Warfare & Tactics

So what's everyone opinions on the current meta when it comes to solo play in faction warfare?

Having been re-subbed for the past month after been gone for the past two years I've noticed few minor changes.

The Garmur andworm seem to be at the top of the pecking order but being so powerful that most just blue ball those ships.

A lot of players are now fitting their Fed comets with rails instead of blaster to overcome the over use of TDs.

The dual tanked breacher is an absolute beast and can be a bit of shock the first time you come across it.

Light missile condors can is a serious pain in the arse .

Tristan is nasty with long point or scram.
Many fits seem to rely on sitting at their perfect optimals within a plex which means some fights end up being a battle of who is the most patient.

Thoughts?

Current meta is: 2 off grid boosters, 1 3b pod and 1 bomber mission farming alt from enemy militia

Bro I give u a good hint: Forget all this militia crap.
I did it for almost two years just to realise that it is full of wannabe pros (2 ogb, 3 pod and sometimes falcon alt if the would loose a "fight") and wannabe loyalists (bomber alts from enemy militia)
I remember when I once laughed at the minnies when I saw their core militia members using ogb for their mission alt and protecting them with falcons.
You knwo what? Same **** in amarr militia. Absolute core members boosting their minnie bomber toons and defending them with amarr militia alt.
You want some pew in low then go pirate. But don´t try toplay a game where the tier of a militia is complete nonsense because everyone has bomber alts everywhere and you only feed wannabe pros who haven´t killed even a pod without ogb for ages with killmails.
Seriously from someone who did this crap almost two years: FORGET IT!

Knowing BMs sense of humor a bit: I am veeeery pleased :)

Pretty much.
Combat is black and white.
It's all about kiting and winning the DPS race.

Or flying ships that are more than a one trick pony. Like neuting,scramming and webbing tristans. Triple damp hookbills. And other forms of "get into this ship because it can only be countered by a ship of the same type".

PvP in general in this game is rather bland. Was inspired at first, with how the ships of various size are balanced against each other, the trade offs for T2, etc. TBH it's all pretty crap.

This is true if you meet at a planet sure but with most fights happening within a plex any brawler with a web and scram is just going to sit at zero and there is nothing a typical kite fit can do and vice verca.

Pirate frig buffs have pretty much put the Keres and Hyena out of a role, Dram and DD seem to have gotten a bit more popular if for no other reason than a hedge against all the pilots now flying Worms.

It's gotten to a point where pirate frigs are now better than T2 frigs, which is problematic because unlike T2 frigs those pirate frigs can still get into novice plexes. T1 frig use was still strong when faction frigs were the biggest threat, because a T1 frig could still best a faction frig if the fight went well. Likewise, a faction frig could take out a T2 frig if the conditions were good.

Back in Retribution there was a good sense of balance. People understood that paying an extra 10-20m for a faction or T2 frigate was just insurance but there was still the chance you might lose to a T1 frig. Now that sense of balance is shot. There is no frigate, T1 or T2, that can tank the DPS from the top pirate frigs, at least not without a solid OGB, so if they can catch up to you (which they can thanks to range-extending tackle bonuses) then you're done.

The pirate cruisers were never such a problem, because while they have pimp bonuses, they are still vulnerable to being tackled/ambushed/outpewpewed. the pirate frigs, on the other hand, have no such vulnerability. They can just burn through anything fast enough to tackle them with overwhelming DPS and evade any ugly situation with classic frigate speed. It's pretty obvious that they've gotten OP from the fact that the Worm has literally doubled in value from the 50m it used to be to 100m ISK. Man. Between 100m ISK frigs pushing me out of novice plexes and PLEX costing 800m ISK, it's gotten a lot harder to stay in the game :\

Scram-kite is still pretty popular, otherwise kite. Investing in a decent head has been made easier with new implants. Santo Trafficante keeps us honest.

Current meta is not bothering to play this **** game.

Rarely see a Corax soloing. What sort of fit and tactics are you using?

Nice fit. Used it to take down a Firetail today. Lost it to a Tristan and Slicer combo but only because i started shooting the Tristan first.