EVE General Discussion

Its ironic that the people that spout that word are the ones who don't want to interact with other people in this pvp game.

One freighter is way too many for some people, they won't rest until it's impossible to do anything that might hurt someone's feelings or internet spaceship, i.e. removing all of the "sharp edges" and "pointy sticks" from the game.

They're the internet spaceships equivalent of the idiots that have been trying, for the last decade or so, to replace common sense with legislation under the guise of health and safety.

We're going to have to call… (dramatic pause) …space cop! 😱

I think you mean "Previously fitting-less freighters which get bumped away from gates and sentry guns by previously inconspicuous 100mn MWD plated macharials without ever getting aggression until you get alpha'd"

If people don't bother fitting tank, and AFK their cargo, I'm fine with them dying. What pisses me off is how you can still do everything right and you'll still die, because game mechanics are against you.

I recently lost a Crane Blockade Runner to a Tornado. I would have congratulated the Tornado pilot had I actually been carrying anything at the time. The loss is entirely my fault, and could have been prevented.

I learned my lesson and immediately bought another Crane, undocking at the very same station (Jita 4-4). I of course used my insta-undock [tip: Jita 4 - Moon 1 is aligned with the 4-4 undock].


Everything that happens to you in EVE is because of something you did, or didn't do. Take responsibility! Don't blame others, game mechanics, or whatever; those are just lame excuses.

Forgive me, but I can't help but post this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=j6mAu1IqibA#t=85

So if I understand correctly you don't like the game mechanics that allows people to have friends? Cause your scenario is not 1vs1 but X vs 1.

I understand that you don't like being blown up without being able to do anything but what I don't understand is why you think that you should be able to do anything against groups of players when you are alone. If you are being bumped get friends or if you are anti-social maybe an alt. "My friends are not close/not online/I don't have any" Well then that's unfortunate, maybe you should avoid hauling alone and contract to Red Frog who seem to be able to avoid the unavoidable game mechanics.

Also people who die when doing 'everything right' are a very very small minority of ganks. 99%+ I'm willing to bet are people who anti-tank, haul AFK, haul cargos too expensive or like the OP accepted obvious bait contracts.

Working As Intended.

A quick look at your lossmail reveals a prorator with all but 1 relevant slot dedicated towards cargo capacity, and a single module for mobility (which further reduces your resilience). So far, so good. You say you were doing "deliveries", if that means courier contracts... well...

An examination of where your loss occurs (a dead end highsec system called Ono) is more interesting. By nature, this system is not on any "regular" routes (dead-end and all) and is used for quite a bit of missioning judging by the NPCs killed statistics.

It seems somewhat unlikely therefore that a professional ganker would normally be lurking there; traffic in Ono is less than 5% of what it is on the traderoutes to and from Jita. One might therefore suspect that this was a planned hit. The contract having been set up by an alt of the gankers. A classic, if rather pointless, ploy.

How you managed to get blown up on a station eludes me, were you perchance autopiloting? ;)

nevertheless, you chose to fly around without even a token tank. You chose to (presumably) autopilot to the station, else you'd have warped to 0 and docked.

Welcome to the sandbox, complain less, think more, and you'll be fine.

i love you.

i know its glorious.

I highly recommend Apoc/Armag hulls for it, especially Blops. You can trick them out with some pretty insane cargo space for a warship that can jump out of trouble.