# I like Ganking

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**Category:** Crime & Punishment\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-like-ganking/459379 "2024-08-22T20:31:51Z")\
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**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:** [August 23, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-like-ganking/459379/12 "2024-08-23T02:54:32Z")

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Also found this and borrowing from @Gerard_Amatin

> [@Understanding and Dealing with Ganks and Gankers](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/understanding-and-dealing-with-ganks-and-gankers/320273/9):
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> Some gank do’s and don’ts:
> 
> Do:
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> - ask the person who ganked you what you could have done better, if you don’t understand what happened. (In case ganker isn’t helpful - ignore and move on. Some may have good tips though!)
> 
> Don’t:
> 
> - react angry or mad - even if you are, keep it to yourself. Don’t ‘reward’ them with your angry mails or local chat, they _like_ it when you do that
> 
> Do:
> 
> - ask yourself what you could have done differently to avoid what happened. Did you haul a lot of value? Did you not respond when that catalyst warped to your belt? Learn from it and do better next time!
> 
> Don’t:
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> - do the exact same thing again in a bigger more expensive ship. It won’t save you and they will bring enough ships to destroy your bigger ship too.
> 
> Do:
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> - try ganking for yourself (on another character) - even if you don’t enjoy it it may give you insight into the thoughts behind the ganking process that may save you from getting ganked in the future
> 
> Don’t:
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> - ask for ganking to be removed/nerfed. Risk in all of EVE is part of the game and high sec ganks are easily avoided if you know how to.
> 
> Do:
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> - make insta-dock and insta-undock bookmarks in popular tradehubs and use autopilot to immediately dock once you arrive at that bookmark.
> 
> Don’t:
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> - use autopilot anywhere else.

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