EVE General Discussion

How many suicide ganks of mining frigates/cruisers have you seen?
Gankers primarily target Hulks and Mackinaws. Anyone flying those aren't new miners.

Yes, because the genuine newbies are not the ones getting ganked. I mean very rarely do you see anyone target one of the mining frigates/cruisers, or even covetors.

And as for people claiming hulk pilots are newbies: Seriously go away. It takes like two months just to sit in one. If you've been playing Eve for months you should have by that point gotten used to the idea that you might occasionally die if you don't pay attention.

All the hulk multiboxing high sec bots do is drive down low end mineral prices and make life hell for genuine noobs. They should have, by all rights, left high sec and started mining high end minerals off in low/null sec years ago.

There are more miners than ever before and a huge number have no idea how to tank a ship.

they gank the untanked hulk next to you instead

I have afk mined every single day this month (and most days last month). I haven't even been targeted let alone shot at, I think remember I am pretty afk, but definitely haven't died or been taken into armor. If you're flying a Hulk during Hulkageddon you deserve to lose it. If you lose even one Hulk you made a lot less profit than the dude in the covetor who lost no ships. People don't waste nados on Covetors, and single destroyers are easily foiled by a slight tank.

I usually don't afk mine (only have mining barge iv and the skill with an A that increases mining yield at iv.), but the profits are much higher than usually. Although I don't think highly of internet bullies or gankers as they're called in eve, I do enjoy profiting off their douchebaggery.

Either that or, as Ptraci pointed out, it really is all about attitude. Your attitude just happens to be that of an incurably dense asshat, which is why null sec players scam and kill you at every opportunity.

I've run low sec and null sec alliances, and we used to let in pretty much anybody if they were willing to learn. Hell we even had a few awoxxers we kept with us in taboo, they ended up helping us hot drop a few people before we got supercaps of our own.

Basically try being less of a douche, maybe then you'll make some friends and you won't be blindly chased out of any alliance you try to join.

I am also a douche, I am quite comfortable with this fact.

Why?

Is it wrong that I hear Hulkageddon and think "SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!"?

On a serious note, I support it, because it proves that the EVE universe is truly open and player controlled (within the bounds of the agreements we click "Accept" on). Also, if you can get a nice ship, expand outside of the noob zone. As a noob, I can honestly say it's irritating to share a belt with ships that cost more than I've ever made. I believe that violates the "fairness" preached about throughout this topic. People that know what they're doing should primarily operate in low-sec (unless they're teaching a noob how to not suck).

Also, why is everyone getting so emotional and personal about this? It's a game. I don't go on forums and call people retards when I get my ass beat by an invader in Dark Souls. I simply proclaim "damn" (loudly), and move on. If I start getting too passionate about the issue, I take a hiatus to cool off. On that same note, it's just as bad to proclaim people who play a certain way to be ********. Some people like the industry part of the game. It should be accepted that some people like CoD, and others like Sim City. One shouldn't speak down on the profession of another, even if that profession turns you into space dust every now and again.

... with much profit to be had if you plan.