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Mining in Low Sec - Safe?

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Chandra Visteen
Mineral Extractor Inc
#1 - 2013-09-23 20:04:25 UTC
Hi all,

I've always been hanging out in 0.5 sec space or higher and about 30 minutes ago, a pod appeared. I cracked up a convo asking if he was ok and as the conversation went, he said "We don't attack miners".
He was gone before I could ask if that was his corp or a general rule of thumb for players.

Is that the general rule of thumb? Are miners 'safe' within lower sec space? Are miners given less attention that other ships? Or are they easy targets?
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-09-23 20:09:51 UTC
EUGGHHH..My inner troll wants to say yes.

But my NRDS side just wants to say no...



WHY MUST MY EXISTANCE BE SO CONFLICTED?!

BoBwins Law: As a discussion/war between two large nullsec entities grows longer, the probability of one comparing the other to BoB aproaches near certainty.
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#3 - 2013-09-23 20:12:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Arduemont
Chandra Visteen wrote:
Hi all,

I've always been hanging out in 0.5 sec space or higher and about 30 minutes ago, a pod appeared. I cracked up a convo asking if he was ok and as the conversation went, he said "We don't attack miners".
He was gone before I could ask if that was his corp or a general rule of thumb for players.

Is that the general rule of thumb? Are miners 'safe' within lower sec space? Are miners given less attention that other ships? Or are they easy targets?


If I am in lowsec and see a mining ship on scan, the blood frenzy takes me... and I must kill.

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf
stoicfaux
#4 - 2013-09-23 20:14:53 UTC
Arduemont wrote:
Chandra Visteen wrote:
Hi all,

I've always been hanging out in 0.5 sec space or higher and about 30 minutes ago, a pod appeared. I cracked up a convo asking if he was ok and as the conversation went, he said "We don't attack miners".
He was gone before I could ask if that was his corp or a general rule of thumb for players.

Is that the general rule of thumb? Are miners 'safe' within lower sec space? Are miners given less attention that other ships? Or are they easy targets?


If I am in lowsec and see a mining ship on scan, the blood frenzy takes me... and I must kill.

Nihilism should start with one's self.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
Cheng Musana
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-09-23 20:18:58 UTC
Just as safe as undocking with 30 plexes in jita in a n00b ship.
manutari
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-09-23 20:23:20 UTC
if you are a miner, stay out of low sec unless you have friends.

if a corp tells you miners are safe, dont believe them


very few get away from me :D
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#7 - 2013-09-23 20:24:51 UTC
Chandra Visteen wrote:
Hi all,

I've always been hanging out in 0.5 sec space or higher and about 30 minutes ago, a pod appeared. I cracked up a convo asking if he was ok and as the conversation went, he said "We don't attack miners".
He was gone before I could ask if that was his corp or a general rule of thumb for players.

Is that the general rule of thumb? Are miners 'safe' within lower sec space? Are miners given less attention that other ships? Or are they easy targets?


Statisticly I bet more Exhumers get ganked in High sec than in low sec.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2013-09-23 20:27:40 UTC
Eugene Kerner wrote:


Statisticly I bet more Exhumers get ganked in High sec than in low sec.



Very true, as any miner playing the game for around...oh,.....a week or so,........... realizes you do not mine in Low Sec ever.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Raymond Bartlette
Calypso Thumblers
#9 - 2013-09-23 20:40:08 UTC
Mining in low sec is as safe as walking the street with packs of money in your hands and shouting :c'mon rob me! Lol

so nop it isn't safe, but mining in hi sec isn't safe too Pirate

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PotatoOverdose
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
Sedition.
#10 - 2013-09-23 20:41:52 UTC  |  Edited by: PotatoOverdose
As long as you fit the best tank money can buy, lowsec is both fun and profitable for educated and competent miners. Also, the ice belts have far less competition.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2013-09-23 20:55:39 UTC
PotatoOverdose wrote:
As long as you fit the best tank money can buy,......


Which immediately nerfs yield to the point where High Sec is the better, smarter, option. Thanks for mentioning that flaw though so I could pull it out.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#12 - 2013-09-23 20:57:52 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
PotatoOverdose wrote:
As long as you fit the best tank money can buy,......


Which immediately nerfs yield to the point where High Sec is the better, smarter, option. Thanks for mentioning that flaw though so I could pull it out.


Implying that it's not smart to fit some tank in h-sec too because...


...oh I see what you did there Cool

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Phobos Saitan
Freiwerk
#13 - 2013-09-23 20:58:40 UTC
mining in lowsec is like drag a bloody meat piece through a shark pool
at least when you're alone
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#14 - 2013-09-23 21:01:55 UTC
KuroVolt wrote:
EUGGHHH..My inner troll wants to say yes.

But my NRDS side just wants to say no...



WHY MUST MY EXISTANCE BE SO CONFLICTED?!

Set them red.

Triggered by: Wars of Sovless Agression, Bending the Knee, Twisting the Knife, Eating Sov Wheaties, Bombless Bombers, Fizzlesov, Interceptor Fleets, Running Away, GhostTime Vuln, Renters, Bombs, Bubbles ?
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#15 - 2013-09-23 21:02:26 UTC
In all seriousness though, you can mine in lowsec. But you need to find a system with only friendlies in. Or a fleet that can warp to you very quickly and a super tanked skiff... One or t'other.

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf
PotatoOverdose
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
Sedition.
#16 - 2013-09-23 21:03:20 UTC  |  Edited by: PotatoOverdose
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
PotatoOverdose wrote:
As long as you fit the best tank money can buy,......


Which immediately nerfs yield to the point where High Sec is the better, smarter, option. Thanks for mentioning that flaw though so I could pull it out.

Quite the opposite good sir. You indeed want to keep your lowslots full of the most profitable of mining upgrades. I know as well as any capsuleer that a miner must never give up the tiniest bit of yield lest he be driven out of business by his competition. Eve is a cutthroat place after all.

I merely suggest the fitting of tank modules to your mid slots. Why a caldari navy invulnerability field increases your survivability by orders of magnitude and pays for itself in just a few hours off of the increasingly lucrative lowsec ores and ice.

And of course, for the truly discerning miner you have Pithi A type invulnerability fields and the like which make your barge a veritable flying fortress. A bit pricey, but well worth the security and peace of mind.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2013-09-23 21:06:18 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
PotatoOverdose wrote:
As long as you fit the best tank money can buy,......


Which immediately nerfs yield to the point where High Sec is the better, smarter, option. Thanks for mentioning that flaw though so I could pull it out.


Implying that it's not smart to fit some tank in h-sec too because...


...oh I see what you did there Cool


Big smileLol For real. When I see all those absolutely tankless Mackinaws on KM's......I just don't know.

Ship replacement rate and 'interruptions while having to hide' are really the 2 downsides to Low Sec Mining.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
manutari
Doomheim
#18 - 2013-09-23 21:22:13 UTC  |  Edited by: manutari
you can always tell a HS or FW player from a lowsec dweller by the speed at which their ship accelerates to the closest hiding place under a rock :)

but the baiting miners or battle ventures do change it up some on us pirates :)
Chandra Visteen
Mineral Extractor Inc
#19 - 2013-09-23 21:35:23 UTC
Wow! Quite the response!
Thanks everyone, definitely going to stay put and away from Low Sec :/
PotatoOverdose
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
Sedition.
#20 - 2013-09-23 22:02:38 UTC
Chandra Visteen wrote:
Wow! Quite the response!
Thanks everyone, definitely going to stay put and away from Low Sec :/

See, look what you guys did. You made another one turn to carebearing.
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