Crime & Punishment

I came back to the game a little over a month ago because I had two friends that had just started playing again. Since I've been back I haven't done much other than sit in a station. trading is fun and I don't lose many ships doing it. But in the little over a month that I've been playing my friend has lost two mackinaws in high sec and almost quit. I didn't really know what to tell him about his ships other than to say be careful where you mine and watch local.
He decided he wanted to be a hauler. He trained the skills and last week I gave him the money to buy him a Charon. Stay in high sec and have fun. (my original plan was to be a freighter pilot myself but to many jumps) I've flown around a bit and bought things for him to haul. He makes money to pay me back I get stuff cheaper than I would in jita.
Well a few minutes ago I get a phone call. My friend is in asking for 250 mil because some guy is going to blow up his ship. I send it to him cause I'm a nice guy (and he might have my stuff in that ship). He gives the guy the money and the guy ask for 150 more well he has that much (so why didn't he just ask for 100 mil) and gives to him.
Another guy ask if he needs help and my friend says yes. The guy challenges him to a duel and my friend excepts. (REALLY!!) He gets his week old Charon with 54 blocks of ice (his) in the cargo hold blown up in 0.6 space.
I say he's an idiot but I don't know exactly what to tell him other than never except a duel when you're being ganked while flying a Charon. He was in 0.6 space 75 km from the gate he just came through and the guy was bumping him so he couldn't warp. I would have just done nothing sit there until the server reset. If they attack him concord is right there but the idiot accepts a duel.
Should I just suggest that he tries a WOW free trial or what?

I think we know who the real idiot here is, don't we?

This thread was move to Crime and Punishment. May the gods have mercy on your soul.

It happened an hour or so before I posted.

My suggestion would be to downgrade your friend to a Tayra or Badger until he's had some more time to really learn the ropes of hauling. Once he's got the nuances down then maybe upgrade to a Bustard or Crane and work from there.

I know the freighter is appealing in many ways, but it's a pretty expensive ship and a common target for ne'er do wells who covet the shiny things inside. To pilot one effectively you need more than just skillbooks and ISK; you need to KNOW your route inside and out, who's who on team bad guy, and you also need a support crew to help assure that your freight will arrive safely. That last bit is often overlooked. Scouts, logistic support and webbers can all improve your survival chances.
Going it solo is pretty much asking to be interfered with.

Dont send him elsewhere, just sit him down and help him work out a plan for recovery. Do your homework and learn from the loss.

I do ransoms once in a while, mostly when i'm tackled in a wormhole by a known alliance, those guys usually know their space bushido

The way that I'm reading the story, his "idiot" friend got a free freighter, eventually got bored from hauling, then got 250m extra from this guy, then got the insurance payout on his freighter.

"Mycle Adelora"


"Mike Adoulin"


Coincidence?


I think not!

So, you cared so little about your friend so you let him to join the most PITA AND unprofittable high risk no reward activity you might run into, you ignored the point when he got the most useless freighter of the four available, did nothing to make him learn the ropes of said activity, then gave him "fortune" load of ISKs for questionable stuff.
Then you call your friend an idiot. I say great job!

If we look at zkillboard, specifically the CONCORD kill pages, I think the trend is pretty obvious. Most ganking on miners and haulers happens in and around Jita.

Therefore, the solution is easy, stay away from Jita!