Warfare & Tactics

This is going to come across as a 'WTFegopost' but actually what I'm trying to do is show people pro pvp is not as pro as you think it is. 20% of fights need /pro mode engaged but the rest need as I explain below. Example below.

I call it Gizmo and he's awesome. If you laugh at this fit then clearly you are not a l33t novice plex pvper. I'm also not but if a l33t solo novice plex pvper flew this he'd be totally proier than I am.

[Atron, rail kite]
Tracking Enhancer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Tracking Enhancer II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator

150mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S
[empty high slot]

Small Ionic Field Projector I
Small Ionic Field Projector I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I


This is a rail atron, load 500 jav, anti-matter and spike and you are good to go. It costs somewhere around 6 million isk.

This month, so far I have 51 kills for 4 losses in this ship. Many of which are pure solo and i have to say has been the most fun I've had in eve for a very long time. Not because it's pro but because the ship doesn't matter, which is why I'll just enter any plex whatever the hell is on gate and pew some ****. Freedom in eve at its finest and ANYONE can do this.

I use lg snakes and zor with 3% implants on surgical strike, trajectory analysis. this means I travel at 5100ms. Without it I travel at 4242ms and its important to realise that the kills I have would have happened implants or not.
I didn't use links, I made a point of it.

How did I kill 80% of my targets?

Warp into plex, click keep at range 17500m, activate MWD, lock target and apply point, web and rails. 9/10 times you will clear range before you get scramed, if you get webbed don't worry, you've webbed target and you have mwd active, you'll be fine. If you do get scrammed there is a very high chance you'll coast out of scram range to re engage it so watch for that and re engage mwd when you can.

This is not the only ship that can do this, lml condor is king, arty rifter does same job, beam exec (yes its a thing) also. Basically anything thats fast, can shoot 20-22km and can stay out of range to the target while it's trying to murder your beloved face that mum so lovingly crafted for you with daddy.

Be sure to welp to a suitable battlecry, my faves being 'DAI WT SCUM TO THE ALL POWAHFUL GIIIIIIZMOOOOOOOOOOOO'

or just 'GIIIIIIIZMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO' for short.

You will die to anything with an lml...... OR WILL YOU???? (check killboard for solo lml kestral kill LOL) but yes you should :) Otherwise its all good specifically if you engage a brawler. I've had great fights against other kiters but they tend to be a draw a lot more on both parts and both parties end up urning from each other and bailing or take a breather :)

I am terrible at this game, if I can do this so can you :)

In summary, 80% of my fights required NO SKILL AT ALL!. This is fortunate because if I have to think I'm ******.....

-Warp into target or let him come to you
-Click keep at range and set it to 17500
-Apply point, web if it sticks and rails
-If target starts to try to draw you into range using slingshot or /promode then overheat web and spam that **** at 14km range... he'll **** off sharpish.
-Kill target

-If target can hurt you GTFO because you super quick like a ferret chasing a rabbit down a pipe and shizzle.... or just dai because 6mill is bugger all. Your choice.

Once you can do this now you can apply same theory into other ships, scale up, through the tiers, through the ship classes till your kiting like a pro. Remember though, now you can have a feeling of self satisfaction because you decided to go pro, make a movie or something!

P.S. once you believe OMG I am pro, now add links. Grats, you just became awesome at eve solo frig pvp in fw ;)

P.P.S someones going to say TD counter you n00b! Nope, load spike... do same thing. Fights longer but same outcome.

disclaimer: if this fails and you give up it's probably because you just need more practise :)

(I love all soloers, especially those that make awesome win videos but the myth that eve pvp is hard must be broken. It's not, it's just maths and the control of your own fear of loss.)

Have fun guys :)

The wisdom here is so high... It blew my mind, I couldn't agree more darling.
Good read :)

This is actually a good post.

I dont understand.

lol hey guys. I was a little drunk when I wrote this. Reading it back through it doesn't actually seem that bad although as we all know kids.

DON'T DRINK AND POST!

Damn...


Every good thread has a drunk guy behind it..

The Venture still holds its title as king of PvP. When paired with an ECM Ibis (Who needs solo anyways right?) and three boosting alts + hard drugs / silicon implants. I find it really hard for people to beat me in my 1337 solo PvP.

Poasting your fit is second only to local intel.

Not pro.

If you want to proclaim yourself pro, you need to post long florid paragraphs full of sperg and self aggrandisement and a battle report showing your PvPPPPPP victory.

Seriously, have you ever played the forum game before?

no

I mean, yes, snaked kiters can skitter away from scram/web/AB brawlers if the latter isn't on top of things (which they frequently won't be because they don't realize it's possible).

But you can always bet on bad.

confirming scram web condors suck to come across when you mistake them for kitters.