it’s not really more difficult.
I think it’s more interesting. Just like, before it was too easy and had no challenge at all. At least I can die if I go to pee and forget to dock, or get disconnected in HS.
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You only need to use the Survey Scanner once in a while. Carry a mobile depot, and refit a LSE 2. Provided you do not close the survey window, the results will remain in display. Or swap in a Drone Navigation Computer which also gives a speed boost to both Salvage and Mining Drones. (not only combat drones).
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I think the Moderators need do something with the guy who CODE reolplay in 30 messages. Rule 11 as far i remember is not roleplaying in forums
I just came back as an alpha, and these trig rats are absolutely out of whack for what you’d expect in a high sec belt.
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Its space, you shouldnt expect anything except the unexpected.
As a returning player on a new account I can say it’s not more interesting. I got to watch my Venture get blown out of the sky in two hits. There was no chance to run as soon as they showed up they started shooting. It’s not a good look for EVE Online when a new player is told to “stay in high-sec” and then gets blown up in a 0.9 sec system. I get that it shakes things up for older more long term players but for new players it can break the game. I’ve lost 3 ventures in one day due to these roving NPC jerks and not once was I afk mining. I’m all for NPC rats but in high sec systems that haven’t been invaded they shouldn’t be two-shot kills… more like 10-shot kills so I can actually run away.
Join a corp. That doesn’t happen in our corp.
There are occasional losses as we let our Alphas and noobs find their legs, but nothing abnormal. Eve is known to be a particularly difficult game. It’s made extremely difficult if one tries to play in single mode.
Indeed. I played on and off back at launch all the way up until 2012-ish. Back then the rats/patrols in high-sec were manageable to new players (or so I remember). I’ve since joined a corp and they have nearly 24/7 mining fleet so hopefully you’re right and that’ll boost my enjoyment.
On the upside the patrols have made me more interested in getting some sweet revenge lol so I’ll be building up some combat skills as I can to hopefully participate in beating them back 
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I’ve got some of my newer guys running with vets and they clean up on Trigs now. Sometimes it’s hard to get them to mine anymore. 
I just want them to enjoy their time in-game, though, and it’s a good source of ISK.
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I would storngly advise you to join people doing conduits. Those have a lot of ore, and if you can keep someone in them it will be some of the most safe mining you can do in eve. Besides mining in a mission pocket, of course.
Yah I’ve tried doing some mining missions. I get about 40k per mission (level 1 agent)… not sure if it’s worth the time invested though… is it? 
mining missions re bad. I was talking about the security missions, that contain ore . Those missions disappear once you leave them and they are completed (by talking to the agent). But you can do the mission, then come back in a mining ship without telling your agent. They are safer than the conduits because they are gated, that is nobody can warp to you directly : they need to go by the gat, so if you mine far from the entry point of the gate you will se them coming Of course if you are AFK you will die nonetheless.
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Yah, if anything that seems to be my basic understanding of how things have changed. Back in the day I’d read a book while mining which could be classified as “semi-afk” but even that feels risky now.
There are no trigs in ore anomolies, there are normal rats plus rogue drones but handled easily with a venture and a bit of tank.
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