Tell us how to avoid getting ganked in EVE Online safe space for $7!

1. Use Freight services to move stuff around

2. Don't undock what you cannot afford to lose

3. Always stay aligned

4. Use insta bookmarks

5. Use gate bookmarks and perches

6. If you can cloak - cloak

7. Use scouts to get intel

8. Avoid gank systems like the plague that they are

9. Don't go through Ahbazon

10. Use dscan ALL THE TIME & look for emerging threats

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To avoid ganks in safe space, always stay aligned to a safe location, use your cloaking device when not in use, keep a close eye on the local chat and directional scanner, and consider traveling with others for added safety, while staying cautious of potential traps and hostile players.

First and foremost, accept the fact that no place is safe. If you undock, you're killable. However, you can absolutely minimize the risk of being taken unawares.

1. Set known ganking alliance, corps and individuals (especially the ganker scouts) to red in your contacts. This way you can see the reds as you enter a system, or as they enter a system.

2. Watch local. If someone looks suspicious you can always run them in zkill. Gankers don't always connect, but sometimes they do.

3. If you're going to be out in space in a system (i.e. mining, missions, etc) click on someone in local. Then ctrl + A. This will highlight everyone in the system. Newcomers will NOT be highlighted. This is a great way to know who's new in any known space.

4. Learn the mechanics behind a gank. Once you learn you can see a gank a mile away (i.e. being able to recognize when concord was pulled or how much time you have after a gank happened until the gankers are active again). Knowledge is power.

5. DScan, Dscan, Dscan. V is the default Dscan hot key. Make it a habit to press it all the time.

6. If you're going to fly something blingy through space (like an incursion ship), travel fit it. This means brick tanking it and moving your shiny modules separately in a fast align ship.

7. Learn how to recognize the gankers scout on a gate. If you see them dock up. You can either log off for awhile or jump in a corvette and go find them. As soon as they get blown up you're likely safe to move.

8. Use 3rd party software such as zkill, eve gate check, local threat and dot lan to see what systems on your route or where you're going to play are hot spots.

9. Don't fly gate to gate. This goes for low and null as well. By coming in from a different angle their placement might be wrong and you can slip through.

And of course if you end of getting ganked in high sec, contact your ganker and ask them WHY they picked you as a target. Maybe you let your guard down or you shook your tail feathers and presented a too tempting of a target. However, be prepared to hear they were just bored. At the end of day, Eve will Eve.

How do you avoid getting ganked in Highsec? Simple, don't be worth shooting in the first place.

You can never be completely gank proof. Some people just login and decide they're going to make something explode, regardless of the loot it drops. One day, that explosion will be your ship. This is something you just have to accept, which is why the phrase "Don't fly what you can't replace" is a common mantra in Eve.

But there are things you can do to at least prevent the more discerning gankers from taking potshots at you. Being a low value target is top of the list. This doesn't mean you're restricted to bad ships, but if a T2 fitted Marauder can do the job, why put a target on your back by fitting blingy modules?

Assuming you absolutely have to use bling, or if you're moving high value cargo, you need to at least employ best practices when travelling.

1. Always fit the biggest tank you can. Passive is better. Ganks happen so fast that a shield booster isn't going to do you any good.

2. Avoid modules that decrease your tank, such as cargo expanders. They may appear useful, up until your ship dies and your loot fills someone else's cargo.

3. If you're flying something that can cloak, use it. Gankers have scouts that scan ships. They can't scan what they can't see.

4. Almost as good as a cloak is a ship that can align in under 2 seconds. This makes it impossible for all but the most specialized ships from locking you. They can't shoot what they can't lock.

5. Use bookmarks. When warping to a station normally, you have a chance to land slightly outside of the docking radius. A few seconds is all it takes to lose your ship. Bookmark a spot well within the docking radius and use this when warping to the station. You can also bookmark a spot a few hundred kilometers straight out from the undock. This lets you enter warp instantly after undocking, instead of having to align.

Finally, always ask yourself "does this feel safe?" Trust your gut. If you find yourself hoping that there's no gankers around, you've probably messed up one of the above points.

Fly safe.