EVE General Discussion

This is a pvp game. Every aspect about it is about pvp. Even the limited security of living in high sec does not make you immune from pvp in this game. No one is guaranteed safety anywhere in eve. Granted. You could never undock. Then you would never be at risk.

As for pods. Pods are something with value. They have implants. They hold skills. Naturally they are a target for pvp. Why would they not be?

Yes it does, aside from any possible bounty it removes one potential hostile from local. If you leave the pod alive they might be able to reship in system, kill the pod and they'll have to travel first, and you will notice them showing up again.


Indeed it does, getting your pod caught in high sec is humiliating. You just humiliated yourself for doing such a thing. Don't shift the blame to the guy that actually pulled the trigger, he is completely innocent in this matter.


The chance of escape is not slim, it's a near certainty. There are no bubbles in high sec, and smart bombing ships are rather rare in high sec as far as I know (do they even work?)

"Its the pod I'm after. The ship is just a pod condom." -- Turgesson after me asking him why he killed my 40mil pod when ganking me.

I used to have some pitty, but after a years worth of listening to the people with the most protection in this game (hisecers) whine about being violenced, I now feel the same way as Turgesson.

Pod kills are fair play anywhere. Even carebunnies know that. I don't like to pvp but I expect it anytime I undock, so I fly ships properly fitted and don't do silly things (normally). Fly what you can afford to lose, and if you lose it and your pod don't take it personally, it is just a game and the risk is what makes it slightly more fun.

Pod condom.... that's a new one for me.

5h sleep.
Need coffee.

You, my friend, are an immortal capsuleer. Why should you care that pods of immortal beings such as yourself are blown up? I personally reserve my pity for the crewmembers that get killed, but those aren't in your pod now, aren't they? They are either saved or dead by then.

Killing the pod if possible should be done always, just so the poor, almost invisible crews of normal humans aren't the only ones suffering.

Okay can someone tell me how is killing a pod different than killing a ship?

Both have ISK value that show up on the killboards. Often pods have a higher ISK value than the ship they were in.

Pods can't shoot back but neither can some ships... Arguing industrial ships can fit one small gun is just silly and T2 cloaky haulers don't even get that.

Eve is a PVP game where players destroy each others items. People sometimes get upset when these items are destroyed but I don't see how losing a pod would be more upsetting than losing a ship.



Also Eve is about choices
First you choose what you want to risk. I can put a full Crystal set in my pod, I can put 2 +3 learning implants, or I can leave it empty. The same goes for a ship. I can fly a T2 fitted Raven or I can fly a Navy Raven fitted with a few faction/ deadspace mods or I can fly a fully officer fitted Golem.

Second you choose how much risk you want to take. You can fly my ship in a quiet highsec system with few in local. You can go to a more crowded highsec system that may have better agents. You can jump into lowsec with or without a scout (Another choice). You can use D scan while in missions and stay alert or just watch Netflix while my Eve is minimized and not be alert... etc etc.

Third you choose what to do when you engage danger. You just jumped into lowsc with a Navy Raven and there's a Hurricane at the gate! You can attack, burn back to gate or warp to a celestial then back at zero. Sometimes you lose the ship no matter what because 10 of his friends warped in. (What a bully right!)... Then you can chose to warp your pod somewhere like the sun, sit there in your pod upset that your shiny ship just went boom, or try to jump through the gate while your session timer is going. Hint: Only one of those will involve you not being podded.