MAy as well play in nullsec, at least always ready for it.....

No war, I got gate ganked for 120mil on Amarr to Do' run, and today in a usually very quiet system 2 cat's suicide ganked a solo retriever.
also we have seen three high sec ganks in 24 hours, there were always pirates, but never so hectic!
MAy as well play in nullsec, at least always ready for it.....

That's the whole point. You should always be ready for it.

Highsec was AFK central. Thankfully less so now.

that pipe is where a lot (and i mean a lot) of that sort of thing happens.

amarr to dixie is hot most of the time , particularly in and around Uedama.

worth noting theres a bit of drama going on in the merc scene in that area too so best haul cautiously in that pipe i.e. 120mill is waaaaay yo much value for a t1 hauler

Hi all, I have just returned to the game after an 18 month break to join in with my son and we are loving it!
We are not carebears, just want intel!!!
We have been ganked twice in a few days, hauling and mining in high sec. All part of the game.......

There was always the risk, but never so much, have also witnessed a few gate ganks too.

BUT has the game changed that much this happens a lot more, or is the a hulkageddon type thing going on we don't know about??
We are practicing the warp drills etc etc but a heads up would be cool!!!!!!

88mil was implants...

Well let's look at forum posts from 18 months ago and see if we can work out whether EVE has actually changed or it's just that you noticed it now that you personally have lost a ship.


(Actually we don't have to look at forum posts from 18 months ago for this.)

i can see that now.

im not getting how they had the right to shoot you without getting concorded though,
no one on that kill (or the pod) lost a ship .

were you suspect?

Was just the general question of level of gank activity really, burning two Cats for a random solo retriever seems a bit crazier than it used to be, that's all. Wasn't sure if there was some form of event going on.
My son warped out the second there was red on his overview ( I taught him some things quite well, corp mate didn't because he wasn't even aligned as the system 'has always been so quiet why has this happened to me!?'

We just like to figure these things out is all.

There was only 1 catalyst involved in the Retreiver kill (Kaal Khamsi loss), which was a straight gank.

Same with the Heron loss also. That was a straight gank.

However, your Iteron loss is a bit strange, since you were killed and podded but no CONCORD response occurred.

That would imply that you were either (1) at war with Complaints Department, (2) were suspect from something you did, or (3) had a killright against you that they activated, making you suspect.

(3) isn't possible looking at your killboard and you aren't at war with Complaints Department, so you must have done something earlier (eg. looted a can) that made you suspect, in which case it wasn't a gank at all, they just killed you because you were a legal target for everyone.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5001248#post5001248

LOL, now there is a question! I was smoking, son was flying.... he denies all, another lesson learned for him (I hope).
I'm really not complaining about a specific loss, with the crazy PLEX inflation since I had my break I lost less than a half pint of beer or a whiles worth of ratting / mining.

Was just the general question of level of gank activity really, burning two Cats for a random solo retriever seems a bit crazier than it used to be, that's all. Wasn't sure if there was some form of event going on.
My son warped out the second there was red on his overview ( I taught him some things quite well, corp mate didn't because he wasn't even aligned as the system 'has always been so quiet why has this happened to me!?'

I suspect case 2, my son must of poked into the freighter he just saw get ganked regardless of his adolescent protests and denials! Lesson learned, no problem..he really is noob (in the literal sense) after all! At least he got his barge out of the gank.

May as well play in nullsec, at least always ready for it.....

Thank you for the input though.
Personally I would rather my boy learns some of life's lessons in eve, rather than out there!!!

Are you sure about that? Would you be happy to know that 5-10 years from now that your son has become a corp embezzler, scam artist, purse snatcher or a car hijacker all thanks to the villianize mentality he develop while playing a game like Eve??

Personally I don't think a person younger than 21 should be playing a cutthroat game like Eve.

I suspect case 2, my son must of poked into the freighter he just saw get ganked regardless of his adolescent protests and denials!

thinks we set him up and trying to show him solo mining was the issue, not us.

Bottom line: Stop smoking.

I believe that right there is where your problems lyes. That son of yours is probably using your accounts to do all sorts of devious antics and then he denies it with a straight face.

Next he'll learn to forge your signature and use your credit cards to purchase expensive gifts for his pals and girlfriends. And when you come to confront him (even with conclusive evidence), he'll still deny it with a straight face.