Flinx Evenstar
Minmatar
Spartan Industries
Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.11.08 20:32:00 -
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Edited by: Flinx Evenstar on 08/11/2007 20:33:37
 Originally by: Tegashi
Most often, a player who is performing a mission cannot fit his or her ship to withstand a PvP attack. Most missions require fairly specific fits in order to maximize chance of success and even then success is never for certain.
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I love real PvP as much as anyone, but I personally don't think it's right to sink so low as to kill 'easy' targets in this manner. That's just weak.
If you ever ran an Angel mission you would have to fit an omni tank anyway. For those Vipers, you need a web, so throw in a scrambler and hey presto...you are in pvp ship.
The decision to nerf your ship based on the limited racial damage of npc's was your choice.
Easy targets present themselves as just that....easy targets, that is their mistake. It doesn't matter if you are in a nano Hac or a raven, if you present yourself as an easy target, you will die.
It is sooo easy to avoid being ganked in missions, if you don't do them afk 
I ran tons of level 4's in low sec trying to fix my sec status. I was blinky red, so I was hunted by both pirates and anti pirates. I didn't lose a ship to any mission or the probers. I have probed out many mission runners myself, and that is the best way to learn how to avoid getting ganked
Here is some obvious advice (amazingly people don't take precautions in low sec)
1. When you land at your first gate, check the range to the nearest celestial.
If it is above 5AU then you are pretty safe, and it will take a dedicated prober quite some time
2. After entering the stage via the accel gate, drop a can immediately
This will decloak any recons trying to sneak up on you
3. Never stay within 24km of the warp in point
4. Align to a station (if there is one) Do not use a planet as your warp out...to easy to get followed, and your BS will warp slower than a tackler, and there are no guns to help you.
5. Check local, trust no one. If there is zero in the system, mission away. Any one of the others could be in a covert with positive sec. He is just warp in point, so won't look like pirate.
6. CHECK YOUR SCANNER!! Put it on max range, untick overview settings...sort by type, and scroll to scanner probes
If you see "Quest probe" on scan scoop drones, warp out, dock up, and have a beer. The mission will still be there for you. No point losing a BS over a time bonus
7. CHECK THE SCANNER!!...cannot be said enough. Its very easy to do missions, so use your time to check on ships in the system, get familiar with traffic, and try to spot possible threats. Keep an eye out for non pve ships...like vagabond, curse, etc. They are NOT running missions 
8. Be paranoid, and keep safe...you should not lose a ship in a mission if you are alert
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