Warfare & Tactics

Hey guys, felt I should try and get tips from some more experienced players before I go and lose all my ISK

I am planning on doing stealth bombers, and I am pretty close, but I have no idea what to train PvP wise after that's done.

I have read up on how to use bombs, and fly in bomber wings/squads, and I plan on flying around with the bombers bar soon, but I'll take any help I can get!

Tips for soloing SB's would be nice, and maybe some good places to roam around. Other then that, I feel I can get myself blown up pretty fantastically without any more help

okay I see your points, and they are indeed valid ones, will look into it

And see this this thread: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=233784

Yeah I know, and I do have some limited PvP experience, but I assume I still classify as a noob I have been in some blob fights, a few low-sec roams and stuff, but only in cheapo rifter fits and such. I saw that SBs were great group ships, and half decent solo ships, not really for 1v1s or anything, but annoying gate camps and scouting.

As other people in this thread have stated; you are going to have a slightly easier time flying other ships if you are just dabbling in PvP. Stealth Bombers are, for all intents and purposes, an acquired taste. Also, they need to be part of a group in order to maximize their potential.

That being said, solo pvp in one is far from impossible, but it does require you to have patience and the understanding that you are fighting with one of your hands behind your back.

1 on 1 is a risky scenario and should not be undertaken unless you are completely confident you have the upper hand, as in;
-Your target is using a ship with a large signature radius with mainly close ranged weaponry.
-Your target is using a bulky non-combat ship. (Caution when targeting these: expect backup to his aid if cornered.)
-Your target did something silly to increase his signature radius by a dramatic amount.

Torpedoes will do damage but bombs are what your ship is designed for.

You have a covert ops cloaking device. Pick your battles wisely.

Attacking camps/blobs with bombs is always fun, and can net you a few kills if the group is inexperienced/unorganized. Be sure you drop your bomb and RUN.

Remember that you are going to lose a few ships when learning the ropes. You will make rookie mistakes and you will go home in your pod or wake up at your cloning station when you do.

Why all these advises tell "go losing cheap ships" ?

My advise is that join some good pvp corporation who recruit new players and teach them how to pvp, that is how you get best game experience. After short training you will be the guy who kill these guys who want to lose ships to learn pvp.

Step 1. Join a good corp
Step 2. Go lose some ships ^^

get in ship, find ship... shoot it

It's the night elf rogue of EVE.

That said solo'ing with SBs is doable with less than half a years worth of skills, you just need to find opponents that are terrible enough. (When I started and did that, it was the old Northern Coalition, no idea who you can shoot nowadays, TEST maybe ?)

If you put rockets or light missiles on an SB, you will still get killed by T1 frigates.

Badly.

You can take an SB out solo, but it requires patience to find a suitable target.

I always liked them in wormholes, where you can be truly "stealth", but it's time consuming finding a good, occupied wormhole and even then, your engagement options are limited and you will mostly be murdering non-combat ships (industrials picking PI goods up at POCOs, the occasional miner, the occasional Noctis... I have caught some idiot tornados camping a hole at a distance hoping to lock and pop people who come in, that's always fun).