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Basically, never fly anything you cannot afford to lose. | Basically, never fly anything you cannot afford to lose. | ||
== Replace routine with seeking opportunities == | |||
In high-sec, players tend to decide on some activity to pursue such as mining and then conduct it in the relative comfort and safety of CONCORD protection. In low-sec, it is more fruitful to assess your circumstance before taking action, adopting a risk management mindset where you weight your potential gain against the loss of your time/ship/implants. | |||
== Bring friends == | == Bring friends == | ||
There is safety in numbers. Remember, pirates will generally only attack when they think they can win. A bunch of friends will tend to scare away most of the small pirate gangs. Just be careful though, if your fleet is too large or too shiny, the big pirate fleets will become interested in you. | There is safety in numbers. Remember, pirates will generally only attack when they think they can win. A bunch of friends will tend to scare away most of the small pirate gangs. Just be careful though, if your fleet is too large or too shiny, the big pirate fleets will become interested in you. | ||
Also, you can save yourself (and your fleet) from a huge amount of trouble by having a ship scouting ahead of you. Cheap T1 fast frigates can do this fairly well, but T2 Covert Ops ships are best. | Also, you can save yourself (and your fleet) from a huge amount of trouble by having a ship scouting ahead of you. Cheap T1 fast frigates can do this fairly well, but T2 Covert Ops ships are best. | ||
== Have an escape plan at all times == | == Have an escape plan at all times == | ||