then (and any time you travel unsecure space) is to check your map, select pilots in the last 30 minuts to identify potential gate blobs and then switch to ships destroyed in the last hour and 24h. I hope you can put 2 + 2 together and avoid ThaBigRedDot on your route 
I will not recomend using disposable alts to scout as I believe it to be just as lame as logoffski. I dont do it, I dont need to do it, and the less people do it the better EVE becomes.
Use common sense while traveling in low sec and you will play more and whine less. I have hauled tons of stuff through low sec/0.0 and never once been caught by a gate camp or lone pirate. And yes, I am a pirate too 
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Bach
Caldari Tyrell Corp
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Posted - 2007.01.12 18:07:00 -
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Yes the gate guns in low sec are an easy tank. We used to do it in thorax's and along enough to destroy combat ships let alone haulers. Some of the new Command ships can almost perpetually tank the guns. 
That said, you have to understand there needs to be a niche for pirates to play in the game. You can avoid them and circumvent them with many of the methods mentioned above. In all of them you have the do one common thing. You have to actively play the game vs. them. No auto piloting freebies. It not to much to ask that you simply play the game with them. 
Why haulers? Well its not hard math. Profit vs effort and risk the low sec haulers are the biggest payout in Eve for ship to ship actions. Probably closely followed by mission/complex runner rigged vessels. If it was just about dueling contests the guy wouldn't be a pirate he would just be in 0.0 slugging it out with everyone else. 
Now as much as pirates deserve to play the game so do mercs and bounty hunters. These last two character classes have a very hard time playing they're roles wihtout good merchants like yourself. If you report pirates and sometimes offer a little tribute for them to turn the tables on your local neighborhood bucaneer then they get to play the game too.
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Mr Jay
Pre-nerfed Tactics
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Posted - 2007.01.12 18:28:00 -
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You don't need to be able to tank sentries to kill things near gates.
I imagine it's quite easy to kill an indy at a gate before it warps using a sniping setup.
I use damage mods and only one armor rep on my Deimos setup and it can't tank sentries - but I can last long enough at a gate in order to kill my target and then warp out.
My point is, in my opinion, there's no point in 'upping' sentry damage, as you're still going to die*
*unless they make sentries do uber damage, but then what's the point? You might as well pu Concord in low-sec.
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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.12 18:39:00 -
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Originally by: Portios Smith
Originally by: Katrina Kirellii
Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii The risk for pirates is very real allready. If i'm pirating in my HaC and engage at a gate I cannot permatank. If the hauler has any escort (hint, take an escort you tards) that can scamble me i'm probably toast.
A clever Af pilot + sentries would be enough to nail me.

Alliaanna
Thanks for the Plug!
In reality - once the hauler jumps - the Pirate can pretty much pick on it first (ignoring any escort) and kill it. Usually jamming is late. So a good escort is really *bait* who hopes to survive or can somehow stir the mix up a bit and survive while allowing you to escape. In terms of the lone pirate who is usually a newbie rogue, an escort can scare them off - but then your odds without an escort would have been pretty good anyhow.
Again though - thanks for the plug - Escorts whether formally trained or not are important.
You are turning out to be a worst propaganda machine than BoB
The crime and punishment forums are meant to be a safe heaven from bob and other alliance jibba jabba (aside from the annoying Posts made by non PC members about PC)
how dare you break that freedom  Best Dressed Corp of 2006 and 2007! -Marcus TheMartin Marcus Thinks Eve who knew!? |

Portios Smith
Sanguine Legion
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Posted - 2007.01.12 22:53:00 -
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Quote: The crime and punishment forums are meant to be a safe heaven from bob and other alliance jibba jabba (aside from the annoying Posts made by non PC members about PC)
You know what I mean, quit beeing so sensitive  Sig removed does not contain your name, email [email protected] if you have any questions - Xorus |

kublai
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2007.01.12 22:55:00 -
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Personally I loathe gate camping, but until CCP makes low sec belts ALOT more profitable for industrialists, well low sec in general, i'm not gonna ***** about it.
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fire 59
Destructive Influence Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.01.13 02:41:00 -
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Originally by: Portios Smith
Quote: The crime and punishment forums are meant to be a safe heaven from bob and other alliance jibba jabba (aside from the annoying Posts made by non PC members about PC)
You know what I mean, quit beeing so sensitive 
How about people not talk bull**** about propoganda when they don't know wtf there going on about. Fact's during wartime isn't propoganda you muppet. ****es me off when some armchair jockey who saw a bob in empire once talks with such knowledge over stuff he doesn't know. Mutter mumble
Sorry for derailing but idiot's **** me off, btw, not directed at the person i quoted, that muppet further up the page
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Ivan Kirilenkov
Forum Moderator Interstellar Services Department

