Was that you a year ago? Triple smart box?
In EVE online we only use ganking for suicide ganking (criminal attack that ensures concord retribuition). Try to use the same terminology so we can avoid those misundersttandings.
I wasn’t aware of that, but I appreciate the information. As I said before, my first post in the thread would still apply to any loss of a ship. It “never” feels great, but that’s the game.
I respectfully disagree. I, and to my knowledge at least several thousand other players, frequently fly ships fully expecting (and even intending) to lose them. Whelping a cheap fit fleet on a low/null roam is a blast. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but every time out is an adventure. It can actually be disappointing to have a ship survive after expecting to write it off - that usually means no content was found on the roam.
EVE is a game where ship loss is absolutely necessary for the game to function as designed. Destruction is literally the only way to remove resources from the game. Other MMOs avoid this via power creep mechanics - making current gear obsolete on a regular basis - and by forcing significant resource sinks via NPC market spaces. In EVE, all of that is done by other players, so to maintain a player-focused economy there also has to be player-focused destruction of assets.
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Because you are equivocating the loss of the ship with the adrenaline of flying it into battle. The latter can surely be addictive but the former is really never great. …acceptable yes, not great.
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If I am not willing to risk my ship to have fun, what am I doing playing a PvP space combat game?
Getting blown up is part of the adventure. Every loss is recoverable. I don’t fly what I cannot afford to have blown up at undock. I mitigate my risks in situations where I would like it to last longer than that, of course, but any time I undock I assume my ship is going to get blown up and accept that as part of being in space in a game where you consent to PvP by logging in.
You telling what you do to manage the risk only demonstrate that it is not the part of “risk/reward” that appeal to you.
Same there and, it seems, same with @Von_DeMoreno. If and when we can’t handle it anymore then we will just move on to something else.
“Willing to” and “happy about” are not equivalent. While I understand your perspective, I agree with @Pan_Dora1. You’re equivocating two things that aren’t really equivalent. I’ve heard plenty of people ignore the loss of their ship in preference of celebrating the fight in which they lost it, but I’ve yet to hear someone say, “I’m glad I lost my ship.”
They may accept it, but that doesn’t mean they like it.
I got SB-ed on a gate while warping straight to it in an empty pod.
Dude convo-ed me saying it was a lenghty method of getting home in a pod. Easily smartbombed too.
He thought I was a n00b cos I had no implants and warped straight to the gate. Very thoughtful of him I reckon. 
He forgot this tho:
If its important not to get blown up, do not warp straight to a gate but a spot about 200 off thats not in line. That way you can calmly see whats at the gate. D-scanning while in warp to see if you need to be ready to move again as soon as you land can also be helpful.
Don’t get upset about space-pixels. Next thing you know you’re claiming there’s only 1 valid way to play EVE 
Well, to be correct, the only one who lost something is you 
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It’s like the lottery. Sometimes it’s an empty pod. Sometimes it’s a person in their slave set shuttling back to high sec.
I once had a Navy Scorpion with faction smart bombs that I spent something like 2 billion isk on all told. First time I took it out, first pod was a 4-5 billion isk high grade set. I sold the scorpion soon after.
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Some of my fondest memories in eve were throwaway fleets, or ships lost in a fight hanging by a razor’s edge. Losing ships can be great fun.
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yeah ya do Rancer is up for grabbs 
lemme help. Gank is when some one kills you for your shiny items.
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not me - I manufacture shuttles so it cost me nothing but a small bit of tritanium…
…and it gave me a big laugh to see that a Marshall - a ship I can’t even afford - was sitting idle at a gate waiting for…nothing
Was he alone? You know what I would do … baiting him next time and have friends ready to kill the juicy Marshal. With the WCS change three points can hold any non-bonused ship. He will also have an ECM burst, hence you need a longer range tackle or a lot of ships. It’s doable. Maybe call BB.
EDIT: the fit BEFORE the WCS change Marshal | Xavier Ghasha | Killmail | zKillboard I guess he now has more tank and align time mods. A decent bomber squad with one-two recons should be able to do the job. The corp looks like a one-man show with alts for bail-out.
BTW, the km shows how it’s done. Bait, suicide bomber tackle, cyno up, jump in fleet, kill.
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Dont you think bombers have eyes in all systems around them?
You dont just sit still on a gate with a 3B ship in this case marshal then its around a 9 or 10b
What do eyes help? The only thing you need is an unburned cyno / tackle alt.
I was going to ask you if you wanted to buy a marshal.
Also i dont belive he was idle but seen you coming and warped to hes pings.
I don’t have time for such nonsense - I’d just as soon have his 11B ship sitting still on a gate where we can avoid him