Avoiding suicide ganks

Posted on 2010-01-12 by Ecliptic Rift

So Hulkageddon II has fallen upon us. I won’t go into all the controversy over Hitler and colon cancer, but suffice it to say that some folks really don’t like the concept.

I have some advice for these folks. No, not “seek professional help”. I recognize that few of them are invoking Godwin’s Law or Matthew 5:21-22, though the ones doing the name-calling really should know better.

In addition to “fit your ship properly” and “don’t mine AFK”, try this: “don’t mine in belts.”

Asteroid Miner

Miners can be happy, you know.

Mining doesn’t have to happen in planetary asteroid belts, you know. It works just as well any place you can find asteroids. For example, we have asteroid belts available via exploration (gravimetric sites). High-sec grav sites don’t get a lot of attention, but if you want to shoot at rocks, suck them dry, and stay under the radar, they’ll work fine.

You can also go out and mine in missions. I don’t mean those terrible abominations of “mining missions“, but regular agent-assigned combat missions with lots of rocks in the deadspace pockets.

Maybe these options take a little more preparation and organization, but they sure beat replacing a 200m ISK ship and the associated equipment, don’t they? Seriously, try them. You might have some fun and you won’t have to risk your mental, emotional, or spiritual health to do so.

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  • http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com/ Erbo Evans

    Besides, grav sites often have better rocks to mine than the regular old belts. I’ve sunk Tourmaline King‘s strip miners into hedbergite and hemorphite in highsec grav sites.

  • http://ralphadogs.wordpress.com Erbo Evans

    Besides, grav sites often have better rocks to mine than the regular old belts. I’ve sunk Tourmaline King‘s strip miners into hedbergite and hemorphite in highsec grav sites.

  • Anonymous

    Agreed, there are many ways to avoid being ganked. Also remember while in Grav sites, or any mission site, Directional scanner is your best friend. Check every so often (more often than not) for combat probes, i click mine every few seconds. As you stated, normal missions often have a large number of excellent Ore to mine, & grav sites are your freind!

  • http://katsumi1980.wordpress.com Katsumi1980

    Agreed, there are many ways to avoid being ganked. Also remember while in Grav sites, or any mission site, Directional scanner is your best friend. Check every so often (more often than not) for combat probes, i click mine every few seconds. As you stated, normal missions often have a large number of excellent Ore to mine, & grav sites are your freind!