Stupidity hurts

After the stupid lost of Helios, i did another stupid thing (and didn't follow my advice of using my brain): wanted to try some combat sites so bought a Gila, and fitted it, resulting in a fit around 400mil (with hull) and went on scanning combat sites.

First was a Serpentis Vigil, i had some questions about the tank but it hold on well, sadly no faction drop. Then i found an infamous site for me: Serpentis Phi Outpost, i was used to scan them for my corp's CEO and once i tried to do it in a Worm and by checking the killmail i managed to get the drop but somehow i died.

Time of revenge i said and warped right in the site. Again, the tank was brilliant and if i wasn't idiot i could blitz the site easily but... in the second room, i killed the boss, and went for the wreck (didn't used the MTU i had... don't ask me why) which was behind a huge structure, and i losed like 10mins trying to get to the wreck. In this time a Drake warped in the room and i went full retard mode: targeted the wreck with drones set on aggressive, which destroyed the wreck. I didn't paid attention to it so i though that the Drake (wich had a MTU) stole it and i wanted to look in his MTU.

A bit later (like 1min later) i checked the damage statistics (combat log or however is named) and i saw it: 500 damage to 'TREASURE WRECK' from Navy Hammerheads. I was sad and logged out soon after.

Some hours later i found another Vigil which i runned better than first time and actually got something, a Shadow Serpentis Gyrostabilizer if i remember right which worth ~90mil. Next site was a Serpentis Narcotic Warehouse that was pretty easy to do but had to let my brother to get the loot and, as he said, he warped to a planet and clicked exit (probably with the NPC timer on). I hadn't time to look on the loot until now (i am writing from my laptop) and i can't wait to check it (hope that i wasn't killed while offline again...

I will look into combat sites more as they are easy to do and can bring a lot of ISK and i need that isk (i need like 1bil) for this month PLEX which i must buy in 10 days.

o7.

THE FUCK!?

I was exploring like all time, when i see a new WH: i go there, activate it, scan the sigs, sell the hisec entrance for a bit of money, and then the power cut off (i was i a safespot). When i came back, SURPRISE! i am in a pod. 'The fuck happened? Where is my fucking ship? THE FUCK?!', i check the killmails and SURPRISE! a fucking drifter killed me. 'I was i a safespot, i should be safe even if i'd emergency jump (that happens when you don't log off safely)' i though, and went to ask on chat channels for help, most suggesting to write a support ticket, i did it. When i ask on the channel where i sold the entrance, the buyer says that, SURPRISE!, he found my wreck near a combat anomaly (he was killed too).

I don't ask for reimbursement, even if that ships had a cargo that probably could safe my PLEX, no, i ask for answers: why the fuck i was killed when i was offline and most important, why the i emergency jump right in that anomaly, it was just the (un)luck? Whatever, i wait for the answer from CCP, until then i go to do something to relax, maybe i will mine or rat...

PS: I will revenge on Drifters!!!

o7.

Finally a... Helios!

I am a bit ashamed that i have been doing for more than 6 months and only now i am able to fly a covops ship (and a stealth bomber) and i trained for it just because my corp leader said that is mandatory to be able to fly a stealth bomber as soon as posible so i put skills to train and went to do FW.

As i was AFK for like 4 days, when i came back to check skill queues i discovered that i have only 2 weeks and 2 days (lol) left on main character so even if i will be able to gather like 1mil LP on FW character i will probably won't be able to buy/sell soon enough to PLEX main (i have more than a month on Pierre and i wait for t2 things to be trained).

This means that i need to explore a bit (a bit more) so i fit up a Helios and headed to Providence to look for some sites but as it was before down time (and lack of time) i did only one relic site (around 16mil in loot). My goal (hope i can actually don't be too lazy to finish it) is to make 1-2bil in 16 days by explorating more or less than 2 hours per day. Will see if i manage to fill up the goal.

o7.

Big quest for nothing V5.5

This will be just a small update on my adventures, a bigger post will come soon.

When laziness hits

I don't go to explore. Past 5-6 days i just rat with alliance and mine, i did just a single exploration trip, yesterday, in which i found just one relic and a lots of worthless datas, the relic brought me about 80mil so i can almost sure PLEX, i need just to haul the cargo in hisec. A second exploration trip i plan to do today, after downtime, i will see, but if i manage to do it, probably i can make more than 100mil.

