Comments on: Pwned In W-Space By Venerable Pirates http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/ An Eve Online Gaming Corporation Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3532 Marlenus Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:40:16 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3532 Eh, the loss was tolerable and mostly served to increase my interest in getting into a heavy interdictor. I'm still in "shoot everything I think I can kill" mode for the most part, so I hold no grudges about that. No gas mining allowed in "my" wormhole, except by me! ;-) Fully agree that w-space has refreshed and renewed EVE for me. It's counterintuitive, but for me, the lack of local and the difficulties of staging large fleets make w-space a lot friendlier and more interesting than 0.0 or low sec, while the possibility of becoming suddenly and swiftly dead keeps it lively. How was the bubbling and siege working out for you? I watched some guys camp a wormhole last night with a large bubble, but they weren't getting any customers. They were a high-sec mining corp and I'm not sure they understood that people coming in the wormhole could just turn around and exit again. Eh, the loss was tolerable and mostly served to increase my interest in getting into a heavy interdictor. I’m still in “shoot everything I think I can kill” mode for the most part, so I hold no grudges about that. No gas mining allowed in “my” wormhole, except by me! ;-)

Fully agree that w-space has refreshed and renewed EVE for me. It’s counterintuitive, but for me, the lack of local and the difficulties of staging large fleets make w-space a lot friendlier and more interesting than 0.0 or low sec, while the possibility of becoming suddenly and swiftly dead keeps it lively.

How was the bubbling and siege working out for you? I watched some guys camp a wormhole last night with a large bubble, but they weren’t getting any customers. They were a high-sec mining corp and I’m not sure they understood that people coming in the wormhole could just turn around and exit again.

]]> By: Troubadour http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3531 Troubadour Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:15:26 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3531 Yay! You made me famous! Sorry about your loss. I actually learned last night sometimes in W-Space it's not always the best policy to kill everyone you meet when I had a chat with a guy who owned a pos I decided to bubble and siege. I ended up giving him the bubbles for his troubles after shooting the shit about w-space and then we even had some frontier-style bartering that went on as I was looking to get some C-72, the only fullerite I can't find for some stupid reason. I accidentally got separated from my base system after that while trying to crash a WH (force ships back and forth through a WH until it collapses) in an attempt to get a better one to spawn and he pointed me in the direction of kspace, saving me hours of time looking for a way out. W-space has opened up a whole new side of eve for those brave enough to risk it all and move out there. Yay! You made me famous! Sorry about your loss. I actually learned last night sometimes in W-Space it’s not always the best policy to kill everyone you meet when I had a chat with a guy who owned a pos I decided to bubble and siege. I ended up giving him the bubbles for his troubles after shooting the shit about w-space and then we even had some frontier-style bartering that went on as I was looking to get some C-72, the only fullerite I can’t find for some stupid reason. I accidentally got separated from my base system after that while trying to crash a WH (force ships back and forth through a WH until it collapses) in an attempt to get a better one to spawn and he pointed me in the direction of kspace, saving me hours of time looking for a way out. W-space has opened up a whole new side of eve for those brave enough to risk it all and move out there.

]]> By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3513 Marlenus Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:02:47 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3513 Oh, yes, I'm aware of that. But I don't think it's a substantial risk. Nobody's going to find this system just by looking for it, not in any reasonable amount of time. 2500 systems, and if you did nothing else, you could probably find, what, ten, twenty, fifty wormhole systems a day at a stretch? Alts don't help here, now that the scanner interface needs a human in front of it at all times. And the more you find, the more repeats you'll find. You do the math -- but it looks to me like, searching with monomaniacal focus and doing nothing else, one enemy would require on average several <b>months</b> to find me. They do that, they'll have earned whatever revenge they can wreak. I'm one hell of a lot more worried about a small ratting BS fleet who gets bored and decides to stomp the POS to see if any treats fall out. Which will be a waste of their time and The Empress's strontium, but hey, that won't put the egg back in the shell. Oh, yes, I’m aware of that. But I don’t think it’s a substantial risk. Nobody’s going to find this system just by looking for it, not in any reasonable amount of time. 2500 systems, and if you did nothing else, you could probably find, what, ten, twenty, fifty wormhole systems a day at a stretch? Alts don’t help here, now that the scanner interface needs a human in front of it at all times. And the more you find, the more repeats you’ll find. You do the math — but it looks to me like, searching with monomaniacal focus and doing nothing else, one enemy would require on average several months to find me.

They do that, they’ll have earned whatever revenge they can wreak. I’m one hell of a lot more worried about a small ratting BS fleet who gets bored and decides to stomp the POS to see if any treats fall out. Which will be a waste of their time and The Empress’s strontium, but hey, that won’t put the egg back in the shell.

]]> By: wauke http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3510 wauke Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:12:55 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3510 You do realize that by including this in all of your posts: System: J235321 You're basically announcing where you are, right? I realize there are 2500 systems out there, but if someone (your old friends for example) had some special place in their black hearts for you, they could just jot down the system name, and if they happen to end up there, it's a matter of time to find you. And out of those 2500 systems, there's only so many (class 1 and maybe 2) that a Drake can effectively solo in. Just a thought. You do realize that by including this in all of your posts:

System: J235321

You’re basically announcing where you are, right? I realize there are 2500 systems out there, but if someone (your old friends for example) had some special place in their black hearts for you, they could just jot down the system name, and if they happen to end up there, it’s a matter of time to find you. And out of those 2500 systems, there’s only so many (class 1 and maybe 2) that a Drake can effectively solo in.

Just a thought.

]]> By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3464 Marlenus Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:15:31 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3464 Yup. Yup.

]]> By: Tony "EVE's Weekend Warrior" http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3459 Tony "EVE's Weekend Warrior" Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:13 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3459 Hehe, adequate... Interesting. But I bet by now you are back in there :P Hehe, adequate… Interesting.

But I bet by now you are back in there :P

]]> By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3456 Marlenus Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:36:57 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3456 Er, not pirates? If it walks like a pirate, talks like a pirate, ransoms like a pirate ... it's a pirate. ;-) More seriously, I did think Sharks was a pirate corporation, but I might have been getting my pirates and my mercenaries confused. Sorry for any mischaracterization. Er, not pirates?

If it walks like a pirate, talks like a pirate, ransoms like a pirate … it’s a pirate. ;-)

More seriously, I did think Sharks was a pirate corporation, but I might have been getting my pirates and my mercenaries confused. Sorry for any mischaracterization.

]]> By: Tixxie Lix http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3452 Tixxie Lix Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:26:29 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3452 Good write up. Except we're not pirates. :P Good write up. Except we’re not pirates. :P

]]> By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3447 Marlenus Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:58:51 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3447 Tony, the Empress will give me a wormhole vector -- eventually. She can't fly my Buzzard, but she does have an Imicus and... adequate ... probe skills. Tony, the Empress will give me a wormhole vector — eventually. She can’t fly my Buzzard, but she does have an Imicus and… adequate … probe skills.

]]> By: Tony "EVE's Weekend Warrior" http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3440 Tony "EVE's Weekend Warrior" Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:55:46 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/28/pwned-in-w-space-by-venerable-pirates/#comment-3440 Haha now to find a way back! Haha now to find a way back!

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