Safety Tips for Operating in Low Sec: Difference between revisions

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* If you are planning to mine or kill belt rats, you should have tactical bookmarks on all the asteroid belts.

== ~~Always fight aligned~~ when ~~ratting or mining~~ ==

== Pre-align when suspicious ==

When you doing anything that requires you to stay in one place for more than a few seconds (eg [[ratting]] or [[mining]]), there is always the chance that a player pirate will find you and warp in on you. Remember, the bigger your ship the longer it takes to align and warp out. You should always be ready to warp out at the first hint of danger. It is not always necessary to run away, but you should ALWAYS be ready to.

When you are doing anything that requires you to stay in one place for more than a few seconds (e.g. [[ratting]] or [[mining]]), there is always the chance that a player pirate will find you and warp in on you. Remember, the bigger your ship the longer it takes to align and warp out. You should always be ready to warp out at the first hint of danger. It is not always necessary to run away, but you should ALWAYS be ready to. Take into consideration that "aligning while static" is not correct. The fact that the front of your ship is "pointing" at a specific location does not mean that it is "aligned". '''To benefit from pre-aligning, your ship would have to be moving at 75% or more of its max speed while traveling on a line within 5 degrees of where it would be warping to.'''

== Use your Directional Scanner ==

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 * If you are planning to mine or kill belt rats, you should have tactical bookmarks on all the asteroid belts.
-== Always fight aligned when ratting or mining  ==
+== Pre-align when suspicious ==
-When you doing anything that requires you to stay in one place for more than a few seconds (eg [[ratting]] or [[mining]]), there is always the chance that a player pirate will find you and warp in on you. Remember, the bigger your ship the longer it takes to align and warp out. You should always be ready to warp out at the first hint of danger. It is not always necessary to run away, but you should ALWAYS be ready to.
+When you are doing anything that requires you to stay in one place for more than a few seconds (e.g. [[ratting]] or [[mining]]), there is always the chance that a player pirate will find you and warp in on you. Remember, the bigger your ship the longer it takes to align and warp out. You should always be ready to warp out at the first hint of danger. It is not always necessary to run away, but you should ALWAYS be ready to. Take into consideration that "aligning while static" is not correct. The fact that the front of your ship is "pointing" at a specific location does not mean that it is "aligned". '''To benefit from pre-aligning, your ship would have to be moving at 75% or more of its max speed while traveling on a line within 5 degrees of where it would be warping to.'''
 == Use your Directional Scanner  ==