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[Video] Zest - Battle-Logistics Solo PvP

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Jim Jams
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-12-12 16:19:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Jim Jams
Greetings!

In this video you'll see mostly battle logistics Solo PvP.
Ships used: Scimitar, Exequror, Scythe, Stabber.

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Fully sponsored by Eve-Bet (every ship, mod, booster, implant, etc...) who basically gave me free reign to try whatever crazy ideas I wanted. Being able to pop Strong boosters for any little situation without worrying about ISK for example, was very nice :-)

Also made a small extra video for full disclosure of the Solo PvP experience.
Bloopers wheel (fail compilation) during the making of Zest.

Additional notes:

Implants vary throughout the video. When I fly a Scimitar it is usually a Sensor boosting set, as the Scimi's sig is already so small and using an X-ins is more than enough. In the Scythe it is usually LG halo. In the Exequror sometimes LG halo set and sometimes a mixed HG. All clones contain some mid-expensive 5% hardwirings.

How did I get so many fights so quickly?

Because I was 100% free ISK-wise, I allowed myself to create a bunch of these implanted clones as described above, and placed them in various highsec-lowsec entry systems. I then fitted and red-frogged 20+ ships to three entry systems. So whenever I lost a ship, I'd just immediately jump clone to the next. All the fights you see in the video I got in the period of 20 days, and with surprisingly little roaming time (many times you see me finding the next fight/s on the same booster duration which is 53min). But of course it's also a matter of luck.

Having made quite a few videos in the past, I really wanted to style this one different. So I added all these audio and visual extras, the movie sequences and the funky sound effects. Some will enjoy it, some will probably also hate it. C'est la vie :-)

I just went for a different style to spice things up... And started the video with the "Spice" music track from the PC game "Dune" if you know it :-) The video is also a tribute to my alltime favorite (offline) PC game "Star Control II", I used a lot of music/sounds from it.

Hope you enjoy.
maCH'EttE
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-12-12 16:33:26 UTC
some great fights.
Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#3 - 2014-12-12 16:35:13 UTC
I watched the first 15 minutes of the draft some days ago and back then it was already a masterpiece. A unique video with both great fights and great entertainment value.

❤️️💛💚💙💜

IIFraII
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-12-12 16:42:29 UTC
Aldap, is it you?

15 min in and this is so good i'm starting to like this kind of solo.

GJ
maCH'EttE
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-12-12 19:58:40 UTC
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.
Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#6 - 2014-12-12 23:35:09 UTC
maCH'EttE wrote:
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.


Seriously. People who complain about gateguns are worse than the people who whine about links. Can't people just appreciate the fact that people use clever thinking and game mechanics to fight against superior numbers.

❤️️💛💚💙💜

Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
#7 - 2014-12-12 23:49:36 UTC
That was awesome! Great editing and music went along with the film nicely. I hope to see more out of you and soon!

Oderint Dum Metuant

Ssagat
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-12-13 00:26:09 UTC
maCH'EttE wrote:
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.
Holy ****, so nothing is solo anymore, i guess a fight in deadspace wouldnt be solo either, drones counts as other players right
Mr Hyde113
#9 - 2014-12-13 01:27:20 UTC
Great video mate! I love the use of deception to frag people who thought they'd get an easy gank on a lone logi.

Also glad to have you back terrorizing the skies of new eden Pirate
maCH'EttE
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-12-13 01:47:56 UTC
Ssagat wrote:
maCH'EttE wrote:
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.
Holy ****, so nothing is solo anymore, i guess a fight in deadspace wouldnt be solo either, drones counts as other players right

Am not saying his vid was not great, just saying its not SOLO, all his KM will say Sentry guns, so no solo.
Karlos Kondit
#11 - 2014-12-13 07:16:11 UTC
maCH'EttE wrote:
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.


So he uses the gate guns to increase the outgoing effective dps and uses sig tanking to decrease the incoming effective dps.

So surely this means that if you sig tank then its not solo??????

YOU MUPPET!!!!
Mr Duffo
SQUIDS.
#12 - 2014-12-13 09:17:42 UTC
Very nice vid. New map gives cool tools for cinematics. It looked like aldap vid with same UI layout.

But vid is maybe too long? I couldnt pass 20min as it got repeative for me but will watch rest later.

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Freelance Swan
Vertical Speed
#13 - 2014-12-13 11:46:27 UTC
maCH'EttE wrote:
Ssagat wrote:
maCH'EttE wrote:
After watching it to the end, I have to give it to you, you had some nice fights, but, but, this really is not solo pvp.
People say solo pvp, must have no links, no implants no this that, but you have something more important on your side, GATE GUNS.
Holy ****, so nothing is solo anymore, i guess a fight in deadspace wouldnt be solo either, drones counts as other players right

Am not saying his vid was not great, just saying its not SOLO, all his KM will say Sentry guns, so no solo.


seriously... that is a stupid way of thinking you know...
he was alone, the gate guns are part of the game environment, something his enemies where well aware of; it's not like using alts for boosting or anything else.
according to what you say, even fighting in a belt could not be solo if npcs arrives or if an enemy stuck in an asteroid
using the environment to your own advantage is a skill, and not an easy one
he was alone in making them fight under the sentry, he was alone in deceiving them, he was alone, in the environment that he used at his advantage, there was nobody else, no other players, no alts
Jim Jams
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-12-13 12:46:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Jim Jams
The whole solo or not solo issue is absolutely fine by me.
It doesn't even really matter how you define it, as long as you enjoy it :-)

I wrote about this very point for the TMC article:
http://www.themittani.com/media/aldaps-return-zest-pure-solo-pvp

Thx for all the replies! <3
Jim Jams
Perkone
Caldari State
#15 - 2014-12-13 12:50:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Jim Jams
Eve-Files link now up thanks to Chribba.
Sir Livingston
Doomheim
#16 - 2014-12-13 13:42:07 UTC
Thanks for a very enjoyable lunch break, Jim Jams o7

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Reppyk
The Black Shell
#17 - 2014-12-13 14:02:31 UTC
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STSxLight
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#18 - 2014-12-13 19:16:21 UTC
Jim James is back !!! Love the video, fights, editing !! BearBearBearPirate

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