EVE New Citizens Q&A

I was just wondering,

I have been playing for about a month and today i said this is getting old im going to go explore. I did this knowing that i would come back vie clone.

I went to low sec did some scanning not finding anything but wormholes then thought what the hell i will try a wormhole. end up in Null i was able to look at the only 2 gates (no docks) from 100 out, then i set one safe spot to try and go for one of the gates. 4 shots later two for the ship two for the pob im space junk

I'm not mad i expected it, i knew i would lose my ship plus implants which the implants for me was a little pricey but really not anything for most.

I did not even notice who killed me I was trying to get my little probing ship out well anyway

I just go back and look at some more youtube videos for some more tips then try/die again.

but to get back to why i came here why pod people? their was no dock in the system i ended up in, just two gates and im guessing some rocks.

by killing my ship they proved they are better then me, im ok with that i like to learn by experience even thou i know its cheaper to learn other ways. the ammo they used to kill me was prob worth more the what was on the ship.

is it a power trip? i know it saved me the time to fly back home, i would have rather kept the implants but i went in knowing they were forfit.

because its just done? I mean ganking in Highsec i understand it could make someone very mad but a newbie in a probing ship in null not going to be A) a challenge B) worth anything C) worth even having on a kill board is it?

Thanks for any real answers and meh for all the stf newb i own you im a better person posts

Killmails and tactical advantages. For example, I bubble a set of pods. They are out of jump range. This prevents them from getting a death clone back and to re-ship.

The simple truth is most pilots in low sec or null will take an opportunity kill when it's there. You see a lot of random stuff in this game, you never know when the noob in a scanning frig will turn out to have a stupid amount of loot in their cargo or a crazy amount of implants in their head, so for a few rounds of ammo it's usually worth it.

thanks, i think i understand more.
I kinda get, this kinda stuff is what made me want to try eve was all choices or not making a choice have consequences.

I really did not think of scouting.

I did think of because you can.

Anyway thanks again

Any time I can catch a pod (outside of high-sec) I'll shoot it. Just for because. I don't even care about the killboard stats.

You are in w-space.

Podding a pilot removes them from the system, especially when the opposition controls the wormholes.

Once podded, they can't simply re-ship at a local POS and quickly return to the battle refreshed. If they didn't plan for such an event, with a scanner alt in system, they'll never be able to return.

[I lived in w-space for the first ~2.75 years of my EVE existence.]

I don't understand the confusion.

When I shoot you it is because I want to inflict loss and to prevent you from continuing your current activity. Killing a pod adds more loss and greater inconvenience.

Plus I keep the corpses.

In wh you get podded because it removes you from the system but in some cases you may also be escorted out, depending.

In null you kill pods because you can and they used to make a funny 'squish' sound when popped.

likewise, im building a collection,
only people iv had a hand in killing mind, i don't want any auld corpse

There is no evil intention in podkilling. This is a game with open world PvP, and many of us go around killing everyone outside of our circle of friends that we can. This is an intended gameplay style - not bullying or griefing.

There is nothing sacred about a pod, it's no different than a ship really. The closest thing that I can think of right now to equate with podkilling is an example from American football. In that particular sport your goal is to score a touchdown. If you manage to do so, you get some points, and then you get an opportunity to attempt to score an extra point by kicking the ball through some goalposts. Your ship kill is the touchdown, and your pod is the extra point. Yes, there is a football game on TV right beside me.

Now that said, in many cases you can make it very difficult for anyone to kill your pod. You should make sure to set up a tab on your overview, call it "pod saver" or "gtfo" or something, and put some celestial objects on it where it will be unlikely that someone is waiting to kill you - moons, customs offices, things like that. Then when you are in a situation where you think you are about to lose your ship, flip over to that tab, pick any random celestial and start spamming the warp button. In highsec and lowsec this will save your pod 99% of the time. In nullsec and wormholes, it will save you unless you are trapped in a warp disruption bubble, in which case you are ******. Its a good practice to get comfortable with.