Tips for New Players: Difference between revisions

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Think of your ship as a piece of expendable equipment. If you're placing yourself into a high-risk environment then it's always worth insuring your ship (perhaps not at the Platinum level, since you only get 3x the ISK amount paid back, but the Basic level is a small amount to pay out and you get 10x back). Don't think of insurance as surety to replace your loss, but simply as return on ISK invested banking on the loss of your ship.

=== High Security space doesn't mean "Safe space" ===

The best thing you can do for yourself is get the idea, or assume, that "High Security" space means you should be safe, out of your head. It's the wrong assumption. The moment you undock your ship you are consenting to PvP. The only thing High Security space provides you as a potential target is that your attacker has more challenges to account for should they decide to attack you (unless you're already a legitimate target to them, in other words you're [[Category:Eve_Lexicon#Flashy | "flashy"]] to them). CONCORD exists to punish the attacker in High Sec, not to provide you protection. Your protection is completely up to you, in your fit, where and when you do certain activities, and what precautions you take, or don't take. Many losses that occur happen simply due to the lack of taking some basic precautions or exercising some basic practices to minimize the risk. Learn these things, put them into practice. If you take a gamble to forego a precaution or practice you're only increasing the odds that you'll suffer an unwanted loss.

=== Scamming, stealing and unethical behaviour are allowed ===

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 Think of your ship as a piece of expendable equipment.  If you're placing yourself into a high-risk environment then it's always worth insuring your ship (perhaps not at the Platinum level, since you only get 3x the ISK amount paid back, but the Basic level is a small amount to pay out and you get 10x back).  Don't think of insurance as surety to replace your loss, but simply as return on ISK invested banking on the loss of your ship.
+=== High Security space doesn't mean "Safe space" ===
+The best thing you can do for yourself is get the idea, or assume, that "High Security" space means you should be safe, out of your head.  It's the wrong assumption.  The moment you undock your ship you are consenting to PvP.  The only thing High Security space provides you as a potential target is that your attacker has more challenges to account for should they decide to attack you (unless you're already a legitimate target to them, in other words you're [[Category:Eve_Lexicon#Flashy | "flashy"]] to them).  CONCORD exists to punish the attacker in High Sec, not to provide you protection.  Your protection is completely up to you, in your fit, where and when you do certain activities, and what precautions you take, or don't take.  Many losses that occur happen simply due to the lack of taking some basic precautions or exercising some basic practices to minimize the risk.  Learn these things, put them into practice.  If you take a gamble to forego a precaution or practice you're only increasing the odds that you'll suffer an unwanted loss.
 === Scamming, stealing and unethical behaviour are allowed ===