# The NPE Is Failing Noobs **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-npe-is-failing-noobs/376498 "2022-09-11T13:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Altara\_Zemara](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/altara_zemara/32/390110_2.png) [@Altara\_Zemara](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Altara_Zemara)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-npe-is-failing-noobs/376498/63 "2022-09-13T15:29:56Z")
> [@Bob\_Mo\_rane](#): > > I still have a couple of ships in Trossere. Did the agents missions there. Mirilene, Vittenyn… All those systems only ever have Scordite and Veldspar, that’s it. Not much I could build with that. So I bought a few blueprints and mine in 0.5 and 0.4 so I can manufacture what I want and when I’ll get ganked I’ll manufacture or buy another Venture and scope out more 0.5 0.4 and even Null. But then, everything depends _which path_ the noob goes down ( to which I’d add the proviso ’ as it should ’ ) . Once I had my Venture I spent several weeks mining and building up ISK…and getting the skills for a Procurer…in a 0.8 system. I never saw the point of mining in 0.6, 0.5 systems…I went ratting in those systems instead. So my first ( and only ) experience of being ganked was actually while ratting in a 0.5 system, and not while mining or on any mission…which is why it was several weeks into the game before it happened. So the people mining and being ganked in 0.5 systems on day 1 are actually taking a riskier path. And the question then is…do they _know_ they are on a riskier path ? Has some adherence to missions ( which I did _not_ initially follow ) led them there ? This is extremely relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Mo\_rane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bob_mo_rane/32/333433_2.png) [@Bob\_Mo\_rane](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bob_Mo_rane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-npe-is-failing-noobs/376498/64 "2022-09-13T16:04:35Z")
> [@Altara\_Zemara](#): > > So the people mining and being ganked in 0.5 systems on day 1 are actually taking a riskier path. I do know I take “risks” ( even though the only risk is losing a pixelated ship and the time it took to get it ) mining in 0.4 and Null, clearing asteroid belts of rats so I can mine… But I want to. That’s what makes it exciting. I’m not playing games to feel safe. If I want _safe_ I put a video of Robert Norman Ross and pass out with a glass of rhum. > [@Altara\_Zemara](#): > > And the question then is…do they _know_ they are on a riskier path ? Has some adherence to missions ( which I did not initially follow ) led them there ? I don’t know if _they_ do but I do. Missions have nothing to do with my decision to live in 0.5 and operate in Low. I have to say that one of the graphs from the last MER made my mind up for me. Besides, highsec is too populated and the gains are minimal. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-npe-is-failing-noobs/376498/65 "2022-12-12T16:04:45Z")
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