Crime & Punishment

I have lost my pod in lowsec before while in the act of mashing warp after realising I was outmatched in a fight. I've also lost a pod in nullsec on a grid with no bubbles or dictors the same way.

Lag happens. And this is why I now run EVE at absolute minimum graphics settings despite having a computer than can handle dualboxing at medium settings.


But that is very different to losing a pod when AFK. In highsec, if you need to AFK for an emergency (sudden case of diarrohea, something at the door, cat catches on fire or whatever), just dock. Most systems have a station. If not, just warp to a safe spot if you have one, or a random moon if you do not, and 99% of the time you will elude who/whatever is chasing you.

Please continue the good work of culling terrible hisec corps.

Checking local is a habit you get into. He sounds like a noob to me, so I wouldn't congratulate yourself too much. His problem is his corp CEO, who obviously doesn't know what he's doing, doesn't care and nobody is looking after him for his first few months in the game. Quite a hard way to do Eve as a beginner if you ask me.

This is certainly the truth. I think everyone in EVE sees things that make them cringe, whether it was seeing a Officer Railgun, buffer-fit Vindicator engage a gang off Hek station (and lose, duh), or me losing an ECM Scorpion off the Jita undock(undock fighting sux).

It is a learning experience sometimes, the question is, will you learn?

Also try shooting at something that isn't miners, I fear that eventually you will become lazy and start making mistakes against people who actually pew pew combat ships.

Is ganking a defenseless miner not lame in the first place? That can hardly make you proud or satisfied about it.

My experience with miners in wars is they don't learn. They think they do by mining in a different system. Good thing you can use locator agents in this game. far as the comment about feeling good ganking miners- everyone should feel good. There is no excuse for mining in high sec without a permit.

Dilemma:
I have a KR on a perfectly silly miner. I'd love to execute it, but he's fled my AO, and I don't feel like chasing him down. Should I pass the KR over to CODE, or should I hand it to someone like PO3T?


Edit:
I earn the KR by baiting him into opening fire on my cruiser not long after I melted his mining ship. Not my proudest kill TBH, but it was necessary - He's was caught red-handed showing blatent disregard for basic survival.

Indeed. Getting miners to cooperate is like walking to the moon: Gunna be a looooong cold journey. Hell, many won't even defend themselves, how would they ever get organized enough to make a boycot work?

And what about scab miners? The miners themseleves would have to take up ganking to stop the scabs... Which kinda defeats the whole purpose, does it not?
(The thought of miners ganking miners makes me giggle )