Warfare & Tactics

"And before anyone ask why I didn't spot them on D-scan it was because I warped to the target when it was too far to detect them on D-scan. And they were sitting on the gate. And the reason why I warp directly to the gate is because if I don't and have to burn to the gate it gives the people in the site too long and they often warp out so I try to limit the ammount of time I'm in 1 au range so I have the best chance to engage"

So trying to understand what happened here. What I think you mean is you warped all the way to an accel gate without hitting scan at all, and landed on a gate only to find two hostiles who probably saw you coming. After you landed and by the time you realized what was going on you were pointed.

Alright well from now on I would recommend hitting scan a few times while in warp so you always know what's is in the general vicinity. Once you get in range of where you are landing point your camera in the direction your ship is headed and do a narrow scan of about 15-30 degrees. That way you will know what you are about to land on and can make the decision to stay and fight or run before you ever even land. That will offer a much better chance to escape if needed.

Also if you decide to stay and fight you should try to drop your scan range to very close right before you land. Then pound scan as much as possible while fighting to have a heads up if the person you are fighting is about to drop his whole gang on you.

all plexes are scannable using long range Dscan with a minimum of effort.

warp to a nearby celestial and scan from there.

OP, the idea is that should you happen to fly the perfect counter against any given ship, you are going to win in a straight up 1vs1 situation. Should you happen to fly a ship that fairs well against the fit of the opponent, you might win. If your fit is balanced versus his, you are going to lose if he packs T2 equipment and you are not.

In paper-scissors-rock terms, T2 becomes a greater concern when scissors fights other scissors, but rock will steal beat them. Then again, even a rock will break if you hammer it with enough scissors. What I mean to say is that a certain hull/fit will make it damn hard for it's typical target to even hit it. In those situations it doesnt matter if you do 200 or 250 DPS, since those stats go through a percentual grinder (resistances) before even being applied anyway, and your opponent has a hard time even applying effective DPS against you.

Example: it doesnt matter if you are orbiting a T2 fitted artillery Tornado with a T2 fitted Jaguar or a T1 fitted Rifter. It's tracking is so bad at short range, the chance it will hit you at all is near-zero. The T1 Rifter will just take a bit longer to grind through it's tank, but ammo choice is more important then T2 guns. These typical sniper nado's (I hear they spawn on lowsec gates) are also fun to engage with destroyers, especially in a small gang.

Not to mention with the amount of DPS a Neutron Fitted Harpy can put out. He could prolly pop you with 1 shot. Not to mention engaging with a shop meant for kiting under 10km range is a major nono.

And you can kill T2 frigates with T1 frigates. As with most things in EVE everything is dependent on both parties fittings and situation at the time of the engagement.

Bull.

I've seen my fair share of T1 frigs molesting T2.

One example can be found here Atron vs Retri.

A bloody Atron with zero tank murdering a Retribution loaded with snake implants.

So in practical terms, yes, you can win.
Pick your fights, don't play dumb, use the advantages of your ship setup and delete enemy ship.

I'll take the advice - and listen. Just getting into the mechanics of PVP and roaming lo-sec. I spent all last night practicing D-scanning other ships down, and without fail, every single time I jumped in on something that I might have lasted a few seconds against, they warped out. I was in an Atron and this included people in T2 cruisers ratting. There was fun to be had in imagining their heart rates spiking when they saw me jump in on them, but a fight would have been nice.

A nice, fast, adrenaline-pumping fight is what I am up for. Overheating is the very next thing I will be training, I can see from all your posts the value of it cannot be overstated.