EVE New Citizens Q&A

Noted. I can see where my post came off that way. I intended frustration to come through, but nothing more. Looking for help and suggestions as much as anything and I'm getting that in spades and I think that's fantastic!

IJWTS I like the way you're responding to good advice. It's refreshing.

A few people have mentioned it, but I'll reiterate: stay away from lowsec until you know what you are doing. It's more or less constant PvP. You opted in by going there (even if you had disabled the warning). It's not as dangerous as its reputation (many of us live there after all) but you will generally be exploding there eventually.

Most of us that play there don't kill new players preferentially. I've done it accidentally and felt bad, and send ISK when it happens. Usually you don't find out until after the fact when looking at your killmail, though that's not always true, especially of better PvPers.

IF someone kills you in lowsec, start a conversation with them. Nine times out of ten they will be happy to talk to you and explain what happened and why. If they find out you're super new many will send a few million ISK.

So...

You lost a ship in lowsec. Which has a big pop up warning you.

You lost stuff because you werent paying attention...whos fault iz it for YOU not paying attention

You can repeat it every 3 months for the same substantial boost in standings, make sure you team up with the faction you want the boost to for Dagan. You should also look at the connections skill if you haven't already, the boosts it gives speeds the grind up quite nicely.

^^ Good point.

Missioning in highsec is considerably safer, in lowsec you're automatically a target. The safety set to green will prevent 99% of all accidental mishaps in highsec, it won't let you do anything that will gain a shoot at me status except engage in a duel and shoot at a legitimate target like a suspect or criminal.

If you like the risks of missioning in low sec, next time you die, speak to your killer. Most will be happy to advise you on fits and where you went wrong. If you're in one area regularly, get to know the locals.

Fair enough, though I did say until he knows what he is getting in to, not permanently :)

And you can even turn on auto reject on duel invites...Which makes it 100% manageable to what timers you do and don't gain.

Don't blame me...I was freaking tired after 2 x 18h workdays and typing on my cellphone.

To the OP, I'll throw in my experience from the other side.

As to why people do what they do ingame, there is absolutely no use in arguing about it. It's a videogme, what people do ingame does not reflect their behaviour or ethics out of the game.

Now on the invading of missions, you were giving a lot of detailed information already how it is possible.

How shoud you handle being invaded?

Insulting or talking smack is no use.
Either engage the ninja, or try to annoy him back. Shooting the wrecks before they can be looted is always a good ninja-killer.
Stop missioning and leave the plex. Try to dump the aggro on the pirate (less effective).



Depends on when you hit the scan button, but you should put the probes on your overview. Much easier, If you suddenly see a list of probes pop up, chances are good you are about to be invaded. Simply leave the plex / gate for a couple of minutes.
Very annoying as a ninja to suddenly loose the signature you're probng down.

Missions and keys, no idea.

yes there are ships and fittings that can make you less probable. At one point, you could craft a ship to be unprobable, but as i recall ccp changed this. Nonetheless, it is still possible to make a ship very difficult to probe. Ofc these ships and fittings are likely not available to you as a new player. Also these are specialized fits that sacrifice a lot of utility to become difficult to probe, so its not something that most typical new players are going to want to do in any event. Just keep hitting your dscan periodically and if you see probes while running missions in low/null - gtfo or cloak.