EVE New Citizens Q&A

Alright, so this is just a thread to warn other new players that this can happen.

Since playing, I was informed of four rules for EVE Online:
1. Don't trust anyone.
2. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose.
3. If it undocks, it dies.
4. Never fly solo.

Now, this happened to me:

I was flying a Kestrel in low-sec (0.3/0.2 mainly). I'm looking for people flagged so I can engage them without worrying about CONCORD. I spot a flagged Comorant so I fly in to engage, I lock my target and begin to open fire. A few seconds later, five or six ships enter the fray, helping the Comorant. I lost my Kestrel, no big deal. Then, they lock onto my pod but don't fire. They say they'll let me go for 1mil ISK. I pay it since I had it and...they destroy my pod anyway before I could warp to the nearest Jumpgate.


So yeah, to other new players, don't trust anyone who says they'll let your pod go for money. They will destroy you anyway.

I had upgraded my clone without really thinking about the consequences (I think I paid around 6mil ISK for the clone), I did have one implant and my clone was 19 jumps from the area of space I was in when I was pod-killed.

I don't trust people that ask for such a small ransom.

The ones that ask for a larger ransom - say 50m - I would respond to by saying "Accepted, conditional on a Google search not showing you dishonoring any ransoms within the next 60 sec". But the ones that ask for 1m or 10m are just looking for something to laugh about.

My favorite EVE rule is: "Don't trust anyone in game unless you are sleeping with them IRL".

Even that ones sketchy, my Gf is on our corporate wachlist @ -10

In lowsec you don't have to worry about Concord, they're not present there so you can engage anybody you like.

Concord only operate in 0.5 to 1.0 space, they're too scared to venture anywhere else.

Dude attacked a Comorant in a Kestrel. He has to upgrade his clone just to be able to contain his 'nads.

Report the names of the Pirates that did this in the "Crimes and Punishment" forum subsection. Link your ship and pod loss (should be on zkillboard or EvE kill), and ignore any troll remarks asking for proof.

You won't get any vengeance or retribution, but it will let people know how much to trust them (should they do a forum search).

Its all in good fun! Besides, he can talk about how hes not mad, but wants other people to get revenge for him!

OP is less then a week old. One million sounds appropriate for one so young.

In my experience most people honor a ransom. Simply because if they do not, the population of Eve as a whole becomes less likely to pay ransoms in the future.

I personally prefer to be paid a ransom over a killmail whenever possible. Although usually the fight isn't so one sided that I can idly sit by and start up a conversation while they're still trying to hammer me with ordinance.