EVE General Discussion

Ganking season!

There is no possible way to prevent yourself from being ganked in high-sec unless you stay docked. If there are enough enemies and money in their pockets, they can alpha any of my ships, is that correct?

You can't have a mining OP in high-sec. No matter how many corp mates in various ships I have orbiting my hulk, I would be destroyed by the suicide ganker's alpha strike. Even if I tank my Hulk up to the max, about 10-20 thrashers can still take it down.
At 10-20% of the cost of my hulk, I am destroyed. That loss is recouped by the manufacturer selling a hulk back to me and paying the gankers.

Yes, EVE is a dangerous place, but I think there should be a method for me to defend myself. My corp mates can't take the first shot because CONCORD will take them out. They can't make a retaliation because I am simply alpha-ed, not giving them any time to defend me.

So, how do I fly my Hulk? I've spent quite a while training and saving up for one, but as it stands, even after gank season is over, will I ever be able to actually fly it?

Can I pay CONCORD or another player to put some kind of shield extender on me? Maybe that way I would have enough EHP to require at least 50% in the cost of my Hulk to be lost by the gankers. As it stands, I can't fly what I own. In no possible fit. Simply because it is too profitable to let me stay alive.

I ask now. What legal methods do I have to prevent my Hulk from being destroyed in high-sec? The game provides avenues for the aggressors, but I see no visible avenues available for me as a defender.

I typically just go play other games during Hulkageddon. It's CCP's "sandbox"...if they think this is good gameplay, they certainly are welcome to think so. Some folks seem to have a great time with Hulkageddon.

Also, hire mercs, start scouting, mine in groups, draw concord to the belt, EHP fittings.

No, but you can whine to CCP until they just give you, free, more EHP <3

It is a very attractive option, you can do it WHILE you mine (yes, maintaining isk/hour) and if enough of you do it, you all benefit!

Wrong.
It's possible to get ganked in highsec while mining, but if your doing it right, chances are the ganker will fail....or won't try due to your tank or defense.
However if your lazy and afk, odds are good that you will die.

If you really are that afraid to undock your hulk, just dont do it. Simple enough. Pvpers do that all the time.

An interesting way to fix this that i just came up with would be for a mining fleet (including the combat defense ships) to be flagged for open combat. Meaning that while the op is going on, anyone can shoot them, and they can shoot anyone else. That way your combat pilots could actually defend you, and you wouldn't have to go running to CCP every time some big, bad bear comes and blows your defenseless ship up.

Basically running a mining op would be like being wardecced to the whole galaxy, only it wouldn't be announced and would only last as long as there were mining ships actually mining and an orca providing bonuses.

Son, any ship can get ganked anywhere it flies, anytime.

It's kind of the point of a pvp internet spaceships game.

I recall that being a bannable offense.

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Though, I don't know why miners don't stock up on minerals during the "Mining Season" and then sell said minerals for a much greater profit during the Trials and Tribulations (aka Hulkaggeddon).

Or be there to scavenge when the gankers and victims go *boom*. Just get a cheap-fit indy ship with nanos (fast align) to get in and get the goods and warp out before their neutrals show up.

Why not move out of high sec? It's pretty obvious who is trying to kill you in low / null sec, in high sec it's pretty impossible to tell who is trying to kill you.