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***Freighter Ganks have doubled in Hisec---How to avoid******
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Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
Safety.
#41 - 2016-03-22 07:36:09 UTC
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!

Evil RatKid
Shayla Etherodyne
Delta Laroth Industries
#42 - 2016-03-22 07:38:33 UTC
ashley Eoner wrote:

Isk is almost entirely irrelevant outside of freighters with +5b in items. They gank empty freighters when they cannot find the big loot pinatas.


People kill whatever they can. I had one of the funniest killmails the other day.
A alt entered a low sec system and immediately lost his ship.
2 Loki and another 8 assorted pirates to kill a empty Velator (I had dropped the 1 unit of tritanium in another system, so even that wasn't unavailable). The pod escaped.

The wight of the ammunition they used was more than my shop wight Blink
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#43 - 2016-03-22 08:21:29 UTC
Black Pedro wrote:
Caligula Nalelmir wrote:
As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's

I don't know where people get this stuff. Freighter kills in March are on pace to be well below last month as well as below the six month average. Do we really need this alarmist GD post?

I guess a PSA can't hurt: Freighter pilots you should tank your ships! You should also pay attention, scout your route, fly with an escort, not carry multiple billions in cargo and get yourselves a permit. Even all of this may not save you, so remember the Golden Rules of Eve and never fly something you cannot afford to lose.

Stay strong brave freighter pilots. Your strength in the face of adversity is a real inspiration to gamers everywhere. o7



Your puny facts mean nothing in the face of THE TRUTH.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#44 - 2016-03-22 08:22:52 UTC
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!



But can't you just see how very, very unfair it is that a mere 38 players attacking an unescorted hauler will always win?

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Nat Silverguard
Aideron Robotics
Aideron Robotics.
#45 - 2016-03-22 08:32:03 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!



But can't you just see how very, very unfair it is that a mere 38 players attacking an unescorted hauler will always win?


yes, i agree. the whiniest, loudest, and most entitled single carebear should defeat the coordinated and playing-by-the-rules 38 players/gankers, gg. o7

Just Add Water
Akrasjel Lanate
Immemorial Coalescence Administration
Immemorial Coalescence
#46 - 2016-03-22 08:35:02 UTC
Don't fly in US TZ that should decrease chance of being ganked by alot for now Roll

CEO of Lanate Industries

Citizen of Solitude
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#47 - 2016-03-22 09:04:18 UTC
Knitram Relik wrote:
Look at the map. If Uedama, Niarja, or whatever is as red as Jita for kills in the last hour maybe avoid it. And get a permit. What's the worst that could happen? My whole corp is CODE. compliant and I've taken 10bil+ thru hot pipes with no problems. Just say hi to the agents in system and fly compliant. And before you reply "Grrr CODE.", have you actually tried flying compliant?

LoL... people playing game PAYING somebody to not hurt them Lol

The Mittani: "the inappropriate drunked joke"
Lulu Lunette
Savage Moon Society
#48 - 2016-03-22 12:19:51 UTC
I wanna fly a Freighter for some reason but read enough about them to know better lol.. So pass the risk onto someone else! Blink

What I do is use public courier contracts. Only risk is a typo so don't do that. I pay 2% of whatever the collateral is for a reward and letting anyone get the contract instead of private to Red Frog is much faster too. (at least in my experience)

@lunettelulu7
Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#49 - 2016-03-22 13:04:51 UTC
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!


Technically, one more nerf could stop all of it from happening. It's not a good idea but it could happen.
Salt Foambreaker
Greedy Pirates
#50 - 2016-03-22 15:05:40 UTC
Caligula Nalelmir wrote:
As you may have noticed, suicide ganks have increased dramatically in the notorious .5's with little or no cargo loaded.
how to avoid:
Do not carry more than 500M isk each trip.
Preferably fly Obby as it has the most tank.
skill hull upgrades,mechanics, Shield Management all to 5.
fit all lows with bulkheads 2's


^ "CODE Bear" Alt

*look at me*
*look at me*
*look at me*

Hi-Sec PvP *snicker*
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#51 - 2016-03-22 16:16:22 UTC
Must be spring break.

I remember what it was like being a student. The professors actually made us work hard for grades. Nice hours though. I scheduled my classes such that I had three day weekends.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Tigh Edatosmi
Dromedaworks inc
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#52 - 2016-03-22 16:25:24 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Just one more nerf.


Shouldn't there be a ® after that comment?
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries
VOID Intergalactic Forces
#53 - 2016-03-22 17:09:21 UTC
NEONOVUS wrote:
What happened to make Hisec ganking a big thing again?
Last time I was here it was around a bil in cargo got you pegged.


I watch the gankers all the time, you don't even have to have anything in your cargo. just flying the ship warrants you getting ganked
since industry is the scum of the galaxy to them.

"Sarcasm is the Recourse of a weak mind." -Dr. Smith
Joan Miles
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#54 - 2016-03-22 17:17:03 UTC
Agondray wrote:
I watch the gankers all the time, you don't even have to have anything in your cargo. just flying the ship warrants you getting ganked since industry is the scum of the galaxy to them.


To be more precise, its not all industry players that are the scum of the galaxy to them.(and therefore getting ganked)
Just their empire competition. Big or small. Stuff getting blown in HS however is still fun. It's too quiet anyways.
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#55 - 2016-03-22 18:20:45 UTC
Relevant.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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Feyd's Survival Pack
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#56 - 2016-03-22 19:02:52 UTC
Frostys Virpio wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!


Technically, one more nerf could stop all of it from happening. It's not a good idea but it could happen.


While you are correct, I feel that removing freighters from the game could have unwelcome secondary consequences.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Sustrai Aditua
Intandofisa
#57 - 2016-03-23 02:08:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Sustrai Aditua
Why would "they" nerf high sec ganking into oblivion if this is the best play soccer moms-with-VISA's
kids can come up with?

Just don't provide them with targets. Let that end of the game go into disuse. Wait them out. I'm betting the tiny-attention span crowd will find another game to one-day-wonder-boy-gank in. 'T is the nature of the mental configuration of such like people.

If we get chased by zombies, I'm tripping you.
GetSirrus
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#58 - 2016-03-23 02:35:22 UTC
Malcanis wrote:
Frostys Virpio wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Impossible!! We need another nerf!! This time it will work, I feel it!!


Technically, one more nerf could stop all of it from happening. It's not a good idea but it could happen.


While you are correct, I feel that removing freighters from the game could have unwelcome secondary consequences.


Why not, kick freighters out of hi-sec inline with other capital class ships - why should industrials be specially treated little snowflakes? The game didn't die then.
Bruce Kemp
Best Kept Dunked
#59 - 2016-03-23 06:44:21 UTC
(puts on tin foil hat)

How come red frog/black frog ganks are rare?

Are they secretly behind all the freighter ganks to boost there business.... Blink
Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#60 - 2016-03-23 07:01:24 UTC
Bruce Kemp wrote:
(puts on tin foil hat)

How come red frog/black frog ganks are rare?

Are they secretly behind all the freighter ganks to boost there business.... Blink

Because they aren't idiots mostly.

Dracvlad - "...Your intel is free intel, all you do is pay for it..." && "...If you warp on the same path as a cloaked ship, you'll make a bookmark at exactly the same spot as the cloaky camper..."