Warfare & Tactics

Been trying to figure how to pull this, never had gone on sólo roams before, only on corp fleets and it was as tackle while the rest dished the damage.

Now that im in alpha i've been trying to spend isk on lowsec pvp but it seems nothing works. Being race locked isnt an issue, have most of the skills maxed, but bringing an enemy past armor seems imposible.

The main ship i've been flying is the Tormentor, tried several fittings but cant neither tank nor Dish damage on the targets. Already added thermodinamics and biology for extra boosting but that doesnt seem enough against any Target because of T2 superiority.

The idea was to enjoy some cheap combat but the only kills i've gotten had been because of the drones while someone else killed. Should i invest on faction modules or something? Because meta 4 seem to be useless against anything but pve.

A lot of PVP is choosing your targets. Each ship has different strengths and weaknesses, speed, tank, range, resist profile, bonuses to types of ewar, etc.

By knowing a lot about different ship types you can pick targets that you can take while avoiding ships that could exploit your weakness.

In addition, Just as you can know what the normal use for a ship is, so can an enemy. Some people might put a 'surprise' ewar module, tracking disruptor, etc on an unbonused ship to gain an edge on an unsuspecting enemy, or "bait" them with a ship that appears weak (like a heron) but fitted for PVP.

Been engaging diferent ships from navy frigates to the usual t1 like incursus or even another tormentor.

I've tried to avoid faction stuff as much as i can but it gets Boring go wait for a "worthy" oponent. So i have gotten to launch against the first guy that enters the pocket.

I'm probably also going to have a play with this

[Punisher, AB Web brawler]

Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste
Adaptive Nano Plating II
Adaptive Nano Plating II

1MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner
Fleeting Compact Stasis Webifier

Small Focused Modulated Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Small Focused Modulated Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Small Focused Modulated Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S
Small Focused Modulated Energy Beam I, Imperial Navy Multifrequency S

Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I
Small Energy Collision Accelerator I

195dps out to 8km optimal as well.

I used to use a no point punisher to great effect about a year ago. A lot of people don't realise that they aren't pointed and this thing puts out nice damage meaning a decent ttk,

Alphas can use T2 tank and damage mods.

Regardless of what fools might tell you, it is almost impossible to kill a reasonably skilled Omega clone with an Alpha. Bordering on actually impossible.

You can be somewhat effective in fleets, no more.

You need to pick your fights. Look at the characters that you want to fight before engaging. If he/she doesn't have a Gold Omega symbol next to there name then your good to go.

You need to think more tactically. Don't go in guns blazing. No battle plan is unplanned, unless your ambushed. Start to think as a predator. Also if your alpha take a destroyer & only go for frigates. If you have a cruiser go for the destroyers/Frigates. Frigates vs frigate can be hit & miss, if your both equally matched.

If your Solo, only go for a solo pilot. Some of them have friends in system. So warp out if needed. Others just sit in complexes. You start to learn just the plexers. They will sit in a large plex in a frigate. I always find these people easiest to kill.

Its possible but it needs to be a hard counter to your opponents fit. If you take 2 players in a identical fit one is alpha and one is omega then alpha doesnt have a chance. Omega is faster, has better tank, deals more dmg, tracks better...

With the introduction of skill injectors eve became pay to win, you can try to rationalize it but the simple truth is this: if you take 2 noob svipul pilots and one of them has perfect skills while the other can barely sit in the ship then the one with the better skills will win because he is faster, has better tank, deals more dmg, tracks better...

Hi Nomad,

Really like these alpha amarr fits. This one must just kill cap though no ? Even with maxed out alpha skills ?

Beam coercer and dragoon in different variations are good even in meta fits, also surprising your opponents goes a long way (for example normal pvp cruci in fw environment can kill a lot of things that will want to fight it etc.)