EVE New Citizens Q&A

Is it possible to access some kind of system log/instant replay that indicates what happened to the loss off my ship last night?

I exited a Sisters of Eve station in low sec area and was instantly destroyed with no warning or explanation. I was in an undamaged Badger which was shield tanked up the wazzoo. I'd pressed undock seconds before, instantly the screen flickered and I found myself in my pod capsule. No indication of who what where and how.

Obviously I shouldn't have been there, and I'm in entry level kit but how it happened was abrupt, non-informative and pretty disappointing tbh. If I can sail through 30+ PVE missions with barely a scratch if would be nice to think I get at least an indicator before I'm instantly obliterated immediately outside a safe station. I have all the safety on and refuse duel options on as a default btw.

The least I expect to be able to do is learn from the experience!

your safety settings (green light) and duel options have no bearing on whether someone can kill you (ESPECIALLY in Low-sec).

If you want to see who/what killed you, check your character sheet -> combat log. It'll have listings of your kills/losses.


There's something wrong with your story though -- if you were really just undocking, there is a 30-60 second invulnerability session to accomodate the undocking procedures

The invuln will hold so long as you do not do anything other than stopping (ctrl+space) or allowing your ship to coast from the undock. Initiating a manual course correction (double-clicking in space), or trying to warp off, or anything else WILL shut off that invulnerability.

If for some reason you had autopilot turned on (AP is very, very bad in lowsec), that could have caused a warp initiation before you loaded space (because your ship exists in space before the "launching" animation finishes)




NOTE -- I'm returning after a rather long absence, and might be wrong on the undocking/invulnerability rules these days. I'm sure someone will come and correct me.

Outside a station is not safe. No where in space is safe. In highsec you have concord that will avenge your death. In lowsec there is nothing protecting you from other players who want you dead.

Thanks - Yes I APed. That was it.

Same happened to me.

I left a station in Low Sec in a Merlin, and I got a message from the game (not a player) and suddenly my ship was destroyed. Luckily I was already warp to a High Sec gate.

I checked my log, but I didn't see anything in there, do you have to be pod killed before something shows there?

No. Ship kills show up as well. Make sure you're looking at the 'Show losses', not 'show kills'

Just to reiterate. NEVER autopilot. ESPECIALLY in low sec. ESPECIALLY in an industrial. When you autopilot your ship will slow to normal sub-warp speeds some kilometers off gates and stations, leaving you very vulnerable. In a badger, the amount of time it takes to reach the gate is long enough for several elephants to give birth and grow old.

I'd wager it's a partly fitted ship, the layout graphics of eve-kill probably isn't updated yet and makes it look like all slots are fitted. They didn't even have updated layout graphics since retribution.

At the level I'm at (this is the beginners forum right?) that is shield tanked up the wazoo. It is plenty to deal with the PVE missions I've been doing. Probably overkill if anything. If the PVE missions are too easy they should be harder. They obviously bare little resemblance to low sec areas.

According to the tutorials you get around by Set Destination in the People and Places followed by autopilot.. I'm getting really bored with that routine anyway, what should I be doing?