# My pov about the game returning on it after 8 years **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-pov-about-the-game-returning-on-it-after-8-years/432944 "2023-12-18T03:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-pov-about-the-game-returning-on-it-after-8-years/432944/52 "2023-12-18T12:28:00Z")
> [@Laurane\_Laframboise](#): > > some will answer that you have to be always careful, but how boring it is if you can’t even mine some low profitable minerals in high sec while doing smthg else. For good or ill, ganking is part of the game. CCP has decided that bad emotional responses are just as good for EVE as good ones, and they’ve also decided the economy needs as most destruction as they can manage. Combat in EVE is, overall, clunky, awkward, slow to find, quick to finish, and not overly rewarding except in certain specific circumstances. As a result, there’s not as much of it as there should be in a space game featuring PvP. So CCP has a very broad acceptance standard for where and how PvP should happen. As far as they’re concerned, ganking by whatever method (whether single ship or multbox) is just fine. Players have tried to alter CCP’s stance on it for 2 decades, it’s not likely to change. The best you can do is remain aware of the risks and how to reduce them. You’re newly back so you were likely doing something you felt is kinda relaxing and low risk, when along comes some gank squad. Well, that’s irritating, but it’s basically your wake-up call. It’s a reminder that even though things may appear to be going smoothly in EVE, crap happens. Anywhere, any time. For many, that’s part of the attraction. A few standard precautions and a certain amount of attention (ie., not watching some other screen for 10 minutes before coming back to EVE) are enough to enable most people to go years in high sec without getting ganked. Google for “EVE Online how do I avoid ganks” and check some videos or links like the following: > [@A Nobody's Guide to Not Getting Ganked](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-nobodys-guide-to-not-getting-ganked/404860): > > Before we begin, we need to clearly define what we mean by ganking. For the purposes of this guide, ganking is an attack on a ship in high sec that results in the attacker being destroyed by CONCORD. That means that while some of these suggestions might help in low-sec, null-sec, or J-space, but that is not the primary goal of this guide. First of all, set all the known ganking groups to orange or red in your contacts list. Type the name of the group in the search bar in your Eve client (its… [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/9/e/1/9e1fcd6510290d5b74272dfba8473d5f68673af1.jpeg "Eve Online : The Top 10 Tips To Avoid Getting Ganked! (2022)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNC909rDB4) Hope things go better in the future, good luck! --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-pov-about-the-game-returning-on-it-after-8-years/432944)._