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First death in Low-Sec...I feel so used.

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Capt Handbanana
Blood Alcohol Content
T O P S H E L F
#21 - 2014-02-11 23:27:25 UTC
I post a "gf" in local after killing a MTU. Get Some.

I like beer.

Galen Darksmith
Sky Fighters
Rote Kapelle
#22 - 2014-02-11 23:50:23 UTC
Some people want to use you...some people want to be used by you...

Good on you for popping that cherry op. Believe it or not, being able to lose your ship while not losing your shite is a valuble skill to have, and one that you won't find on your character sheet to boot.

"EVE is a dark and harsh world, you're supposed to feel a bit worried and slightly angry when you log in, you're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, that's what hello kitty online is for." -CCP Wrangler

Muestereate
Minions LLC
#23 - 2014-02-12 00:06:42 UTC
was it as good for you as it was for me?
Diamond Zerg
Taking Solo Away.
#24 - 2014-02-12 01:37:07 UTC
Epic post.

Great attitude OP, keep trying to pvp!
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Ralen Zateki
Gladiators of Rage
Fraternity.
#25 - 2014-02-12 01:40:20 UTC
Erm... can't wait until that happens to me. Great vine.

In the meantime I'll just keep digging on these rocks to give myself the illusion that at some point I'll have enough gear to venture forth. I applaud your stones sir.

I bet you learned a ton through the experience... brief as it was. :)
Your Dad Naked
Doomheim
#26 - 2014-02-12 03:17:28 UTC
PotatoOverdose wrote:
Aurix Kane wrote:
It was literally PEW PEW PEW DEAD. I didn't even get ONE shot in.

He then chats: gf

Good Fight? More like Good Slaughter.


In Eve, gf actually translates as "get fcked," just want to clear up any confusion on that point.

Well, it means either or. But yeah, most times someone is saying "good fight" they'll say "gf guys" or "gf very close" just to make sure.
Michael Ruckert
Hohere Kavallerie-Kommando
#27 - 2014-02-12 03:57:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Michael Ruckert
OP, that time you spend filling out vengeance spreadsheets could be spent more productively taking some cheap frigates out and learning PVP skills with Brave Newbies, RvB, or EVE Uni. So get started bro! Big smile

"No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy." - Laurence Olivier

Pix Severus
Empty You
#28 - 2014-02-12 04:41:30 UTC
Ralen Zateki wrote:
Erm... can't wait until that happens to me. Great vine.

In the meantime I'll just keep digging on these rocks to give myself the illusion that at some point I'll have enough gear to venture forth. I applaud your stones sir.

I bet you learned a ton through the experience... brief as it was. :)


The longer you wait, the harder it gets.

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Galen Darksmith
Sky Fighters
Rote Kapelle
#29 - 2014-02-12 05:39:50 UTC
Ralen Zateki wrote:
Erm... can't wait until that happens to me. Great vine.

In the meantime I'll just keep digging on these rocks to give myself the illusion that at some point I'll have enough gear to venture forth. I applaud your stones sir.

I bet you learned a ton through the experience... brief as it was. :)


Mining will not really get you anywhere. The ISK is minimal, you learn no PvP habits, and you just get more worried about losing ships because they're more expensive.

Follow the OP's example. Fit up a cheap frig and mess around in low and explode. Trust me on this. Smile

"EVE is a dark and harsh world, you're supposed to feel a bit worried and slightly angry when you log in, you're not supposed to feel like you're logging in to a happy, happy, fluffy, fluffy lala land filled with fun and adventures, that's what hello kitty online is for." -CCP Wrangler

Tiberius StarGazer
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#30 - 2014-02-12 05:45:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Tiberius StarGazer
It was just over 13 months ago I took my first steps out of highsec into a FW corp and tried my hand at PvPing.

I died 42 times before getting my first kill, solo - it was the biggest adrenalin rush I ever had.

I am now somewhere approaching my 350th kill, and really it's only the last 7 months have I been doing ok at PvP. I still derp, but you know what, I have a great laugh doing it with my friends in the alliance. And PvPing with them has kept us together as a group for a year, which is more than I ever found from highsecers.
Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#31 - 2014-02-12 06:10:31 UTC
Aurix Kane wrote:
It was literally PEW PEW PEW DEAD. I didn't even get ONE shot in.


I don't like when newbies shoot back, it prevents me from getting closer to full -10 when their pods pop too.

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Demica Diaz
SE-1
#32 - 2014-02-12 07:27:37 UTC
Put mind to that EVE is just video game and your losses wont matter at all. Unless you lost billion ISK ship, it truly does not matter. In other video games you die thousands of times. In EVE you are capsuleer, you can pilot your ship into star after too much liquor at your cousins birthday party and still never die permanently.

