EVE General Discussion

My freighter dun got blown up. It was under contract, with a very high collateral. I saw an opportunity, similar to many I've successfuly run before, and gambled and lost against the house.
The house being determined pirates. Altogether it was an absolutely awesome experience - freighters are so tanky it really is quite exciting, you get a good minute or so of desparate crawling hope before you realise you won't make it.
Usual rules apply as well - I was in a rush, I didn't follow my usual precautions, and happened to run into some very capable bastards.

Now I am in an interesting position, because whilst I could normally replace my losses without any real sweat I'm currently leveraged up to my eyeballs on some very attractive trades. And I need a freighter to make quite a lot of them work. If I lose another freighter I'm not going to be able to rebuy one without taking heavy losses - technically I can't really afford to fly my next one because I can't easily replace it.

I've obviously gone out and straight away replaced it. And my enthusiasm for this game has tripled, all of a sudden slowboating across 18 gates has become an adrenaline fueled panic of D scan and local lookups. I'm running my covops as point, and I have a widow escort in anything less than .7.

I've always extolled the basic tenants of 'don't trust anyone you can't physically punch in the face', 'if its too good to be true, it is', and 'don't fly what you can't afford'.
But I'm starting to wonder what the value is in the third one (except for absolute first week rookies who may immediately quit if they lose everything), other than to make the game more boring. My losses in this event are the worst I've had, but obviously nothing really that out of the ordinary for the general populus. For those of you who've lost big - does it not restore your enthusiasm for the game, that you have to work your way back up or start doing things differently?

its actually "Don;t fly what you can't afford to lose" and this doesn't mean just isk.

Lots of people in your situation would be rage quitting, or whining up a storm, because they can;t emotionally afford to lose said ship.

Thought you are levered and can't afford a new freighter, emotionally you seem to be able to rebound and move on. Thus in that regard you are able to move on form the loss.

A purchased ship in eve is a bomb.
An undocked ship in eve is a bomb with an unpredictable timer that has been activated.

Accept that the ship is scrap from the moment you undock it and your eve life will be so much more awesome.


To the OP get another freighter or use a DST if you don't need the volume. I find i can recover liquid isk fairly fast and even if you lose the second freighter its only a brief setback in the long haul. Or use the excuse to do something new like pvping or hell even mining(though this is a form of insanity.. be careful with it)

tl:dr- your a dumbass how is dscan going to help your freighter in losec

What if I offer money for each ganked mining permit holder?

Have you 'smart boys' realised that yet?

How many will pay your litte mafia fee after that if they get ganked anyway?

Lost a Barghast this weekend running combat sites in Null.

New the risk, had precautions set up, make a teeeeeeeny mistate, and got clowned for it.

But not before I raked in about 40 million in a shade over an hour.


Am I going to do that again?

Oh hell yeah.

Am I going to lose another Barg?

Yup.


But not the same way I lost the last one. And when I lose this one, it will be another unique learning experience.
(And, it's fun as hell.)
((AND I took the T2 that scrammed me out before I blew up, so >:P ))

Eventually, I will rule any null combat site I choose, just like I can now mine, P.I. , transport and Rat anywhere I like.
This game is no fun at all if you aren't going to put it on the line from time to time.

Dan

If I lost everything, and found myself back with only a rookie ship to my name, I'm confident I could recover quickly.

"Don't fly what you can't afford to replace."

"Don't fly what you can't afford to lose."

No time-line is specified, nor whether "affordable" refers to ISK, and / or time, and / or emotional attachment. That's up to each pilot to weigh for themselves.

Well, when I said "I" I mispoke a little, I meant "someone else" and when I said "money" I may have been a little unclear, I meant "someone else's money".

the widow will probably not be as useful as a dedicated webber? having an alt web your freighter gets it into warp really quickly

CODE. agents aren't motivated by money. We are motivated by a desire to make highsec a better place.

As such, we are far more dedicated than your typical mercenary group.