Lost my Vulture yesterday - because I was just too self-confident. I'd been messing around in an Intense CZ where one of those Farragut battle cruisers was beating all comers, and was about to head home with about 1/2 million of combat bonds gained from finishing off damaged Anacondas and Pythons. Took on one damaged Anaconda too many which shot out my shields and reduced hull to 60%. So I boosted away, as one does, with the Annie in pursuit at maximum range, fired up the FSD, was just about to escape when my shields came back. Thought - I'll just finish him off - cancelled the jump - turned. Next thing, thrusters off line, canopy compromised....eject, eject. Lesson - always, always quit while you're ahead.
Hubris (n.=excessive self pride or confidence)
- Thread starter Greenmantle
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Repped for not being (too) bitter about it.
I always suffer the "just one more" problem but I have stuck with Vipers and Cobras until recently so buyback cash wasn't really a problem. I am flying much closer to the danger level of cash now so I could easily be posting the same thing before long
I always suffer the "just one more" problem but I have stuck with Vipers and Cobras until recently so buyback cash wasn't really a problem. I am flying much closer to the danger level of cash now so I could easily be posting the same thing before long
So what's the moral of the story here?
I've only done the "One more kill" just once and learned my lesson. Good advice, but it might not sink in unless you've been through it. Luckily, I only lost about 1.5 mil in bounties plus my insured Viper. Had to go back in and get 2 mil just to catch up. I'd imagine a fully outfitted Anaconda would cost multiple times that.
<edit> +1 rep for handling it like an adult. </edit>
<edit> +1 rep for handling it like an adult. </edit>
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Greed will get you killed in the end.
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Nice to see an honest post about lose due to greed, no shouting, no ranting, just taken on the chin and moved on. Fun this game, isn't it?
Happened to me too. Hi Res and a battle with a wing of Clippers. I decided to bug out after 2 were downed and the last heavily crippled Clipper chased me while my FSD charged.
I thought to myself - ' I'm on 60% hull, he's on 20%. What could possibly go wrong?' Seeing the insurance screen, that's what went wrong...
I thought to myself - ' I'm on 60% hull, he's on 20%. What could possibly go wrong?' Seeing the insurance screen, that's what went wrong...