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Getting into PVP. How do I practice or ease into it?
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Prince Sanguine
#1 - 2014-10-25 04:32:38 UTC
I would like to start but not sure what ships to try or where to go. Any tips?Big smile

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Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2014-10-25 04:40:52 UTC
Buy frigate.

Fit frigate.

Undock frigate.

Fly frigate.

Lose frigate.

Grin.


Repeat.


Grrr.
Jegrey Dozer
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-10-25 04:43:54 UTC
Azda Ja wrote:
Buy frigate.

Fit frigate.

Undock frigate.

Fly frigate.

Lose frigate.

Grin.


Repeat.




Pretty much.
Rowells
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2014-10-25 04:46:12 UTC
There is no practice, only pain.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#5 - 2014-10-25 05:06:43 UTC
Just fit a frigate up with "ZOOM ZOOM" with an extra helping of "DAKKA DAKKA."

It won't go well the first few times... but eventually someone will come along to help you "DAKKA" better.

How did you Veterans start?
Trey Kutoi
SergalJerk
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#6 - 2014-10-25 05:08:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Trey Kutoi
What I'm doing right now is flying around lowsec in a ship and just tackling people (applying a scram and a web) and just seeing how long I can keep people scrammed before they blow me up. I bought a bunch of these frigates, so when I lose one I can go back to my staging system and get another, fairly quickly.

What I learned from speaking to others is, start losing ships, and whenever you lose one, ask whoever blew you up what you did wrong.



this video has been pretty useful to me
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#7 - 2014-10-25 05:08:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Fury
I'd suggest an industrial lubricant.
A consumer grade lubricant won't cut the mustard here.

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Prince Sanguine
#8 - 2014-10-25 05:15:39 UTC
Trey Kutoi wrote:
What I'm doing right now is flying around lowsec in a ship and just tackling people (applying a scram and a web) and just seeing how long I can keep people scrammed before they blow me up. I bought a bunch of these frigates, so when I lose one I can go back to my staging system and get another, fairly quickly.

What I learned from speaking to others is, start losing ships, and whenever you lose one, ask whoever blew you up what you did wrong.



this video has been pretty useful to me



I don't want to lose too many ships. I will go broke Cry

Everytime you read this you are required to send 100 million isk directly to me.
Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-10-25 05:18:40 UTC
Prince Sanguine wrote:
I don't want to lose too many ships. I will go broke Cry

Buy a PLEX. 80+ frigates. Enjoy.

Go mess with the FW folks, they're always up for a fight (unless you find the dirty stinkin' carebears).

CCP has no sense of humour.
Trey Kutoi
SergalJerk
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#10 - 2014-10-25 05:20:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Trey Kutoi
Prince Sanguine wrote:
Trey Kutoi wrote:
What I'm doing right now is flying around lowsec in a ship and just tackling people (applying a scram and a web) and just seeing how long I can keep people scrammed before they blow me up. I bought a bunch of these frigates, so when I lose one I can go back to my staging system and get another, fairly quickly.

What I learned from speaking to others is, start losing ships, and whenever you lose one, ask whoever blew you up what you did wrong.



this video has been pretty useful to me



I don't want to lose too many ships. I will go broke Cry


my stripped down frigate costs about 1.2 mil each. when I put guns and rigs on it, the value will be about 4 mil per.

4 mil per explosion (full T2 fitting on a T1 frigate) is cheap. you can make that back in about 20 minutes of hisec missioning. Less if you know what you're doing.

Alternatively, Join Faction Warfare, and make isk for getting blown up and blowing other people up
Maekchu
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-10-25 05:53:16 UTC
Prince Sanguine wrote:
Trey Kutoi wrote:
What I'm doing right now is flying around lowsec in a ship and just tackling people (applying a scram and a web) and just seeing how long I can keep people scrammed before they blow me up. I bought a bunch of these frigates, so when I lose one I can go back to my staging system and get another, fairly quickly.

What I learned from speaking to others is, start losing ships, and whenever you lose one, ask whoever blew you up what you did wrong.



this video has been pretty useful to me



I don't want to lose too many ships. I will go broke Cry


A T1 frigate for a newbie will set you back maybe around 1-2M tops. My T2 fitted frigates are usually around 10-15M ISK, which is something you definitely can lose on a daily basis.

There really is no other way to learn, other than taking out ships and practicing. You will die a lot in the beginning if you solo. You will die less if you have a corp and join fleets, but you will still die a lot. So fly cheap and fly reckless, and enjoy your time doing it.
Primary This Rifter
Mutual Fund of the Something
#12 - 2014-10-25 06:04:57 UTC
PVP is a cold swimming pool.

It's less painful if you just jump in right away.
Morihei Akachi
Doomheim
#13 - 2014-10-25 06:19:02 UTC
I'll just leave this here.

"Enduring", "restrained" and "ample" as designations for starship components are foreign to the genre of high-tech science fiction and don’t belong in Eve Online. (And as for “scoped” …)
Prince Sanguine
#14 - 2014-10-25 06:24:27 UTC
Primary This Rifter wrote:
PVP is a cold swimming pool.

It's less painful if you just jump in right away.


Bear

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Primary This Rifter
Mutual Fund of the Something
#15 - 2014-10-25 06:40:09 UTC
Prince Sanguine wrote:
Primary This Rifter wrote:
PVP is a cold swimming pool.

It's less painful if you just jump in right away.


Bear

Well that'll teach me to check the OP's name.
Maekchu
Doomheim
#16 - 2014-10-25 06:45:44 UTC
After looking at the killboard, I'd say, you have gotten your share of practice.

So what exactly do you mean by "practice"? Is it more solo stuff? I see most of your kills are big fleets.

If it's solo, then what have been said still applies. Get into T1 frigates at first. And once, you've gotten comfortable, then upgrade the ship into other classes.

Try out FW space, unless you know some regions of null, where people usually fly frigate/cruisers sized ships.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#17 - 2014-10-25 15:11:58 UTC
Morihei Akachi wrote:
I'll just leave this here.

click solo tab, realise op still needs to learn pvp

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Snakebyte Jack
AcT Legion
#18 - 2014-10-25 15:34:17 UTC
It cant be harder than learning to use a controller to play a FPS.(Dust514)
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#19 - 2014-10-25 15:38:45 UTC
Snakebyte Jack wrote:
It cant be harder than learning to use a controller to play a FPS.(Dust514)

even by console standards that game handled like crap

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Commentus Nolen
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#20 - 2014-10-25 16:05:47 UTC
Does "Red vs Blue" still exist?
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