EVE General Discussion

that you have actually got it easier and less risk than the newbies and miners who are trying to survive in high sec.

i should have been in carebear mode like you.

I'll give this one more shot. I'm not near as persistent as Dave.

Well, maybe the first lesson you should have learned is "High Sec != safe". It's a well known EvE fact. There are usually way too many people coming and going.

If you want to reduce your chance of gankage, then you need to find a less traveled back end system. Once in that system, find a good belt that allows you to get a reliable directional scan on anyone entering. Someone enters local hit your d-scan, if you see destroyer safe up. If you see anything expensive, chances are you're safe, but be ready.

Other tools at your disposal? Check the website http://evemaps.dotlan.net/ and you can see what sort of gankage activity is going on in your system, or systems around it. It may help you identify regular gankers in the area who you can add your contacts and set them red so if they enter your system, it'll help you be prepared.

Or, take the offensive. Get in your own destroyer and start hunting other destroyers. Anytime I see a destroyer in high-sec, my assumption is they are hunting for easy prey. Suicide into them and laugh at them in local or whatever you want.

The world is open for you to do anything you like. If you like mining, then mine. But do it smart. Make a game plan, a backup plan, actually play the game instead of mindless going to an asteroid belt and pushing your function keys.

The whole premise of EvE is that you aren't safe anywhere and if you want to make it you'll have to use your head a bit and get creative.

the lesson i should have learned really was this.

high sec is more dangerous than getting spoonfed **** for you by a null sec corp.

the lesson i did learn was this.

this game only wants people who want their **** spoonfed to them in safety in nullsec.

peak times often hit well over 45,000 players online. I have often seen over 50,000 players online.
often when these big battles happen, friends are calling each other telling them to get on, we need you.
I am sure if you check during one of these 2-3,000 player battles you will see a spick in the number of online players.
I recall noticing once the number of online players was at about 56,000 and then later realized there was a huge battle I missed.
Maybe you just play at the wrong time.

believe me, im not envy of you.

i would agree. i am butthurt about losing all my **** to such a backwards system. instead of just begging for my **** to be spoonfed to me.

you dont see how you being safer in null sec than a non corped 1 month old player in high sec is backwards.

mmmkay. yes we are back to my ineptitude to get myself spoonfed **** in a more secure null sec.

well its called high security, is it not? high security should mean more security than null security?

understand that?

not only is there some danger, there is more danger there. than where all of your hypocrites are speaking from.

which, it is, you have concord.