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Posted - 2007.01.13 02:57:00 -
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Please be civil, and avoid remarks that target certain groups or entities like this. Also, when people break the forum rules, mail us instead of derailing the thread and breaking the forum rules yourself. Thank you :)
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DarkElf
Caldari DJ's Exotic Dancers Escorts
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Posted - 2007.01.13 09:37:00 -
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Originally by: Miss Tabaki Do sentry guns do to little damage in low sec?
Every day when I run my courier missions in low sec, I see industrial wrecks. All over the place they litter the gates. How come its so easy (remember low sec is supposed to be dangerous, even for pirates) for any pirate these days to tank the sentry guns?
Should sentry gun damage be upped to make the lifes a bit more exciting for the griefers, or is a killboard full of industrial ships all they really need to be excited in this game?
whine whine whine is all i hear here.
firstly yes imo sentries are perfect in low sec.
secondly would ppl stop using that silly term griefer for anyone who pops a hauler. a griefer is someone who does something with no gain from it just to ruin someone else's experience of the game. killing haulers is very profitable and is called piracy. therefore they are pirates not griefer ffs.
and i doubt anyone in game actually buzzes off indy killmails. the whole thing about blah blah just epeen etc wants a nice killmail for his killboard is rubbish as well. just carebears way of putting pvp'ers down to make them seem better after they get killed.
ok i'm done 
DE
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Colwyn Amicus
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Posted - 2007.01.13 11:22:00 -
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Yeah, I'm a griefer. But I do it for all the reasons, to ruin someones day, to see a pretty explosion, and to be superior to someone else even if it is a hauler. And don't worry, I'll fight anything at the gate. I don't discriminate. Back on topic, sentries do plenty of damage, goal is to kill them before that damage can add up on you.
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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.13 20:49:00 -
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Originally by: DarkElf
Originally by: Miss Tabaki Do sentry guns do to little damage in low sec?
Every day when I run my courier missions in low sec, I see industrial wrecks. All over the place they litter the gates. How come its so easy (remember low sec is supposed to be dangerous, even for pirates) for any pirate these days to tank the sentry guns?
Should sentry gun damage be upped to make the lifes a bit more exciting for the griefers, or is a killboard full of industrial ships all they really need to be excited in this game?
qft
whine whine whine is all i hear here.
firstly yes imo sentries are perfect in low sec.
secondly would ppl stop using that silly term griefer for anyone who pops a hauler. a griefer is someone who does something with no gain from it just to ruin someone else's experience of the game. killing haulers is very profitable and is called piracy. therefore they are pirates not griefer ffs.
and i doubt anyone in game actually buzzes off indy killmails. the whole thing about blah blah just epeen etc wants a nice killmail for his killboard is rubbish as well. just carebears way of putting pvp'ers down to make them seem better after they get killed.
ok i'm done 
DE
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Miss Tabaki
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Posted - 2007.01.14 13:13:00 -
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Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:10:48 Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:10:06 Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:09:57
Quote: whine whine whine is all i hear here.
Whine? Where? I asked a simple questing and you call that whining? The reason I ask it is because I have been cruising around in low sec the last 3-4 weeks, and I see people pop a target, armor tank the sentrys - stil hugging the gate - waiting of the next target to decloak, and stil stay there and tank it. Mind you I have only lost 1 ship so far, and it was a slow cruiser in my first encounter with said gate camps.
Quote: secondly would ppl stop using that silly term griefer for anyone who pops a hauler. a griefer is someone who does something with no gain from it just to ruin someone else's experience of the game. killing haulers is very profitable and is called piracy. therefore they are pirates not griefer ffs.
Sure, could call the camps I have witnessed pirates. IF they picked up the loot, but they dont. I have been cloaked on several gate camps, from several different "pirate" corporations that hug the gate. They dont even have alts in haulers or what ever to go pick it up. It stays there til wrecks disapear! And that makes them griefers.
But none the less, I shouldnt really bother much should I. Busting the camps is easy enough anyway.

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rig0r
Arcane Industries
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Posted - 2007.01.14 15:31:00 -
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Sentries are fine imo. Especially when you use them to your advantage to kill ebil pirates 
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Gareth Angel
Blue Star Enterprises
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Posted - 2007.01.14 16:01:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus TheMartin its your fault for flying a pinata filled with goodies we pirates are just the ones swinging the sticks (yes we can see through the blindfold)
This made me laugh pretty hard. In a good way, I mean.
I can't really say I 'respect' the camping pirates (for that the losses are just too big sometimes), but I CAN say I understand the fun you can have when swinging sticks at those pinata's.
Just please don't do it anymore if I'm coming through... 

