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Your Best - or Worst - EVE Confession

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Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#181 - 2015-02-11 09:29:38 UTC
Once, a station killed me. I had forgotten that the stations in NPC nullsec have guns and do not appreciate being shot.
Leannor
State War Academy
Caldari State
#182 - 2015-02-11 09:33:28 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
Once, a station killed me. I had forgotten that the stations in NPC nullsec have guns and do not appreciate being shot.


they do? ... learn something new everyday!

"Lykouleon wrote:

STOP TOUCHING ICONIC SHIP PARTS"

Thor Kerrigan
Guardians of Asceticism
#183 - 2015-02-13 00:36:00 UTC
10 pages and going strong.

I read them all and I gotta say, some of the ones mentionned give an awful déjà vu... So here's another:

My main started a while ago going the Caldari route (Kestrel, Caracal, Drake...) until I had finally trained into an awesome ship, the Tengu. Since I played in lowsec at the time, it made sense to have a rather mobile ship instead of the CNR for my PVE. Then, once I realized this ship was great for PVP, it ended up being a running gag in my corp how I kept losing Tengus. The funny part is how every loss was quite different from the others:

1. Lost doing PVP going after L5 missioners
Their Domi came back as a bait neut domi and waited at 0. - New lesson: the power of the neut Domi.

2. Lost doing 'unconsensual' PVP
Getting tackled in lowsec on both sides of the gate. - New lesson: how to properly cross-tackle a target 101.

3. Lost pulling a LEEROY MMJENKINS right into a new 0.0 complex
The one that escalates into 'Special Forces' in Angel space, went in thinking it can't possibly be worse than the hardest Guristas lowsec site. - New lesson: always do your PVE research.

4. Lost AFK to rats in 0.0
"... Dude, I SWEAR the tank was active before I went do my dishes quickly?" - New lesson: do not AFK. Period.

--- NOTE --- At this point, I had been basically playing the game making ISK only to spend it on my new Tengu. Number 5 is the one I purchased after selling 90% of all assets so I could continue on my Tengu journey.

5. Lost unassembled being hauled on kick-out station
Literally an error causing me to buy a bunch of ammo in 4 different stations instead of Jita. The kickout station, only lowsec on that list, was the last stop before heading back home. Also the only tengu lost on Thor Kerrigan. - New lesson : kick-out stations exist.

--- NOTE --- Nickname officially acquired...

6. Lost to obvious covert cyno bait
Eventually got some ISK back, this one probably has the longest survival record... started AFK cloaking and got caught, roflstomped.

7. Lost getting awoxed in highsec
Seriously, after all these years playing the game it totally deserved it.

8. Still alive? Got sold eventually.

9. Still alive, purchased a new one and is now collecting dust because Ishtars Roll
Hrothgar Nilsson
#184 - 2015-02-13 02:41:44 UTC
I regularly fly to rookie systems and give a few million ISK to everybody <3 weeks old in an NPC corp.
Mattpat139 Sukarala
Black Sky Inc
Blue Sky Syndicate
#185 - 2015-02-13 06:06:18 UTC
Hrothgar Nilsson wrote:
I regularly fly to rookie systems and give a few million ISK to everybody <3 weeks old in an NPC corp.


you sir are doing BOB's work, i wish i could join. but alas i am a pirate Pirate

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5376912#post5376912

Falken Falcon
#186 - 2015-02-13 06:21:33 UTC
Hrothgar Nilsson wrote:
I regularly fly to rookie systems and give a few million ISK to everybody <3 weeks old in an NPC corp.
You are a fine man Mr. Nilsson, i might actually go do that the next time i visit high sec.

Aye, Sea Turtles

Quattras Peione
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#187 - 2015-02-13 09:26:14 UTC
The bad: I've purchased two Tengu hulls on separate occasions. I can't even fly a Tengu.

The good: I was patient and made a profit on each.

The ugly: I roleplay.

Dr. Quattras Alvar Peione

No, I'm not that kind of doctor.

ITTigerClawIK
Galactic Rangers
#188 - 2015-02-13 11:07:29 UTC
So for the first few months of being in EVe i used to shield tank all my amarr ships cause when i did the tutorial, it told me to buy a shield booster, this happened all the way untill i got my first apocalypse and someone wanted to know my fit and they they told me all about how amarr should armor tank.

i also went AFK for literaly a minute in my carrier in Provi while belt ratting once to come back to have a whole fleet wailing on my , waited a full 15 + mins for a CVA fleet to come and rescue me XD. got out with the carrier intact though lesson learned :-P
Jenshae Chiroptera
#189 - 2015-03-01 03:34:58 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
- When my CEO passed out, drunk, on his keyboard he forgot to dock his destroyer... in the middle of an active FW warzone. Others and myself bumped him off-grid so he had a chance to survive... but I shot his ship anyways "just in case."
You! Don't ever join the same coalition as me! P
This is too ^.-

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.

