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What have your losses taught you?
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Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#21 - 2011-10-13 05:04:59 UTC
Kilrayn wrote:

Eve pixels are pricey, but that adds significance to loss, and in the end adds to the thrill of the game.


holy ****, you understand EVE. I was beginning to suspect that very, very few people do. especially when i find myself in highsec and start reading local.
pussnheels
Viziam
#22 - 2011-10-13 08:48:10 UTC
' owell it is a game right, deep breath and go on '

I do not agree with what you are saying , but i will defend to the death your right to say it...... Voltaire
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#23 - 2011-10-13 10:01:10 UTC
My losses have in the main taught me that drinking a couple of bottles of wine does not, in fact, make me a competent PvPer, no matter how much it feels like it.

On the other hand they've also taught me that after a couple of bottles, I don't care that much if I lose a ship.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Mors Magne
Terra Incognita
#24 - 2011-10-13 10:20:09 UTC
To be the best at running and hiding!
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#25 - 2011-10-13 10:27:11 UTC
Hmm… don't warp to a station with 8% hull and a still active global timer.
Xuse Senna
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#26 - 2011-10-13 10:51:29 UTC
Death #1

New to Game, Flying around in my Ibis :P Got Podded in LowSec :P

Death #2

Another New game fail, I got a First Destroyer Via the Market.
It was a LowSec station I got it from Doh!, Died taking it home xD

Death #3 4 and 5 maybe 6 xD

Decided to get a 'Plex'

Ended up buying Fraction Frigs (Think better ship I Can Win) Lol....
I lost 3 or 4 Worms Flying LowSec looking for Fights :P

Busy in work may post more may not.

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7501/mindgamesceptionfinaldr.jpg
Arakazzi
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#27 - 2011-10-13 10:56:13 UTC
That PvE is doesn't prepare you in the slightest for PvP. PvE arguably has a detrimental effect on a person's ability to PvP. Gives them a false sense of accomplishment, makes them over confident and lazy.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#28 - 2011-10-13 11:02:25 UTC
my first like 10 - 20 kills: Never undock during an active war when wartargets are right on the undock waiting for you (yes I was a noob and didn't knew we were at war).

on any kill: Don't care about the loss of your ship, it's just a game. Just care how to get revenge (revenge is a dish best served cold, and space is a very very cold place to float in your pod)

when you have ganked a lone roamer in null, don't give him the pod express to high-sec to give him a new ship to come after you. Better to scramble him so he has to slow-boat all the way to the gate from the battlefield, in the mean while call in friends to do this in any system he has to go through. He will get pissed very very quickly

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Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
#29 - 2011-10-13 11:30:56 UTC
Solo PvP sucks.

Not today spaghetti.
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#30 - 2011-10-13 11:36:45 UTC
I still PvE too much and PvP too little.
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#31 - 2011-10-13 12:20:31 UTC
Learned both within seconds of each other on my first day in EvE:

1. If it looks to good to be true then it's a trap (curse you "unattended" cargo container in belt).

2. Don't fly anything you aren't prepared to lose in fire.

NBSI shall be the whole of the Law
Niena Nuamzzar
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#32 - 2011-10-13 12:25:08 UTC
DIsposible Hero wrote:
So what have YOU learned, and how did you learn it?

I'm a n00b too. Obviously this is an alt...

Death #6:

What: Tengu
Where: Motsu 7-6

Lesson: Never hit breaks in mission hubs, real life WILL distract you for that one second...
Othran
Route One
#33 - 2011-10-13 12:29:05 UTC
What have mine taught me?

Oh lets see....

PvP is fun, I should probably drink less on long roams and local smack is boring Smile

Solo losses taught me how not to fly/fit some ships, fleet losses are different (for me anyway).
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#34 - 2011-10-13 12:32:47 UTC
Arakazzi wrote:
That PvE is doesn't prepare you in the slightest for PvP. PvE arguably has a detrimental effect on a person's ability to PvP. Gives them a false sense of accomplishment, makes them over confident and lazy.


