EVE New Citizens Q&A

while maintaining angular velocity is good practice for mitigating damage it can also harm your own DPS.

Since angular velocity is the same for both parties you will need to decide whether your guns can track at the speed and distance you are orbiting at.

Usually in pve you will actually attempt to maintain as close to 0 angular while kiting the npcs at a longer range than they can shoot.

In pvp it depends on a lot of situations.

I've practiced with rats a bit, even after I started PvPing -- nothing wrong with that. Ultimately, you'll want to get out there be it RVB, FW, soloing, null etc. but training is a really good thing early on. As far as strategy, I'd keep reading up on it. Consider, checking out Agony Unleashed's website/classes and Eve PvP blogs.

Understanding how guns and tracking works is a big part of it. Then you move on to more advanced topics -- such as damage vs. ROF., stuff like that.

I *think* you can read RVB forums with guest acess: password rvb -- there is good info there, too. E-uni has some good stuff, even if they have a reputation as a carebear corp.


Otherwise, I've been both ranged and in your face, and my favorite role is as tackler (though I love EWAR). And while there is a distinct difference between a competent PvPer and an Elite one (and I don't claim to be the latter), I'd say I don't use a lot of what I learned -- maybe 50/50 just because of the type of PvP I do or have done most.

Fights tend to be blobby or too chaotic for me to do more than the basics and (hopefully) kill/tackle more and die less. Solo and small gang isn't dead though (where tactics really shine) -- but you have to put in the hours to find it, generally. (Though I guess there is the dueling system now, I don't know how "honest" that is.)

I'd say some of the best tactics I've learned, and ones that should be prioritized, is how to escape or avoid being scrammed & webbed -- unless you plan on being in range to do the same.

SiSi -- The test server -- is a good place to practice that, even if you're only a gnat dodging bullets at first. It might be a little much until you get basic & frig skills out of the way (assuming you haven't) but it's something to keep in mind. Plus, you might find someone willing to 1v1 you there in-game.