EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello all,

I've just subscribed to EVE and the Fanfest has me pumped. I'm currently in queue for EVE University and anxious to learn the ropes and move toward PvP. My only problem is...I have these veteran friends who tell me small-scale PvP is non-existent and blob warfare will be my eventual experience. This troubles me, as I'm only interested in small gangs(2-10 people?) or solo.

Instead of taking their word for it, I thought I would come in the forum and ask the community. Is it viable to seek an endgame solely centered around this form of PvP? Will I find myself wandering space for hours with no contact or fighting? I would appreciate any accurate information about this. Thank you ahead of time.

Yes, but you will have a lot less fights then others.

the blobs mainly exist within nullsec warfare where its easier to to tell 300 pilots to shot targets A B and C and then swap to the next group of unfortunate pilots rather then to give individual instructions to all of them. lowsec corps and highsec merc corps are where you will find the small fleets of 20 pilots and less that you are looking for. i myself prefer the smaller gang warfare as individual pilot skill and actions impact the battle in big ways that just are not possible when in a large fleet, because face it when 300 pilots turn around and shoot your battlecruiser it doesn't mater how good of a pilot you are.

thats the reason that 2 out of my last 3 corps have been merc corps. merc corps tend to run small organized fleets with a set strategy and often rely on the strategic use of logistics cruiser and e-war ships to allow them to fight fleets that outnumber them by what is often times pretty big margin, its also not uncommon to see multiple merc corps join forces for a short time to take on a larger target when needed. this leads to every fleet members ship setup, experience, and choices in battle having a significant impact on the outcome of the fight and results in a more enjoyable combat experience in my opinion. of course your goal as a merc corp is to turn a profit in pvp by gaining enough contracts to sustain the cost of war, as a result killboard stats are important if you want to join one as merc corps rely on their killboard looking go as nobody is going to hire a group that doesn't show results.

you tend to see a mix of newer pilots looking to get into some good organized pvp while being able to stay in highsec as they learn the game, as well as veteran pilots who have left nullsec warfare to get away from the blobs.

Get into a highsec war corp. You'll never have to fight more than 20 people at once.

That statement upsets me...

Solo and Small Gang PVP are still very much a part of EVE. It's what I spend all my EVE time doing

Solo and Small Gang is the best part of EVE and incredibly fun. I go out almost every day solo and take on the "blobs" and pull kills off them.

You have to know how to do it, but even relatively new players can do solo. There are "kiddie pools" in eve that allow you to get experience before doing the really hard stuff

My website ( http://www.EVEProGuides.com ) and all the videos I've posted to YouTube teach how to do Solo PVP at a level that is very accessible to almost all of EVE players AND once you learn solo small gang PVP comes naturally.

No matter what you do, it takes effort and time to get good at it. You have to invest time into learning and practicing, but the reward is worth it.

There is alot of PVP for the little guy.

You just need to look around. EVE-Uni is basicly the worst place you can choose to learn pvp. They may be great and teaching you the game, but ignore everything they teach you about PVP.

Lowsec and NPC-owned 0.0 are pretty much entirely solo and small-gang (10ish members) operations. I mean, there are exceptions, but if you fly about at random that's most of what you run into.