Warfare & Tactics

Hi all! o/

I´ve some questions about Factional Warfare and how to get into it as a lone wolf. I´m going to choose Caldari State and only use caldarian ships.
What are common newbie mistakes and how do I get past the pirates at the gates?
Any corp or alliance that are looking for more players to join up, and use a certain type of ship perhaps?

What sort of ships are good to start with?
Which skills should I focus on?
You have any good fitting for me to focus on?

I feel this is the thing for me.

You should mention what TZ you are in - that will go a long way to determining who you should join up with.

As far as avoiding pirates - fly frigates or destroyers will get you past most camps. Once you are out of high sec, the pirate camps aren't that bad. (And joining a good caldari corp that bases in lowsec is a good way to avoid some of the high sec camps).

Ships - frigs and dessies. Cheap, fun, manuveurable. Also - the best ship is friendship, especially for newbies :)

Fitting really depends on your playstyle, which race of ship you want etc.

Welcome!

As said before, you need to read up on FW mechanics yourself... but a few tips.

Get into a low-sec based Corp (not one based in Ichoriya), it's much easier when you don't have to deal with gate camps when you're trying to PvP.


As for Caldari ships.

Missiles baby.

[Kestrel, RocketRegular]
Ballistic Control System II
Damage Control II

Medium Shield Extender II
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
1MN Afterburner II

Rocket Launcher II, Mjolnir Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Mjolnir Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Mjolnir Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Mjolnir Rage Rocket

Small Warhead Calefaction Catalyst I
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I

Your standard Kestrel fit you should aim for. Throw in the less expensive web(X5) and scram (J5B) if you're feeling cheap. Everything else is pretty much mandatory.

yea you got a lot to learn...


kestrel is a frigate

I think the biggest noobish mistake is joining Caldari. One should join Gallente instead since there are far more Caldari targets out there.

This is what my horse stable would look like if all Caldari:

- Kestrel
- Condor
- Merlin (Railgun or Blasters)

- Hawk (2 Medium Ancillary Shield Booster)

- Cormorant (railgun)

- Osprey Navy Issues
- Caracal (rapid assault missile launcher)

- Ferox (2 X-Large Ancillary Shield Booster)
- Drake (Heavy missile launcher or Heavy Assault Missile launcher)

I decided to stick with cost to performance here. Most tech 2 ships aren't worth using otherwise I'd suggest the Cerberus. You may want to train for a Tengu for exploration and doing anomalies in some random alliances 0.0 space. The above ships are all you need though.

Note: if you do decide to cross train then go with Gallente v0v Easy cross train. Then I would add Talos, Myrmidon, Hyperion, Algos, Federation Navy Comet and Vexor to that list.

As far as who to fly with when you're not solo? You can try rolling with Pyre Falcon Defence Combinehttp://eve-kill.net/?a=alliance_detail&all_external_id=99002880. They have shown themselves to be better than MOST Gallente and Caldari entities in small scale engagements and tend to keep things low key. They're a role playing organization though. So, you may need a wizard hat and cape to run with them.

To sink so low as to join Gallente and Minmatar, is as much fail as liberalism is in IRL.