Warfare & Tactics

Good stuff from Spank and shal ri!

Azual Skoll maintains a nice resource on the different ships you might meet:

http://www.evealtruist.com/p/article-index.html

While it obviously can't cover every possible fit and usage for ships, it does give a rather excellent overview on the typical fits and how to fight them.

Concerning the Incursus, you can take pretty much anything that a Rifter could (or any other decent T1 frig), which is not an awful lot. Other T1 frigs, indies, PVE ships. Anything with drones is dangerous in a T1 frig, you might not be able to tank the drones before you can pop them. Still there seem to be quite many pilots flying around in T1 frigs, and why not, crazy cheap and crazy fun :)

Maybe try rails and small rep for soloing, blasters are a bit more challenging but I like them and with T2 ammo you have decent range and more than decent damage these days- Null shoots far, and Void really hurts and small blasters have no problems with tracking.

Comet is a solid upgrade before you get to AFs, and you can also try Vexor, but T1 cruisers have sort of limited engagement envelope at the moment. Frig pilots might run from a Vexor, and it's a bit too lightly tanked and slow to take on BCs - of course ymmv and it's not expensive to try out. Same goes for Thorax. Other than that, what shal ri said. Ishkur and Myrm are great all-rounders. Ishtar is very skill point -intensive, but there are some pretty insane videos the tube displaying it's potential (with links and drugs obv.) Talos likewise needs T2 Large Guns, but it can do the anti-Gallente kiting thing rather well. Cloaky Proteus is also a formidable solo ship, and might be faster to get into.

Wow, that was a very helpful and informational post from none other then the "Lady Spank".

*Checks outside for the end of the world*

The Incursus is a brilliant starting ship, just keep away from AF's and probably Dessies too. It can still take on some navy and pirate frigs too, or it's so cheap you don't lose much by trying

Once you get a few skillpoints under your belt the Tristan becomes a brilliant cheap option and is exceptionally good at taking down Dramiels which I'm pleased to see are still about frequently and nearly always underestimate the little Tristan


Sorry brosef, It just makes me so angryyyy

It's not dishonorable to have a Falcon Alt. It's not dishonorable to use that Falcon Alt when engaging a force with significant number advantages. It is dishonorable to use that Falcon Alt in a fair fight. The challenge is not using that Falcon Alt when you are losing that fair fight. If you manage to resist, more power to you. If not, you are a worthless noob with a Falcon Alt. And that is how Falcon Alts work.

tbh all you really need to do is read Wens' blog, and bring a few rifters to Heild. There's always some RIFTA dudes around willing to 1v1.

Solo Arty thrasher can take on every frig except AF's and even half of the AF's are viable targets despite their increase in tank/damage. For about 10m a pop there's no reason not to be gung-ho with them. If you can catch stuff, and it doesn't manage to get right under your tracking in time then they are deadly.

scram web mwd fit them. when stuff goes for you, or you are chasing them down.... start firing in falloff and by the time you get into scram web range they should already be half dead :D

I think he means just read it in general, since it has lots of good advice, also note the rifter guide link at the top of his blog.

http://www.rifterdrifter.com/

And the spirit of Bricksauce's message is 'keep it simple and just get out there and pew' which I agree with. Read up in your idle time but don't sit down all evening reading theory when you could be logged in to eve and actually enjoying yourself watching spaceships explode :D

Once you get comfortable in t1 frigs take a look at destroyers. Dessies can give most AF's a good run for their money and they also put out enough damage that you can make the initial kill before backup lands.

Also find a good pvp channel and ask tons of questions. Most solo pvpers love to talk shop and give advice. When you die ask the guy that killed you for tips. Very few people that are actually good at pvp will smack talk you.

It definitely gets better with experience so keep at it!

ALSO: Remember you have 30 seconds on jump in where you are immune so even if you jump into a nightmare gatecamp from hell you still have some time to assess the situation, and in the worst scenario, your best bet is to heat mwd and burn back to gate. In a frig this is generally easy to achieve.

I like to keep transversal on because it lets you now if people are moving straight at you or not. I guess its just another way to keep track of the movements of enemy ships. I wouldn't say I spend a ton of timing looking at this column but there are times when its useful.

As for figuring out guns I generally just use the look at function. There have been times when i'm more concerned with the combat messages and I pull up the log and can keep a closer eye on them.