Ships & Modules

They do unless they want to die to belt/grav site rats, or have another account in a combat to tank the damage.
A highsec player is perfectly capable of keeping a second account logged in at the belt in a falcon in case of gankers.

Bots use shield boosters in null. Usually very expensive shield boosters so those Hulks can easily tank belt rats.

No, you misunderstood me. I said "Hulks don't belong in high-sec", not "Hulks should be prevented from entering high-sec". There's a difference in those statements but I fear it may be too subtle for you to understand.

Similarly, I bought a T3 for exploration and ratting work in low-/null-sec, not to run L4s in high-sec.

The Hulk is too good of a ship for AFK high-sec bot miners who can't be bothered to pay attention to the game.

That fit requires PG implants (just FYI).

So your argument is that all 'botted hulks' in nullsec have been using pimpfits reliant on rigs that came out last week.

Interesting.

Tanked Hulk yield ISK/hr > Max Yield Hulk ISK/hr

How is this possible?

Because Max Yield Hulk ISK/hr = 0 after you get ganked for not fitting a tank.

Math is fun.

Genolution set and you only need a +1% PG implant

Because gank and killing mining barges shows awesome graphics, since most players are in high sec, is working or showing graphics as intended.

Miners are all bots yadayada

Miners don't tank their stuff yadayada

Gank is to hard yadayada

Really, if at this moment some people can't play eve the way they like why being dumb enough to pay and play such poor content game when there are so many others?

Cause they made a different tradeoff than HS. Also, try mining in 0.0 the same way you do in High outside HAG (i.e. Semi/Totally AFK). See how well that works. Tanking your Hulk is one of many exciting options the miner has at his disposal.



Here are some options you might try during this trying time.

1. Continue Mining like normal and Accept the losses
2. Continue Mining as normal but in a Covetor and Accept the losses
3. Mine in a Rokh, comfortably immune* to Suicide Ganks
4. Tank your Hulk and Accept a lower number of Losses from edge case profit based ganks.
5. Tank your Hulk with RR and be comfortable immune to Suicide Ganks
6. Mine in a Normally Fit Hulk but use a short range D-Scan to escape ganks
7. Set up safespots such that you can maintain a rough orbit in range of a roid by aligning to each BM in turn
8. Set up Hulks to Web each other, mine aligned to 1 SS at 7m/s (warpable speed) (can be done @ max yield)
9. Watch local for known gankers, accept the occasional gank from unknown ganks
10. Mine in Mission pockets
11. Mine in Grav Sites, occasionally scanning D-Scan
12. Tank your Hulk and have friends in BLAP AC Nados ready to shoot (one should kill a Cat before you die, failing the gank)
13. Tank your Hulk and have friends with ECM
14. Tank your Hulk and run 5x Med ECM drones and accept that you'll die if they fail
15. Mine in Lowsec (can be done solo in a quiet system)
16. Mine in Null (can be done solo in a quiet NPC sov system)
17. Mine in WH space

*all cases of immunity from Suicide Ganks assume profit-based ganks. Non-Profit based ganks are rare and are not something that can be negated by game mechanics changes besides eliminating ganks, thus can be ignored.

All of these options have advantages and disadvantages. All of them will work. Not all of them are perfect.

If ALL of these options do not work for you, please describe your very special situation, and I'll come up with a custom solution or call you names. You know, depending...

so how many cap booster chargers can you fit in your cargo? Wouldn't it be easier to just fly a Rokh?