Warfare & Tactics

Sorry for the double post, but I thought this might also help the OP and others.

In frig PvP there is generally 3 engagement range types:

0m-500m orbit in your face brawl.

Kiting inside scram range with afterburner web and scram.
The idea here is to keep out of the enemies close range guns but still within your range of damage application.
Usually this takes place at ranges of 5000m-9000m.

Kiting outside of scram range.
this ships are usually MWD fit with a warp disruptor and try to keep way outside of your damage range, as well as outside scram and webrange.
Usually this will involve fighting at 13+km as overheated (nonfaction/nonboosted) webs can reach out to 13km.

Know what range you want to fight in, see if you can fit a ship that applies damage at that range and can also force that range on the enemy. (I.e. more speed and longer damage range)
Then know which ship will fight you on equal terms, i.e. your range is also their ideal range. As a beginner you want to stay away from these if the char is significantly older than you, as this usually comes down to who has the better SP.
Engage ships that you know you can force to your range, that do NOT want to be in that range. These you can usually kill even if you are at a significant disadvantage SP-wise(if they do not run, so if you actually catch them).
Run from ships that can force you into a range that you do not want to fight in.

A good start is to look at good frig pvpers and at their losses. See if you can understand what went into their thoughprocess in building the fit. If you understand the range the fit works in, you can adapt the fit accordingly to your SP, if the fit still works in that range (i.e. a slasher having to drop from 200mm t2 autocannons to 150mm t2 autocannons will usually just make the fit a little less effective but not completely ****, however a slicer having to drop from t2 pulse lasers to t1 pulse lasers will be useless as the scorch ammo is required to reach your combat range) you can go ahead, buy the ship and fittings 20+ times in jita, let red frog freight ship it to your desired starting system, set your clone there and just start heading out until all ships are lost. Chances are you will get some good kills.

To get your general PvP knowledge up and learn what to engage, and how to deal with the different ships you encounter i will leave you with a couple of links to browse through:

Most importantly:
http://www.evealtruist.com/p/know-your-enemy.html
Eve altruist is a very good pvp blog, and the "know your enemy" series gives a good overview over the different ships and their capabilities.
Read the parts on t1 attack and combat frigs and the ones on t2 and faction frigs for starters. This will give you a general idea of what each of these ships can be doing.

Secondly, as you fly minmatar, ammo choice is very important. Know which ships have what kind of resistances and shoot the correct ammo.
http://fleeonsight.blogspot.nl/2013/05/updated-complete-guide-to-ammunition.html
http://www.evealtruist.com/2012/02/damage-types-in-pvp.html

As you seem to have some kind of problems with fast (mwd) kiters, learn how to slingshot correctly, this is easiest if you fit an mwd yourself, but sometimes the kiter can be caught unaware and you slingshot a slicer with your 1800m/s overheated slasher.
http://eveopportunist.blogspot.nl/p/art-of.html

Next up, if you have the opportunity to look at your enemies guns before the fight, here is a helpful chart (made by Azual Skol from the Eve Altruist blog) where you can check which guns the enemy has fit, which tells you what engagement range they will have.
http://i.imgur.com/Wsf2ban.jpg

my biggest problem so far is the inability to find a 1vs1 fight, so far i found only ganks

only then will i be able to see what are by problems and mistakes

rifter has the largest base hp out of all the combat oriented frigs (if EVElopedia is still correct) drop the rep and go with buffer tank the only frig (in my opinion) that can get away with a rep is the incursis.

or try flying a diffrent ship

Frontline Frigs (better servivability)
-punisher
-merlin
-incursis
-breacher
Combat Frigs (better dps)
-tormentor
-kestral
-tristan
-rifter

* ummmmmmmm No.



* Disclaimer:
I added the 'ummmmmmm' bit as recently I discovered on these very forums that BM owns the rights to one word replies like 'No'

I understand you are trying to help him but you supplied misleading information.

The Incursus is not the only ship that can get away with a repper. A resist bonus can work out better than a rep bonus for active fits.

The Kessy is not a higher dps ship when compared to the Merlin as your list suggests.
I have never seen a Kessy do the 230dps (Before Overheat) that a Neutron Merlin can do.

Really?

My standard rifter fit has higher DPS, is faster, more agile has greater overall range that the max dps breacher I can fit. And I have max frig skills. Admittedly it fights in falloff as all projectiles do but the sheer utility of the rifter means that it is often overlooked nowadays. Primarily because very few people actually know how to fly the bloody thing

Well good news guys; OP finally landed a kill

Would post link but stupid forum policy...