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Solo PVP is dead
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Marcus Caspius
#121 - 2013-01-11 09:04:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Marcus Caspius
Haedonism Bot wrote:
You are just saying solo PvP is dead because you don't know how to do it. I solo almost every night, and have a lot of fun. I win some, I lose some, but it's all good. I make no claim to be a great PvPer, I just love to solo as much as I love to run with gangs.

Solo PvP is alive and well. A few haters love to say it is dead because they suck at it and/or are afraid to try.Pirate


Actually several friends in my corp who specialised in solo PvP left Eve for WoT over a year ago stating that it is no longer worth their while to solo...

Stating that a player suck at it is no reason or cop-out. The uptake is low and rather the exception than the rule. Its not like Null Sec is flooded with guys doing solo stuff.

I observed the pattern recently when we were new to the region. Initially there are lots of left over guys trying to harass the population once jump bridges go in the numbers slowly dwindle to a few die hard characters.

Over time only the AFK morons remain.

Truely - I wish I was wrong but it is dead but for a few exceptions.

Grammatical error and spelling mistakes are included for your entertainment!
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#122 - 2013-01-11 12:11:16 UTC
Daniel Whateley wrote:
although i fly around solo all the time, i always get a laugh at people in local who only have 50+ blob kills littered all over their killboards, and i smile at mine when i see last 5 pages of solo written all over it.

i know some guys from Dodixie who have mostly "SOLO" killboard records....
















because logi and neutral bumpers don't show there Cool

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Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#123 - 2013-01-11 12:36:09 UTC
I call Bullshit...we kill solo pvp players all the time...so it must be fine!P

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NEONOVUS
Mindstar Technology
Goonswarm Federation
#124 - 2013-01-11 17:47:02 UTC
Alavaria Fera wrote:
NEONOVUS wrote:
No its not.
I see plenty of people trying to solo the fleets Im in.
They make such a valiant attempt at death.

Blobber.

Hardly I can still maneuver at full speed, see more space than ships, and dont have WH people complain about me causing random TD in their hole.
Starkiller Adams
Mission Ready Mining
Fly Fearless
#125 - 2013-01-12 03:57:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Starkiller Adams
Daniel Whateley wrote:
although i fly around solo all the time, i always get a laugh at people in local who only have 50+ blob kills littered all over their killboards, and i smile at mine when i see last 5 pages of solo written all over it.


2v1 isn't solo PVP and you still lost at that
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#126 - 2013-01-12 03:58:33 UTC
Starkiller Adams wrote:
Daniel Whateley wrote:
although i fly around solo all the time, i always get a laugh at people in local who only have 50+ blob kills littered all over their killboards, and i smile at mine when i see last 5 pages of solo written all over it.


2v1 isn't solo PVP and you still lost at that

My favorite part of Daniel Whateley's kb is how many times I'm featured prominently on his (and his corpmates') losses.

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Daniel Whateley
#127 - 2013-01-12 04:04:59 UTC
Darth Gustav wrote:
Starkiller Adams wrote:
Daniel Whateley wrote:
although i fly around solo all the time, i always get a laugh at people in local who only have 50+ blob kills littered all over their killboards, and i smile at mine when i see last 5 pages of solo written all over it.


2v1 isn't solo PVP and you still lost at that

My favorite part of Daniel Whateley's kb is how many times I'm featured prominently on his (and his corpmates') losses.



your killboard isn't looking that good yourself, since the only thing that you can solo is a thrasher capsule and helios P
Swifty Blowback
Doomheim
#128 - 2013-01-14 15:11:44 UTC
Attacking small gangs solo, which really is a lot of fun, got a lot harder with Retribution and the really cheap, really easy to skill for, yet super effective T1 logi cruisers.

Percentage of Pre-retribution small gangs with at least 1 logi: 10%.
Percentage of Post-retribution small gangs with at least 1 logi: 75% and climbing. *

Having a couple of logis in a gang makes soloing them pretty much impossible. I don't mind attacking a gang and losing a ship, providing I have at least some chance of getting a kill. Trouble is just 1 T1 logi cruiser is going to be very close to repping the DPS from a solo player. A pair of T1 logis and you can only hope for 100% complete incompetency from their logi pilots, otherwise no chance of getting a kill.

Bad gangs are also getting wise to being split up as they rely on their logis - they know they'll likely lose their 20mil ship without their logis countering their inability to fly, so they often refuse to chase now unless the logis can jump/keep up. Risk aversion in EvE is slowly killing solo & the Retribution expansion made it a lot easier and cheaper for gangs to be risk averse. I've even seen a 7 ship gang that had 4 logis camping a gate. Made me sad. On a brighter note, I've had slightly fewer falcons decloak on me since Retribution. But ECM could sometimes be countered when flying solo. I've yet to find a way of countering multiple logis that refuse to be split up.






* Maybe not completely accurate but my best guess going by my last 10 or so roams.
Aston Martin DB5
Deaths Consortium
Pandemic Horde
#129 - 2013-01-14 16:42:01 UTC
Solo pvp is obsolete because of boosting alts. Solo pilots (not in a fleet) should receive stat bonuses. I like the diminishing return comment on another thread regarding people in fleets. The larger the fleet the smaller % of boosting being applied.Idea
Tarvos Telesto
Blood Fanatics
#130 - 2013-01-21 10:54:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Tarvos Telesto
Changes coming soon ;D be ready for dueling system and true pvp 1vs1, now solo pvp realy become real!

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