Warfare & Tactics

Hello,

I'm what you probably call a "weekend pirate" or something along the lines. I do not choose the time when I can play EvE but I find myself in situations when I can logon for an hour or two. Naturally, all I want to do is have some fun with the game so I grab whatever pvp ship is ready for action in a station nearby and head out to lowsec.
Hunting targets is fun. Engaging them is even more so. Since 99% of the time I'm solo it is hard to get in to a reasonable fight sometimes. So kill what you can catch. Fair game to everyone in lowsec here.

What I'm a bit worried about here are the security status hits that we get once engaged in the fight. A couple days ago I happened to be roaming around in my trusty little Slasher when a Heron showed up on D-scan. Seconds later I was in warp towards the star. Landed right on top of the guy. Did not know what to expect because it seemed too easy - could be bait. But what the hell it's just a Slasher I thought and engaged as soon as possible. He died very quickly and I cought the pod. Since the character was about two years old I decided to convo him for ransom only to get blocked. He popped shortly after.

The Heron was 750k isk and the pod was empty. For this "deadly" crime I got myself a 100k isk bounty and killrights available for some corp. Which I gladly welcome and looking forward to. On the other hand I got around 1.5% security status hit for killing the ship and a huge -9.5% for the pod. A decent BS rat gives around 0.2% increase so it will take more than 50 BS rat kills to grind that back. Which I find ridiculous. My sec status is -4.4 now. I don't want to be locked out of hisec so I can't really have any more fun before I grind some of that back and that prevents me from logging on sometimes since shooting red crosses is no where near as much fun as PVP. Really not looking forward to that. I don't have hundreds of millions of isk to blow on security tags either since I do not play that much. I am quite sure there are more players who are facing similar problems.

I really think these hits could be more reasonable. Similar to what you get for killing a ship would be more in line in my opinion.

Also what could you suggest for a casual pvp guy who just enjoys to shoot other dudes without much consequence and with more fun? I know there's FW but don't you get locked out of big parts of hisec for doing it?



TL;DR Security status hits for podding in lowsec is too damn high!

podding is a big sec status hit, killing ships barely affects it. Just refrain from podding unless you want to hit -10 very quickly

Good tips, thank you.

I know where to find security tags but selling them for 80-100 mil per piece buys me 3-4 well fit cruisers or a nice bunch of frigates. Which is basically a fleet of ships. Don't think I could justify paying that price for a bit of increase in sec status. It is an option of course.

wanna be pirates tears best tears

Sounds like the mechanics in place to discourage podding in lowsec (obscene sec hit penalties) are working as intended! Just leave the pods and you'll get a lot more kills for your sec status buck.

MJ

If you have choosen the path of Piracy and wana ransom pods, its pretty clear that the concequence is a big hit if you blow them up. I see no problem with that.

We have flown together in the past and i know you just wana pew pew. So why not just stick to pew pew without podding, if you really wana go to empire.

You have choosen to become a pirate, so next time we meet and *courgh* you get my ship in hull, why not ransom my ship instead of the pod?

You get a much bigger hit for podding of course but then again...if you arent going to pod anyone what fun would it be to pirate? You could let the pods go if you are wanting to conserve sec status but it is better just to go -10. If you are going to fly frigates anyway you wont have much problem buying them in high sec and flying them to low sec. Concord and navy are easily avoidable. Or you can do what countless pirates have done in this game and just rat occasionally between kills to bump your sec status back up. Just kill a rat in every system you roam through.

If they shoot you back you are free to pod em no penaltis if they didnt then bam and sec status gone.

Hope this helps a bit

High sec status is overrated.

Ignoring it, moving to low sec and just shooting whatever you want is one of the best things you can do in eve.
It's kinda liberating tbh.


Just kill stuff that looks at you funny. It's better to be safe than sorry.

only try to pod in lowsec if your target agresses back. If not let it go...