Warfare & Tactics

Me and a friend have plans to go in low-sec. This will be my first time PVPing and I want to know if anyone has any tips or anything that I should read up on?

I really don't want to say what I'll be flying. ( Just in case )

But I'd really like some help If I could get some on starting out on my first PVP encounter.

Does that also make for a higher chance that I won't be podded? :o

Make sure you are ok with losing ships. First time pvping you will prolly lose 10-15 ships before you get a kill.

Meh, FW is overrated. Piracy is where it's at!

Think about it. Four factions you can kill with impunity, that's TWICE the targets!

In theory that's true. But many pirate corps don't get anywhere the number of pvp activity that FW yields. Not saying that FW is better than piracy but just pointing out the flawed logic.




If you know how to not get podded, you'll be fine. I recently had a guy join corp (was in hisec most of his life) and his first loss was his frigate and 500m isk pod. He hasn't logged back on since that incident Saw it coming though

I could give you some basic, general advice, but how about something more specific than that?

You will more than likely experience something called "combat lockup". Basically, the first few times you're in a PvP situation, you will panic. You will forget to activate an important module, or fail to properly set your distances, or miss an opportunity to light up the correct target. Do not blame yourself for this. It is entirely natural.

Now, I'm sure a bunch of people would probably say this only happens to bad or inexperienced players, and in this regard they are partly correct. When you first start PvPing in EVE, you will be both bad and inexperienced. Do not let this bother you. Baptism by fire is one of the most effective ways to get past this.

In time, if you really enjoy the rush of PvP, you will end up reading more, watching more, and just generally being more interested in understanding how to PvP effectively.

So there. That's some practical advice for you. Just enjoy the encounter, and die honorably. Go in there expecting to die... wanting to die... and you will have grown by leaps and bounds before you even start.

The only time I've lost a pod in low-sec is because I went afk in space and alt-tabbed.

There have been people who have been smartbombed, but they are in the same places all the time and everybody knows where they operate.



Also, I want to reiterate Deen's point. Pirates may have more targets, but they have a lot less actual fights. You also don't get the benefit of the entire militia as a knowledge base, and for income to fund your PvP.

Its christmas

So go flashy red and never go back.

Being high sec capable is HIGHLY overrated.

People really tend to underestimate the Rifter now that it is no longer king-of-the-hill in frigate pew pew.

That also means people are very willing to engage one... allowing you to use it's somewhat diminished reputation to bait people into agression... and then kill them with some help of your other Rifter friends! The truth is that the Rifter may no longer be the most popular frigate, the others have been pretty much been brought onto it's level.... but people tend to think it has been nerfed into the ground. It really hasn't.

The latest fad in my corp is to interdict FW systems, and for some reason the often-underestimated Rifter seems to gain in popularity among people attending these fleets. FOTM = armor tanked arty-Rifter (Wolfcub) and to be honest... it's actually really fun to fly, and quite effective when supported by some EWAR and short-ranged tackle frigates.

This is really good advice, since I normally get nervous seeing other players just in 0.4

But yeah, I may actually fly out a frig soon and have a whack at it.