EVE New Citizens Q&A

Tama is legendary for gate camping, though it can happen anywhere, even in high sec if you are flying blingy ships with no tank.

Also Amamake is camped quite regulary.

Still: if you come to lowsec to hunt npcs in belts be aware that you probably wont be alone for longer then 5 minutes ;).

I would stop that autopilot tbh, its not the only place camps happen, most routes that lead to highsec from low are camped, use a frigate they are harder to catch if you want to look around

its probably worse in highsec

There are people sitting on gates blowing up small ships and pods just to see if their victim had expensive implants. There are also "professional" gankers who will blow you up if your ship's modules and/or cargo are valuable enough. If you fly a cheap but sturdy ship, you are reasonably save, except for that one asshole who's had a bad day and decides to blow you up just because.

While cruisers are certainly more capable than frigates in general terms, i do notice your describing your progress to flying a cruiser as being something one gets 'up' to. As a suggestion, i'd consider looking at flying ships as something one moves over to, horizontally, rather than vertically. As a cruiser pilot you should be now able to fly both frigates & cruisers. Each class of ship have useful roles depending on their environment or the task you want to assign them.

The cruiser isn't strictly better than a frigate for all things, as much as the frigate better than a cruiser. Each is just different.

Further, CONCORD's role isn't actually to "save" you if you're attacked by other players. It's more there, to provide strong consequence for actions which it deems not permissible in "secured" space. At no time is it there to personally save you.

I understand that, I meant more like, skill tree wise since you have to go through frigates and destroyers first.



And I understand that too, just meant as to why someone would bother blowing someone up in highsec if they'll get blown up shortly after themselves.

So basically, in short. No matter where I go I'm not safe from pvp

Bingo.

welcome to eve online.

Some general rules of thumb:

- don't take the shortest or most trafficked route. While this may make some deep, dark ancestral instinct in the back of your head recoil (because a lot of people are disposed to "stay and travel where other people are"), you need to find routes and systems that see little traffic. This will often add 3 to 7+ jumps to your journey, but it is often worthwhile.

- auto-pilot is not your friend. In high-sec, you can get away with auto-piloting... provided you are in a stupidly cheap ship that you would not mind losing or you are in a SUPER tanked ship that isn't carrying anything of real value.
Outside of high-sec, auto-piloting is a virtual death sentence.

- when in doubt, burn back to gate. This is where Microwarpdrives are very handy. If you jump into a gatecamp, stay calm. Find the stargate you came from, then quickly move towards it with your MWD activated. Jump through as soon as you are able. Do not use drones, or any offense module in any way (for this will create an aggression timer that will prevent you from jumping).

- gankers are people too! If you have a sense of humor and some okay people's skills, try talking with the people who killed you. Ask them how to avoid their firepower or defend yourself. More often than not, you will be surprised by the answers they give.