Crime & Punishment

Concord does not protect you. Concord has never protected you. Concord will never protect you.
They punish the baddies after the fact.
The only things protecting you are yourself and the fear others have of being punished for doing the bad thing.

Yes concord and highsec are an joke you are right :)

Actually, I was being completely serious.
Concord exists to punish, not protect.
The only thing mildly funny would be actually believing that they are supposed to protect you.
There is no joke. We all bear the consequences of our own actions and failures to act.

There are no bubbles in high sec, so assuming that you keep your cool you should almost always be able to get your pod out. Aside from that there aren't many differences for the recipient of the booms.
On the other hand, in Null they get to keep their ships, your loot, and your frozen corpse after they violate you without consent. In high sec they lose their ship automatically for pulling the trigger, plus get a 15 minute time out during which they cannot undock in another ship without it happening again.... In other words, there are greater repercussions in high for the aggressor than elsewhere.

*wince*
ouch...

Actually, the pod spawns after the initial ship is popped and aligns pretty much instantly. If you're already spamming warp to a celestial or safe point before your structure vaporizes, the odds are VERY good that your pod will safely warp away regardless of how many ships there are out there. In null those warp bubbles removes this option completely, meaning if you're in one you are a meatsickle to be.

Getting your pod out:
http://evedarklord.blogspot.ca/2014/06/getting-your-pod-out.html
Ganking avoidance:
http://evedarklord.blogspot.ca/2014/07/counter-ganking.html

And as far as shiny fits go, you might want to consider limiting your overall module values so they at least don't exceed the cost of the hull of your ship. Just an idea. T2 with a few faction mods generally wont raise too many eyebrows, but driving round with a gold plated hood ornament and sterling silver spinning rims is going to draw unwanted attention.

If concord is not there to protect why is there then a system raitng wit a concord response time ? why is concord responding quiker in a 1.0 system ? compared to a 0.5 system ?

It's also possible that one or more of the people involved sell freighters as well.
Any ship with a big price tag is going get eyed regardless of what's on/in it. I know that when I'm out in search of heretics to purify by fire, I look for pirate/navy faction ships first and foremost. Most are wise enough to either ignore me or dock up and hide under their bunks. Some don't.

Flying safe and smart can help minimize the risks of having your ship taken away from you. However, when you go over the top with your fit and someone notices they are going to organize and hunt you for what you have.

The variable concord response and security status of systems is there to give players an idea of the 'relative' safety of that system. In 1.0 the response time IS super fast, but this doesn't mean it's impossible to have a gank happen, it just means that the gankers have to be organized and johnny on the spot with their game, as they aren't going to have more than a few seconds to pull the crime off. In 0.5 there's a great deal more time for them to work.

CONCORD is kind of like a game warden. They'll show up after someone gets mauled and shoot the bear.

Don't rely on CONCORD. Learn to avoid the bear. Sometimes this is as simple as being less attractive to maul than the person next to you.

CONCORD is a 'statistical' game mechanic - it makes sense if you look at the big picture.


For each individual player, it doesn't make such a big difference. If someone is determined to kill you, they will.


For highsec as a whole, it's a very effective deterrent against everybody and their mum just shooting at eachother all day long.