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Additionally, you can enter their name into ZKillboard to see if they regularly pvp and what kind of pvper they are. This will allow you to see their corp and alliance. You can right click any pilot in the list and select info. From this list you can see if a pilot is suspect (flashy yellow skull), criminal (flashy red skull) or has a negative standing to you (set by you in your contacts or your corp/alliance). Number 2: The names of the pilots who are in the system with you.
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Local can spike from a fleet traveling through or they could be coming for you. When the number starts rapidly going down, local is de-spiking. When the number starts going up quickly, pilots will say that local is spiking. Number 1: this number shows how many people are in the system with you. However, I’d argue that the local chat window is one of THE most important tools in the game. There are actually a lot of tools that can be used to maintain situational awareness in Eve Online. If you blindly click away the warning without reading or comprehending where you’re going, you are the only person that can be blamed for getting blown up. While you should maintain a high situational awareness even in high sec (gankers are out there), you really should really pay attention when going into “more dangerous” space. As long as you haven’t checked the little box saying “do not ask me again” you’ll always have to press OK before going into low/null sec from high sec, a trig system, or worm hole. There’s a few pop up warnings in Eve Online. If you’re not paying attention to local, intel channels, or what system you’re playing in, the chances of being blown up increase significantly.
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Pilots who have a high situational awareness dock their ships more often after an op than those that don’t. Situational Awareness is defined as being AWARE of what is happening around you in terms of where you are, where you’re supposed to be, and whether anyone or anything around you is a threat to your health and safety.