# 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

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**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")\
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**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 24, 2026, 5:56am 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/507206/40 "2026-02-24T05:56:25Z")

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I made a list of counterplay options:

> [@Counterplays to Ganking](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/counterplays-to-ganking/489821):
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> Some loser whinebabies keep pretending there is “no counterplay” to Highsec ganking. I decided to make a list of counterplay options, feel free to chime in below if you think of something I missed, and I will update the list. pay the gankers to gank someone else (it works!) you go elsewhere dock up fit your ship (try armor, shield, DCU, bulkheads, and rigs) warp away (try aligning, using bookmarks) use an afterburner/MWD drones (lots of options) ecm - these are literal ‘countermeasures’ boosts…

1. pay the gankers to gank someone else (it works!)

2. you go elsewhere

3. dock up

4. fit your ship (try armor, shield, DCU, bulkheads, and rigs)

5. warp away (try aligning, using bookmarks)

6. use an afterburner/MWD

7. drones (lots of options)

8. ecm - these are literal ‘countermeasures’

9. boosts/reps

10. logi

11. bait

12. smartbombs

13. stationcamp the gankers

14. gatecamp the gankers

15. wardec the gankers (we all own structures somewhere)

16. beg

17. whine in the forums

18. gank the gankers - for example, Novus Ordo mines in Silen, Abudban, and Finanar - if they can gank your miner, you can gank their miner

19. cloaky loki

20. hunt their suspect looter

21. kill their scouts

22. steal their loot

23. shoot their decloak fighters

24. warp core stabilizer

25. join a fleet

26. dont go AFK

27. scam the gankers

28. don’t be a miner

29. overheat

30. warn other miners

31. try scouting

32. use an alt

33. phone a friend

34. be cool and get adopted as a ganker’s pet

35. learn to bump

36. try cloaking

37. dont be greedy

38. buy a mining permit/mining rights/multipass

39. pay rent

40. get good

41. be more like Aiko Danuja

42. praise me (and please me)

43. dont be obnoxious

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