EVE General Discussion

In real life one of the biggest downfalls of law enforcement is that agencies don't communicate with one another.

I find it incredibly ironic that on the internet, the grammar police don't talk to the definition police.

Does life imitate art or does art imitate life?

Eh? It took me about a month to figure out that this game was mostly all about EXTORTION, MURDER and NOOBRAPE.

It is how to avoid all that is what playing the game actually is.

I enjoy mining, Its nice to make a lot of ISK and enjoy the perks that come along with it. Although I do feel bad for anyone that loses their hulk during Hulkageddon, I also wonder if they actually take the time to think about the risks of mining with a ship that cannot be insured at the price you paid for it. But if you believe you can afford the loss and the risk is worth it, then good luck to you. I however cannot afford a loss like that, I do not fly a Hulk during Hulkageddon. The very first advice I was given in EVE is this. "Don't fly what you cannot afford to replace." This was a harsh reality when I lost my first Raven years ago and was pretty much broke.

But as a miner I've always been cautious. I stay at the computer to watch for anyone trying to can flip or incoming rats. I also don't like to mine where there is a lot of things going on in local. I try to stay away from the hubs unless I'm hauling.

One thing I hear a lot is that you should tank your Hulk. I honestly don't think that this will help in anyway unless your in 0.9 or 1.0 systems due to the quicker response times by concord. (I can be wrong and a Hulk might be tankable, I'm just not going to risk it..) I think that if someone wants to gank you, and your afk or not paying attention, then its going to happen. But if someone pops my covetor, I can replace it with the insurance payout plus some extra from my own EVE wallet. It honestly wont bother me because I understand the risks I take if I mine during this time. This is a game where PVP happens, Empire Space is protected but its not SAFE. So if you take out a ship that you cannot afford to replace, then you should prepare yourself that there is a chance that you might lose that ship.

One thing I like about the Goons is that they actually do something with this game. They make things interesting, and I hope that does not change anytime soon. This is the 5th Hulkageddon, there will probably be a 6th and 7th. You might want them to respect your small world of the game, but since the first day you started playing, the simple rules have always stayed the same. Empire Space does not = Safe Space and don't fly what you cannot afford to replace.

This month I have ran missions, ratted, traded and hauled items and enjoyed every minute of it.. I have also learned a few new things about the game that I wouldn't have had I been mining. (Scanning down sites and such) I also have risking a couple of mining ops where I d scanned a hole heck of a lot, checked people in local and often checked the recent Hulkageddon kills on their website to see where a lot of the action is happening and who I should look out for. (Just about everyone on the top lists have been added to my contacts.)

So yes, I do a lot more then most miners do, but I also enjoy what I do and that's what its all about.

I'm sorry to hear about everyone's losses. Use it as a learning experience and move on. Smaller ships take on larger ones all the time, just watch "Whale Wars." (Which might also be a good name for a Freighter killing event!)

So with that being said, have fun, fly safe and smart.

Regarding the orthographic abilities of the OP .......
Jartusk do you really think Sheghost can read/understand your post ?

tragic in the sense that this guy;
1) Is out mining during H5.
2) That he cant smell the scam...

Seriously you deserve to get blown up!

Go run missions for a month or something...

clearly sheghost and Chavu are Andski's alts

Hehehehehehe

Theres a poop joke in here, I know it....

Great post,
I know a lot of new players that are leaving the game or thinking of it, The Goons are the “punks” in the game, they used to be a part of Band of Brothers till CCP made them disband after BOB was found to have Items that were not even in the game. Now they call them self’s the goons and come up with fake items like that just to rip players off, they get there joy from making players leave the game, which is how they believe they win the game. CCP and the Goons are one and the same and there do not care about the players in the game only the Goons.
Point is that even if there was only Goons in the game they only know how to play one way, and that is to take advantage of other’s
Fly Safe
Cly

PS, one idea is you mine out ALL 1.0 to 0.8 systems and when all the new players ask for there money back from CCP, dou to Concord being so slow, and The Goons having free run of the game, CCP might do some thing. Make CCP lose some of there $$$$ and they get off there asses.

O' yes
Fly Safe

My only gripe about Hulkageddon was that I ended up grinding rep with an NPC corp in a backwater area to 6.67 to get a full yield only to discover that THAT particular station only has a base 25% refine instead of 50% like most others. No wonder nobody was there.

Yes, it can.