Ships & Modules

I have been in EvE since 2007. Thus far I have lead a failry sheltered life focusing on my little back end corner of hi-sec on the outer rim of lonetrek where i have been indy focused running a small 3 man mining and manufacturing operation supplying ammo and rigs to L4 mission runners in a 0.5 system.

I will cary on with this as it provides me with a steady ISK stream. However I have got a character that i have been training since 2007 that has got full gunnery skills (rails, blasters, projectiles, laser pew pew :) ) and can pilot Gal and Min frigates/cruisers and BCs. I really want to start engaing in PvP and as i know I can;t commit to a full nullsec sov based corp due to time I am looking into going the long john silver route.

I guess what i am looking for is some basic pointers in how to get off the ground. Some additional info: whle I hve lived predominantly in Hi-Sec I am not scared nor worried about getting blasted back to the stoneage. I am prepared toput hardware on the line and lose it. I have engaged in some PvP whilst mining when i got jumped by some frigs and then warped my muscle on grid that was parked up a few AU around the corner, however that was kinndergarten stuff and the few times I have been jumped i think they were sunday morning quarterbacks. !!!!

mainly I am looking for guidance on what ships are best to start off in when lloking to go into piracy. My aim is to go straight into losec as logisitically i haven't got the alpha needed for Hi-Sec suicide action. Also I don't care who I engage, as i stated i am prepared for the harsh learning, however I do want to at least start out on the right track rather than giving people free KB e-peen.

I would be open to joining a small piracy corp, but it would have to be on a casual basis as I am only on line for around 2 to 3 hours a day from aroun 10pm UK time

Joining a corp is a good way to get started but sometimes finding the right corp can be hard. What I'd suggest is probably what most people would suggest too, fit up like 20 T1 frigates of your choice and just go for it. I'd suggest doing a little research about things like aggro timers and flags as well as some research on good low security systems for PvP, but that's the bare minimum. I actually delved into lowsec with no experience whatsoever on the same advice and though I lost alot of stuff, it taught me alot too, but in hindsight that information would have been priceless.

As for your choice of frigate, since you mentioned Min/Gal I would personally go for an Incursus (or a Tristan if you have good drone skills), there are many different fits you can choose from but I personally like scram-rail-kite-ab fits for lowsec work though that leaves you very vulnerable to kiters (this is where the Tristan comes in). Rifters are a little harder to fly as you have to capitalize on it's good speed and tracking or it tends to be subpar to other combat frigates, but if you wanna go for it it's still feasible.

Hope that helps and good luck.

Man, your usually pretty constructive with your comments. Did you forget to take your pills this morning?

Bad hound! Go to your kennel

HA at hound. I'll give my usual blah blah 50frigs and you need to tell us what your looking for speeches.

With those out of the way piracy is a tough thing to just start. There are just too many things that group A calls piracy and that group B says isn't real piracy.

Best bet is find a lowsec or NPC nul group that either takes on new pilots directly or has a farm league. Then just shop till you find the one you like.

However, as an already well established Indy bear who is looking for occasional fights, a W-space might be perfect for you. Opens up unique fight mechanics, capitalizes on your existing industry skills, and has rules to (somewhat) control the size of the combat.

FW might be a good alternative to pure pirate at the beginning. But if you are hellbent on just pure piracy go for it! The instalock thrasher or catalyst can be funny in FW lowsec space.

I absolutely loathe when people draw correlations between RL piracy and Eve piracy... >_>


That said just get a good frig, with that toon you should have plenty of SP. Get a good t1 frig or a dessie, go into FW low and go nuts.

Piracy in eve is just pvp.

If you try to convince yourself otherwise you're delusional.

The closest you can get to actual piracy is gate camping (And that is mindbogglingly boring)

Well from a purely philosophical standpoint, nearly ever action in eve is PvP of some form of another. To be completely honest, in terms of money gained and lost at least, station trade PvP is far more fierce than any other form.

That aside the this is Yarr that is Yarr is quite silly and pretentious. At the end of the day if you blow up someone's ship without sticking to some (obnoxious) e-bullshito code of conduct someone is going to say you're a bad person aka YAAR!

Sorry let me clarify

you're perfectly within your rights to be a silly bugger and roleplay yourself as a pirate screaming YARR at any oppertunity.

However, silly rp fluff aside, what most people call pirates in eve are just dedicated pvpers.

Thrasher with arties and a sebo.