EVE General Discussion

Veers,

If people have easy access to ISK it's likely that the value of currency as a resource will decrease. This means that people are more willing to spend, and when they do spend they will fork out more ISK for things such as PLEX, the gold standard of EVE commodities.


This is not to say that supply and demand don't play a part.

I'm not sure it makes sense to deny the impact of an excess of ISK on inflation, defined as the devaluation of said currency.

you did it wrong.

First, check the map for the lowsec systems you'll be going through, more than a few pilots? risk isn't worth it.

Second MWD+Cloak, or even better cov ops cloak. If you can't do either, well you're a wreck waiting to happen.

Those two things alone make you damned hard to kill in lowsec.

Third, never just directly jump through the highsec->lowsec gate, warp to 0 make sure there's not someone sitting there, then jump. If someone is sitting there they are a scout for the gate camp on the other side.

Fourth, NEVER and I mean NEVER expect the computer to do something for you. If you want it done right do it yourself (jump selection)

Fifth, when jumping into low use your gate cloak (30 seconds I think it is) to evaluate the situation. All clear? keep going. Gate camp? either keep going (if you think you can get away) or try to burn back to the gate.

I feel safer going to lowsec these days than going to a market hub. All kinds of crazy people there trying to gank you.

risk free ish

I'm always mystified by people staying away from something in Eve just because it's dangerous. Back when I started, something similar like it is described in the OP happened to me.

The difference is, I found it exciting and fun. So I guess different people, different tastes, eh?

I dont go to low-sec because it costs.
Lost ship, lost implants, then mine at belts a week all items back.
I dont want to sacrifice my time, efforts and posessions to someone's fun while I left to mine asteroids.
Pleople who saying "making low-sec more fun" are hypocrites, they want more not-so-experienced players to go in so they can kill them and have fun.
You not going to make fun at my expense, nope nope nope. Fly your empty space alone.

Jump into a implant free clone. Buy a frigate. Fit it with web. warp disruptor. mwd. guns. damage mods.

I can mine enough to afford to do that in 30 minutes in a Venture in a 2 week old alt.

Too bad for you. Luckily as an explorer, I seldom lose one of my stealthy ships.

Even with a wild PVP-adventure for some video project, a cov-ops lost thanks to me taking a rather obvious bait, a Stratios lost because I ignored my own scout-report and just jumped into a gigantic Russian gatecamp somewhere in Catch I think I've still lost more ships doing just PVE.

Mining however is something I've tried and stopped pretty fast. It's boring as ****. My industry-alt has mining skills, though: It's sometimes easier to just jump into a wormhole, mine out some high-end minerals and jump back than buying and transporting everything back to base.

And holy **** can the Prospect take a punch, most of the time I can just mine until I'm full even with several Sleepers pummeling my shields like mad.

This is so wrong it's funny.

First off, I've survived many gatecamps and died in several other gatecamps, so it's obviously not a sure loss. Even if you're totally unlucky and really the first person finding them, you can still survive if your skills are better then their skills. Case closed.

Undocking also isn't an insta-loss. Just make sure you have some bookmarks for insta-warp. And make sure your grid is loaded before you do anything: For a short time after leaving the station you're invincible. And if it looks like you won't get away, just don't panic, wait a few seconds and dock up before you've drifted to far away. (The waiting period is necessary because trying to redock makes you vulnerable again, but if you are too fast, the command fails. Then you're a sitting duck for a second before the server can process your next attempt at docking.)

1. An alt is another account. So you're saying pay more money to actually play the game, or maybe to carebear by avoiding risk by throwing real world money at the situation?

2. By the time you can access your instaundock after undocking, sebo T3 ships have already locked and shot you, by virtue of the fact that you'll show up on grid before you actually load on your client side.

absolute bollocks