EVE General Discussion

You are flying around in other peoples sandbox as your trying to create content in your own, nothing is fair in eve. Not even your own game play. Keep trying, change area, change region, try null sec, use d-scan adn dont go for the obvius bait. Expand that sandbox eh?

'Unfair matchup'


You made me laugh so hard my spectacles fell off my face and I had a minor aneurism, well done

I'm a new player too, but I have a FW character... one thing I do is never engage somebody already in a plex as it gives them the high ground so to speak. Start the plex yourself and stay at about 29km from the beacon to keep it counting down. If somebody pops up on your dscan at like 1au, start to burn off. When they take the gate they will need to come to you to close the gap and engage. Most fights I get are 75km to 150km off the beacon (no fleet can members can warp to them while inside the plex) and if they have friends by the time they take the gate and burn to us the fight is usually over and I'm out. Try it with kiting fits or use drones as brawling is a bit more difficult trying to fight like that.

The key to successful eve pvp is picking your fights - learn the area, know the players etc. . . Barring that - if you just want to pick fights with who ever then you need to either bring your own force multiplier (links, falcon or whatever) or use a ship that has a built-in gtfo option (usually a kttiy ship -something with a long point that is very fast). As for gate camps - your options are burn back to the (aka crashing the gate), burning away very fast, or warping. Which one you do depends upon the type of ship you flying, its fit and the makeup of the force facing you.

Hi Maria and welcome to solo PVP!

First of all, for a solo newbie, your killboard looks pretty good indeed. Keep it up, you got talent!

Here's some advice:

. Don't rush into fights. If someone wants to fight you, they'll fight you even if you make them chase you for a bit. Tease them. They'll think you're an easy fight, and lower their guard. Also, if they have friends they'll very likely show their hand by getting greedy and excited and all come chasing after you.

. If you jump into a gate camp, there's a good chance you're f*d. Gg, get your pod out and reship. Burning back to gate with overheated prop mod is an option. If you don't think you'll make it, at the very least hold gate cloak for the full minute. Maybe some other poor dude will jump in and die in your place :)

. In FW space, take full advantage of deadspace mechanics and acceleration gates. If you're outside a FW plex at range, any backup that warps in has to burn towards you (make sure you're not in-line with a celestial though). If you're inside a plex at range, backup needs to first warp in, then burn at you. You just need a few seconds to kill the T1 frig bait.

. Even while fighting, don't forget to keep an eye on local and dscan.

. Quickly check local in every system to see if there are several dudes from same corp/alliance. You can download Pirate's Little Helper for a nifty tool to do this.

. Try T1 destroyers. Often underestimaed, they can kill multiple frigates pretty easily. The main difference vs. T1 frigs is that they're slow as f*k but have big bonuses to damage application. As a rule of thumb, you don't even try to range control in a dessy, you just blap all the things as quick as you can. A frigate micro-gang will often engage a solo dessy. If you pilot well, at the very least you'll kill more ISK than your own ship before you die.


Have fun and keep it up!


EDIT: looking at your losses, you fly just a handful of pretty solid fits. Great to learn, but three problems: 1) makes you predictable. yes, people (especially other solo PVPers) WILL take a peak at your killboard before engaging 2) the fits are solid but classic and well-known. again, predictable 3) they're not so easy to counter by another t1 frig solo opponent. Try flying something more inconspicuous, like a standard T1 frig instead of Navy (you'll get more fights) and with an unexpected fit (you'll win them!). Example: AB dual-web blaster MASB Merlin.

Well, a large part of the problem is the area of space you're in. If you want to solo pvp, that area is patrolled by people that know it better than they probably know their own back yard irl. I could make a list, without logging in, of characters and corps there than ya just dont mess with--all because i live there.

There are a LOT of solo pilots around there (some of the best in the game 'Ben Mellow Murray'), and the key really is just learning who lives around you, and who is likely to drop a blob on ya. There are plenty of honorable 1v1 people out there once you get to know them. There are lots of really terrible people out there too (the leader of kill boards on zkill, is also out there--if he THINKS he's about to lose, he brings alts to kill ya, and hes ALWAYS linked--dont bother with that fight).

The best option, imho, would be to join one of the local corps--like the one i'm in. They already have some intel about who lives there and who provides a good fight. If you live there for a few weeks with a group, you come to understand the other residents, and residents are 90% of the pvp content. You know who to fight, when. Ya learn who flies with links, and who is bait for a blob.

Take up residency, and join up with some people who know the area.

Once had a 1v4, three executioners and a comet. I was in a merlin. I burned away from them to get some distance. The comet was slower and got left behind while the three executioners got in my range. They were new players i think, because i got all three of them down in close range. I decided i'd try, since i looked at their ship and saw they were beam fit, they'd have a hard time tracking me in my blaster ship. When i got all three of them down the comet finally got into my range and finished me off. It was incredibly fun.

Try things out! Be a little brave, but smart, about certain engagements. But if you think you should warp out of a possible 1v4 don't be afraid to do so. You'll save some isk and a chance to fight a better fight for you :)

Best piece of advice that an eve friend ever gave me was - People only fight when they think they are going to win.

Of course the flip side to that is if you want someone to fight you, you have to make it appear that the other side has a chance of beating you. Which means that your hammer or edge needs to be hidden or at least not obvious.

Solo PVP quote of the day:
"Together we solo!"

Use a program called "pirates little helper", it wont show if they are linked but gives a better insight than just local, who cares about links anyway?, "most" lowsec pirates will honor 1v1, just ask.

So your looking for a corp to help you, but you wont help them with your participation? you will learn solo pvp better when you get to grips with small gang stuff

If you want 1v1 and frigate pvp stay in lowsec, nullsec is pretty baron compared to lowsec unless you want to f1 monkey