EVE General Discussion

Wave of mutilation was great but to call scouted and backed up bs roaming solo is a bit rich. Still impressive and at a time when the cost was significant.

Oh, and I'm sure he did plenty of solo.

Edit: edit: 2am, don't mean to sound like a hater.

Farjung back then inspired me to be a better pilot and the Vindi is still one of my favorite ships. I weep for this Eve generation and the fact they know not of him or Bellum Eternus and his Kronos of doom.

Ok, this is getting depressing. The posts about Garmonation etc. had me looking up former PvP brosefs/acquaintances etc.

The purebloods/hardcore PvPers, as I call them, -- those flying solo w/o any support -- seem to be MIA, if not completely gone from the game. A few went to RvB or took up FW.

And we're not talking BoB days, but those who inspired me as recently as 2010 -- some teaching others and producing videos. Other were just passionate, variably skilled pilots.

Their absence doesn't mean Solo is dead but I think there are some cold hard truths to face about it, and a question:

Will CCP, vets and the "current generation" keep Solo alive, even if it is on a respirator now?

We seem to be lacking in smaller corps as they've been absorbed, dismantled etc. Largely gone too are corps that inspired and made a difference in this area, such as PWNED Zone --- and even Agony is not the same. Until those reasons are fixed per se, I doubt too many lasting corps will take their place.

If I remember anything about starting EVE it was the possibilities for a pilot: be it to take down a battleship or a corporation, single-handedly. I still believe in possibility but I am also a pragmatist. There is something to be said about ROI or work/fun ratios.

I'd love to get back out there again but I admit some things have turned me off: like (increased) OGB, blobs, hot drops and five hour no-event roams; so I became lazy and am sadly not alone here.

I'm not ranting, but rather reconsidering what I already knew to be true but maybe didn't want to admit... that I've become my mother, I mean a bitter vet...I mean that Solo is HARDER, much harder to do. And I have to ask myself, is it worth it?

And a cloak.

A Thought, will I beat them? No? Don't uncloak.

... and the drones who accept to pay a sub to play dull... for someone's else enrichment.

You can do it in Eve as well, any time you feel like it.

Heard "1v1 frigs anyone" in local for the first time since the launch of Retribution last night.

HI all
Yesterday i test exact same arbi only difirence was drone damage module tech2 instead of orginal Energized Armor Layering Membrane which give small % hp armor bonus, because i notice here no big benefit form it so i swich to new drone module, which boost dps to 350 from hammerheads t2.

Results (solo pvp vs hurricane sentry on my side) not using my force recon scout, hurricane almost die ( sentry do a lot work) he agro, but he deploy ecm dornes and was impossible to dissput enemy weapons, when ecm dornes stop working he escape from my scrambler range :( and leave on hull, damn no afterburner on this copy fit...

Result 2, playing with two drakes, first drake alpha me and agro my arbi ( i was at 0 near gate) i lose whole shield and some armor, but i dont fight back i jump in, second drake (without agrro) jump to my side and agrro me and aproch my ship, i deploy drones, and start tacle fight, again sentry help me a lot, i notice drake back up jump in form otrher side and local grow, so need use my support recon and i decloak it and web him + 160dps form minmatar force recon, drake pop, i escape battlefield while like 7 man fleet with two scimitars land on grid.

Summary this arbi in some cases may stand solo even to 600dps well skiled close range battlecruises , only in case if you got sentry or own side ( so is not a true solo), but nothing above, that fact this pilot survive so long until two black ops die is miracle :) maybe he got some tank implant that boost total ehp i dont know.

Anyway solo pvp is marginal, blobs everywhere, in most cases using alt or friend help, its like must have, blob enemy or be blobed...

I think i notice this change about tracking disputors - missile affect in patch notes, however im not sure about it, maybe somone mention about this in other therad and i missundersand, im read patch notes again, but i dont see this information, omw to swich to drake in game and i do real test.

Edit, well i was wrong and sorry for my bad information, i missunderstand somone patch infos, or patch infos sentence, after test in game i have to say dissputors are useless agains missiles, to avoid chaos i go edit my orginal replay.

No problem. And you did get the kill albeit by using your alt. I think it will be a good idea to stay away from drakes until perhaps the next patch. CCP Fozzie announced they will delay TD changes until the "first set of changes settle a bit". So it looks like it is coming after all.