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wooooki Andedare
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-12-09 19:09:12 UTC
i love doing exploration but its just not worth it,i get hunted down and killed at every sight I go.and get really poor items for the risk.why do so many have to kill anything they see?
Jennifer Maxwell
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#2 - 2013-12-12 08:43:20 UTC
The universe isn't a nice place. Get used to it. Don't trust anyone you find in lowsec or nullsec. And stay out of W-space, whatever you do.

As soon as you develop a healthy level of paranoia, you'll do just fine.
Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-12-22 02:26:41 UTC
Jennifer Maxwell wrote:
The universe isn't a nice place. Get used to it. Don't trust anyone you find in lowsec or nullsec. And stay out of W-space, whatever you do.

As soon as you develop a healthy level of paranoia, you'll do just fine.

you forgot, don't trust anyone in high sec...or on the forums.

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Damasi DeFanel
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-12-22 15:18:29 UTC
probe, combat probe, cloak, dscan, dscan, dscan..... cloak and run..... did i mention dscan?

overview everything, and set yourself a timer to get in and out.... always move, always hide when you can....

trust nothing. not even that innocent looking asteroid.
Corraidhin Farsaidh
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-12-30 11:11:06 UTC
Asteroids aren't innocent??? You just ruined my calming mining sessions :D
Owen Levanth
Sagittarius Unlimited Exploration
#6 - 2014-01-15 11:30:06 UTC
Jennifer Maxwell wrote:
The universe isn't a nice place. Get used to it. Don't trust anyone you find in lowsec or nullsec. And stay out of W-space, whatever you do.

As soon as you develop a healthy level of paranoia, you'll do just fine.


What the hell, man? Do you want people to die in gate camps? W-Space is ideal for a careful explorer, you just probe down a few wormholes until you find an entry into NullSec and you're good to go.

Or your cargohold is full and you want to get back to safety? Instead of running one gate camp after another deep in Null, just go through W-Space until you get back to HighSec (or LowSec, if you have a covert-ops ship, you are safe already).
Lady Katherine Devonshire
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#7 - 2014-01-27 09:49:48 UTC
wooooki Andedare wrote:
why do so many have to kill anything they see?


Because they are sad, sad little excuses for people.

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l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#8 - 2014-01-29 18:32:54 UTC
Works fine here.

Some weeks ago I got lucky and made ~900million ISK in ~25 minutes with a Angel 5/10 site. Sometimes you don't find any sites.

Watch your d-scan and you should be fine, at least for combat sites. Relic/Data sites are for peasants.

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Tarpedo
Incursionista
#9 - 2014-01-31 00:22:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarpedo
EVE was designed when there were much less players around. What was supposed to be PvE has turned into PvP deathtraps by lack of territory expansions. Now game (its null part) requires a bit too much motivation, determination and GTC purchases/sales to play it.
ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#10 - 2014-01-31 08:36:48 UTC
Thread has been moved to Missions & Complexes.

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Loraine Gess
Confedeferate Union of Tax Legalists
#11 - 2014-01-31 13:45:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Loraine Gess
Tarpedo wrote:
EVE was designed when there were much less players around. What was supposed to be PvE has turned into PvP deathtraps by lack of territory expansions. Now game (its null part) requires a bit too much motivation, determination and GTC purchases/sales to play it.





Yeah it's not like you can go through entire regions of nullsec without seeing anybody else in local...











PS if you're buying GTCs to fund PVE you're seriously bad at this game
Noxisia Arkana
Deadspace Knights
#12 - 2014-01-31 15:07:20 UTC
You can make isk running sites in highsec. Lowsec, Null, and W-space require friends or being extremely crafty and aware of your surroundings.
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#13 - 2014-01-31 16:36:30 UTC
wooooki Andedare wrote:
i love doing exploration but its just not worth it,i get hunted down and killed at every sight I go.and get really poor items for the risk.why do so many have to kill anything they see?


Get more paranoid about local and dscan, and perhaps find some greener pastures. Exploration outside hisec is heavily affected by the environment created by other players. Some places are more dangerous than others as a result.

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Kontrapshun
Doomheim
#14 - 2014-02-01 01:13:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Kontrapshun
A agree with you OP ....

I suppose you're new to the game, but Eve is a Real Money game and the publishers want things to explode, so most reward content goes in places that will promote explosions.

Just the way it is, based on how they setup the subscription model.

You either find your game in High Sec and progress with missions, trade, etc... or risk it all for Low or Null and overall come out behind the curve.

After awhile you'll realize what everyone else does and find a comfortable play style in HS or Safe Null, since there really is no honor in this game for anything related to PVP and CCP refuses to create arena content.

Just ignore the PVP chest puffers in the forum
Kharaxus
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2014-02-01 04:07:43 UTC
wooooki Andedare wrote:
why do so many have to kill anything they see?


Because you're there, and they see you (or their attention is ON you). It helps to go to low traffic areas (once you get past the bubbles). Or at very least go to FW areas.

WH space is a big jump in wrong direction if you are just starting.

I love to explore. I love exploring in low sec, and making my way to null sec - because of PI. Eventually exploring directly will be worth it, meanwhile I love to find bits and pieces of info that will add up to me establishing a practical niche in eve. Meanwhile I scan, explore, scan, explore.

Paranoia helps. Practicality is better. I would rather fly a mammoth through low sec to pick up PI components then train 50mil worth of skills so I can fly a cloaky transport.

Using a T1 scanning frigate is good. A T3 explorer is better (+10 virus - it pays off the more you practice with the badder viruses).

Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2014-02-01 05:37:26 UTC
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