Memoirs of a Suicide Ganker

[LC]

We chased this guy for a few jumps. I was actually scanning ships going in the opposite direction. This guy would have slipped through if I hadn't been bored. He was on autopilot with no armor left.

http://kb.snra.us/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=2912

[Slayerik]

Nice one LC, I have a few Hatakani kills myself from following my prey from Uedama/Sivala

In a FUCKING UNTANKED HOARDER AFK

I love these idiots.

[Phildo]

 

[Nerf]

I'm not going to lie, seeing shit like LCs kill makes we want to resub again.

[apocrypha]

I notice he had a cargo scanner fitted on that hauler. Maybe he was the cargo-collecting alt of another suicide ganker? That'd be funny :p

[Predator Irl]

Gankers feel pain too...

http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=3733

[Vedi]

Gankers feel pain too...

http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=3733

You suicide with Ravens??

[Slayerik]

Nowadays they insure quite well and hit nicely for whatever damage type you want.

[Thrawn]

Took my first try at this last night....apparently the force is not with me when it comes to suicide ganking like it is with finding faction spawns. 

[Slayerik]

Just takes one gank to change your Eve life :)))

[Thrawn]

Just takes one gank to change your Eve life :)))

I saw two decent targets last night.  One was untanked but he was going the wrong way and I couldn't catch up to him in time.  The other one looked very well tanked and was active (warped to 0) and I'm fairly certain I couldn't of popped him with my current gunnery skills.  I was also being a bit picky, for instance I ignored someone with only 1 large control tower in cargo since I didn't want it to pop and my first gank to be a 0 isk drop.   

I'm going to try moving positions when I get chance to do it again this week, the spot I'm looking at is closer to Jita and probably a busier chokepoint.  But at the same time I might have to compete for the gate then.

[Amarr HM]

someone with only 1 large control tower in cargo since I didn't want it to pop and my first gank to be a 0 isk drop.   

It could have easily dropped you have to take gambles.

[K9]

How are drops determined? Is it a fixed % chance, or does it vary by some metric (weight, base cost, meta level, item type, quantity)?

[Thrawn]

It could have easily dropped you have to take gambles.

2 towers, or a faction tower and I would of gambled for sure.  But it was early in the night and I wasn't antsy enough yet to pounce on a possible total miss like that yet. 

I've actually been tempted to mass smartbomb the station undock point in Jita just for laughs and maybe even loot if you got lucky, but it probably wouldn't get as many people now that you are moving at speed when you undock.

[Pax]

I've actually been tempted to mass smartbomb the station undock point in Jita just for laughs and maybe even loot if you got lucky, but it probably wouldn't get as many people now that you are moving at speed when you undock.

You can't smartbomb within 5km of the docking perimeter.

[Sparky]

Back in the day someone from Goonfleet smartbombed outside Jita 4-4.  He did the old "I'm quitting the game come get my stuff!" thing and got a few corp mates on alts to be all "Wow a raven BPO/+4 implant/whatever thanks so much!" and actually dropped a few low value items to make it look even more realistic.  Then once there was a proper swarm he lit up and harvested tears.  The chatlogs were very funny.

Didn't get any loot though the 4-4 professional vultures are way too quick.

edit:  I think it's one of the first few threads in the Goldmine if you have access

[Thrawn]

You can't smartbomb within 5km of the docking perimeter.

  Probably wouldn't be a smart thing to do when just beginning in a new alliance anyways though.

[bhodi]

A small variation on smartbombing the Jita undcck was the guy who declared on eve-o that he was leaving the game and giving all his assets away. Specifically, on the last day of his subscribed account he was going to give away his CNR by ejecting out of it at a specified time around a specified place in Jita.

Naysayers in his thread declared that it must be some kind of trick so, to re-assure people, he declared that his CNR would be completely stripped of modules and suggested that people bring scanners to confirm this fact.

The day arrives and sure enough, the guy is orbiting a planet piloting a completely empty CNR with many onlookers and dozens of newbie ships orbiting him, waiting for him to eject. He counts down from 30 seconds and, when the counter hits 15, everyone ejects and makes a beeline for his CNR.

When his countdown hits 0, he warps in his typhoon alt and smartbombs everything around him, netting him dozens of pod killmails and a hundred thread post filled with angry people who have lost their implants.

[IainC]

A small variation on smartbombing the Jita undcck was the guy who declared on eve-o that he was leaving the game and giving all his assets away. Specifically, on the last day of his subscribed account he was going to give away his CNR by ejecting out of it at a specified time around a specified place in Jita.

Naysayers in his thread declared that it must be some kind of trick so, to re-assure people, he declared that his CNR would be completely stripped of modules and suggested that people bring scanners to confirm this fact.

