# Ganking is a valid form of gameplay, just like PvP everywhere else in EVE Online, and it takes practice to get good at, more inside **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206 "2026-02-23T17:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/85 "2026-02-24T22:25:18Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > only null bloc leaders could discuss sovereignty mechanics, only wormholers could discuss evictions, and only capital pilots could discuss industry changes. im not in null, im not in wormhole and i don’t fly caps, so idgaf about the mechanics.. i’ve been ganked once by aiko herself.. i don’t have a flying rats ass problem with ganking.. its fine where it is. ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/86 "2026-02-24T22:30:49Z")
Rules you guys need to hear: * * * [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/f/9/5/f95c8f3853d2b76ddee365e00f8f4ba340ea78ed.jpeg "Amazing Motivation | 9 Rules for Life | Chris Pratt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgRdKPumagQ) * * * ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/87 "2026-02-25T12:34:37Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > How can you get from Point A to Point B using a trade route that forces you through Uedama AND “not be on grid”? Git gud ---
**Author:** ![Rus\_Coder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rus_coder/32/491456_2.png) [@Rus\_Coder](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rus_Coder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/88 "2026-02-25T13:07:38Z")
One alt was ganked more than 12 years ago… first and the last time. Was not a big price for a good lesson. Need to study lessons and not complain about someone playing game better. Avoiding of ganks makes high sec more dynamic, otherwise jump to nullsec protected by alliances with intel. Do not want to know how CONCORD and ganks works in higsec - go null/low/wh. ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/89 "2026-02-25T13:15:05Z")
> [@Rus\_Coder](#): > > Do not want to know how CONCORD and ganks works in higsec **Asymmetrical warfare** is a conflict between opponents with significantly unequal capabilities, where the weaker side avoids direct, symmetrical confrontation and instead uses tactics that exploit the stronger side’s vulnerabilities. ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/91 "2026-02-25T13:21:40Z")
> [@Lucy\_Alfrir](#): > > Git gud The thing is @Gasephed_Sinak has admitted he is not a hauler and has never been ganked. He is just stirring up fear over something that he has no personal experience with. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/92 "2026-02-25T13:22:34Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > **Asymmetrical warfare** is a conflict between opponents with significantly unequal capabilities, where the weaker side avoids direct, symmetrical confrontation and instead uses tactics that exploit the stronger side’s vulnerabilities. I heard @Aiko_Danuja has a weakness for ISK, and sells permits. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/93 "2026-02-25T13:22:48Z")
Ya, that’s a real weakness for me. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/94 "2026-02-25T13:25:07Z")
> [@T\_Elliot](#): > > something that he has no personal experience with You assume much and know very little. ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/95 "2026-02-25T13:29:49Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > You assume much and know very little. Those were your exact words. Were you lying then or are you lying now? ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/96 "2026-02-25T13:33:23Z")
> [@T\_Elliot](#): > > Were you lying then or are you lying now? How I know what I know is none of your concern pleb. ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/97 "2026-02-25T13:37:17Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > How I know what I know is none of your concern pleb. Just because I’m a lowly merchant who actually hauls things from one market to another is no justification for an adhom attack. But considering your claim a systemic unbalance in the game, and proposals to nerf other’s game styles while admitting that you don’t participate in the gameplay you want to moderate, I think it is my concern. ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/98 "2026-02-25T13:46:53Z")
> [@T\_Elliot](#): > > no justification for an adhom attack How about you continually calling me a “fearmonger”? ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/99 "2026-02-25T13:59:27Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > How about you continually calling me a “fearmonger”? But you have admitted that you have never been ganked and don’t haul, and yet you claim that there are serious imbalances with ganking and you want to nerf other people’s play style to address them. If you seemed to know what you were talking about I could take your arguments seriously, but you don’t. You are fear mongering. It’s not an adhom attack, it’s a description of your posts. Imagine a newbie thinking of starting to play EvE, and coming here and reading thread after thread about how gankers hunt new players, ganking is too easy, ganking is imbalanced and needs to ne nerfed. You (and others) make it sound like this game is overrun with ganking and it is making it impossible to play, when the truth is ganking is rare and mostly avoidable once one learns the skills that others have catalogued here. You admitted that you have never been ganked. I have never been ganked. Most people have never been ganked. You are spreading fear with your constant drum beat and scaring off new players. ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/100 "2026-02-25T14:04:22Z")
> [@T\_Elliot](#): > > You admitted that you have never been ganked. “I don’t get ganked.” Reading is hard… ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/101 "2026-02-25T14:08:03Z")
> [@Gasephed\_Sinak](#): > > “I don’t get ganked.” If you don’t get ganked, then you’ve never been ganked. If you have been ganked, then you get ganked. Are we going to have to discuss what the meaning of “is” is? Or do you not really mean what you say, but your language is symbolic posturing without truth behind it? ---
**Author:** ![T\_Elliot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/t_elliot/32/453851_2.png) [@T\_Elliot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/T_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/102 "2026-02-25T14:12:31Z")
I am sorry if I am coming off as a stickler here @Gasephed_Sinak. I do really enjoy EvE. After Shadowbane died I’ve found this is the only game that scratches my itch. There are almost no other nonconsensual PVP games left, and nothign that has a slightly slower pace like EvE. I really do resent people who try to water down what makes EvE special and call for nerfs to other’s playstyles. ---
**Author:** ![Rus\_Coder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rus_coder/32/491456_2.png) [@Rus\_Coder](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rus_Coder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/103 "2026-02-25T14:21:15Z")
Means JF fitted to half its tank capability is done on purpose to make it assimetric. Otherwise pilot will increase tank and play safer to make it more symmetric. ---
**Author:** ![Gasephed\_Sinak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gasephed_sinak/32/478207_2.png) [@Gasephed\_Sinak](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gasephed_Sinak)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/104 "2026-02-25T14:38:58Z")
> [@T\_Elliot](#): > > what makes EvE special How many systems openly allow PvP? * * * > [@Rus\_Coder](#): > > Means JF fitted to half its tank That’s just funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rus\_Coder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/rus_coder/32/491456_2.png) [@Rus\_Coder](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rus_Coder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206/105 "2026-02-25T15:08:12Z")
Yep, very funny [Rhea | Lorenzo McWaffle | Killmail | zKillboard](https://zkillboard.com/kill/133613359/) Reduce tank more, I would like to blow it up by spending 10M isk. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ganking-is-a-valid-form-of-gameplay-just-like-pvp-everywhere-else-in-eve-online-and-it-takes-practice-to-get-good-at-more-inside/507206.md?page=6)