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Call me a noob but!
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Nova Oden
Zebra Corp
Goonswarm Federation
#1 - 2013-02-18 03:26:23 UTC
Well i have a question as i have noticed a tone of this. why are people slow boating freighters? maybe this is just me but it seams like people want to loose 1.5-1.8 bill ships because they can? or is it that they figure there ship is slow enough that they need to just auto pilot every where?
Tesal
#2 - 2013-02-18 03:28:52 UTC
They are on autopilot. Slooooooooooow.
Ankles McGlashan
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-02-18 03:32:21 UTC
because maths say less than 1BN = no gank and they're probably full of titanium.
Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#4 - 2013-02-18 03:41:29 UTC
Nova Oden wrote:
Well i have a question as i have noticed a tone of this. why are people slow boating freighters? maybe this is just me but it seams like people want to loose 1.5-1.8 bill ships because they can? or is it that they figure there ship is slow enough that they need to just auto pilot every where?

Why not cargo scan them and find out?

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#5 - 2013-02-18 04:49:41 UTC
Because they are off playing another game, or another account on this game, or napping.

Mostly napping. Blink

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Felicity Love
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-02-18 04:53:15 UTC
Ankles McGlashan wrote:
because maths say less than 1BN = no gank and they're probably full of titanium.


Tritanium, even. Blink

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RichtPaul
Shadow Industries I
#7 - 2013-02-18 06:01:10 UTC
You're a noob but! LOLOLOL

Some things you have to use freighters for, like transporting minerals to a POS for one.
Joran Dravius
Doomheim
#8 - 2013-02-18 06:23:22 UTC
Nova Oden wrote:
Call me a noob but!

Noob!
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-02-18 10:10:14 UTC
Noob butt ! (you missed a t there)
Whitehound
#10 - 2013-02-18 10:23:23 UTC
Nova Oden wrote:
Well i have a question as i have noticed a tone of this. why are people slow boating freighters? maybe this is just me but it seams like people want to loose 1.5-1.8 bill ships because they can? or is it that they figure there ship is slow enough that they need to just auto pilot every where?

Why are we slow boating?!? Because they do not go any faster, noob! And only a noob flies during wars or takes their freighter through low-/null-sec.

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Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-02-18 10:33:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Arronicus
You're a noob butt.

You're welcome.


Also, freighters don't really get ganked unless they have 5bil or more in their cargo these days. With the cost of the ships you have to suicide, the effort, and all the inherent risks, not to mention loot fairy problems (50% of cargo dropping chance doesn't mean that any of it will drop sometimes), it only starts to become worth it around 3bil, and then who wants to go through all the effort for a hundred mil.

Don't believe me? Check eve-kill. Look through the last few months, for highsec freighter kills, that were not killright targets, not war target victims, and not suspects.
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2013-02-18 10:34:49 UTC
Ankles McGlashan wrote:
because maths say less than 1BN = no gank and they're probably full of titanium.

Last I heard was 2,5

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Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-02-18 10:37:32 UTC
Eugene Kerner wrote:
Ankles McGlashan wrote:
because maths say less than 1BN = no gank and they're probably full of titanium.

Last I heard was 2,5


2.5 = not much more than breaking even, on average. Not worth it. 4-5 to be worth everyone's time.
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#14 - 2013-02-18 11:02:00 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
And only a noob flies during wars or takes their freighter through low-/null-sec.


Yeah only a noob installs level 5 upgrades and ihubs... noob.
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#15 - 2013-02-18 11:02:35 UTC
Ok, Your a noob.

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Whitehound
#16 - 2013-02-18 11:04:46 UTC
Ptraci wrote:
Whitehound wrote:
And only a noob flies during wars or takes their freighter through low-/null-sec.


Yeah only a noob installs level 5 upgrades and ihubs... noob.

Cry moar, noob.

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