My manufacture empire is stagnating, but rigs and Vexors are selling once a day or two, steady income, i plan to get into large rigs manufacturing as much of Providence guys are using battleships i guess these will sell much faster.

That's all for today, more adventures to come.

o7.

Big quest for nothing V5.0

I haven't write anything in a while mainly because i didn't had about what to write or didn't had time for it. Meanwhile i manage to don't die in an exploration run and bring to hisec almost 350mil (my goal is 2b in 18d). So here are the news:

The Curse is gone

Or at least this is what i think. I had luck, i didn't died, i sold the stuff, i am happy! Long story short: after DT, Providence was full of sites, mostly data, but the few relic ones gave me the most ISK - somewhere between 120-200mil.

Not much to say as it was a pretty quiet run with no gate camps involved.

What I did with money?
Majority stay in wallet for the next PLEX buy but i still had enough to buy a Vexor Navy Issue for ratting with my alliance (~100mil), with 10mil i bought and fitted an Incursus for some frigate PVP (shame fight for me as i was killed by a Condor with a 1mil fit) and i had to rebuy an exploration frigate as in a second attempt to run in Catch those days i got caught by a Vagabond in a bubble (1 alpha and i was dust) so another ~10mil.

Meanwhile i almost finished the order for my corp leader and my rigs are selling at a good pace in Providence so i am happy.

GOAL OF 2B IN 18D STATUS: 350 - 100 - 10 - 10 - other minor buys = ~200mil. (14d left as i had to be more offline for 2 days)

o7.

Big quest for nothing V4.0

Heron's Curse
Aaaand i died again. How? Well i was doing a Catch tour, getting good ISK but when looking on map for a returning route, surprise! the shortest route was probably heavy camped as in an hour there died 30 ships so i chose another route. The road was a bit too travelled for my taste but nothing happened until 1 jump before lowsec. In that cursed system (it was in Curse region lol) i was caught in a gate camp by 14 guys with Sabres and other nasty and scary ships. I chose to align to a planet, activated warp drive and at 1 fucking second before i could start to warp to safety, a bubble has been deployed. At least it was fast, in less than 1 second being killed and then podded (only 1 volley for the ship lol) and there went 150mil...

Gods were invoked.

The future

I have noticed that i lost a lot more Herons than any other ships so i choose a Probe for my next exploration trip. Also my corp's leader gave me an industry project for the corp so i am busy getting all the things and skills i need for all the stuff, i hope i can get some profit out of it. Speaking of industry, my rig empire is growing as they are selling pretty good for a nullsec region, i am happy so far and i look forward to extend it.

The goal

18 days in which i MUST get at least 600mil as PLEX is going higher and higher so i set up a goal for myself: get at least 2billions in 18 days. The surplus is for funding the Incursions ship that i plan to fly.

That's pretty much for today as i prefer to write more post with small updates than write a huge post but less frequently as i may forget some things. Thanks for reading me!

o7.

Big quest for nothing V3.7

Just a quick update on my exploration trips: i did another run after the last post from this series and i succefully brought like 60milions to a station in Providence. I plan to get more loot there before i haul them to hisec as i save time. Also like 10millions of those i will keep there for my manufacture jobs.

My Heron is ready to go and i will soon update this series, but after a travel through Catch, hope no many gate camps. Speaking of gate camps, i escaped a Svipul in the previous run, probably because i was too far away for his warp scramble to work (like 13 km away but i saw the icon of warp scrambler on my ship) or because he accidentally stoped it, anyway i am happy with +60mil as i will soon need to PLEX.

o7.

Big quest for nothing V3.5

If something can go wrong IT WILL go wrong
I was wandering around Providence - Catch for a day, i can't complain too much as i got around 100-130mil from 5 sites but on my way back i made a mistake: didn't stop looking for sites when the local was spiking. And with 5 jumps from Providence, i was destroyed in a relic site by a Loki (he warped cloacked in site, then instalock, i had no chance). We spoke a bit after and that was all.

Frienemies?
Back in Dodixie, i remembered that i have pretty good industry skills so i researched the market a bit (a bit too less but anyway) and bought a few "boosted" BPCs of some defensive rigs. As i didn't had the salvage material required, a guy in alliance offered discounted materials, if i go in Providence for them. In a heron i can't haul all the things back and forth so i decided to set up my rig empire in Providence.

