EVE General Discussion

Is there a guide available to help in learning how to identify what modules a ship is fitted with just by looking at it when engaging in combat? I had the fortune of flying with some superb pvp pilots for a while and being a casual pvper (meaning i'm a "bad" and lose ships left and right) I was amazed at how they could see how the hostiles were fitted without relying on scanners.

I was too embarrassed to ask how they did this as it seemed like second nature to them and they did it so quickly. I felt like a moron. I realize that was foolish of me now. I'm assuming that they simply looked at the ships and saw from the ship models, what types of guns were fitted on the turrets and depending on the sort of aura or lack thereof were able to figure out whether the ship was armor or shield tanked, afterburner or mwd fitted etc.

How do you learn how to do this rapidly? Simply practice and memorize all of the different model images until it comes effortlessly I assume. Hoping there's a guide out there to make this easier to accomplish. Or is there some other trick that I'm unaware of?

Aside from zooming in on the other player's ship with "look at", there is no trick, just lots of experience seeing the different effects and weapon models.

Thanks - well I guess I just need to put in the time to memorize these graphical effects and images. Definitely gives you the edge to know what you're up against with just a quick look at your opponent.

Thanks Evei - quite helpful and much better than wading through the unzipped renders directory to find all these.

Good PVP'ers check the killboards of their opponents to identify common fleet Doctrines.