Thanks for the heads up.
Last Hulkageddon I rented 2 different merc corporations.
Costed me 400m in total (which equals 4 days of mining).
I told them my corpmates needed protection and everyone in the system not in a mining boat would be war targets except for some blue standings (that I added from a list with the people I kept track off and don't even know I did ... )
At some point I was the only one mining plus some newbs and people who never heard about Hulkageddon.
I had to quit the second week so I did not get noticed but it was fun while it lasted.
Even joined them in a covops scouting and saw some action.
Prices for ice went up so high and as said I was the only one that instead of needing 4 days to cover my expenses, I was done in 2.5.
The conclusion is; be pro-active, be original, don't be the victim.
My best solution is diplomacy; I just sent the regular miners in the systems that I use a message telling that I made them blue be cause we need to support each other.
Most of them return the favor and now a year later I still mostly see blue only in local and we all cover for each other (macro-miner or not).
When I have time, I invest in conversations with local (not
IN local, just convo started by a view messages first so I don't startle them).
Sometimes I even open up my fleet for others and we mine together (thus adding more confusion towards profiling done by CCP or others
)
Hulkageddon should be considered an opportunity, together you are strong
)