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I broke rules 1 and 4.
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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#21 - 2014-02-05 22:57:50 UTC
Lavitias Arjar
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2014-02-09 07:14:22 UTC
Orin Wright wrote:
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 smell a troll
Orin Wright
State War Academy
Caldari State
#23 - 2014-02-09 18:41:42 UTC
Lavitias Arjar wrote:
Orin Wright wrote:
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 smell a troll


I'm a new player, someone already informed me I didn't have to worry about Concord in low-sec.
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#24 - 2014-02-09 23:19:42 UTC
Nerath Naaris wrote:
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:
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.


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



I'd ask 50m because they could be the alt of an established player, who would likely fit in five +4s (~105m). If they say no, that's fine - if I believed they were new I'd let them off with a warning.

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Alaric Faelen
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2014-02-10 10:18:44 UTC
Depends on who you are caught by. When I was in a low sec pirate corp, one of the very few rules we had was to honor ransoms.

Ransoming is often more of an RP choice than for the money. You're a pirate...doing pirate things.
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