# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_rose_ivory/32/515700_2.png) [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_Rose_Ivory)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:18pm 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/507206/1194 "2026-11-12T12:18:41Z")
Technically AFK mean Away From Keyboard. I assure you the keyboard is still here while I am watching a show. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:26pm 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/507206/1195 "2026-11-12T12:26:01Z")
> [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > Other than getting some clues on who and what is moving, dscan is not very useful. In the ganks I’ve been involved in, the practice was to enter the system with the target in it at the last minute, and fleet warp to the warp in point. Its really too late at that point for the target to use d-scan and respond. They may already have wasted 3 seconds waiting for the fleet to show up in the scan, and the average mining barge is not reknowned for fast align time. All one can really do in mitigation is choose a belt as far away from any stargate as possible, to give more time. ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:32pm 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/507206/1196 "2026-11-12T12:32:21Z")
> [@Princess\_Rose\_Ivory](#): > > About the only time I use dscan – due to the systems I mine – is only when I see someone has entered, using local chat. I set up shop in a low sec cul-de-sac. This means only one gate to watch. If I am alone local chat is empty. Let’s assume there are 10 people in the system when I get started. When the 11th person arrives I have dscan set narrow on the gate and look at what type of ship just showed up. If nothing, it usually means someone woke up in a station. When I used to mine in Aurcel, I got to know who all the locals were…I do that often in EVE, wherever I go or whatever I’m doing. That way you know if a bunch of odd names show up. I’d always mine on the opposite side of the asteroid belt to the belt landing point. But I was never AFK…though I did often ( and still do ) have Youtube music playing in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Skott\_Atram](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skott_atram/32/515634_2.png) [@Skott\_Atram](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skott_Atram)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:33pm 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/507206/1197 "2026-11-12T12:33:48Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > They may already have wasted 3 seconds waiting for the fleet to show up in the scan, and the average mining barge is not reknowned for fast align time. you can fit higgs anchor rig into any mining barge and stay permanently aligned with 50% of the top speed whcih is about 20-30 m/s so you won’t spend much time on the align. Ideally, I’d have 2 or more align points to change directions and always stay somewhere around the rock and not get too far out > [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > is choose a belt as far away from any stargate as possible, to give more time combine it with this point and you increase your chances of survival even more ---
**Author:** ![Glenduil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/glenduil/32/517379_2.png) [@Glenduil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Glenduil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:39pm 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/507206/1198 "2026-11-12T12:39:50Z")
> [@Lucy\_Alfrir](#): > > AFK gaming is illegal, immoral and fattening. Ventures cost nothing. They cost less than ganker destroyers. They’re almost free. Low sec miners use them to huff gas. It only takes one trip to pay off the ship AND generate a decent profit. They don’t need to pay attention. Destroy their Venture and they simply dust themselves off, buy a new ship, and go back to AFK mining. ---
**Author:** ![Glenduil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/glenduil/32/517379_2.png) [@Glenduil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Glenduil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 12:42pm 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/507206/1199 "2026-11-12T12:42:58Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > In the ganks I’ve been involved in, the practice was to enter the system with the target in it at the last minute, and fleet warp to the warp in point. Its really too late at that point for the target to use d-scan and respond. They may already have wasted 3 seconds waiting for the fleet to show up in the scan, and the average mining barge is not reknowned for fast align time. > > All one can really do in mitigation is choose a belt as far away from any stargate as possible, to give more time. 100% accurate post here. Absolutely true! That’s why I went for shield tanking over stupid tactics like aligning while still maintaining range for the rocks or ice, D-Scan, or any other of the silly tactics that won’t save an expensive Mining Barge/Exhumer. My way worked. I mine at zero always. Can’t get a proper test any other way. Gankers can and will warp to the mining barge- not to the field. Mining on the other side won’t save you. They know how to warp straight to YOU. ---
**Author:** ![Glenduil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/glenduil/32/517379_2.png) [@Glenduil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Glenduil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 1:05pm 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/507206/1200 "2026-11-12T13:05:37Z")
An example of using D-Scan to avoid gankers: Aiko Danuja appears in local D-Scan D-Scan D-Scan Aiko gets within 14AUs D-Scan Coercers appear in you scan window “I knew it!” ---
**Author:** ![zander\_kage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zander_kage/32/518389_2.png) [@zander\_kage](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/zander_kage)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 2:39pm 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/507206/1201 "2026-11-12T14:39:50Z")
Happy Ragequit James315 🤣😂🍿 ---
**Author:** ![Lydra\_Victor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lydra_victor/32/515931_2.png) [@Lydra\_Victor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lydra_Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 2:41pm 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/507206/1202 "2026-11-12T14:41:32Z")
> [@Glenduil](#): > > Destroy their Venture and they simply dust themselves off, buy a new ship, and go back to AFK mining. you’ve discovered suicide mining. Earn big, Die cheap ---
**Author:** ![Lydra\_Victor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lydra_victor/32/515931_2.png) [@Lydra\_Victor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lydra_Victor)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 2:57pm 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/507206/1203 "2026-11-12T14:57:31Z")
Kage’s forum Alt No. 03 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 3:12pm 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/507206/1204 "2026-11-12T15:12:35Z")
