Gner Dechast
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.06.06 10:23:00 -
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Well, any half decent perp won't be scanning you without passive scanner, so no - on most cases you can't even see anyone locking you.
How do you know - the SOUND. That's about the only way I know of. The scanners make peculiar sound that you should easily identify, althou you're left wondering were you or someone else scanned. At any rate it should give you a warning about something going on.
How to protect? Don't haul expensive cargo AFK or in T1 industrials. With extremely valuable cargo's, use forward scout even in highsec (look out for multiple caracals or domis or .... you get the idea). Try to calculate the ganking cost on suicide attacks and try to run cargo in ships and cargo volumes that (along with explosion losses) are very unlikely to be profitable.
That's all I can think of for now.
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Gner Dechast
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.06.06 11:14:00 -
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Edited by: Gner Dechast on 06/06/2007 11:13:53
 Originally by: Caletha Reborn
Its all a numbers game, in Jita we saw a hauler with about 200m in its cargo, I attacked it, and only shot off its shields before I pop'd (itty 5 with all extenders). But seeing it was 200m of loot, we just got another BS to shoot it as well and we ran off with 100m in loot (half blew up). The 2 BS didnt cost more then 20m to insure + fit. End result, 60m profit.
I guess its all fair in love and war. But dont hide behind the "get an escort or tougher ship" theory, because lets face it, it doesnt work like that.
This is exactly what I meant by "trying to calculate the cost of ganking...."
Tougher hauler requires more gear to pop, hence adding more to the gank costs. If your cargo is of less value than the gank cost or slightly higher, odds are that you don't get engaged since there are plenty of better targets around.
If you have something mindbogglingly expensive, don't use haulers at all, rather use cloaking recon ships and move it with them (unless size restrictions prohibit - then I don't really know how you should do it).
In the end, there is always some risk, no matter how much effort you put into this or any other issue - and that's the way it should be, IMO.
Edit: I can't spell...
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