I was the victim of a robbery, and could do nothing to prevent much less retaliate against the antagonist.
Last night I was mining in my Bantam at the Caldari starter system, so it's very safe 1.0 space. I was jet can mining, which is to jettison your cargo from which a jettison cannister (jet can) is created. The reason for this is usually because your cargo hold has a small amount of storage space, but a jet can has a huge amount of space of which you can move units from your cargo hold to the jet can. That way you can stay out at the mining site for a very long period of time.
Part of that strategy includes hauling your mined ore back to a star base for refinement. Ideally you'd also be able to pilot a hauler, or have someone who can do so for you. To put in perspective the advantage of hauling the ore is this. Once created the jet can only lasts about two hours before it self destructs, losing everything left inside of it. Before I got my hauler I can only haul about 1,800 units of ore, and when my jet can has about 90,000 units of ore that's going to take some time getting them back to the star base. With a industrial ship hauler like the Badger, I can get all units to the start base in 2-3 trips.
While doing this I'm watching an episode of The Wire. So within ten minutes of the end of the episode, my jetcan has over 60k units of massive scordite. I continue my mining and the show is nearly over when I notice that my ship is moving, wtf!
Just then a Badger comes into view, pushing my ship out of the way. My heart sunk because I knew what was happening. Sure enough the amount of massive scordite in my jet can dropped by three-quarters. I didn't know what to do, what can I do? Because of his theft the dude was now red to me so I'm free to attack him without retribution from Concord (space police), but I can't attack him because I've got no firepower. I don't have corp mates who can help (the dude was in the same starter corp as me).
So I started hauling ass back to the star base for my hauler to save what was left from my hour of work. Just as I'm about to dock my PC freezes up, so I rebooted. Once logged in I swap ships for my hauler and warped back to my bookmarked jet can. It was gone when I had arrived. That dude was sitting right there, silently mocking me. I lost a ton of ore and a lot of money for it. I turned my hauler around and went back to the star base.
In a way this was good to have experienced this robbery. There was a lesson learned here. After last nights experience I moved my mining operations two jumps away to another system. Last nights drive-by theft was the first time that has happened to me, but it has made me keenly aware as to what's needed to be cautious.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Caldari Mining/Producer
Instead of looking for a crate to blast into oblivion I've started fresh as a miner/producer. To help me out I used this Character Creation Guide article from Eve-wiki.net. The guide is slightly dated with the current Eve build, so with a bit of attribute attentiveness I had made sure that I selected options that upped my mining skills.
Once my new toon was created I started with what I had expected a very long tutorial session, much like a couple of years ago. Back then I believe it took me two hours to go through the tutorials and I was overwhelmed with the depth of the game. This time CCP has done an amazing job of tweaking the starting tutorials to make it quick to get through and then started on missions. It's really the starter missions that fill in the gaps from the initial tutorial. After starting on those missions I had reviewed my characters skills. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had skills trained up in a few relevant areas and two trained up to level 5. So right off the bat I'm already got half the skills of my previous PvP character. Very nice!
During the initial ten starter missions I was performing tasks related to my skills. I was sent off to do mining, refining, invention, and production. It was all very different from my previous character. I loved it. It reminded me of my WoW experience, where I've always played a dps character. In that game I had changed my main to a healer and feel that I've found my niche. In WoW I absolutely love being a healer! Similarly in Eve so far I really enjoy being a miner.
In closing I'm back at it in Eve. I hope to find some new friends and look forward to further challenges that miners face.
Once my new toon was created I started with what I had expected a very long tutorial session, much like a couple of years ago. Back then I believe it took me two hours to go through the tutorials and I was overwhelmed with the depth of the game. This time CCP has done an amazing job of tweaking the starting tutorials to make it quick to get through and then started on missions. It's really the starter missions that fill in the gaps from the initial tutorial. After starting on those missions I had reviewed my characters skills. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had skills trained up in a few relevant areas and two trained up to level 5. So right off the bat I'm already got half the skills of my previous PvP character. Very nice!
During the initial ten starter missions I was performing tasks related to my skills. I was sent off to do mining, refining, invention, and production. It was all very different from my previous character. I loved it. It reminded me of my WoW experience, where I've always played a dps character. In that game I had changed my main to a healer and feel that I've found my niche. In WoW I absolutely love being a healer! Similarly in Eve so far I really enjoy being a miner.
In closing I'm back at it in Eve. I hope to find some new friends and look forward to further challenges that miners face.
Back in action...
So here we are, nearly a year after I've started this blog. What has happened since then? Not a whole lot. Back then I was in game for a month and then dropped off. About two months ago I got back in game and really should have started documenting my experience since then. However I didn't do so in a nutshell here's the skinny.
I had joined a corporation, Blueprint Haus. I had come across their recruitment post in the Eve forums and they piqued my interest because one of their application requirements is that you must be at least 30 years old. I'm in my early thirties, and would rather be surrounded by other adults. So I applied. Fortunately I was accepted and started my running around out in 0.0. That was such an exciting time I really wish that I had shared what that was like. My experience out in 0.0 I was an eye opener, particularly being part of a large alliance. At this time I've accepted that I'm truly a mediocre PvP'er.
So in order to change my perception and experience in the game I started a fresh character, and that's where we continue with the this side project in virtual space...
I had joined a corporation, Blueprint Haus. I had come across their recruitment post in the Eve forums and they piqued my interest because one of their application requirements is that you must be at least 30 years old. I'm in my early thirties, and would rather be surrounded by other adults. So I applied. Fortunately I was accepted and started my running around out in 0.0. That was such an exciting time I really wish that I had shared what that was like. My experience out in 0.0 I was an eye opener, particularly being part of a large alliance. At this time I've accepted that I'm truly a mediocre PvP'er.
So in order to change my perception and experience in the game I started a fresh character, and that's where we continue with the this side project in virtual space...
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