EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi,
I'm new to PVP and have a question. It seem I always get my warp drive and Mico Drive scambled or distrupted. Is there a tactic to use to get out of this situation? Does a warp core stabilizer help alot? Are certain ships hardder to distrupt than others?

Thanks

Just a point of clarification: Disruptor will prevent you from warping (~20-24km range on unbonused ships and without overheating); Scrambler will also prevent you from warping and it will shut-down your MWD (9-10km range on unbonused ships and without overheating). In PvP having these modules fitted is essential, as you would not want your target warping away as you are about to lay the killing blow. Having one over the other is a matter of fitting choice for your ship.

Warp Core Stabilisers and ships that have a bonus to their warp strength, really have no place in PvP. They are modules/ships used when you are trying to avoid fighting (such as logistics etc). At times, and this is very situational, Warp Core Stabilisers could be used in PvP; but in general teams, they are considered a coward module and a waste of a low slot.

To answer your other question regarding tactics, you can successfully avoid being warp disrupted or scrambled by keeping out of the respective ranges of these modules. However, this also prevents you from utilising such modules yourself as the logic follows. General rule of thumb is, if you go into scramble range (>10km), you are generally committed for the duration of the fight. There are ways to gain an upper hand in these close quarter engagements, namely fitting an Afterburner or having webs, which allow you to have a base speed above that of your opponent and can therefore allow you to move out of the scramble range if needed. These fits are more popular with your ‘brawler’ setups; or rather, high-DPS/tank, close range ships.

Warp disrupt range (20-24km) is a bit more open ended and depending on the speed of your ship and that of your opponent, you have more flexibility to disengage and warp away if required. This is more applicable to nano-fits, namely, ships that are fit for speed and range.

As you can imagine, a lot of this is very situational and based on the kinds of ships you are flying and the type of opposition you are up against. Best way to test the appropriate tactics/fits is to practice either by getting someone experienced to show you or by getting blown up a whole lot - the latter is generally unavoidable in the early stages of PvP.

Good luck either way.

2 ways to prevent being pointed/scrammed:

1.) Keep out of range.
2.) Kill the guy.

Yup, Warp Core Stabilizers are the way to go for industrials.

What you are probably looking for are cap neutralizers, targeting disruptors or target breakers. The former work by negating an amount of cap. Usually not enough to quickly disengage a scram, but fits that depend on their MWD will run out of cap fast while neuted. Screwing with people's locking mechanism or targeting range is another idea.

If you know your going to be fighting within scram range (closer than 10km) or you think your target will be trying to fight that close it could be a good idea to fit afterburner instead of MWD. Afterburners are not as fast as MWD but are not affected by warp scrams so wont switch off, meaning you get at least some speed boost that could get you out of range if needed.

The risk is of course that you dont have the speed to get into range or stop your target getting too close if your using a afterburner and they have a MWD.

Use an afterburner instead of an MWD, and you won't lose your speed when warp scrambled. Other than that, what other people have said about breaking their lock on you or getting out of their range one way or another.

I agree to disagree. I think they're pretty much the worst module in the game and have almost no use, but some people seem to like them... I see them on KMs :)

Also cloak/warp trick... if that still works