Juno Rook
Doomheim
#190 - 2015-03-01 12:44:22 UTC
I went to amarr all excited that I had finally trained into a mining barge. I bought all kinds of stuff to fit it out, including some very expensive ORE strip mining lasers. I also bought some blingy shield modules and some other modules I needed for my other ships.

Upon undocking, instead of Insta warping like I normally do, I just started to align with my destination gate. Basically I was then insta popped and podded.

My jaw hit my keyboard when I realized I had just lost a little over 600,000,000 isk and it was nobodies fault but mine.

Monumentally embarrassed I taught myself a very valuable lesson that has left me psychotic paranoid when I travel abroad in EVE.
Jenshae Chiroptera
#191 - 2015-03-01 20:13:59 UTC
Fleet was on the other side of the gate, we are in warp.

Me, "We going to camp here?"
FC, "Yeah, we will hold here."
Me, "Logi anchor on me."
*Pulls range setting up*
FC, "Everyone jump"
Me thinking, "WHAT?!"

Thank goodness none of the other logi listened to me. P

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.

Jenshae Chiroptera
#192 - 2015-03-08 01:47:38 UTC
Lost a gang scimitar to weak intel and bad luck 28 minutes before Logistics V was complete.
They didn't get my pod though! It is ssssooooo shiny! TwistedBlink

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.

Jenshae Chiroptera
#193 - 2015-03-14 17:10:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenshae Chiroptera
Had the greatest thing happen!
I warped into a system and ... the station was bubbled. I couldn't enter it to help my frands! Cry

.... BUT the reds did an amazing job tackling and killing me! Shocked
I lost a 2M ISK Talwar Cry
Then I was podded into the station I was trying to reach. Smile
Undocked a logi and denied many kills! Big smile
Use kill mail (w@#$%ing) drones and got 100M+ worth of kills! Twisted

All in all, never been so happy to be killed in EVE. Thanks Brave! Lol

I guess this is my last post at this rate. I am not enticing more stories out of you guys. What?

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.

Tuttomenui II
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#194 - 2015-03-14 18:14:21 UTC
I accepted a duel request from the wrong guy and lost a pve fit Astarte to a tengu. We were pretty well matched tank wise until locals got involved one was getting me ecm drones and someone got exp missiles for the tengu. The tengu's help was faster.

I got my revenge by petitioning the names of the characters, his noob alt got its named changed to minmatar citizen something or other random number string.
Daerrol
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#195 - 2015-03-15 00:33:53 UTC
Fit and explosive harderner not an EM Hardener to my paladin. Derp.

Turn off a Cargo Hold expander on a T2 Industrial causing the ship to be over stuffed "for science." Do this in Thera, where warping drains your capacitor to 0. Land on station, find out I cannot dock. No real problems yet... Tornado undocks, can't cloak cause on station, can't warp cause over stuffed, can't dock cause over stuffed. Derp. Didn't even need to warp disrupt me.
Harrison Tato
Yamato Holdings
#196 - 2015-03-15 02:13:17 UTC
Nienko Fabbit wrote:
Watched youtube about Circadian Seekers, the guy said they dont soot back. Try to engage one in high sec and got poped before I could warp out.
Ratting while drunk in null sec, getting ganked and not realising wtf happened until next morning..



To be fair, they don't soot.
Aston Martin DB5
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#197 - 2015-03-15 04:40:51 UTC
I love wake and bakes playing eve.... just don't talk to me on comms.Lol
Feoria Saissore
Evil League of Evil Corp
#198 - 2015-03-17 22:27:56 UTC
Recently bought a module for 2.5 bil in amarr to flip in jita for 4.5 bil. I got popped within 2 seconds of undocking. Funny thing is, the cargo container that the mod was in didn't drop, the only thing that made me feel better about being stupid.


few years ago, was flying an orca I couldn't afford to lose (lesson learned the hard way) on a trade route to pick up some purchased items. Ran into a gate camp that tore me to shreds. I even offered 100 mil to let me go along my way, got no mercy.


Needless to say, I stick to station trading now. I've lost too many ships hauling to do it anymore.

"All I'm sayin is, if The Doctor wanted to save our universe, all he has to do is go back in time and get Firefly back on the air."

Lachra
Lachra Corporation
#199 - 2015-03-17 22:43:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Lachra
When I had my first ever EVE toon, I used to buy low-price ore, for re-sell, from low-security stations in a backwater constellation somewhere, and I ferried the goods in a freighter I could in no way afford to replace, on my lonesome and without escort. I burn with shame even to this day!
Whittorical Quandary
Amarrian Infinity
#200 - 2015-03-18 04:52:34 UTC
I fell asleep mining in a retriever once...

Needless to say an embarrasing killmail and waking up to be sitting in a pod.

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