EVE General Discussion

Can confirm that you'll have more ore than you know what to do with, some of which won't naturally occur in the faction space that you're in.

Taking this even further, if it's a gated deadspace with multiple gates you can use D-Scan (set to an appropriate distance for the first gate) to see anybody that tries to enter the area; because they have to use the gates to get to you.

Use a Skiff or Proc if you are mining solo and are in a populated system, Check Killboards to see if people come by and gank in the system you want to mine in.

Use a Mack/Retriever if you going to be in a dead system alone, somewhere where you can see a gank coming before it happens. Keep an eye on local to watch for baddies. Keep align to a station in order to warp away quicker.


Us a Covertor/Hulk for group mining ops. Usually it be used with on Orca.


Like sol said, Mining ships have roles that they are meant to fulfill. If you are using a ship for a roles it's not intended for you will pay for it someway or anthor.

Eve is a PvP game at the core. I'm genuinely interested in how you got the impression that Eve was the game for someone who is tired of PvP.

(Unless of course you mean you were 'tired of boring PvP' quite literally; in which case welcome to Eve)

Like others have said, use a procurer if you are dead set on mining in high sec. Or alternatively find a dead end system that has barely any traffic. There is a lot more to the game than high sec mining though.

They what?



mining =/= inactive player, however a lot of inactive players, mine while inactive.

If you are active and playing the game, then you stand a good chance of never being ganked again. It just takes some learning to figure out how to see when you are at risk and be able to react.

If you like to mine in particular systems:

• check z-killboard for those systems and see who the regular gankers are. Set those characters to bad standings, so they will be highlighted in local when they enter (if there are too many, then move to a quieter set of systems).
• Keep local chat open at all times so you will know who is in system
• if the system is quiet, get into a habit of checking the zkillboard, corp, corp history and bio of all players that enter. This can help you identify scouts and warp in characters
• set the major ganking corps and alliances to bad standings also. That will help give you broader information quickly
• don't sit still while mining. That will make it a bit harder for a cloaked scout to get a good warpin point for short range blasters
• Be prepared to warp to safety the moment a high risk character enters system

There are a lot of other things you can do too, but just doing the points above will significantly reduce your risk of being ganked.

So if you are active and attentive, you can mine in a coveter even and still be ok (though that is also a nice gank target. choosing a different ship can make you less of a target).

Stop mining.
Leave HighSec.
Join a player run corp.

in that order, and fast.

An AG admitting that highsec has elite pvpers?

I think you might struggle to find them in the AG community though. Best of luck.

I'm guessing you are new to this world or to games in general, in early 2000 you could die and lose insanely expensive items/ several days worth of exp in most mmo's.
Don't fly what you can't afford to loose, just like in real life.


Fun fact, human life is worth 2.5m dollars, including negative feedback and profit loss for the airlines. That plane is in the air because lives of everyone on board and the plane itself are expandable. Fly safe xP

ISK sent for your ship replacement. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose.

The highlighted portion of your post tells me you likely come from WOW. its the only game ive ever heard in which that word is used in the way you mean it anyway.

Redundant topic is redundant. Try learning to use the search function. Its like google... you know google right?

Pro Tip time:

1) Eve is like NOTHING you ever played that has some sort of pvp.
2) Do not fly something you can not afford to lose. A ship is a tool, think of it as ammo you ride. It will eventually be lost forever. Dont get attached to it.
3) No the devs will not hold your hands, protect you, or coddle you. This is Eve, not daycare.
4) High security =/= Impenetrable bubble of protection. You can be killed anywhere in space in eve.
5) Concord is reactive not proactive. They punished the offenders. The punishment was loss of ship and a criminal flag as well as a sec status hit.
6) PVP is 99% avoidable in eve IF you learn game mechanics. If you dont learn game mechanics...well those that no them will always be able to trick you into situations in which you die, the same way i can trick my dog over and over using the same method. Learn from what got you killed and how to avoid that situation again.


Welcome to eve, enjoy your stay however brief. I suggest , if you intend to stay, that you do some research into the game and learn some basic game mechanics. Or better yet join a corp and learn the game.

If your not even going to try and make it a worth while read, don't even bother.

By the off chance that this is legitimate, No space in EVE is 100% safe. Only safer. Take this knowledge to heart in your future endeavors.

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