IMO this is a compelling reason for a total rework of NPC rats.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
flakeys
Doomheim
#35 - 2011-10-13 12:47:38 UTC
Herping yourDerp wrote:
in a rifter
.5 system next to lowsec
someone obviously killed someone and jumped to highsec and got poped instantly

lesson learned?
if you near a lowsec/highsec gate its worth a peek to see if someone was dumb enough to jump back to highsec die anddrop loots..



Got a much better one , fully faction fit tengu , when roaming low-sec for fights make waypoints first OR don't be foolish enough to not check the security system you enter.Sure it was fun killing that mac in the icefield and i wondered wtf he was doing in low-sec mining away ... the concord surprise was even more mindboggling though Blink

Surely took me a few minutes before i realised:''Did i just engage in high-sec in my 1.5 to 2 B tengu? Twisted

Good thing about liking pvp and having the isk for it yet forever being an utter noob at it , i laughed my ass of at the mistakes i made during my anuall pvp months.My friends offcourse laugh even louder when i show them my losses.It's callled 'pulling a flakeys' as they usually comment .

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Pyx Jasta
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#36 - 2011-10-13 14:05:15 UTC
Kilrayn wrote:

Eve pixels are pricey, but that adds significance to loss, and in the end adds to the thrill of the game.


Heck yeah, it's the first game since EQ for me that provides any sort of heart pounding thrill, or that keeps me awake for that matter, and doesn't involve me sleepwalking through it.
Lord Ryan
True Xero
#37 - 2011-10-13 14:14:05 UTC
I don't know that my loses taught me anything, probably why I have so many. My old CEO did teach me that I lose so many ships because I'm a figgit. My wife was very upset to find this, and left me for said CEO.

All I can say is FUKU Mitch, have a nice day!

Do not assume anything above this line was typed by me. Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Rico Minali
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2011-10-13 14:14:16 UTC
What my losses have taught me is that its just losses and are unimportant in the scheme of things. What IS important is that you are having fun, that even losing and your watching ships explode can be fun if you are playing right.

Trust me, I almost know what I'm doing.
Brynhilda
Chimp Hoons Export and Expo Service
Scary Wormhole People
#39 - 2011-10-13 14:20:46 UTC
Death #1
Ship: Bhaalgorn
Learned: When flying a Anti-Cap Bhaalgorn in a POS Defense fleet, you should make sure that other parts of your fleet have proper intel and have a proper armor fleet.

Death #2
Ship: Pilgrim
Learned: Vagabonds with 220 Vulcans can still hit a Pilgrim pretty well. Fight was DAMN close, though.

Death #3
Ship: Hurricane
Learned: Loki are pretty soft on tank. I should have stayed close rather than align out.

Death #4
Ship: Ashimmu
Learned: Just because it can neut out a Vagabond and keep a Vagabond from moving doesn't mean it can solo a Vagabond.

How may I drug you with drugs?
Metal Icarus
Star Frontiers
Brotherhood of Spacers
#40 - 2011-10-13 14:36:12 UTC
Prime lesson from living and dying in 0.0 space.

IF you see someone (like a scout) from a big alliance in 0.0 (Goons/Red/TEST/Raiden./Noir), they are not alone, nor in a small gang. DO NOT ENGAGE AND GET TACKLED. They WILL (without exception) blob the living crap out of you and will say gf in local as if it really was a gf.

Would stay if they sent like 5-10 people (we roam in small gangs)... but when local spikes to +50 Shocked when ever you see these people makes me wonder why they say gf (good f**k maybe?) in local after the ****. Just for one kill and it is just a rupture. (Or worse, a rifter)

Small gang PVP is best PVP. This is a fact. Maybe if that 50+ man gang split up into 5 different gangs, they would have more fun and people would actually fight them. Then it would be a good fight.