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How does someone even get into your mission to kill you?
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Rapala Armiron
Arton Yachting and Angling Club
#41 - 2014-03-02 14:10:23 UTC
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
^^ Good point.

Missioning in highsec is considerably safer, in lowsec you're automatically a target. The safety set to green will prevent 99% of all accidental mishaps in highsec, it won't let you do anything that will gain a shoot at me status except engage in a duel and shoot at a legitimate target like a suspect or criminal.

If you like the risks of missioning in low sec, next time you die, speak to your killer. Most will be happy to advise you on fits and where you went wrong. If you're in one area regularly, get to know the locals.


TBO whether you are safer in highsec v. low is questionable. It really depends on what you are flying. If you are flying a bling ship, e.g. a marauder with faction fittings, there is a significant possibility of being ganked in highsec. Conversely much, if not most, of low sec is empty and very safe to operate in. Ofc if you pick a lowsec system that is directly adjacent to highsec filled with pirates, you get what you asked for.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#42 - 2014-03-02 14:26:36 UTC
Rapala Armiron wrote:
Jonah Gravenstein wrote:
^^ Good point.

Missioning in highsec is considerably safer, in lowsec you're automatically a target. The safety set to green will prevent 99% of all accidental mishaps in highsec, it won't let you do anything that will gain a shoot at me status except engage in a duel and shoot at a legitimate target like a suspect or criminal.

If you like the risks of missioning in low sec, next time you die, speak to your killer. Most will be happy to advise you on fits and where you went wrong. If you're in one area regularly, get to know the locals.


TBO whether you are safer in highsec v. low is questionable. It really depends on what you are flying. If you are flying a bling ship, e.g. a marauder with faction fittings, there is a significant possibility of being ganked in highsec. Conversely much, if not most, of low sec is empty and very safe to operate in. Ofc if you pick a lowsec system that is directly adjacent to highsec filled with pirates, you get what you asked for.


Well, the same can be said of high-sec. There are plenty of empty high-sec systems to be found.

I lived in one high-sec system in the past that never had a local count in the double digits unless I logged in the alts.

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#43 - 2014-03-02 17:19:49 UTC
Helena Heffalump wrote:

hijacking for a moment, will dscan always show probes before you get warped into by someone? like, can they scan the misison gate in advance before you arrive?

Unless your ship is really fat (capital-sized or something), the probes always have to get within 14 AU to get a scan on you. That means that yes, you will be able to see them on d-scan.

Helena Heffalump wrote:
also what about missions that require a key? are they safe?

No. Often the acceleration gate remains unlocked. If it does lock, the mission keys can be found on the market quite cheaply. A locked gate can be an impediment to an unprepared ganker, but it's not insurmountable.

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