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Artaniss Imortalin
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-12-09 22:32:09 UTC
Hey all, I waould like to try my hand at can flipping if that even goes on anymore lol but have no idea what ship to use and how to fit it. Can anyone point me in the right direction and let me know? Thanks... Also what is best way to track miners down ?
P.S. Keep in mind that I am new still and dont have a lot of SP to work with. Thanks again...
Paukinra
Corporation Organising Corodinated Killing
#2 - 2011-12-09 23:38:14 UTC
Honestly, I use a Kestral for it.

Alot of people underestimate it. Stick a AB on it, point and web and you can flip any cans you like and kill any drones those hulks at you easy.

I have something like this:
Highs - ROcket Launchers
Mids - AB, Scram, Web (You can put a shield extender if you like so you can tank a bit more)
Lows - DCU, BCU

As for targets, alot of it comes to luck. Try going though the belts in high-pop systems. Look for lone hulks or new player as they make easier targets.

Once you think you found somebody though there are a couple of things to look out for -
Corpies in system (add their corp to contacts and see if they are in local)
Do they have all 3 strips running, some people set up bait hulks and cant fit all 3 so this should send alarm bells.

Other than that its go out and learn - thats how I learnt to can flip just went and did it. Now I leach others in my corp!
Astrid Stjerna
Sebiestor Tribe
#3 - 2011-12-09 23:45:06 UTC
Artaniss Imortalin wrote:
Hey all, I waould like to try my hand at can flipping if that even goes on anymore lol but have no idea what ship to use and how to fit it. Can anyone point me in the right direction and let me know? Thanks... Also what is best way to track miners down ?
P.S. Keep in mind that I am new still and dont have a lot of SP to work with. Thanks again...


Reference material (and offical CCP policy) on can-flipping:

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Can_flipping

Also, choose your target very carefully, because some of the corps and alliances in New Eden hold grudges for a looooong time.

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Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#4 - 2011-12-09 23:48:31 UTC
I have not experienced anything which would suggest mining corps are very good at pursuing grudges, however.
Paukinra
Corporation Organising Corodinated Killing
#5 - 2011-12-09 23:51:43 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
I have not experienced anything which would suggest mining corps are very good at pursuing grudges, however.



Oh dont worry they do
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#6 - 2011-12-10 00:42:34 UTC
Rifter, Punisher, Merlin, Tristan/incursus
Emiko Luan
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2011-12-10 06:30:08 UTC
stealing other people's stuff is the ultimate newbie profession, good luck :D

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KrakizBad
Section 8.
#8 - 2011-12-10 17:47:11 UTC
Astrid Stjerna wrote:
Artaniss Imortalin wrote:
Hey all, I waould like to try my hand at can flipping if that even goes on anymore lol but have no idea what ship to use and how to fit it. Can anyone point me in the right direction and let me know? Thanks... Also what is best way to track miners down ?
P.S. Keep in mind that I am new still and dont have a lot of SP to work with. Thanks again...


Reference material (and offical CCP policy) on can-flipping:

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Can_flipping

Also, choose your target very carefully, because some of the corps and alliances in New Eden hold grudges for a looooong time.


Mining corps/industry alliances don't have the teeth to really do anything to you, even years down the line. Flip away good sir!
Berendas
Ascendant Operations
#9 - 2011-12-11 04:54:27 UTC
The Punisher was my favorite ship to can flip with back in the day. People aren't as afraid of them as they are Rifters so you are liable to get more fights, but it is still a very capable frigate.
Artaniss Imortalin
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2011-12-12 17:04:00 UTC
Berendas wrote:
The Punisher was my favorite ship to can flip with back in the day. People aren't as afraid of them as they are Rifters so you are liable to get more fights, but it is still a very capable frigate.


being I am a noob and all can anyone recommend a punisher build for can flipping?
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#11 - 2011-12-13 04:39:31 UTC
I used to can flip... but I did it differently than some of the people here are suggesting with a different end in mind. It's been a while, so please correct me if this no longer works.

I'd get into a shuttle and go around heavily mined systems and bookmark all the jetcans, labeling them 1, 2, 3, and so forth. Then I would get into a badger II and warp to them all in series. As soon as I came out of warp I would immediately warp to the next can. While I was aligning for warp I would fill my hold with whatever I could grab. As soon as the hold is full you dock, dump, and undock enrought to can 4, continuing your chain. I was so fast I almost never got caught. However, at the time there were a lot of botters that couldn't react fast enough, so I made my dough on them. That may have changed.

With little SP, that was a decent way for me to string a few isk together. If I had it to do again, I would do ninja looting in low sec instead. Better ISK/hr.

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Vincenzo DiFrancesco
The Fancy Hats Corporation
#12 - 2011-12-15 03:48:17 UTC
Paukinra wrote:
Kahega Amielden wrote:
I have not experienced anything which would suggest mining corps are very good at pursuing grudges, however.



Oh dont worry they do


I can tell you from experience they don't act on their grudges.

All the time and corps/alliances/etc. I've worked on, only one has ever taken any sort of action. They formed a shell corp for some of their people to join and had that corp dec us. After about 5 minutes of research we realized who that corp really was and decced their main corp. LOLs ensued as they all ran like little carebears to NPC corps and their "war" corp docked up after getting whacked a few times. :P

Every other miner org that threatened dire consequences never followed up with actual action.