EVE New Citizens Q&A

So i joined a new corp, made up of mostly inexperienced players like myself, were having a pretty good chill time together. Then this Russian guy moves in and declares war on us. A single guy declares war on our corp and we can do nothing to stop him he's just to strong, gotta tier 3 strategic cruiser, most of us have tier 1 BC's at best. So i move out of the HQ solar system take three jumps away and I'm happily mining away and he comes in and ganks me. Alright its part of the game fair kill.


So i move further away, 20 jumps away, again im happily mining away and he ganks me again. There is no way in hell he just happened across me. And im getting extremely frustrated because the fact that a much stronger player can just roll over newer players with impunity is extremely annoying.

So my questions are:

1: How did he find me?

2: How can i prevent this from happening, i have 3 warp stabs and he can still prevent me from warping, i know i should keep an eye on local chat, any other suggestions?

3: I can't seem to do anything without him showing up to kill me, and i'm hemorrhaging ISK so should i just leave the corp?

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This coward is attacking noobs, it should give you all enough hate to unite together with your corpies and fight back.
If they don't want, then you're in the wrong corp. But please try before, try to lead them to the victory. If this guy is really alone then you can really win. Then if your corpies refuse it was not the right place for you.


Edit : oh, and about T3 cruisers against T1 BC, that doesn't mean much. It's not so much how expensive your ships are and how much SP you have which will bring you to the victory, but much more how you'll use them IN TEAM.

Per above, he used a locator agent to find you. They're like normal agents but they have an extra option where you enter a player's name and a few minutes later it'll tell you in which system and station (if docked) that player is at.

You can avoid trouble on several levels.

1) be aware:

- have him added to your friend list so you know when he's online
- detach your local chat window from the others, make it really tall and have it set to compact members list, that way you'll have the best chance of noticing he's in your system
- avoid crowded systems where you might not see him because of the massive local list
- never fly anywhere without a neutral scout alt or fly in nano/MWD frigates
- never be afk while in space, never assume it's safe

2) stop being a target

- learn how to avoid trouble by learning simple game mechanics in regards to session timers, undocking tricks, bookmarks and all that
- learn about the ships they fly so you know what they can and can't do
- at corporation level, put in the effort to defend yourself and be prepared for an attack. Newbies who have been given some basic "training" are very capable of fending off and even killing fierce high SP PVPers, all you need is the "aha moment" and be in a corp with enough active players who also had that "aha moment".


In short, put in the effort to pay attention, learn some game mechanics, team up and get some help from an experienced player (by that I mean actual proper experience and knowledge, not just a player who's been around for a while) capable of conveying knowledge and information. Long term you probably want to be in a corp that has knowledgeable leadership and has some sort of quality control when it comes to recruitment, partially to avoid spies but also to have more active&invested (team)players. Most of the times a corp like that avoid wardecs in the first place and would they happen anyway they'd be better prepared for them.

Hire merc's if you can afford it? Although being newbie might mean you can't afford it...

1.) As said locator agents, the only way to run away from locator agents is go inside a WH.

2.) 3 warp stabs gives you 4 warp points, 2 scrams are enough for that (that is with basic plain T1 scrams without any ship or boosters).

Keep local open,
Add him to your watchlist
Team up in groups

3.) You can leave the corp, or start doing something while docked (I learned trading and production by wardecs).

Also maybe it's a nice time to shop for a corporation that suits you better, maybe one with more players in them and more experienced players that can fight back.

In general most griefer corps (but not all) focus on those who are easy kills. Being in one of those corps means you get more wardecs in general.

I try to play like I drive.

That everyone else is a damn fool except me.

This topic is similar in one I had about tracking. No matter if you are looking or being looked at. You become better at one by mastering the other.

Now, about the "Watch List". I have looked for and found nothing really explaining that function. Does it just alert you when the character is on-line?

Add to watchlist has 2 functions

In people&places window you can tick a box such that People&Places will only show those that:

* Are on your watchlist
* Are currently online.

Other then that, people that log in or log out and are on your watch list will pop up on your screen (lower right corner). They will pop up with their avatar + name in a colored box (Red for logged off - Green for logged on).

When I was in null-sec and you saw shitload of enemy titan pilots log on suddenly, you knew they were about to bridge something (likely on YOUR head).

Same with campers, adding them to your watch list meant you could check if they logged off in system or jumped a gate when they disappear from local.

In high-sec wardecs, it's just a quick way to see who of your war targets is online.

Add them to your watch list and with -10 standings.
Now set your Peoples&Places to only show online persons and select the -10 standings. It will then only show those that are set -10 AND are online.

You need to be carefull of this as I believe that it is seen as being an exploit.

Burn his corp with dec shield.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=156437&find=unread


On the other hand, if you're a miner and getting bumped rather than ganked you'll have to start doing stuff yourself so using the war as a training course in cheap frigate warfare isn't a bad idea. After you're finished letting him teach ya some stuff THEN burn his corp for maximum gain out of it.

After zooming in on my CM window, it seems that only one of all the contacts has this...phenomena.

In ref to number 3, there are 4 dots under the first word "Send". Two under the (S) and two under the (d).

I have no idea what it is. It gives the illusion that the text box is covering up a third check box option. I'm not going to worry about then. Thank you for the reply. As always they are duly noted.

I just need verification on the local setting. I keep it minimized all the time, anyway. I just thought by customizing a tab, I could actually fine use of it.