Warfare & Tactics

Completely agree with this in regards to eve in general.

I do however like my personal KB so I can look at my past fights or ship fits or usages. Couldn't care less about k/d, efficency rates etc

All QCats who accept a 1v1 are required to honor it, we tell our guys "honored 1v1" or some shenanigans like that and they stay docked/chasing other targets/whatever.

Andre and Hrett hit the nail on the head apart from that.

1v1 in an MMO.

What a great idea......

As my old wing chun master used to say.

'When fighting an army of 10,000 you do so one at a time.....you just have to do it quickly!'

So when out solo'ing you are always 1v1'ing if you do it right

Holy cow did that escalate quickly. Get over your feeling of righteousness and play the game. If I'm in a CNH alone and a Dram comes after me I'll fight it without calling for help. But if I have my buddies one jump, or even a plex, over and the same thing happens, it's the Dram's fault for the risk. In most cases few people ask for 1v1s privately so "honoring" a 1v1 is implied and not explicit. If anyone convos me and asks for one I've yet to go back on that agreement. That said, there's plenty on your side of the field who have lied to me even with a privately arranged fight. It's the toils of war and deal with it. See my kb for history. Plenty of 1v1s, 1v5s, and 5v1s. That's because I play the game and don't blind myself to anything else.

In my later post I even said how respect is the driving factor in the warzone, and not honor. Respect is what has been gained between those that fight each other daily, not honor. No one in lowsec is honorable. If they are, they are either white knights or RPers who haven't moved back to high yet.

That said, Ibanez brings up a good point. The entire game is centered around specialized ships, fleet combat, and fleet skilling and coordination. It is an MMO with an emphasis on "Massively" due to the single server universe. Accept this, and become a calmer and more patient person.

I don't even enjoy 1v1's.

Hardly ever do that.

pvp becomes way more fun when you stop trying to find 1v1's and instead try to find ways to beat 1v2's 1v3's and up.

Just because u don't like it doesnt mean anyone else share your feelings about it. By all means go get yourself blown up by 20 people over and over if that is fun for you

My prob when I do this is three ppl on scan instead of just 1...every damn time

That's a pity, because TEST have a number of members happy to 1v1 and they seem to be enjoying it since joining FW.

To OP, I solo roam on a daily basis along the route between Ostingele and Old Man Star and in my experience, finding good 1v1s takes a bit of patience and good target selection, but there is a lot of it available.

There's also the bait ships and blobs that will hit you, but for me each of those experiences is part of the learning process too.

I liked the spider v jumper explanation up thread and I tend to be a jumper more than a spider. I find the best way to get good 1v1s is to sit safe somewhere within scan range of the plexes and use d-scan to watch what is going on in system and what ships are there.

I also find I'll stick in systems that have <10 pilots in them. That way, while I'm scanning and watching, I can also look up the profiles and killboards of the other pilots. Often that will tell me whether there is a likely bait/blob and who is flying what ship (eg. Corps give a good indication you'll face >1 target, Russian pilots often have profiles written in russian or a asciiart version of the russian flag, and they'll often name their ship in russian; killboards often give a good indication of what ship someone is flying, etc....).

Using this combination it's usually relatively easy to identify who's flying what and whether they'll provide a 1v1 fight in a system.

I find if I solo in an assault frigate, it's much harder to find 1v1s because more people will warp out of a plex when you arrive, I mostly stick to factional frigates, but find lots of others flying other T1 frigates.

So in my experience it takes a bit of patience, but it's worth it in the end. I also roam in fleets, but since I'm relatively new to the game, have found solo roaming a good way to build my own skills so I can work in fleet better.

It's definitely possible, at least in the GalCal warspace.

IMO you are doing FW 'right'. Go out, run the plex while waiting for fights. if none turn up you have just earned yourself a few faction frigs for your time. If you get a fight then you also are having fun so keep doing that.

The key is your second point though. You are solo. so looking for 1v1's as an ideal however don't shy away if a couple of targets show up in your short scanner. Depending on your setup and what your opponents (note I say opponents rather than enemy as a lot of the people I fight I'm very friendly with ) show up in. Maybe move off the button away from the warp in if you have a brawler and a kiter show up. See if you can seperate them and kill off the fast kitey ship first before deciding to have a go at the brawler. Even sit on the warp in and try and catch the kitey before he has time to pull range. Then attack the brawler.

A lot of the time you can engage 1v2, 1v3 in plex that you are setup in with a bit of quick thinking etc. Also you are way more likely to get a GF if you don't restrict yourself to 1v1's.

Get out there and fly dangerous, cos safe is boring o7