Warfare & Tactics

Hi everyone!

I just have a quick question regarding small frigate pvp. If I were to lead a couple buddies (7 or 8) out into low / null sec, would we have a viable chance of downing a solo target? Especially if we strategically fit our modules and such? We are planning on giving it a shot soon to get some experience in pvp.

Thanks for any help you can give,

Siekman.

As long as you're not all shitfits going up against a Baddon with small lasers you will be fine..

Avoid smartbombs and you will have a grand old time.

With the new frig rebalance, a 7-8 man frig gang would do quite well, even against 2 or 3 larger targets as long as theyre within reason and the FC is capable. You will obviously die horribly if you decide to take on everyone all willy-nilly like.

any ewar is ur friend ... u need webs on 3 ships ... rest should be ewar centric - TDS, Damps etc. remember that damps are ***** if applied to big ships... because sig raridus of frig is so small. BS will take forever to target u.

From my experience true massive ROFL ZOMFG fun with wolfpack starts with 15 people and some ranged dessies u ad. And drop into mix 3 to 4 griffins and u will have lot of tears in local.

I may not be the smartest tool in the shed, but I think you should just give it a go. Remember to keep your clones updated! Mine's all rotten.

Thanks for all your responses :).

We went tonight and had a lot of fun, however, we couldn't find anyone. The two people we did find we couldn't actually warp to on the map. So I ask you another question: How do we find people once we are out in low / null sec? I want to actually be able to pewpew people once we're out here :p.

Thanks!

Siekman

Statistics on the map and average pilots in space will lead you to the places with lots of people.

There are tutorials for this on youtube, but make sure you get some practice before trying it for real. Probes show up on d-scan, and non-idiotic ratters will see these and cloak/safe up.

That said, some people rat in anomalies, which you can find by using your ship scanner, which is a different tab of the D-scanner. The tricky part is determining where they are. I usually use D-scan to get a general direction, and then open my solar system map and see if any of the anomalies are in that direction. If they are, great, if not, you'll need the probes.

Remember, narrow down their location as best you can before dropping probes, and if possible, drop them from a spot that the ratter can't d-scan (more than 14.5 AU away. D-scan has a range of 14.3, but better safe than sorry), so there will only be a few seconds for them to notice.

Hope that helps! Happy hunting

When you jump into a system your scout should be looking at his directional scanner to see if there are any ships on scan and if there are any npc wrecks on scan. These two pieces of information are important for you to find someone to kill. If the system is large you may not see anything from the gate. If it is small you may see everything from the gate that there is to see.

If there are no ships on scan and no wrecks on scan then you can probably move on. The guys in local may be docked, if there is a station, or cloaked up at a safe spot. In either event you probably arent going to get any action unless folks come out to greet you which is not always the case.

If there are npc wrecks on scan someone may be ratting in local. If you have ships on scan this may also be true. Your scout needs to go look for them. You should keep the rest of your gang hidden in the next system or else anyone who was busy here is likely to run to station or safe spots when they see local filling up.

If there are rat wrecks on scan then your target could be in a belt or could be in an anomoly. You can actually tell the difference by looking at your directional scanner results. Regular belt rats will be named something like "Gurista Invader or Dire Gurista Destroyer" or something like that. Anomoly rats are usually named something like Pithi Destroyer or something distinguishable. When your scout knows which one to go looking for he can use his system scanner and go lookin in the anomolies if thats what is called for or can go looking at the belts. Directional scanner can narrow down which belts to look in.

When your scout has been in system for more than a couple of minutes you might as well move on. Targets wont stay busy in space very long with a neutral in local. After a minute or two they will realize they are being looked for and will take measures to get safe.

When roaming in null sec you will go many jumps without seeing anyone in local. Space is relatively unpopulated across eve null sec. Many targets you will find on gate and that is where alot of your battles will take place.