H Lecter
Gallente
The Black Rabbits
The Gurlstas Associates
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Posted - 2008.09.15 16:18:00 -
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 Originally by: Kenwyn Talbot
1. I was mistaken in my assumption that people bother to scan you. I understand that it would take time and allow me to escape -- but once they already had me locked down I guess I figured they could afford the second or two. Regardless, I can see why they would pop my ship as it's easier than scanning. But that doesn't explain why they went out of their way to pod kill me. They didn't just open fire again or what not -- they almost immediately scrambled my pod as I was trying to warp away.
We killed some 70 ships and pods yesterday. Usually we try to ransom the pod but it depends on incoming intel. When we have a big force approaching we just go for the kill and don't wait 30 seconds til you paid 5 M and we get popped by your friends. If you come in a Caldari Navy Raven, we'll ransom you for sure, but Vexors usually don't pay big ransoms..
Originally by: Kenwyn Talbot
2. In terms of knowing what area of space I'm in, I think I'm going to need to have a lot more experience before that helps me out! Basically all I know right now is the high sec area of gallente space around Algogille and one smaller area where I had been missioning like ~8-10 jumps away. I have no idea where anything is ><. That said, some of those map tools that you all mentioned are very handy and I'm learning how to use them. Unfortunately, this particular mission forced me to go through lowsec no matter what. I tried plotting it manually and plotting it with a variety of autopilot settings designed to avoid lowsec space, but I couldn't find a route.
Reject the missions leading you to losec or use a frigate sized ship. We usually don't even go for those in losec as they are quite slippery.
Originally by: Kenwyn Talbot
3. I was in a poorly fitted Vexor. I'd have run it in a frigate if I thought I had any chance of being able to complete the mission on the other side in one. I don't have the skill to fly an AF yet, nor would I fly one at the moment even if I could given the "don't fly anything that you can't afford to lose" rule =)
Get support skills (Navigation makes you fast, Engineering and Electronics allow you to fit more stuff on your ship, Mechanics improves your tank, etc.) and see how much you can do with a simple frig that we would not have caught.
When your ship pops, spam the warp button to go to a station or celestial object. Your pod instawarps, we have no chance to catch it unless you are unprepared.
My first experiences in losec and nullsec were quite similar to yours, thinking if I'm nice, others will be nice to me too. Then I realized that the only thing stopping people from being nasty is shooting them first and decided to become a pirate.
And guess what? You can do it too! You can grab a cheap frigate, fit a warp disruptor and some guns and see if you can kill some ships. You'll die a lot, but you will have kills as well - plus you will have the best time ever in EVE!
Cheers and good luck for your further ventures - shooting your ship was nothing personal, it's part of our profession.
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