Warfare & Tactics

My typical engagement plan is as follows:

Spam D-Scan to find a target or targets or if I jump into a gate camp how can I get out with a) my ship and b) my pod

Once found, develop a plan of attack based on how the ships types are typically fit and flown and adjust for knowns such as pilots in local which can change how certain ships are fit and if the engagement point will be in space or at a FW plex. I typically do this while in warp to where said targets are.

The engagement plan focuses on which mods to pre-heat and priorities when I land and contingencies if one of these fail.
Priorities include in typical but not concrete order of precedence:
1) Control Range
2) Tackle
3) Apply DPS
4) Manage module activation, deactivation, and heat
5) Check d-scan for incoming hostiles that will support the target(s)
6) Check local for new entrants
7) Plan an exit strategy
8) What support can I call on if something juicy shows up and I can hold tackle

Once engaged its a matter of constantly adjusting the engagement plan to account for bad assumptions and adjusting to the flow of the engagement.

5. Press 1 for prop mod (I mapped midslots to 1-8, since they're directly under f1-f8 on my keyboard)

lol sure. To expand on that:

I move all targeted mods (guns, ewar, neuts) to 'On-screen highslots', mapped f1-f8

All active mods that usually need to be managed (prop, reppers, cap boosters) to 'on-screen mid slots', mapped 1-8

Finally, active mods that are almost always perma on (dcu, eccm, sebos, tracking computers, etc) to lowslots. They're mapped to numpad 1-8 but i usually click on them


Also, I mapped 'overheat on-screen highslots' to alt + f1-f8, midslots to alt + 1-8.


Do keep in mind that I very often die horribly anyway!