Drop something in the middle of the cloud (bring some t1 ammo or something) and orbit it. Easy cloaky protection.

I would also forgo an extender and put on a web. You've not encountered it yet but what will really kill you is interdictors. No amount of warp core stabs is going to save you from a bubble.

However doing the above two precautions means:

1. They will land well out of scram range of you
2. Even if they do get close and bubble up, you web and overheat your afterburner and get out of their range and second bubble

Getting killed in a venture indicates a distinct lack of paying attention.
Nano fit your venture, orbit cloud at 500m, watch dscan, warp off if anything lands. virtually impossible to lose it.

Seems to me you have made some good choices. Anoikis mining is dangerous but profitable, a lot of pilots should follow your lead. There is a lot of fun to be had in this game if you are not trying to do it afk.

I am going to point new pilots to this thread to show it doesn't have to be years and years before you can be very good at something that is dangerous fun and profitable.

tk tk tk tk tk. Let me help you out.

Most miners rarely think of ECM when gas farming. I 've lost count on how many times i've warped out using ECM to save my backside. Knowing and understanding the use of it in conjunction with the gas cloud is important. I never orbit at 10km, I use to orbit right up the ass of the gas cloud. Put the ECM on the prospect and your easily waving bye bye.

Impotantly as well, there are many different wh's with different signals. Using the correct ECM will only make you harder to target. I would advise you testing it on sisi. I can't recal if i used ECM implants (hint). But then again the prospect is a small marginal loss compared to the combat ships and all your doing is sucking in gas to get high.

enjoy

Have fun

Since im new player my SP is VERY limited, so im what you would call "carebear" right now. Basically, i just snuff gas in C4/5/6 and explore sites in C1/2/3 holes, hoping i'll get enough ISKies to inject my way into bigger (possibly PVP-oriented) hulls.

Venture has just 1 low slot and 1 nano isn't going to do much.
Hunters often gank pre-scanned sites, usually in bombers with light missiles and dual scram or combat Asteros.
You're as good as dead if you use Venture, especially when being outside cloud.
If you sit in large cloud they have to MWD into scram range, giving you time.

Regardless, while your tactic works it requires constant attention and theres little room for error. If you see Svipul warping in you have 3-5 seconds to GTFO, while my fit/tactics net you more than 10 seconds or more as he won't be able to alpha you and his scrams won't pin you down.

The crazy Russian guy in Thera is harvesting C5/6 sites dry by speedtanking the Sleepers which are spawning after ~15 min. He says they are acting like bodyguards since they will shoot any ganker who will get near him. I can't find his video but here is a basic write up from another guy.

Thanks for the info, I've been kitting out a Prospect similair to give it a try.
Can I ask though, how do you find the gas sites? And I'm assuming, since you don't have a probe launcher, that you don't mean exploring in the traditional EVE activity sense?

Thanks!

The crazy Russian guy in Thera is harvesting C5/6 sites dry by speedtanking the Sleepers which are spawning after ~15 min. He says they are acting like bodyguards since they will shoot any ganker who will get near him. I can't find his video but here is a basic write up from another guy.

FYI this only works with Instrumental Core Reservoirs which only spawn sleeper battleships, other gas sites have smaller ships that can take out yer prospect easy.

As much as I hate to admit it, I'd have to agree with Jack on this one.

If you're regularly losing ventures you aren't paying attention. Also, if you have an empty pod or plus 2s.... it's like a 10mil loss which you can make up in a 1/2 hour at the most. My point is.. why avoid the gank?

Awesome tips