Crime & Punishment

Interesting and fun to read, thanks for sharing

Yes.... The Plague of Farmers in Low sec is Horrible... I'm that I annoyed I normally fly around with a Dual Scram fitted Frig XD

haha...

Well It depends on the Pilot....

Vs a Decent Pilot... lacking a Web usually means my Ship going Kapooweeeee


Just look at all my Failtail Losses ^_^

I am going to use this post whenever I come across a whinging farmer who claims that "I only have 2m SP and can't fight yet".

Pathetic.

This chart shows my cumulative kills and losses over time. these are only the kills where I landed the final blow (i.e. the ones from the client which I can easily copy/paste). Most of these are solo. Note that there are few periods where I lose constantly without a win to brighten things up.

My first solo lowsec kill was three weeks after character creation:

http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=18941110

It was my first day in lowsec. And I podded him for good measure:

http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=18941109

Ha ha! So, lessons:

1. I don't want to hear any nonsense about how your character is too young to PvP.

2. You are farming. Admit it, be ashamed and desist forthwith.

3. If you do actually want to PvP it isn't rocket science (unless you fly Caldari). A good step is to ask the person who killed you what you did wrong, especially in a solo context.

4. The bit where you lose a lot of ships is not optional. Even if you buy a strong PvP character you will still go through this phase. Losing cheap ships is the best way to learn fast.

This is not strictly one of Zappity's adventures but this post might be useful for highsec dwellers who are looking at null. For the last few weeks I have had a couple of alts in Curse, an NPC nullsec region with no player sovereignty. I occasionally log into them when lowsec is dead or I just don’t feel like PvP. One is a stealth bomber pilot and the other is scout and support. I had accumulated a few hundred miskies worth of battleship loot and salvage and was thinking about getting it back to highsec to sell.

Traversing a dozen jumps through nullsec and then a lowsec entry system in my Badger of Doom (or whatever daft name it’s called now) is not fun. I recently sold my Viator character so I don’t currently have access to that fantastic blockade runner. And a jump freighter just isn’t going to happen - I’m not interested enough in nullsec for proper logistics. Black frog is far too expensive for this sort of routine transfer, especially since the volume is low enough to move in an industrial in just one or two trips. Hulls are, admittedly, a different matter.

So what to do?

Anyway, my scout finds wormholes in practically every system. These are usually to J-space but there is often at least one direct link to empire space in a nearby system. These are very good if the lowsec system is not too deep since low is trivially easy to travel through with an industrial and scout. So I entered the wormhole and found myself in Rammi, just a couple of jumps from a highsec border system.

Ahead went the scout but she really wasn’t needed. Two jumps later I was in Shuria where I dumped the boatload at the nearest station. Both characters then took an immediate but uneventful trip straight back to null through the wormhole.

And the loot? A public courier contract to Amarr, which was six jumps away, took care of that. This is underutilised in my opinion. Everyone rabbits on about haulers and freighters when, really, all you need to do is have your rubbish in any contiguous highsec system and follow these steps:

1. Identify the nearest market hub. You should have insta-dock and undocks bookmarked for these anyway so it is easy to figure out which is the closest.

2. Put up a contract with at least the value of your stuff. You should always price the collateral such that you WANT the contract to fail.

3. How much to pay? Between 0.25% and 1% of the collateral usually gets the job accepted pretty quickly.

This time a 1m isk payment for 400m collateral saw the whole lot in Amarr the following day, and Jita the day after for another 1m. I don’t know about you but my time is worth more than 2m per hour.

Edit: Today I found a direct link to a nice highsec location. Typical. Oh well, at least I can stock up on torps...

Thanks for the stories Zappity, I find myself reading them every time I visit C & P.

Lowsec loss: http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/killmail.php?id=20577750

Video: http://youtu.be/ky_ClNDtZG0

I was getting bored. Too many farmers around and apparently my lone Incursus is the most terrifying thing they have ever seen. So, when a Slicer wants to fight, why not?

Well, because you will lose. That’s why. This was a straight up brawl. He was tanked very well and neuted me out. Still, I almost got him into structure. Could I have done anything better in this fight?

I fought him again a few days later and this time escaped before he neuted me out. I think I need a Comet. Or maybe a dual-rep Incursus but I dislike them for some reason. Tank before gank just doesn’t seem right for this frigate.

Thanks, I'll have another look at the Atron. I haven't really got into long point kiting fits much yet but I probably should, especially after the next post!

I'm getting bored fighting lone T1 standard frigates. They either die very quickly or else I do (which admittedly can be interesting and is usually educational). But it is a very 'binary' experience.

As a result, I am getting much more inclined to warp in to multiple frigates. Of course this usually ends up with me dying in a fire but never mind, it's only isk.

Today I came across four Slashers and a Rifter who, based on the names, I suspected were controlled by one person. Even better! I dive into the plex and burn towards the group (oh dear, what a noob) where I am promptly multiple-webbed and rapidly overwhelmed.

Clearly I am a slow learner because I immediately return after reshipping. They have changed systems and are now in a Medium plex. The are about 5km from the warp-in beacon when I land and this time I move in the opposite direction with my overheated afterburner.

They target but miss the tackle and none of them follow too far from the group. I tease them for a while to no avail until one of the Slashers warps away. Is he refitting to deal with me? Looks like it since he quickly returns and burns at me with a microwarp drive. Good.

I am now about 50km from the main group and manage to slingshot the Slasher to land a scram. The Rifter is burning in behind the Slasher but I think I have time to deal with him. I start nailing the Slasher and drop his shields, then armor and finally start on the hull. But here comes the Rifter and my modules are getting hot (need to manage heat differently with multiple ships). I align out and warp, unfortunately making an error of timing and leaving the Slasher with a few percent hull left! Damn!

I quickly repair and warp back in. Bugger it, I figured the ship was lost anyway. Rinse and repeat with the Slasher/Rifter pair giving chase and this time tackling and dual web immediately.

But now I am starting to get used to the different tactics required and start nailing the more fragile ship (Slasher I figure) immediately. He starts taking heavy damage and pulls range, trying to limit my dps. Good, one web down and now we're 30km from the group.

I tackle the Rifter, kill him quickly and loot the wreck. Haha! One for one. Pity that I didn't get the Slasher too (I should have) but there will be another time.

GF in local but the response is meh, literally. I'll be looking out for you...

It was a pleasure bumping into you the other day.

You will know him if you see him. He appears to have an obsession with all things dental for some odd reason. And most unpleasant ship names and local chat. I was delighted to get one of the ships. I'm sure anyone competent would mince his setup.