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Is there any consistent 1v1 in Eve?
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Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#21 - 2013-03-11 00:29:51 UTC
That's an interesting edit. I'm trying to decide whether to join FW or continue neutral. The main point against joining is missing out on half FW targets but maybe this isn't as clear cut as I think.

To OP, a drawback of being based in low is difficulty accessing hulls. If you can afford it consider getting Black Frog or similar to ship ~100 hulls and fittings in. Don't base in the entry low system but rather one of two systems deeper toward FW regions. I rarely get three jumps before finding a target in a novice or small outpost.

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Taoist Dragon
School of Applied Knowledge
#22 - 2013-03-11 00:40:42 UTC
Zappity: If you have an isk income that comfortably supports your pvp then there is probably not any great advantage to being in FW. But if you, like me, pretty much just do everything on one toon then FW is great as you can fund your pvp but still get plenty of action.

TBH I haven't noticed less action by being in FW, in reality my activities increased in FW when I was in Amarr FW thats why I came back after being a pirate again I just want a new 'out look' on FW so I joined the 'enemy'

That is the Way, the Tao.

Balance is everything.
SeaSaw
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2013-03-11 14:13:09 UTC
Good Sirs;

One of the real problems in finding PvP fights outside of FW is the ridiculous scanning system with all those spheres. It was fun the first two times, but try wandering around scanning every system.

your humble servent
SeaSaw
Legedric Striker
State War Academy
Caldari State
#24 - 2013-03-12 09:22:24 UTC
I am pretty much having the same situation as the OP. My playtime is limited to roughly 1 hour most of the times and I just went from L3 missioning with my Drake to some pirate PvP in FW systems.

So I fitted some Condors (watched some videos to get myself familiar with some basics) and moved to Huola as it is the closest FW system to Amarr. The range to Amarr is a criteria for me because I expect that I have to learn PvP the hard way and need to replaces some ship/fitting stacks without the need of hauling all the stuff via 10+ jumps with my limited playtime.

Been there setting up some safe/scan spots and according to Dotlan there shouled be some action going on... but the reality is that I was just sitting there scanning the sh** out of the system while warping through the system and trying to nail down the scan results. No fight showed up for me during the last 4 days sitting there for about 1-1.5 hours around 18h/6pm eve time.

In addition I installed a jump clone in Ishomilken and carried some stuff over there but I didn't try out that system until now.

Unfortunately I consider myself still a bloody newbie having around 4mil SP and no PvP experience at all and I didn't even know that there are different types of FW missions sites (novice etc.). So I guess I will plan to change my style to more system hopping and check if I can find a system with novice plexes as Huola is a "medium" place if I remember it correctly.

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Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#25 - 2013-03-12 09:50:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Zappity
Definitely try 'system hopping'. Check the map stats for Militia ships killed in the last hour to get an idea of where current activity is.

You might want to learn how to check dotlan for likely gate camps or use a scout alt. You should mostly be OK in a Condor though.

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#26 - 2013-03-12 09:52:12 UTC
Yea you don't have to black frog anything

Just red frog it to a low sec neighbor system like Charmerout and jump in there and pick your ships up one at a time. Virtually no risk if you pick a good system.

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Meditril
Hoplite Brigade
Ushra'Khan
#27 - 2013-03-12 11:04:56 UTC
Legedric Striker wrote:

So I fitted some Condors (watched some videos to get myself familiar with some basics) and moved to Huola as it is the closest FW system to Amarr. The range to Amarr is a criteria for me because I expect that I have to learn PvP the hard way and need to replaces some ship/fitting stacks without the need of hauling all the stuff via 10+ jumps with my limited playtime.


You should consider not just sit in one system and wait for the prey to come. Prey (plex and mission runners) usually prefer systems which are at the borders of the fight zones, which are not full of enemies. Therefore you should really move either to systems which are heavily contested or which have not many inhabitants (e.g. like Hof). These systems usually attract a lot of farmers.
Legedric Striker
State War Academy
Caldari State
#28 - 2013-03-12 11:18:18 UTC
As I said I am nothing but a damn newbie at PvP and although I am expecting to loose plenty of ships, I am still trying to keep myself as safe as possible while trying to find fights (e.g. build safe spots for every system I newly approach).

Let's see what some hopping and jumping around might bring up for me ;)

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Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-03-12 13:37:46 UTC
there has been decent advice here but omg are people overlooking the main problem with setting up fights this way...boosters.

If you setup in a neutral fw plex you are going to have an uphill battle considering the prevalence of boosters and pirate implants (the latter you can only avoid by knowing your targets and the ships very well). This is as true for fw lowsec as it is for trading hub duels.

