None of that will save you. There is one thing that will save you, but I'm not telling.

As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's

Or just sell the freighter and do what the smart people do with a spare 1.3 billion ISK.

Mr Epeen

They go out and buy thousands upon thousands of Iteron Vs and fit cargo expanders and T2 expanded cargohold rigs?

They go out and buy thousands upon thousands of Iteron Vs and fit cargo expanders and T2 expanded cargohold rigs?

Or just sell the freighter and do what the smart people do with a spare 1.3 billion ISK.

Mr Epeen

If this starts getting out of scope in what CCP thinks is inline with their game design, they will nerf hi sec ganking into history.

Wouldn't be the first time this has happened with an abused game mechanic.

As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's

What happened to make Hisec ganking a big thing again?
Last time I was here it was around a bil in cargo got you pegged.

I don't know where people get this stuff. Freighter kills in March are on pace to be well below last month as well as below the six month average. Do we really need this alarmist GD post?

I guess a PSA can't hurt: Freighter pilots you should tank your ships! You should also pay attention, scout your route, fly with an escort, not carry multiple billions in cargo and get yourselves a permit. Even all of this may not save you, so remember the Golden Rules of Eve and never fly something you cannot afford to lose.

Stay strong brave freighter pilots. Your strength in the face of adversity is a real inspiration to gamers everywhere. o7

freight kills are double from Oct 2015

Freighter kills in March are on pace to be well below last month as well as below the six month average.

None of that will save you. There is one thing that will save you, but I'm not telling.

As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's

Isk is almost entirely irrelevant outside of freighters with +5b in items. They gank empty freighters when they cannot find the big loot pinatas.

The freighter you fly is pretty irrelevant. AN obby dies almost as fast as a charon when 38 catas are shooting it.

Skills help very little but won't stop a gank if they start bumping you.

Fitting all lows with bulkheads means nothing when 38 catas are shooting you.


Real advice would be something like.
Use an alt with webs

Use an alt to scout the Niarja pipeline and when the gankers are GCC hop over to the frieghter and quickly move through. You've got like 15 minutes before the gankers can strike again.

If you don't need the space of a freighter for your cargo then use a ship with MWD/cloak. Hell even a bowhead fitted for align with a mwd can be an utter nightmare to bump.

Those are great ideas. Slows down the process very much though, but those ideas are so valid.

Look at the map. If Uedama, Niarja, or whatever is as red as Jita for kills in the last hour maybe avoid it. And get a permit. What's the worst that could happen? My whole corp is CODE. compliant and I've taken 10bil+ thru hot pipes with no problems. Just say hi to the agents in system and fly compliant. And before you reply "Grrr CODE.", have you actually tried flying compliant?

I got one to add here, don't think an ecm burstion is too low a price to pay for saving yourself.

Sure, the character is going to need a high sec status to survive the concording from bursting on the bumpers and whit knights, but its much better than loosing your billions freighter.

Also really hilarious to do to the gank squad.
Do it just as they land on grid and are locking, do it too early and the gank squad won't be engaged and concorded themselves.
Do loot the wrecks of the ganker, it will easily pay for the burstion.

I got one to add here, don't think an ecm burstion is too low a price to pay for saving yourself.

Sure, the character is going to need a high sec status to survive the concording from bursting on the bumpers and whit knights, but its much better than loosing your billions freighter.

Also really hilarious to do to the gank squad.
Do it just as they land on grid and are locking, do it too early and the gank squad won't be engaged and concorded themselves.
Do loot the wrecks of the ganker, it will easily pay for the burstion.

As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's

What happened to make Hisec ganking a big thing again?
Last time I was here it was around a bil in cargo got you pegged.