More interesting question is why so many people think dying in EVE in PvP is such big deal. Specially among new players. It is something very different from other mmo's I have played. Bear
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#33 - 2014-02-12 07:31:21 UTC
Post GG when it doesn't feel like a GF.
Grunanca
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2014-02-12 07:38:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Grunanca
Aurix Kane wrote:
Well, as a n00b, I knew I wouldn't last long in Low-Sec. I jumped in, thought I'd just kinda "get the feel" of it.

First Starbase I jumped to...red blinking guy with a skull...welp, time to leave. Jumped to an Asteroid Field...and he followed me. Again. And Again. Finally Jumped back to High-Sec. Whew.

Went BACK to the same Sector a little later. Approached another base. Different player....who had a Warp Disruptor.

It was literally PEW PEW PEW DEAD. I didn't even get ONE shot in.

He then chats: gf

Good Fight? More like Good Slaughter.

Anyway, the PvP cherry has been popped. Feels strangely...liberating.

And I AM keeping a spreadsheet of everyone who kills me as a n00b. I will get my vengeance! (after I've skilled up)


I sense that in a few years, you will be one of the good pvp pilots in EVE, because you got the right attitude. Get in touch with EVE-uni and then later red vs blue. Thats a good way to get into pvp fast without taking too many lossesBig smile I also noted the first guy who killed me. Unfortunately I never got to kill him before he stopped playing, but even years after, I could feel the anger and urge for revenge when I saw him in localCool

About the GF thing... A lot of people in low sec write it out of courtesy. It might not have been to provoke you at all, even though I understand why it would feel that way.
Medalyn Isis
Doomheim
#35 - 2014-02-12 12:47:42 UTC
Just to add, perhaps not a good idea to warp to another players starbase to pick a fight. You were probably scrambled and killed by the POS batteries, that would explain your instant death.
BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#36 - 2014-02-12 13:03:12 UTC  |  Edited by: BrundleMeth
Look at my KB. Played 5 years and 0 that's ZERO kills. Lots of losses though. Can't do very good flying solo and always meeting several at a time on the Battlefield...

And no, there is no point even trying to join a corp now. NOONE wants a Hundred Million SP pilot with no kills, I'd basically be like a week old new person. I know I've been told I am "suspicious" which means they think I'm a spy...

But I still manage to have some sembalance of fun...
Mythrandier
Solace Corp
#37 - 2014-02-12 13:31:56 UTC
Aurix Kane wrote:


And I AM keeping a spreadsheet of everyone who kills me as a n00b. I will get my vengeance! (after I've skilled up)




Goooood! Let the anger flow through you!




On a more serious note, for you OP, the hard part is over. Once you lose a ship and realise its really not that bad, it gets easier and easier to the point where its just part and parcel of the game. As it should be!

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -  D. Adams.

Deadonstick Puppyseeker
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#38 - 2014-02-12 14:25:29 UTC
Most low-sec players are just as cuddly and carebeary as high-sec players. Where high-sec players pray on practically defenceless mission rats (why doesn't anyone ever consider their feelings?), most low-sec players pray on defenceless players, like mining barges and 1 month old characters flying a very basic ship.

Last time I got ganked in low sec (because I wasn't paying attention) my Tengu got ganked by a group of 6. I really don't get how anyone could be proud of such a kill tbh :P.

Despite what you may have heard there's only one rule of EVE:

Never stop learning and realise there's always a lot more to be learned. To this end, seek wisdom in everything.

Tiberius StarGazer
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#39 - 2014-02-12 14:44:37 UTC
Deadonstick Puppyseeker wrote:
Most low-sec players are just as cuddly and carebeary as high-sec players. Where high-sec players pray on practically defenceless mission rats (why doesn't anyone ever consider their feelings?), most low-sec players pray on defenceless players, like mining barges and 1 month old characters flying a very basic ship.

Last time I got ganked in low sec (because I wasn't paying attention) my Tengu got ganked by a group of 6. I really don't get how anyone could be proud of such a kill tbh :P.


Rule 2 of Eve PvP - never fight fair because no one else will.

Dont like it, stay out of lowsec. Infact if your mining in lowsec, then your either bait or stupid. The only real pure PvP is solo one on one, but ya never know what the other dude might have / do.

But saying you wouldn't get a on nice shiny kill because the fights unfair is just naive.

Its all one big game where you ultimately have to be smarter than the other person your fighting. And if your not smarter, then just use numbers.

Applying Highsec or Nullsec mentality to lowsec is just... a bit silly.
Serene Repose
#40 - 2014-02-12 14:46:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Serene Repose
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