Warfare & Tactics

I have been playing a month and in that time I have been getting to know the game. I am now ready to give pvp a try and the warfare aspect of FW seems to be a great thing.

My other character is mainly aimed at pve so I created this one (30 day multiple char training) to start FW with. For now I will be flying Amarr ships as a start and have set my skills to training.

I would just like to know what side is the most new player friendly? Because this is an alt and I am a mostly casual player I expect that I would have to do it alone, at least in the beginning.

I would recommend that the alt be trained for industrials, with just a few lvl4 skills and keep your main in FW with the active skill queue. Have the alt move modules for you and buy the ships locally. Do this in high sec at first if you must, but it will become easy later to move the mods in the hanger of a fast ship with a large cargo, like the Imicus. No one would blame you for warp core stabbing that. Join a well known Corp for a few months and don't feel committed to stay there forever. It's good to get experience under different leaders.

FW is one of the most lucrative ISK makers for new characters. It is not without the downside of standings loss as alluded to, locking you out of two factions highsec space.

Whichever character you choose though to have in FW, you will want your other one to be able to haul for you, because aside from standings loss, you are nearly guaranteed security status loss as well (especially if you're actually planning on PvPing).

Great advice all around, thank you. I will start doing it on my 'main' and see how it goes. if I lost more money than I make I could always train my alt then to run missions. My main has about 7mil SP and have decent ship skills. Unfortunately most of it is for bigger ships, but at least the support skills I trained should be of use for Frigates and Destroyers.

That character is focused on Gallente ships, so I reckon I should fly the Incursus, Atron and Tristan as a start? Which ship is the easiest to learn in?

Don't underestimate Atrons as cheap tacklers.

Falloff Atrons are flat out dumb and can effortlessly outdps the other obvious falloff reliant weapon system by miles.
And missiles.

you giving away my favourite secret :(

Tristan and Incursus are definitely good solo but for someone just starting in FW it may be hard to get fair engagements with other T1 ships because of the reputation of Gallente frigs. Dual-web RFF is where I would start, personally. It's got a prime mix of solid damage projection at range, strong tanking with an SAAR and those desirable four mid-slots so you can fit dual web and control the range of the engagement. Range control is the most dependable tactic for someone starting out with a skillpoint disadvantage versus others, because it lets you sit at the edge of scram range and disengage from the fight quickly if the situation is not going your way.

Firetail. and loud sighs represent Svipuls

the speed advantage makes it good for defending a plex though, warping in just a bait ship won't work because the RFF will just be able to disengage if any other ships land on the gate during the fight

I'm sure you'll find many people willing to fight you in an RFF. If OP is skilled towards Gallente, I say just go for it with Gallente. As others said before, Tristan is a great ship. it's one of the most versatile T1 frigs out there, and is quite powerful in solo engagements. Yes, you might scare other people away but if people look at your characters age and killboard history, they'll take the fight. Don't worry about not finding a fight in a Tristan.

Often times I find that people get really antsy and bored after awhile in FW space and they take fights that they KNOW they shouldn't. Just fly what you want and the fights will come to you if you're patient enough.