Memoirs of a Suicide Ganker
Slayerik:
There are many ways to make isk in Eve. For half a year now, I have been killing evil Guristas pirates in Venal. Over this time, Concord has earned a high level of respect of my attempted genocide of these Caldari looking bastards. Eventually, they told me I was simply as good as a good guy can get (5.0 sec status). I started thinking, I have them just where I want them!
I decided I would try something few people dare, many people despise, and one of great some risk. I am going to kill people in high sec and take their shit. Now there are many things that can go wrong with this plan. I only bother trying to kill people on autopilot. The thing is, they don't understand what kind of risk they are running in Eve by carrying a large amount of high value goods in untanked ships....ANYWHERE. Here is an example: (Lesson 1 , dont move valuable shit in a noob ship - they are slow.)
I am at my 2nd favorite gate, lazily scanning anything on autopilot. I check everything from Shuttles and noobships, up to Cruisers and haulers. T2 anything I ignore. I cant pop it before Concord rapes me. Shuttles take a real effort to kill, as they haul ass. The only way I attempt one would be a 100 million+ implant or officer item. So anyways, an impairor (noobship) warps in at 15km. I scan it (because hell, why not) and I say to myself...holy shit. Thanatos Blueprint, and about 20 Capital parts blueprint. So I basically web and instapop him. It turns out they were BPCs and not BPOs (100+ million score easy, if BPOS..dont ask). I think to myself what a dumbass.
Lesson 2: Giant Secure Containers Dont Hide Your Cargo
I had an Itty Mark V warp up, 15 km from the gate. It had been a damn slow night so far....hours of noob ships with 1 trit, empty haulers, and fuckers in t2 haulers. Seeing this Mark 5 was a sight for sore eyes. Unfortunetely, he saw me launch my drones and smartly warped off. I scanned em in time to see around 4 million Nocxium (400-450 mil) in Giant Secures. I curse a little bit, and get back to scanning. HE COMES BACK 2 MINUTES LATER. At 15km..like he is on autopilot. So I lock him and tear him a new asshole. Let's go over how this dude fucked up. First off, he was at his keyboard, yet he didn't warp to 0. If you warp to 0, guys like me will never even target you. Secondly, he saw me lock, launch drones and he pulled off an escape. NEVER COME BACK! For a minute I thought he had dumped his cargo and wanted to get me to go pop, but i scanned the same shit.
Lesson 3: Don't watch a guy get concorded.
In my setup, I can rape a hauler fucking quickly...especially if they are dumb and don't tank at all. The other day, I had a hauler I found with a Dread Cruise and a buncha other decent T1/T2 shit in it. I analyze for a quick sec and pop him. As I am going down I realize fuck it, Im dead anyways I might as well pop a random hauler that was sitting on the gate. Somehow I managed to like one volley his ass too. Two kills for one concording...YAY! My noob hauler alt sweeps in and unfortunetely, the Dread shit went pop. I check the random guy's wreck....A few hundred million in salvage parts. The guy convoed me later and asked why I killed him. I said, well I was going down anyways so I figured I'd take down as many people as I could. He replied that the only reason he hadn't jumped yet was he wanted to watch the concord fireworks. With my sensor boosted ass, i had a lock and raped his face before he knew what hit em. He said it was his own dumb fault, kinda like being at a Drive-by shooting and watching instead of ducking. Good analogy, random victim! He took it well, better than some guys which leads me to....
Lesson 4: Don't Be a Crybaby or Vow Vengeance.
No I'm not going to give you your shit back. If you are in a six man corp and vow vengeance upon me, don't pop my Shuttle like a dumb ass...you just threw away your kill rights. Hook line and sinker bitch. If you send me threatening mails...I'll report you for harassment. Well, actually I won't (my griefing has limits). I will however, consider getting my F13 BC buddies to war dec you so I can log in and fuck with you. He got awfully quiet when I told him he was about to get his little corp war decced. The final lesson being...
Don't fucking AFK with expensive shit.
Oh, these past few days have been quite entertaining...as well as lucrative. I am down to 1.3 security status, so I probably only have a day or two of it left. Ah well, its my new favorite past time when I get back up to 5.0 sec status. Gotta love Eve.
EDIT: I guess I am kinda glorifying this a little. There are serious drawback. I had a can full of BPO's looted right after I popped a guy, that was truely painful. I have lost some ships due to stupidity/greed (tried to kill a T2 ship that had a Gistii 100mn AB in it, that wasnt afk), a ton of time sitting on a gate can get painfully boring. Sometimes, the good shit explodes...actually, a lot of times the good shit explodes. My sec status is plummeting. I have a big list of guys that can (try to) kill me anywhere. People hate me. Yadda yadda yadda.
lac:
I was wondering what the average net isk gain is over all attempts.
Furiously:
I'd love to read about your setups, maybe move it to the secret folder?
WindupAtheist:
Just kidding. Fun story. Someone finally made your kind of game without it being clownshoes ala Shadowbane. Post more of this stuff.
bhodi:
I always watch when someone gets concorded or is in open combat around a gate as long as I'm not in a battleship or hauling valuable goods.
I sidle up really close, as they are generally very near the gate by time they are dead. I quickly loot the wreck and then jump through. It works a lot easier with open combat, since people are more concerned with combat than what happens *after* combat -- I can literally be right next to the guy who gets popped, loot, and be through the gate in 3 or 4 seconds.
Awww yeah. Free stuff. I got my first T2 modules this way.
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