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So I dodged a shameless 0.0 ganker today
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Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#101 - 2012-02-11 15:24:25 UTC
Solution: Join a nullsec corp who has their HQ in nullsec.

This way if you ever get popped you won't have to go through 17 jumps of null and low in your pod, but rather maybe 5 or so jumps if you decided to stay relatively close to your HQ while on the hunt.

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OT Smithers
A Farewell To Kings...
Dock Workers
#102 - 2012-02-11 15:38:49 UTC
Without reading all of the thread....

I will kill anything I can, including characters that appear to be new, including newb ships. I don't pat myself on the back for it or consider it a sign of PvP excellence, it's my job to make visiting my system as painful as possible.

However.....

If you are genuinely a new player send a private message to the person that is camping you or whatever, politely explain the situation and ask them for their help or even offer a small ransom. Many players, including "bloodthirsty pirates" will go out of their way to help new players -- or at the very least not kill them if they know. Obviously, it's on you whether or not to trust them, but from my experience most pirates will not violate a safe passage or ransom agreement.

And if they DO let you go, and lord knows I should not have to say this (but from my experience I do) say "Thank You." Courtesy is not a sign of weakness.
Ettu Brute II
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#103 - 2012-02-12 03:48:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Ettu Brute II
I'm a newcomer to MMO gaming and the much-quoted concept of a "sandbox" completely baffles me. To me the idea is self-contradictory. Take this comment:

Quote:
It doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want. It means everyone can do whatever they want,

If the "you" in the first sentence can't do what they want, the second sentence is untrue, because "everyone" must include whoever "you" is.

So a sandbox is an impossibility.
gfldex
#104 - 2012-02-12 04:00:46 UTC
Valei Khurelem wrote:
I just don't see why I should be forced to log out of a game and quit purely to prevent myself from being ganked because someone in their overpowered tech 2 battlecruiser thought it would be funny to station camp me then follow me through about 2 - 3 systems before finally giving up. These people don't even get to flaunt a spectacular killmail from killing noobs, so why do they even do it?


EVE Online is a highly competitive game. No matter how young, any competitor MUST DIE!

Also, shooting NPCs has no meaning in itself. Nothing in this game has a meaning in itself. It's our emotions that bring the meaning to it. Your suffering is the joy of your competitors.

If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.