> [@Glenduil](#): > > Gankers can and will warp to the mining barge- not to the field. Mining on the other side won’t save you. They know how to warp straight to YOU. That ‘harmless’ Venture mining right next to you is their scout and warp in point 🙂 That’s how it was done when I did it. But a cloaked ship could easily be used…as long as it uncloaks just before warping the fleet in. ---
**Author:** ![Murder\_Maid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/murder_maid/32/515993_2.png) [@Murder\_Maid](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Murder_Maid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 3:56pm 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/507206/1205 "2026-11-12T15:56:11Z")
Let’s be honest in a venture specced right with it’s 2sec warp if you stay aligned even if they drop you, you can still warp out as it takes a few seconds to fully drop in and then target lock you. Just saying your kinda trash if they get you enough to the point your crying about it Push S, Gone… ---
**Author:** ![Drosera\_Binata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drosera_binata/32/516991_2.png) [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:00pm 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/507206/1206 "2026-11-12T19:00:22Z")
dont you dare reply UTA! at least dont rant ---
**Author:** ![Uta\_Asmai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uta_asmai/32/476817_2.png) [@Uta\_Asmai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uta_Asmai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:03pm 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/507206/1207 "2026-11-12T19:03:43Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Do stop projecting. The person who presents absolutely nothing in the way of facts and who resorts to insults in every single post is you. So as well as being a proven outright liar ( see above ) you are also a hypocrite. LOL i don’t know what’s funnier…Someone like YOU saying this or YOU actually believing what you say… A ‘projecting’ insult from a person who projects every small bit of what i say, abuses and perverts it into something to attack me(the already mentioned ‘christmas scandal’ is the best example here) because there is nothing in his own pocket to throw at me and so in his desperation he uses MY OWN posts for de-valuation, but anything he archives is some kind of outing how HELPLESS he really is for anybody to see… And the moment he realizes it posts are altered and facts that were used moments ago against me dissapear mysteriously… Pathetic as it can be… But let me guess…that never happenend… No… You are not to be taken serious in your fight against someone just stating an opinion and facts you do not like and again…the moment you fear to lose you change reality by altering post of me to ‘prove’ what you said… Do you REALLy think people are THIS dumb? 🙂 I wish you a happy ragequit… ---
**Author:** ![Uta\_Asmai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uta_asmai/32/476817_2.png) [@Uta\_Asmai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uta_Asmai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:08pm 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/507206/1208 "2026-11-12T19:08:23Z")
> [@Lydra\_Victor](#): > > Kage’s forum Alt No. 03 🤪 Can you please be MORE stupid? It’s funny… He has no alts we are - believe it or not- real people… But your kind has a problem with the fact that there is 75’% of the server that simply deny your approach to the game, so this was to be expected… 🙂 So the real question is why aren’t more people teaching you the reality here… The answer is really simple…you are too irrelevant and too annoying for them to even react… ---
**Author:** ![Drosera\_Binata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drosera_binata/32/516991_2.png) [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:11pm 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/507206/1209 "2026-11-12T19:11:08Z")
you argued against the first part in my little bit of skimming, but i saw nothing about you being a hypocrite, so, does that mean that you are 🤔 :psyccp: :ccpguard: these specific emojis are growing on me now i know why @Uriel_the_Flame uses them ---
**Author:** ![Uta\_Asmai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uta_asmai/32/476817_2.png) [@Uta\_Asmai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uta_Asmai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:13pm 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/507206/1210 "2026-11-12T19:13:07Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Utter balderdash. Germany is not a socialist country. It is a capitalist federal republic. You clearly don’t know what socialism is. It is _state control of the means of production_. You know…like they had in East Germany when you had to wait 10 years for a Trabant made by some worker who could not be fired no matter how bad he did his job and thus had no incentive to do a good job. My BMW…on the other hand…was created by a capitalist economy. DUDE…ever heard about something called ‘sarcasm’ and ‘Irony’? If you are so smart why the heck do i even have to mention this? ---
**Author:** ![Tharshe\_Bloes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tharshe_bloes/32/491277_2.png) [@Tharshe\_Bloes](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tharshe_Bloes)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:37pm 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/507206/1211 "2026-11-12T19:37:53Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Some people go on about d-scan. I judge d-scan to be useless against gankers. I haven’t even opened D-Scan 🤭 I know what it’s supposed to do but I don’t really care to bother. I have several iterations of the ships I use most and I fully expect to lose them at some point. Tomorrow, next year doesn’t matter. I make enough isk now to replace them. Although I don’t think I can afford Faction Warfare yet. Of course I’m not diddle-yoddling through space and poking at everything I see but I enjoy my EVE playtime and that’s really what matters in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 7:49pm 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/507206/1212 "2026-11-12T19:49:02Z")
> [@Uta\_Asmai](#): > > Do you REALLy think people are THIS dumb? Oh do stop acting as if you speak for ‘people’ or ‘we’. You clearly don’t speak for anyone else. I’d reduce ‘people’ down to just one person…you… and answer your question ‘Yes’. At which point, frankly, it is time I finally blocked you and your toxic posts. Goodbye. Good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![zander\_kage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zander_kage/32/518389_2.png) [@zander\_kage](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/zander_kage)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 8:16pm 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/507206/1213 "2026-11-12T20:16:31Z")
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