In case you don't know, boosters are ships that can be parked off-grid somewhere in system that give HUGE bonuses to the performance of a ship. It is much akin to, but much less obvious than, using a falcon alt.

If you want to get a 1v1 as fair as possible then ask for a 1v1 in local when you see a ship on d-scan that is the same class as you (t1 frig for example). When you get a taker demand that they get into a fleet with you (should only be 2 in the fleet) and meet up at a safe. If they drop fleet or if more people show up in the fleet then BAIL. If they show up in something you don't like then BAIL (i.e., you're in a rifter they in a firetail).

TL;DR: Ask for 1v1's in local, always do 1v1's in fleet at a safe

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#30 - 2013-03-12 13:42:20 UTC
Legedric Striker wrote:
As I said I am nothing but a damn newbie at PvP and although I am expecting to loose plenty of ships, I am still trying to keep myself as safe as possible while trying to find fights (e.g. build safe spots for every system I newly approach).

Let's see what some hopping and jumping around might bring up for me ;)



You don't really need safes if you're just doing frig pvp..

Only time i ever use safes when i'm out in a frig is when a big blob is trying to catch me and i want to relax.

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SeaSaw
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#31 - 2013-03-12 13:48:41 UTC  |  Edited by: SeaSaw
Legedric Striker wrote:
As I said I am nothing but a damn newbie at PvP and although I am expecting to loose plenty of ships, I am still trying to keep myself as safe as possible while trying to find fights (e.g. build safe spots for every system I newly approach).

Let's see what some hopping and jumping around might bring up for me ;)


Good Legedric Striker;

If you are on when the server population is over 40,000 you are going to hit gate-camps hopping around.
If you spend a week or so farming LP yourself at a novice plex in a contested area (around siseide/dal/amamake) you will get attacked about every 10 minutes. That is a higher rate than you will get wandering around. Most of them will be OGB.
I suggest you fit 2wcs for your first weeks and just learn to get away. You won't have to worry about the gate-camps, you will earn plenty of LP, and you will learn just how fast an OGB hookbill is. They are right, you don't need safes in a frig. You can also camp the medium plexes, someone else kills the NPCs for their dog tags which are worth millions anyhow.

you will have to content yourself with killing lots of drones and warping off amid howls of execration.

When you are done you will know where the gate camps are and noone will respect you.

your humble servent
SeaSaw
Legedric Striker
State War Academy
Caldari State
#32 - 2013-03-12 20:06:01 UTC
Thank you very much! The problem with farming LP is... I do not need them... my PvP is funded very well from an industrial source and I am just fed up with PvE after I did nothing but mission running for 2 months. But maybe I should give it a try and see what happens to me in terms of PvP.

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Andre Vauban
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2013-03-12 20:45:23 UTC
Legedric Striker wrote:
Thank you very much! The problem with farming LP is... I do not need them... my PvP is funded very well from an industrial source and I am just fed up with PvE after I did nothing but mission running for 2 months. But maybe I should give it a try and see what happens to me in terms of PvP.


I prefer the sit in FW plex and wait for PVP. It usually comes to me. If it doesn't, you still earn LP after you sit there for 10-20 minutes. Sometimes you get PVP (win), sometimes you get LP (win), sometimes you get both (double win). I personally think its better to be in FW because you can still earn some isk while you hunt/wait for a target.

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Dengen Krastinov
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#34 - 2013-03-13 02:33:48 UTC
Come to a null sec near you. I may or may not have a cyno fitted Blink
DarkestHeart
ItsMeCorp
#35 - 2013-03-14 13:09:23 UTC
Heres what I do.

I suck at solo PvP, badly, so I wanted to do something about it. I went out onto the test server and fitted up some cruisers, played around for a month until I found one I can fly properly, know how it flys and what it can do.

I then went and bought 10 of the cruisers from a trade hub and moved it to a system I know of that has a low sec entrance 1 jump away into a FW area, which then expands out into cross-region low-sec so I have something like 50/60 systems to roam through without breaking out of low sec.

I then got all the boosters I needed (expecting to not return alive once, so I bought 10 of each I needed) and left them in the first low sec system that I enter. It has a station so they are there, but if it didnt I would have dumped a locked can and left them in there. I also leave ammo there so I can dock up and reload without being popped for aggro in high-sec.

So now I JC over to the system and go hunting when I get an hour to play, any longer than an hour and I'll do fleet fights or make some ISK. Its a good way to do it, theres plenty of people solo'ing or stragglers in fleets. I've had a lot of fun following a fleet and taking out a straggler, or 1v1'ing other cruisers.

OP if you wanna come hunt with me or want a 1v1 against me just drop me a message in-game! Always happy to roam with people, providing its a small number of people!
Diesel47
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#36 - 2013-03-17 07:52:11 UTC
hi sec dueling maybe.
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