Well, I almost got ganked today in low sec. I had accepted a mission that required me to courier some goods to a station in low sec. I successfully made it to the station to drop off the cargo, and was heading back to the original station.
When I undocked, I was immediately targeted by two ships lurking outside the station. I started to try to warp off to the gate when I noticed that one of the dudes was trying to warp scramble me while both were wailing away with their guns. I went through shields pretty quickly, and started into armor. I flipped on my armor repper while I waited to get aligned. Since it was taking a long time to get aligned so I tried to dock again, which thankfully I did instantly. It was all over in about 20 or 30 seconds, but it really scared me. I was afraid that I was going to lose my ship and my implants.
I guess I learned a little bit about Eve tonight: always pay attention, but especially when in low sec.
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If there was no heavy interdictor with them (they have infinite warp scramble strength) some warp core stabilizers in those lows would have likely prevented the scrambling. You'd still need a good enough tank to survive the align time to the gate.
ReplyDeleteSmart decision on docking again. Remember, if this happens to you in a combat ship, do not engage them back, or you will not be able to redock or jump through a gate thanks to the agression timer.
And also remember that if your ship is about to blow up, start spamming warp, and you will get out before they can catch you.
Hope this advice helps!
Whoa, this was totally wrong.
ReplyDeleteWhen you undock from a station you cannot be targeted for thirty seconds as long as you don't do anything. You also cannot dock for thirty seconds. So, you undock, see a camp. You then don't try and do anything. You click the station, wait about 20 seconds then start spamming dock.
Go grab a drink, have a piss, come back and try again.
I've seen way too many ships get killed by station camps.
Of course, none of this matters if you're at a funny station with an undock that's 1km out. Even in that situation, immediately try and dock again.
Okay, here's my confession: I undocked then alt-tabbed away for a bit. So apparently I was sitting out there past the 30 second invulnerability timer. The bad guys must have thought I was a sitting duck.
ReplyDeleteI guess too much time in high sec had lured me into a false sense of security. At least I didn't have to learn this lesson by losing my ship!
As for your implants, as long as you are smart they will have a hard time catching your pod in low sec. Just start spamming the warp button if your ship will look like its going to die and your pod will warp off when it does.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. I know that I'm supposed to do that, but as my armor was dropping, I was not thinking about spamming warp. I was too freaked out!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm the exact opposite there Bill, when I see my armor going down the only thing I'm thinking about is spamming warp due to the fact that my implants are always at least 2x more valuable than my ship.
ReplyDeleteDon't fly what you can't afford to lose also goes for those implants in your head :) Jump clones are your friend there.
ReplyDeleteThis is all good advice. Regarding losing my ship and/or implants, I am in a socialist corp, so it isn't that I can't replace the ship or the implants. Mainly, I just don't want the embarassment of having to tell everyone in my corp that I lost my ship!
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