Gazzelles on steroids… That is what I’m currently liking the high-sec miners to. They are jumpier than jack-rabbits, and twitchier than twitchy things.
Who can blame them with the current JihadSwarm from the Goons?
Whilst this provides me with endless hours of amusement and sniggering (the sheer hilarity of it is almost beyond comprehension) it does pose a bit of a problem. Again back near my starting place in EVE and waiting for some friends to arrive I decide to skulk around some 0.5-0.7 systems and look for miners.
I find them all right. Their barges glistening with shield hardeners and boosters, no doubt suspecting that I’m about to suicide gank them any moment. Haulers are also nearby, and cans are scooped up right away before I can flip them. One of the miners greets me in local with a friendly “P*ss off!”.
I wander around for a bit and decide to try my luck with the same miners, again they have a can out but it’s quickly scooped before I can do anything. I lock them, just for the sheer hell of it before warping off.
No joy sadly. Oh well, on to low sec now….
Just wanted to drop you a line to say how much I enjoyed reading your blog! I’m a wet behind the ears noob (2 1/2 weeks in game) but one thing I’ve learned is it’s always a good thing to know how your enemy works, and it’s quite fun to hear of your exploits! As a miner (learning) I will advise the other miners in our corp to read your stories, if for anything, to see how a talented writer expresses (is that a word?) herself, and you also get a glimpse into EVE from “the other side”. And you learn how to keep your eyes and sensors alert!
Really found your blog a great read! I’m a wet behind the ears noob (2 1/2 weeks in), but I really enjoyed reading about EVE from the outside the law prespective. I think I’m going to suggest to the rest of our miners in our corp that they take a look at your blog, if no other reason than “know ones enemy” *L* I’d say I’ll see you on the spaceways, but if I see you, I’m outta there!
Keep up the great writing!
Garet Koivu
Miner in Training
Gotta love messing with miners. I need to find some systems with a low concentration of pirates and a high concentration of miners/PvE-ers. Up in Tasti, I’ve got to compete with about two or three other pirate corporations and unfortunately I always lose out.
Chidah, Derelik region. Usually 5 or 6 miners out, and it’s in such a backwater pocket of 0.5-0.6 space… three highsec systems surrounded by a bunch of lowsec. Nobody goes back there too much, and when I went back there myself can flipping in a wolf, they were like “zomg why u do this???”
Was good for some laughs
Use your map to look for little out-of-the-way spots like this… think to yourself, “if I was a ’smart’ miner, where would I go to avoid being hassled?”
Plus Minmatar space should be pretty busy at the moment, as this area has been declared “safe” by the Goons. I would imagine lots of the miners have gone there.