The day arrives and sure enough, the guy is orbiting a planet piloting a completely empty CNR with many onlookers and dozens of newbie ships orbiting him, waiting for him to eject. He counts down from 30 seconds and, when the counter hits 15, everyone ejects and makes a beeline for his CNR.

When his countdown hits 0, he warps in his typhoon alt and smartbombs everything around him, netting him dozens of pod killmails and a hundred thread post filled with angry people who have lost their implants.

Unless there are two people who did that, I remember it differently.

As I recall he said he was giving his CNR away, the thread filled up with 'smartbombslol' posts and he said that 'just to keep people on their toes' he'd fit a rack of smarties to make it more exciting. Cometh the day, cometh the man and cometh the muppet genocide.

Fake edit: here's the EvE-O thread.

[Jayce]

I hate Eve, because even though I lol'd, there is no way to explain it to anyone who doesn't play unless I give them a 20 minute background lecture.

[bhodi]

As I recall he said he was giving his CNR away, the thread filled up with 'smartbombslol' posts and he said that 'just to keep people on their toes' he'd fit a rack of smarties to make it more exciting. Cometh the day, cometh the man and cometh the muppet genocide.

Fake edit: here's the EvE-O thread.

Ahh. I liked my story better, I guess the way it happened made everyone seem even more stupid.

[Phildo]

Besides, wouldn't a smartbomb destroy the wrecks?

[Viin]

When did wrecks come out? Those are fairly new but my chronological memorization skills suck.

[Amarr HM]

The day arrives and sure enough, the guy is orbiting a planet piloting a completely empty CNR with many onlookers and dozens of newbie ships orbiting him, waiting for him to eject. He counts down from 30 seconds and, when the counter hits 15, everyone ejects and makes a beeline for his CNR.

When his countdown hits 0, he warps in his typhoon alt and smartbombs everything around him, netting him dozens of pod killmails and a hundred thread post filled with angry people who have lost their implants.

 

[MahrinSkel]

When did wrecks come out? Those are fairly new but my chronological memorization skills suck.

About the same time as Interdictors, but before that the loot went into cans, which would also pop in a smartbomb.  Freighters and NPC hauler spawns would drop an insane number of cans.

--Dave

[Predator Irl]

LoL Now that is a funny story!

[kildorn]

When did wrecks come out? Those are fairly new but my chronological memorization skills suck.

About the same time as Interdictors, but before that the loot went into cans, which would also pop in a smartbomb.  Freighters and NPC hauler spawns would drop an insane number of cans.

--Dave

At the time didn't Freighters just not drop loot at all? IIRC it was them or another hauler type that had a cargo hold large enough that popping it would have crashed the node. Or was that just for packaged ships.

[MahrinSkel]

You're right, freighters didn't drop loot.  Was bad enough popping a 0.0 hauler spawn with 40M trit.

--Dave

[Slayerik]

http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=3990

HAY GUYZ...I HAVE AN ITERON

[Slayerik]

http://f13.7mph.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=3991

This guy tanked. But i still melted his ass with the sexy tempest.

[ajax34i]

Is that how one tanks an indy?

I'd have thought more like this:

Expanded Cargohold II
Expanded Cargohold II
Armor Explosive Hardener II
400mm Reinforced Crystalline Carbonide Plates I
Damage Control II

Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II
Heat Dissipation Amplifier II
Magnetic Scattering Amplifier II

Not that it would make a difference, but seems to have 19k effective HP, as opposed to his 11k. 

I like how he hardened the hell out of his base shields of 469.  .

[MahrinSkel]

Generally you shield-tank indies with your mids, and any low slots you don't use for cargo expanders you put WCS or inertia mods in so you can get away.  If you're taking more than a single broadside, you're going to be webbed and scrambled and it's only a matter of time before your tank is broken anyway.

Yes, Iterons of any kind don't shield tank well.  That's yet another reason why Minmatar is best for 0.0 hauling.

--Dave

[Slayerik]

Generally you shield-tank indies with your mids, and any low slots you don't use for cargo expanders you put WCS or inertia mods in so you can get away.  If you're taking more than a single broadside, you're going to be webbed and scrambled and it's only a matter of time before your tank is broken anyway.

Yes, Iterons of any kind don't shield tank well.  That's yet another reason why Minmatar is best for 0.0 hauling.

--Dave

There is a prick named Uburoy that flies around in a Itty V with full shield mids and 3 extender rigs. Also runs PDUs in the lows and damage control. I tried him once and failed.

[Llyse]

How does a damage control help vs suicide ganking?

It deactivates every time you jump a gate right?

[Slayerik]

It doesnt if you are afk. If you aren't it turns your structure from 0 resists to 50-60% and adds to your armor and shield resist.