Warfare & Tactics

I've been away from EVE for too long and I'm just looking for some general soloing PvP advice for when i'm not roaming around in gangs . . . anyone got some pointers?

Kiting is good because like the last guy said it helps you to not commit to fights.

Also realize the more you do it the faster you will learn. This is why I tell people to get 10-20 fully fit ships then go pvp that way losses don't hurt as much and it will encourage you to take more risks.

I generally disagree with this idea because this normally results in you fitting your 10-20 ships all the same. If you fly the Rifter and want to pvp in it, then you will learn to fly one kind of Rifter, but you will miss out on all the other flavors which have their place and advantages.

My Advice:

Pick the hull that you want to use for getting into solo work. Go buy 10-20 of them. EFT warrior some fits that you think will work. Start with more "conventional" looking fits. Pick one of your fits. Buy the mods to fit 3-5 in that manner. Fly them until you feel that you have a good understanding of how the ship works: strengths, weaknesses, common prey, what to avoid, etc. Once you have this skill/knowledge, try a new fit. Rinse and repeat until you become the Rifter Master (or master of whatever ship you went with). Don't be afraid to try crazy fits too. The bottom line to not making a fail fit is that your ship should utilize it's bonuses and be focused to do a few things well.

Also, test your fits out first before you go out hunting in them. Have a duel to hull with a friend or get on the test server and try it there. This will tell you if you screwed something up or it just didn't work well.

Mnesarete. Everyone that I know of in Amamake will happily drop their fleet to fleet up with you for a 1v1 - hence no gangboosting. If you want this, you just need to ask.

My advice to people trying to get into frig pvp is to actually start with a dessie. It will be a lot more forgiving than a T1 frig. Also, a dessie can be a great ship for ganking FW plexers doing minor outposts. The other advantage to a dessie is the number of targets that you can reasonably engage.

For exmaple Rifter v Dram = Rfiter diaf, but Thrasher v Dram = dead Dram (if you do it right)

It's a tarp. Always. Plan accordingly.

RvB will give you definite honored 1v1's all the time. We also do regular fleets, daily in my experience and you have people on almost all TZ's. Having left the HS war decs and low sec pvp corp's I can honestly say I have never had so much fun as I have had in RvB. There is a good mix of new pvp'rs and veterans alike so you can get plenty of wins/losses. Look us up.

Mike

Try RvB. Soloing on your own is hardcore difficulty mode for EVE.

No alts, no corp intel, no friends scouting, no boosts.

Rifters, Inties.

Sadly, no one else agrees with this. I dont have a problem with people kiting, but it results in many non-fights.

I can't find anyone to fight until the end of the fight. In the last week, I have been in at least 4 solo fights where once I got the opponent to half shields, they warp out. I would understand if the person was flying a vigilant or cynabal (&@$?@! The cynabal), but these people have been in cheap T1 ships. Every time I DO actually get someone to hang around, it's only because they are waiting on their gang mates to jump/warp into you. I had a Naga and Talos both into armor with a T1 cruiser, and got the gang-bang for my troubles.

I'm not complaining that people kite, or call in gang-mates - just using that as an example that true 'soloing' is hard to find. I'm essentially a 'pure' gallente pilot, but I can see why people fly Minnie and other nano stuff - it allows you to bug out. Flying blaster ships inside web and scram range usually doesn't give you that option.

Of course, it's entirely possible that I just suck - so there's that. ;)