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Gianath
Gallentian Legitimate Businessmen
#81 - 2012-04-30 22:37:11 UTC
Eventually we will have T3 mining vessels which you can swap out modules for better resists and uber shields, so you can mine less efficiently but with greater security during hulkageddons of the future.

Unfortunately, gankers will have T3 destroyers capable of using the super-dooper alpha-nuke modules which pose a greater pop at lower cost than anything available today.

Until then, I'll just hop into a shield-tanked battleship when I feel the need to milk space rocks while threatened.
Commander Spurty
#82 - 2012-04-30 22:46:11 UTC
NPCs build better ships and modules.

No one wants your player created abominations anyway. Go play wow.

Or something

Seriously though, until 100% of people stop building things (will never ever in your wildest dreams come true), there is no point doing anything here but watch tears flow.

Would wish you good luck, but this is seriously part (in its current incarnation) of the game that needs to just be purged from the code.

There are good ships,

And wood ships,

And ships that sail the sea

But the best ships are Spaceships

Built by CCP
Zora'e
#83 - 2012-04-30 22:49:11 UTC
Miilla wrote:
Learn to align, learn to tank, learn to orca fleet mine, learn to mine in empty non-popular systems? Learn another profession? learn to play eve? Make friends, move to null and mine there? rent a system? Move to 1.0 rookie systems and mine? Learn to PVP? Learn to PVE? learn to Explore? Learn to market, learn to research, learn to manufacture?

The only person stopping you from playing is YOURSELF.


I have to second this.

I won't say you are stupid, but you're not exactly on the Zombie menu either.
Zora'e
#84 - 2012-04-30 22:53:21 UTC
Helicity Boson wrote:
Here's the thing:

I've been doing this for years now. It's been well publicized over and over, I announce the event far in advance through every medium I can find...

...and two days later there is still 800 people dead.

I really can't think of any excuses other than pilot error at this point.

PEBCAC.


It's called head in the sand disease. If it is not caught soon enough it is terminal. Hulkageddon is a fantastic way to detect early onset of this disease.

It won't happen to me! <---- first sign of the onset of head in sand disease.

*pop* WTF happened? Whine Whine CCP make em stop hurting me or i'll cancel all my umpteen million accounts and all my friends will and you will go bankrupt!!!! <----- Terminal sufferer from disease.

~Z

I won't say you are stupid, but you're not exactly on the Zombie menu either.
Weaselior
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#85 - 2012-04-30 23:38:48 UTC
Noofels wrote:
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?

"i should be able to make myself invulnerable no matter what my enemies do. i am a scared little child, hold me"

Head of the Goonswarm Economic Warfare Cabal Pubbie Management and Exploitation Division.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#86 - 2012-05-01 00:12:46 UTC
Brick-Fit Mining Rohk's
Of course with gang boosters sitting near the station

Be polite. Be efficient. Have a plan to troll everyone you meet - KuroVolt
Marcus Caspius
#87 - 2012-05-01 00:18:23 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Noofels wrote:
They can't make a retaliation because I am simply alpha-ed, not giving them any time to defend me.

Move to low-/null-sec, problem solved.


Exactly - there is this major misconception that High Sec is safe. NOT TRUE - you just have better baby sitters.

Grammatical error and spelling mistakes are included for your entertainment!
Aggressive Nutmeg
#88 - 2012-05-01 00:39:10 UTC
Mine in mission/scannable sites.

You can still be scanned down, but most suicide gankers are unskilled and lazy. Most won't bother.

Never make eye contact with someone while eating a banana.
Corbin Blair
Doomheim
#89 - 2012-05-01 00:43:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Corbin Blair
Noofels wrote:
There is no possible way to prevent yourself from being ganked in high-sec unless you stay docked.

