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===Suicide Ganking=== | |||
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When a ship attacks another ship in high-security space, [[CONCORD]] arrive soon--well, ''relatively'' soon--and destroy the aggressor. Some of the items that need to be [[Careers#Hauling|transported]] around New Eden are very valuable, far more valuable, in fact, than some reasonably powerful combat ships. | |||
The combination of these two facts means that it is sometimes profitable for players to blow up hauling ships, accept the loss of their own ship(s), and then loot the hauler wrecks for valuables worth much more than the ships they lost. This is informally known as "suicide ganking". | |||
Suicide ganking is a legitimate activity within the game rules of Eve Online. Some corporations and alliances--including Eve University--ban their members from doing it; other groups specialize in it. Skilled suicide gankers cunningly design fits which deliver the highest frontloaded damage (sometimes called "alpha strike") rather than damage-per-second, for the lowest ISK costs. They must also cultivate a fine-grained sense of market value, and study the most efficient transport routes and chokepoints. These skills are, ironically, very like those necessary for successful transport pilots. | |||
{{euninote|Suicide ganking is prohibited for [[EVE University]] members under the [[EVE University Rules]].}} | |||
{{Color box|color=black|border=#888888| [[File:Wallet.png|32px]]'''Average Income:''' | |||
{{co|lightblue|<no data, but publicly-available [[Killmail|killmails]] suggest that some suicide gankers make significant profits>}} | |||
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===Scamming and theft=== | ===Scamming and theft=== | ||