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Marcus TheMartin
Gallente Tuxedo.
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Posted - 2007.01.14 17:39:00 -
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Edited by: Marcus TheMartin on 14/01/2007 17:38:01 Edited by: Marcus TheMartin on 14/01/2007 17:36:39
Originally by: Miss Tabaki Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:10:48 Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:10:06 Edited by: Miss Tabaki on 14/01/2007 13:09:57
Quote: whine whine whine is all i hear here.
Whine? Where? I asked a simple questing and you call that whining? The reason I ask it is because I have been cruising around in low sec the last 3-4 weeks, and I see people pop a target, armor tank the sentrys - stil hugging the gate - waiting of the next target to decloak, and stil stay there and tank it. Mind you I have only lost 1 ship so far, and it was a slow cruiser in my first encounter with said gate camps.
Quote: secondly would ppl stop using that silly term griefer for anyone who pops a hauler. a griefer is someone who does something with no gain from it just to ruin someone else's experience of the game. killing haulers is very profitable and is called piracy. therefore they are pirates not griefer ffs.
Sure, could call the camps I have witnessed pirates. IF they picked up the loot, but they dont. I have been cloaked on several gate camps, from several different "pirate" corporations that hug the gate. They dont even have alts in haulers or what ever to go pick it up. It stays there til wrecks disapear! And that makes them griefers.
But none the less, I shouldnt really bother much should I. Busting the camps is easy enough anyway.

IGNORANCE ALERT CODE BLUE!!!
all because you don't see them collecting loot dosen't mean they don't get it eventually. Not to mention your broad generalization of the pirate community is poor at best.
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Ainna Asu
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Posted - 2007.01.14 23:43:00 -
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woops, looks like I hit a soft spot.
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Miss Tabaki
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Posted - 2007.01.14 23:43:00 -
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Vol Jbolaz
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2007.01.14 23:50:00 -
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It is easy to tank sentries. First off, you can set up a Typhoon or Dominix to permatank the sentries. If you are just hitting haulers, you don't need to do a lot of damage. If you are tanking the sentries, you can sit close enough to throw on a scram and slowly carve the hauler up.
Snipers don't get hit my sentries. :) And they can two volley and destroy a T1 industrial that isn't properly hardened before it can get into warp.
If there are two or more pirates, there is no single ship they can't take at the gate.
Piracy sucks in Eve because pirates don't have overhead, so they don't have to worry about making money. It has been my experience that pirates rarely make money (as in they've never made money off of the few times they've killed me).
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Fong SaiYuk
The Establishment
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Posted - 2007.01.15 03:46:00 -
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Originally by: Vol Jbolaz It is easy to tank sentries. First off, you can set up a Typhoon or Dominix to permatank the sentries. If you are just hitting haulers, you don't need to do a lot of damage. If you are tanking the sentries, you can sit close enough to throw on a scram and slowly carve the hauler up.
Easy? It takes time to skill up to a BS which is unsurprisingly much less time than it takes to train a scout to jump in a shuttle and go ahead of your hauler.
Originally by: Vol Jbolaz Snipers don't get hit my sentries. :) And they can two volley and destroy a T1 industrial that isn't properly hardened before it can get into warp.
So why hasnt that hauler got Istabs or nano's..hardners too mebbe?
Originally by: Vol Jbolaz If there are two or more pirates, there is no single ship they can't take at the gate.
So dont jump through that gate, go around or wait once your scout as reported them. Mmmmm yes scouts again, such a simple solution. Nevermind that your supposition is a large bag of poo, jump in your HAC and wait for them to aggress then kick your transversal up while scrambling them and tanking...oooh now the additional dmg you are supplying to the sentry's own is destroying their tank. Lovely.
Originally by: Vol Jbolaz Piracy sucks in Eve because pirates don't have overhead, so they don't have to worry about making money. It has been my experience that pirates rarely make money (as in they've never made money off of the few times they've killed me).
We dont have overheads? What about ship replacements, ammo, drones and boredom IS an overhead.
Your second statement is laughable. So they have never made money off you...do you expect them to scram you and check your cargo and then send you nicely on their way with your trade goods??? So they make no money because YOU never carry anything worthwhile.
You are clearly indicative of the whole of Eve...if the whole of Eve is blinkered and assumes everyone is the same as him, flies a hauler thats neither escorted or scouted through lowsec and doesn't ever carry valuable cargo.

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vile56
Nubs. Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.01.15 03:54:00 -
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Originally by: Vol Jbolaz It is easy to tank sentries. First off, you can set up a Typhoon or Dominix to permatank the sentries. If you are just hitting haulers, you don't need to do a lot of damage. If you are tanking the sentries, you can sit close enough to throw on a scram and slowly carve the hauler up.
Snipers don't get hit my sentries. :) And they can two volley and destroy a T1 industrial that isn't properly hardened before it can get into warp.
If there are two or more pirates, there is no single ship they can't take at the gate.
Piracy sucks in Eve because pirates don't have overhead, so they don't have to worry about making money. It has been my experience that pirates rarely make money (as in they've never made money off of the few times they've killed me).
well here is a little look into our world,
sit at a gate, attack anything that comes in, tell me if the rush you get is ANYTHING, like tradeing or useing those miner2s.
then go hunt a belt, and tell me if the rush you get is ANY ******* THING, like tradeing. you will see why we do it
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OrangeAfroMan
Minmatar Suffoco Noctis Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2007.01.15 04:14:00 -
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Originally by: Alliaanna Dalaii So no. Unless there is some more reward added to lowsec which increases the amount of belt targets we can get I see no reason to nerf gatecamping even further.
I used to think gatecampers were lamers, however after pirating non-stop for 10 months I can say that this statement truly shows the state of lowsec :/
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