You mean other than watching local, forming an intel channel, making yourself take more effort than the lower hanging fruit by mining in missions (watch d-scan for probes for double security), joining an alliance and mining big boy ore in 0.0, mining in a tanked battleship during hulkageddon, mining in isolated low pop systems, mining aligned, and at least a dozen other things.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#90 - 2012-05-01 00:49:44 UTC
Noofels wrote:
There is no possible way to prevent yourself from being ganked in high-sec unless you stay docked.

I mine in hisec system where I'm normally the only person in local.

I have a rule: if the number of people in local is greater than the number of asteroid belts, move to another system.
Rath Kelbore
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#91 - 2012-05-01 00:56:57 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Noofels wrote:
They can't make a retaliation because I am simply alpha-ed, not giving them any time to defend me.

Move to low-/null-sec, problem solved.


Makes sense.

I plan on living forever.......so far, so good.
Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#92 - 2012-05-01 01:01:43 UTC
fit a tank
Jayrendo Karr
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#93 - 2012-05-01 01:15:24 UTC
Roll Sizzle Beef wrote:
standings, local, d-scan, not being afk.

Cloak enters belt gives thrashers the signal to undock. 1 thrash scrams, the rest tear up.
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
#94 - 2012-05-01 01:29:20 UTC
Toombs wrote:
Dope it out

internet spaceships

are serious business sir.

and don't forget it
Terminal Insanity
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#95 - 2012-05-01 02:57:43 UTC
Best option: Have an orca on standby. you can just park the hulk inside the dcu+bulkhead fitted orca before the gankers finish landing on grid

"War declarations are never officially considered griefing and are not a bannable offense, and it has been repeatedly stated by the developers that the possibility for non-consensual PvP is an intended feature." - CCP
Terminal Insanity
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#96 - 2012-05-01 02:58:33 UTC
Cipher Jones wrote:
Toombs wrote:
Dope it out


http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=13162422

for sure, bro

"War declarations are never officially considered griefing and are not a bannable offense, and it has been repeatedly stated by the developers that the possibility for non-consensual PvP is an intended feature." - CCP
Paragon Renegade
Sebiestor Tribe
#97 - 2012-05-01 03:04:09 UTC
Go to a deserted system; Ghosts don't play Eve

Stop being a ****** and align; generally the twenty thrashers warping in aren't there to hug you

Use Directional Scan; Mash that button faster than you mash your meat and you'll be fine

Just those three things alone virtually guarantee success in any environment, and I can personally attest to this, having lost only one Hulk in the whole time I've played the game. And that one Hulk I lost? It was an "accident" involving automated defenses on a corp tower. Hulkageddon is easy to dodge & ignore, and if you think otherwise, you're doing it wrong

The pie is a tautology
Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#98 - 2012-05-01 03:16:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Barbara Nichole
Noofels wrote:
Ganking season!
Yes, EVE is a dangerous place,.



This is the primary reason that I generally disagree with the folk to constantly protest the monetary viability of high sec. The reward should always be commensurate with the risk. This is why when I hear these arguements I make the counter arguement, that ABC ores need to move to Low Sec..out of Null Sec. and the mid level ores belong in High Sec. You can put the veld and scordite out in Null Sec for the care bear miners out there. lol

  - remove the cloaked from local; free intel is the real problem, not  "afk" cloaking -

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Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#99 - 2012-05-01 03:17:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Barbara Nichole
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  - remove the cloaked from local; free intel is the real problem, not  "afk" cloaking -

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Raiz Nhell
State War Academy
Caldari State
#100 - 2012-05-01 03:31:09 UTC
Hulkageddon is my time to move across the galaxy and grind standings... I might mine but not much...

If I do mine it will be in a tanked Hulk, sure I might have to RTB more often, but its better than sitting in a pod...

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

Invul fields only work if switched on...
Dscan only works if you watch it...
Insta/fast-warp only happens if you are aligned, and moving...

And nothing works if your in the other room watching TV...

There is no such thing as a fair fight...

If your fighting fair you have automatically put yourself at a disadvantage.