Athena Silk
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Posted - 2009.10.10 15:17:00 -
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 Originally by: Persia Tah'Muro
@ Solomar
I'm a bit confused now. I don't ninja anything right now and I don't do scanning or exploration so it sounds like you have additional risks that I am not aware of?
So here is my admittingly limited understanding of scanning and ninja activities:
1. You do your scanning magic and have a choice of what sights you want to travel.
2. Somehow you are able to indentify a mission with active participants.
3. You warp to said mission, salvage without risk and loot if you want to risk it.
So the NPC agro you mentioned....is that the same as the mission NPCs? In other words, if I'm running a mission, you might warp in too early and pull some aggro from those NPCs? Or are you talking about something else?
Explain if you would the risk you face if you scan down my mission site and warp in to salvage.
Maybe its harder to ninja salvage then I thought.....maybe not. But I always assumed you scan/warp/salvage...no risk. Is it NOT that simple then?
Probing down people can be a bit tricky, other times you'll get a good hit within a few minutes.
As for risk, a salvage ninja runs about the same risk as a mission runner, probably a bit more. Look at it this way: When was the last time you lost a ship in a mission? The last ship I lost in a mission was a Merlin (I fly BCs now, and would be flying BSs if I could be bothered to train for them). Not counting lag or your own stupidity, mission running in high-sec is pretty much risk free. At least ninjas are only flying frigates, so if the MR warps out and the ninja gets webbed/scrambled by NPCs, things can go belly up pretty fast. And then there's always a possibility that a MR will have a crack at you, and some of those L4 running BSs can pack a hell of an alpha strike if the ninja stops moving.
Lets face it, running L4's in high-sec is quite easy, and almost no risk. You make stupid amounts of money just from mission rewards and bounties, so you really can't complain if someone comes along in a frigate and steals the salvage and the best of the loot.
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