Here are a few other 'tricks' that you might want to keep in mind as a miner in EVE.
1. Always, Always! Align to your safe-spot/POS/Outpost. Many of the larger mining vessels do not exactly move that quickly, so while you are getting into position to "chew" on that floating rock...start a warp to your safe-spot/POS/Outpost. Then just before you warp away choose "Stop Ship". This will point the nose of your lumbering barge in the right direction so that when the NPC "rats" or PVP players show up you have a few more seconds to get away...if you are lucky. 2. Keep your clone up to date. Speaking of "lucky"...it will happen you know that it will, you will get "podded". An NPC ship will not shoot your pod but another player will. So keep your "clone" up to date. If your clone is only storing 800,000 skill points and your character currently has 2,000,000 skill points, you will find yourself back down at 800,000 skill points after you get podded and you will have to re-learn those skills. Worste case here is that you 'insured' your ship...so you buy a replacement and 'doa!' you cannot fly it anymore. Not good...keep the clone up to date. 3. Create a book mark for that jetcan. When you are jetcanning, make a book mark of that jetcan so that when it is time to haul the ore back to be refinned, etc. You can easily find it. If you do not you could find yourself searching for the can and if your are in a covetor or hulk...you do not exactly fly that fast so you will have to keep warping back and forth until you get back to that jetcan. 4. Keep the local chat open and in a prominent position on your screen at all times, especially when in lower security areas. This way you will know when another player enters that solar system.
So keep your eyes peeled, and fly safe...but have fun.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2007 3:59PM (Unverified) said
Here are a few other 'tricks' that you might want to keep in mind as a miner in EVE.
1. Always, Always! Align to your safe-spot/POS/Outpost.
Many of the larger mining vessels do not exactly move that quickly, so while you are getting into position to "chew" on that floating rock...start a warp to your safe-spot/POS/Outpost. Then just before you warp away choose "Stop Ship". This will point the nose of your lumbering barge in the right direction so that when the NPC "rats" or PVP players show up you have a few more seconds to get away...if you are lucky.
2. Keep your clone up to date.
Speaking of "lucky"...it will happen you know that it will, you will get "podded". An NPC ship will not shoot your pod but another player will. So keep your "clone" up to date. If your clone is only storing 800,000 skill points and your character currently has 2,000,000 skill points, you will find yourself back down at 800,000 skill points after you get podded and you will have to re-learn those skills. Worste case here is that you 'insured' your ship...so you buy a replacement and 'doa!' you cannot fly it anymore. Not good...keep the clone up to date.
3. Create a book mark for that jetcan.
When you are jetcanning, make a book mark of that jetcan so that when it is time to haul the ore back to be refinned, etc. You can easily find it. If you do not you could find yourself searching for the can and if your are in a covetor or hulk...you do not exactly fly that fast so you will have to keep warping back and forth until you get back to that jetcan.
4. Keep the local chat open and in a prominent position on your screen at all times, especially when in lower security areas. This way you will know when another player enters that solar system.
So keep your eyes peeled, and fly safe...but have fun.
Duncan