I've been reading this thread... and if you keep saying 'gank' alot (even in your head) it starts to sound funny, I don't think I can take hearing that word anymore. What is the definition of that word anyway? Well according to Google/Oxford results, '(in a video game) use underhand means to defeat or kill (a less experienced opponent)". I've been playing since day one so I would be considered an experienced player. I know how to evade attackers for the most part, but a fully engineered wing (or even one or two) PvP ships is almost impossible to always get away from in a stock low cost ship, high wake or not... there just isn't time to get away. I tried this recently with a Hauler in Borann just to see how long I could survive, and it was not long at all, typically not even half way through the countdown before I was exploding. I think this training is great, but don't expect to get away everytime if you haven't at least done some upgrading of your ship. On the other hand my fully rated and engineering Cobra IV hull tank can survive indefinitely 1v1, and for quite a while against a wing even, not that it's good for anything else though... 0 cargo space, not carrying many LTD in that, so why am I playing, just to evade gankers? It's fun for a while but it becomes pointless when there is mining credits to make. It comes down just a general choices;
1. Use a max cargo/miner for highest credit/hr return, paper thin and will likely not survive any interdiction. You play in open because you like the excitement and risk. You might lose 3-4 hours and 700M credits in an instant.
2. Use a well equipped ship with okay mining/cargo but can escape interdiction, your credits/hr will be MUCH less, but you'll probably be fine if you know what you're doing... will take you twice as long to get the same as 1.
3. Do #1 but in solo/PG and avoid all risk and maximize your credits/hr (NPC interdiction is a joke and almost no risk)
Guess what most choose?
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gank
/ɡaNGk/
verb
informal•US
verb:
gank; verb:
ganked; gerund or present participle:
ganking; 3rd person present:
ganks; past participle:
ganked
- 1.
take or steal (something).
"if I have the money, I won't have to gank the books"
- defraud or rob (someone).
"they can take trade-ins of new releases and sell them for $55, essentially ganking the publishers"
- 2.
(in a video game) use underhand means to defeat or kill (a less experienced opponent).
"that troll just ganked me"
