Warfare & Tactics

First of all, don't blame it on SPs. They do afford some advantage, but they are not the end-all and be-all of PvP in Eve.

Having looked at your killboard, it's obvious that you do not know how to PvP. I'm not insulting you by saying that - it's okay that you don't know how, you just haven't learned yet.

If you fall into the trap of thinking you can't do anything because you're not as old as other pilots, you won't learn, though.

You should probably consider joining up with Fweddit. They are newb-friendly and can give you some guidance on fittings and tactics.

Yep. Keep fighting. If you are 1v1, you're in trouble because boosters and buddies.

So, be in a fleet. Even if you are not all T2'ed out, you will still have FUN and get fights. SP comes eventually to all, don't sweat it.

There are plenty of roles for you to fill with low SP. Eve SP is a game of breadth, not depth. SP only matters a little bit, but you can be really good at a certain role with low SP. The only advantage veterans have over you is that they can fill more roles than you can but you can fill your small number of roles just as well. You just need to learn to PVP (in the human behind the keyboard way) and find a home where your skills can be put to use. You can do this in several ways.

1. You can read about PVP and watch videos of PVP and then try things on your own. In this case just stay in FW until a decent corp notices you and recruits you or you find a corp you want to join.

2. You could join Eve University and be taught how to PVP. I think Eve University is good to a point for learning PVP mechanics but not so good about learning all the different ways to play Eve. In other words, they teach you "how to play Eve" their way and show you all the mechanics. Learn the mechanics from them, but don't learn "how to play Eve" from them.

3. Join RvB and learn how to PVP. Just like Eve University, learn mechanics there but don't stay too long.

4. Pick a good corp that will train you and use you. This could be a WH corp, FW corp, lowsec pirate corp, or NPC null corp. Go down the list of top BC corps (http://eve.battleclinic.com/killboard/rankings.php?type=corp&recent=true) and start applying to the top corps for whatever play style is most appealing to you.

After you get "decent" at PVP, try NPC null, try wormholes, try FW, try lowsec piracy, try RvB, try sov 0.0 and then figure out what kind of PVP you like the best.

So I got insta-popped and podded at a smartbomb gate camp while on my way to a public fleet. Are public fleets used as bait to lure pilots to their death? :p

"Don't trust anyone"

A few months after I started playing Eve, I threw together a dozen frigates and joined FW solo for a week. One of the most useful things I learned in my time there is how to travel. How to use my map to scout and plan a route, learn the geography of the area. And how to avoid / sneak through gate camps. How to Dscan, disengage and run away, etc.

I ended up with only one good fight that I lost anyway, but the experience was invaluable.

I was exactly the same as you 7 months ago before I joined Justified Chaos. Pilots like Xgallentius will teach you a lot and will always come to your aid if you ask. In general the gallente militia is really helpful, but it takes some perseverance to understand how pvp works.

Come to the vlillirier/ nennamaila area and join up with the people there.

If that's a 1 2 punch of potty jokes, I will be most pleased.

Quite fun, too. You derp into a lot more things because of how cheap they are.

Looks like your are making progress.
However, most important is that your strategy and tactics meets what you are flying.

E.g. if you are flying nano-stuff which is very agile then you don't need to take care of gate camps because the probability is very slim if you warp off withing less then 3 seconds that they are able to catch you. However, if they get you some how into scram range outside the gate you are almost dead which means you have to avoid this under any circumstances.

If you are flying a tanky, clumsy brawler, then camped gates can be a death trap. Stay away of them, better sit in plexes and wait for solo fighters to come to you. Naturally you have run, whenever you smell the blob comming.

Not having the longrange T2 ammo for shortrange guns can be a pain, though.