Meanwhile the guy that killed me wanted a convo. "Let's give it a shot" i said. He said that he read my blog and he is also a Providence guy and wants to teach me about doing exploration. 
The downtime was there and we couldn't continue but he mailed me some Astero fits (i said to him that i can't afford an Astero, of course i lied as i have more than 350mil left but i don't have nerves for another Astero lost at the momment). I wait him to be online so as we can talk widely, until then, fly safe!

o7.

Big quest for nothing V3.0

Last time i sold the BPCs and a few salvage that i got from Providence and Eterium Reach and then i bought an Astero.

No miracle last more than 3 days...
... because i must encounter Sabres. I think you got it: i've been podded by a Sabre. Long story short: again traveled more than 80 jumps for just a relic site, i got caught in a gate camp and now my Astero is star dust. I am sad now.

Looking forward...
... for a Heron! As an irony, i am way less podded when i fly a normal frigate so i said "Why not, Heron you are my choice!" and went back in nullsec. No risk, no ISK, right?

o7.

Big quest for nothing V2.0

I decided to do from "Big quest for nothing" a series as i will mainly do exploration so here is the part 2. Firs part can be found here.

After the hunt for an "Augmented" Ogre BPC, and after i saved my already found BPCs in Hek, i decided to do a last run in Eterium Reach, but in my way back to Hek, i found a WH to nullsec, that happened to be near my alliance's zone: Providence. "Good" i said and went to Provi.

Already got like 200mil in BPCs so some more money from relics won't hurt, i thought. Sadly in over 40 jumps i couldn't get more than 40mil from 5 sites. I decided to go to bring the BPCs left in Hek and haul all the stuff to Dodixie where i could escape of the Jita's chat but i could also get a preety good price.

82 jumps later i am in Dodixie, selling the salvage, checking prices of BPCs and then making a fair contract (in total 10bpcs at aprox. +20% more than other contracts = 220mil). Also i started 2 industry jobs (got the Yacht and Shuttle BPCs after i saw i had them on this account).

Later, after the Yacht was made, i could sell it at ~94mil, a nice ammount of free isk but it could be a lot better 1-2 weeks ago. After all this thing i have made a profit of ~350mil, 90 going in an Astero that i was aiming for some time. At the momment, my whealth is 465mil.

That's all for today, see you next time.

PS: Astero looks so sick!!!

o7.

Big quest for nothing

My character, Lupan Anton, is skilled mainly on exploration so i though that the most lucrative method to make ISK at this moment. So far so good, i've activated my imicus, set up the waypoints, and undocked. Providence has prove that it's a good zone for exploration, when you find sites. i didn't. in more than 72 jumps, i only got a data site with crap loot (~1mil), this was my first part of big quest for nothing.

Later that day, decided that i can't go back to Dodixie (or Jita) with just 1 mil so i though about my forbidden love: Etherium Reach. I was there only 2 times in my entire career as an explorer, 1 time getting like 1bil from just 1 data site and the other time being killed in a gate camp. "it worth" i said and set up my route to deepest parts of Etherium Reach.

Etherium Reach, one of the most quiet systems in New Eden, mostly because DED sites are worse than those from other null sec regions. i don't know about combat sites, but data ones, when you can find them, can worth more than 1bil, being very easy to hack (although the cans don't explode when you fail to hack them, you have to bring some firepower as every time you fail to hack a site, some rogue drones will attack you).

The region was quiet as usually but the data sites refused to show, managing to find just 1 site in like 20 jumps (totally 92 jumps) but i barely got 12mil. Bigger luck next time i said and i took a break of another 4 hours.

Night time is time for most EVE players to show, but Etherium Reach remained quiet so i could search for big drops. Now bad things begin: i've found some sites, failed to hack one of cans, some drones started to fire me, i launched my drones but i forgot to target the enemy ones, so i got almost destroyed until i realised my mistake. Had to warp off (forgoting my drones of course), warp back and kill the drones, after hacks, the reward was a bit better but still low for how much i searched for it. Then the region begin to get flooded, i've wine in corp's chat and 2 guys wanted to help me (i thanks them very much) as i was almost dead, couldn't dock and with no drones (forgot again to bring drones after another site).

Finaly i could make it to hisec with help of a corp member, but the exploration was a fail, getting less than 200mil in more than 120 jumps.

TL;DR: 120 jumps for less than 200mil, forgot my drones in middle of nowhere, and almost died.

o7.