Warfare & Tactics

You have it p much right. No locking of your target is necessary, just point and fire. No, they can't be used in lowsec. IT would be very unusual to one shot a ship.. maybe a frigate with it's MWD on. But you'll strip the shields off most things BC or lower.



Not all. There are portions of nullsec that are NPC controlled, and all of those stations work just like hisec stations do. Player controlled stations do not have guns, so you're safe from the station itself to warp up and try.. but of course they are where people congregate, so... :)



That works, or base yourself out of NPC nullsec and have a station to live in. Either way.



That's the beauty of nullsec.. there's no security. So your actions in nullsec have nothing to do with CONCORD, and they will not bother you for them. No sec status hit, no GCC.



Good luck to you! Hope to see you around someday!

Bombs: From what I understand of them, yeah. It's an aim, fire, wait, boom kind of weapon. It varies from really powerful to a mild irritant, depending on how well you do and whether or not you have friends. It's a lot easier to do well now that they changed how cloaking works, so you can do ganged bomb runs easier. It still remains something you aren't going to do well solo. Some ships pop, others don't. Anything larger than a frigate or T1 cruiser will survive a single bomb, hence why you want a gang of bombers. With enough of them, you can pop entire fleets of battlecruisers. Solo they're kind of lackluster and just dent your enemy's shields. They cannot be used in low sec.

Stations: Not all stations are player owned. Some entire regions are known as NPC 0.0, meaning that all the stations are NPC owned. You can use DOTLAN to see what's player owned and what's not. A good region to look at to understand it would be Delve as there is a mix of player owned stations and NPC stations. The NPC stations are the white background systems with a station box. Docking in NPC stations varies from safe-ish to ludicrously dangerous. Which makes things interesting. When checking out gates or stations you're unfamiliar with, it's best to try and find a celestial near it and use it as a bounce point. Use your directional scanner once within 13 or so AU, and that'll let you check if the station/gate is bubbled/camped.

You don't need an alliance in 0.0, but it definitely makes things safer and more fun. Being able to log in and group up with some friends and then go on a roam is a lot of fun. Large scale fights are an experience to try. But there are plenty of people who live for solo roaming in 0.0, even as part of an alliance. Do what makes you happy.

0.0 is 0.0. There is no security. Kill who you want, when you want. Your sec status won't change.

A link to DOTLAN if you're unfamiliar (Delve): http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Delve

Just how effective is a Tengu that's fitted with an Interdiction Nullifier and a cloaking device (I'm assuming it can fit the T2 cloaking device that allows it to warp while cloaked?) with the CPU Efficiency Gate? I know one would still need to be extra careful, but does this greatly reduce your chances of getting caught while traveling from system to system?

I have a Purifier that I used to make some BMs in a null sec system last night. It has the Improved CovOps Cloaking Device II, so I was warping around cloaked. I experimented with the Cloak->MWD->Warp trick and I believe I have that down as well.

I can fly a Tengu, and I can afford to lose a few of those so was just wondering how much more effective they are in traveling around. I will definitely stick with the Purifier for now as a means to get a feel for it. I'm sure I'll lose the thing, and my pod too, at some point in my ass-hattery in null.

I may want to rat in a Tengu at some point, and I'm figuring that with an Interdiction Nullifier, Cloak II, bookmarks, Dscan, and lots of attention, I should be ok (although nothing is guaranteed, I know).

Not using a jump clone though but I do have a backup clone in case podding occurs.

Once you jump into a system, is it good practice to jump to the BM at your gate, and then to the BM at the destination gate?

Or is it ok to warp directly to the BM at the destination gate?

I imagine that bubbles are placed on a direct path between gates, and I don't think they are big enough to cover the 150KM distances between gates and their respective BMs. Does that make sense?

Also, all this talk about bouncing off planets when going from gate to gate, how often are bubbles set along those pathways as well?

SB is one of the very good ships to solo roam in. You can catch ratters easily.

The thing to note here is, fitting a bomb launcher is a waste. You won't one shot anything and it uses up valuable cpu/pg. Dump it and fit a probe launcher. Useful to scan down anomalies in one go. Since you are flying a purifier, i'd advice you not to go blood raider or sansha space since all the ratters there will be tanked for em which is the best damage type for u.

Don't try engaging any ship that doesn't look like a ratting one.

Even then, u'll need a med shield extender to survive their drones long enough. Engage them only after a new wave has spawned and aggro'd the ratter.

If you want to absolutely fit a bomb launcher, then camping any alliance's jb network will help. Wait until some hauler jumps in, send a bomb and he goes poof. Since he'll be 5km from the jb, he can't jump back either. If you do this few times, u can be sure that they'll lay a trap for you so be careful.

Also, while engaging a ratter, when his hobs are on field, if u can drop a bomb to destroy them it'll be a whole lot easier to kill him and survive. I have to say this again, 5 t2 light drones will eat u alive easily.

Also, when u get into a system, the ratters will safe up. U bm the sites and get out. give it 5 minutes and then agin get in, warp directly to the most likely site. if you are lucky u can catch them this time. Get an approx idea about the site by dscanning the first time to know which sites are being run.

Hope this helps.

Once you can afford to lose one (it will happen eventually no matter how careful you are) an interdiction nullified T3 is the safest way to get around 0.0. Until then, anything that can warp cloaked has a good chance of surviving bubble camps which are the most common danger you will run into.

A Stealth Bomber is cheap, as is a Covert Ops Frigate, but don't forget about Force Recons which are even better at killing stuff solo.

Also, EvE is designed as an MMORPG which means that if you have friends your options increase geometrically. 3 >>>> 2 >> 1.
So if you're serious about 0.0 then take a few friends with you (ideally ALL in cloaking ships) so you can scout/assist each other. Solo roaming is possible but it's hard work and requires good pilot skills & experience (and ideally a second EvE account!)

IMO, Patience is the key to null sec movement if running around solo. Use of a cov ops helps very much! A bomber is a perfect ship to start learning with imo, and you can have a lot of fun with them. If you fit them right, and choose your targets, You can one shot frigs, and destroyers 30-35km away. Try to get a volley of torps off to them along with the bomb.

approach target from 45km, when at 40km uncloak and lock the target, at 35 km, launch your bomb, and a volley of torps, and quickly align to a safe or celestial that is behind you, so you want to make a 180* after you launch the bomb, then volley away, and warp out. cloak up in warp. check kill log. I have managed to get a few kills this way. Usually, I have done this on wh's though, not gates. Any idiot uncloaked in null sec sitting still deserves to be shot down. If you get locked, you cannot cloak, so you need to mwd or ab out of scram or disruptor range right after you launch your bomb, so you can get away.

Its rather annoying and I get the feeling that is the sort of thing you are looking to learn. There are tons of things you can do, jsut learn and master one at a time. :)

here is a cov ops fit I used in fleet and for wh ops.



[Hound, 1]

3x 'Arbalest' Siege Missile Launcher (Caldari Navy Bane Torpedo)
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Bomb Launcher I (Concussion Bomb)

2x Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
1MN Afterburner II

2x Ballistic Control System II
Overdrive Injector System II

2x Small Cargohold Optimization I

You can fit two bombs in cargo, one in launcher, and torps.

The tp's help the target absorb more dmg, from the bomb and torps. A volley of torps and a bomb with two tp's will insta pop frigs easy.

Yes, NPC sov space has NPC stations just like hisec, mission agents and all.

Confirming that station undock points are critical.
They don't work if the station is bubbled, but you *should* be able to redock and watch a movie before you can be alpha'd on the undock. Solo is a patience game in 0.0, lowsec, even hisec mining.