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EVE is a game that goes on 24 hours a day, right? Meaning I stand a chance at losing my ships when I'm sleeping or otherwise not available to play. I've already

EVE is a game that goes on 24 hours a day, right? Meaning I stand a chance at losing my ships when I'm sleeping or otherwise not available to play. I've already tried a few 24/7 games and I just can't. Edit: I stand corrected. Thanks guyz.

xwdv 4y ago
The flip side of this is even when you’re not playing you’re making progress.
0des 4y ago
You typically dock your ship and it usually cannot be molested unless undocked
subdude 4y ago
Ships that are docked in stations are safe, and in space your ship will warp away and disappear when you log off. The only exception is if you're already in combat. Your ship will still attempt to warp away, but it will remain in space until a combat timer expires.
- snerbles 4y ago
  It is worth noting that player-disconnected ships in emergency warp can be probed down by experienced players with the right equipment. The combat logoff timer was introduced as a countermeasure to the "logoffski", a tactic employed by Russian players involving deliberately disconnecting in the middle of a fight to avoid losses.
  - yuubi 4y ago
    however, the safe logoff button avoids emergency warp. in exchange for sitting in space without maneuvering or activating modules for 30 seconds, you disappear immediately when the time runs out. at least this was the mechanic a couple of years ago.
    - snerbles 4y ago
      Still is. When doing sneaky stuff in enemy territory and they have all exits blocked the usual procedure is to cloak up until the combat timer runs out, then (after checking for hostile combat probes) de-cloak and start safe logoff. If you're in something big and expensive (i.e. a black ops battleship), there's still a good chance you can get probed down and turned into a big fat juicy killmail before that timer expires.
seangrogg 4y ago
Generally speaking, no. If you log off in a game-generated station you're safe. As well, if you successfully log off in space you will also be safe as I recall. But if you log off somewhere that's destructible I'm fairly certain you could lose that ship if the facility itself is blown up. But in that case you're likely part of an alliance that will bankroll you a new ship from their industrial war engine.
- snerbles 4y ago
  There are mechanics that protect assets in player-owned (and therefore destructible) structures, so long as the station is properly fueled and maintained in known space. Your stuff gets whisked away to a nearby NPC station, where several days later you can retrieve it for a certain percentage of its assessed value. Of course, should the station owners fail to maintain said station (you'll get a notification if the structure goes low-power), or you're bold enough to park assets outside of known space (wormholes, Pochven, etc)...upon destruction about 50% (random chance, the Loot Fairy is quite capricious) of your stuff can wind up in a big debris cloud affectionately known as a "loot piñata". Destroying an abandoned station is quite easy, the real problem is snapping up the haul before rival raiders swoop in for a fight.

xwdv 4y ago

The flip side of this is even when you’re not playing you’re making progress.

0des 4y ago

You typically dock your ship and it usually cannot be molested unless undocked

subdude 4y ago

Ships that are docked in stations are safe, and in space your ship will warp away and disappear when you log off. The only exception is if you're already in combat. Your ship will still attempt to warp away, but it will remain in space until a combat timer expires.

snerbles 4y ago
It is worth noting that player-disconnected ships in emergency warp can be probed down by experienced players with the right equipment. The combat logoff timer was introduced as a countermeasure to the "logoffski", a tactic employed by Russian players involving deliberately disconnecting in the middle of a fight to avoid losses.
- yuubi 4y ago
  however, the safe logoff button avoids emergency warp. in exchange for sitting in space without maneuvering or activating modules for 30 seconds, you disappear immediately when the time runs out. at least this was the mechanic a couple of years ago.
  - snerbles 4y ago
    Still is. When doing sneaky stuff in enemy territory and they have all exits blocked the usual procedure is to cloak up until the combat timer runs out, then (after checking for hostile combat probes) de-cloak and start safe logoff. If you're in something big and expensive (i.e. a black ops battleship), there's still a good chance you can get probed down and turned into a big fat juicy killmail before that timer expires.

seangrogg 4y ago

Generally speaking, no. If you log off in a game-generated station you're safe. As well, if you successfully log off in space you will also be safe as I recall. But if you log off somewhere that's destructible I'm fairly certain you could lose that ship if the facility itself is blown up. But in that case you're likely part of an alliance that will bankroll you a new ship from their industrial war engine.

snerbles 4y ago
There are mechanics that protect assets in player-owned (and therefore destructible) structures, so long as the station is properly fueled and maintained in known space. Your stuff gets whisked away to a nearby NPC station, where several days later you can retrieve it for a certain percentage of its assessed value. Of course, should the station owners fail to maintain said station (you'll get a notification if the structure goes low-power), or you're bold enough to park assets outside of known space (wormholes, Pochven, etc)...upon destruction about 50% (random chance, the Loot Fairy is quite capricious) of your stuff can wind up in a big debris cloud affectionately known as a "loot piñata". Destroying an abandoned station is quite easy, the real problem is snapping up the haul before rival raiders swoop in for a fight.