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Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#21 - 2014-02-27 13:39:52 UTC
Those SC bastards scare my beloved newbie ventures away.

Come my child, I will return your troubled soul to the stars.

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DrBojangles RonPaul
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2014-02-27 15:49:10 UTC
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DrBojangles RonPaul
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2014-02-27 15:54:12 UTC
Sorry to not get back. For some reason my posts last night would not show.

Thanks for the replies folks. I got impatient that's all. I still am not sure about the messages though. It all came at me so fast I could not take it in so maybe I miss read something not directed at me. I have been reading allot on how to avoid gate camps and plan on outfitting my new ship accordingly and practicing in hisec. I had no idea I could be destroyed that quick!
Degnar Oskold
Moira.
#24 - 2014-02-27 16:25:30 UTC
Just to add, I assume that you jumped into Ostingele from Stacmon. That is a very dangerous stargate and is often heavily camped.

The message about being a criminal that you saw were warnings to the people who began shooting you.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#25 - 2014-02-27 16:32:58 UTC
Locked a thread redundant with this one, so I will post my response and thoughts on it here.

DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Just wrote a big reply and it did not post.


The forums will eat your posts now and then. To get around it, you can depend on your clipboard (copy-paste), the "draft" feature it has (but has dubious functionality), notepad, or even a browser extension (that also has some nice other tidbits).

It's frustrating and everyone wishes the forums would stop eating posts, but for now we're stuck with these forums and have to deal with them.

Anyway, on to your question.

DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Ok don't have time to retype all that again. In a nutshell thanks for the replies. My feeling is that I had the equipage but the wrong tactics. What is the better procedure for a guy like me with minimal equipage and experience but who wishes to find some more lucrative ore?


You will do better in mining if you look around for better ore, or if you go to low security / null security space. Lowsec/nullsec are more risky since you may get hunted down by players, but they can be quite rewarding. Otherwise, you will have to either jump around by yourself and examine systems' profitability, or use an external tool like DOTLAN Maps to browse for nearby systems. You can make it display how many belts are in a system, and if you click on the system it even shows you the types of belts that may be there.

DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Like when approaching a strargate one should....? etc.

Um... Right click on the gate and jump into the next system? That's how stargates work. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking.

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Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#26 - 2014-02-27 17:04:13 UTC
ISD LackOfFaith wrote:

DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Like when approaching a strargate one should....? etc.

Um... Right click on the gate and jump into the next system? That's how stargates work. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking.


Oh c'mon, you know perfectly well what is he asking about :)

When approaching stargate you should already know what to expect to find on the other side.

Check in-game map statistics for number of ships and pods exploded within last hour and number of jumps and number pilots in space. If a lot of explosions happened it might indicate gate camp but not always.

You should also check killboards for system you gonna jump to and see what exploded and who was responsible. Repeated killmails with same group as offenders is strong indication of gate camp.

And now you have to think what gate you are going to jump through. If it is hisec/lowsec gate and it is the only gate of that kind for your destination system it is very likely camp sits right there.

You can never be sure what is on the other side unless you have somebody there to get d-scan or visual on gate. That somebody might be your corpie or friend or alt. And friends in Eve are luxury so if you are flying something shiny be careful who you trust.

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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2014-02-28 04:50:24 UTC
DrBojangles RonPaul,

Hello and welcome to Eve.

Here's some guide links to help you Stay Safe.

As for mining low security Ore, Ore Anomalies in high security contain low security Ores.

Good luck to you.


DMC

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Istan Mahwi
Aliastra
#28 - 2014-02-28 17:16:58 UTC
DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Hello,

First time trying Eve for the last week. I am on the 14 day trial and was all set on a subscription until something happened. I invested a ton of time (for me) into my venture to try and get started. I decided to dabble in .2 in order to find better ore to make all these runs more profitable as it was just taking forever with scordite and veldspar. I had all sorts of apprehension doing this so I got my ship to what I thought was capable enough acording to all the you tube videos I have been watching. Anyway, I warp into the stargate in a .2 system going to another .2 and all the sentry guns blew me up to pieces and then destroyed my pod. A little caption the screen said I was wanted for crimes, etc. This makes no sense whatsoever since I have never shot at anyone. Is there something I have done wrong? I thought it had to be a gang of other players at first but it was those guns around the stargate and I am innocent! All that hard work and time for nothing!

Any ideas? I really want to like this game but so far I am not impressed.


You shouldn't want to like this game. Either you like it or you don't. No need to fool yourself.

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Radius Prime
Tax Evading Ass.
#29 - 2014-02-28 17:47:47 UTC
DrBojangles RonPaul wrote:
Sorry to not get back. For some reason my posts last night would not show.

Thanks for the replies folks. I got impatient that's all. I still am not sure about the messages though. It all came at me so fast I could not take it in so maybe I miss read something not directed at me. I have been reading allot on how to avoid gate camps and plan on outfitting my new ship accordingly and practicing in hisec. I had no idea I could be destroyed that quick!


Getting a ventures' worth out of low or null sec ores wont make one wealthy. Would say in the long run you'll even end up with a nasty deficit as a result of many blown up hulls. If you wish to pursue this path I suggest you hook up with some people who know what they are doing. If it is just an income you are after, there are many other pursuits that could work for you and end up paying off, especially since you are not risk averse and have an exploring nature.

Good luck, don't allow this to set you back.

Reopen the EVE gate so we can invade Serenity. Goons can go first.
ISD Tyrozan
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#30 - 2014-02-28 21:49:01 UTC
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