Warfare & Tactics

Been trying my hand at FW........solo. So far its a big snore. Every plex I scan someone in they run away and Im left playing ring around the rosey. Its only been 24hrs but I cant even get a 1 on 1 let alone a 2 on 1.

I want to give it more time but Im wondering if I should try the piracy aspect......more targets and less restrictions.

As you can see I have been around awhile and have done the null, corp alliance thing. That was just too time consuming and a lot of sitting around waiting on fleets and the like. Just looking for something different in a more casual pvp way on my own terms and time. ISK is not an issue so Im not ISK restricted so thats not why I chose FW to begin with as far as LP goes.

Looking for some advice from the more seasoned FW'ers and Pirates on their views.

Thx.

TBH if isk isn't and issue and you don't have a problem with -ve sec status go pirate.

you can still use the FW plex mechanics for fights and you don't automatically 'blue' 1/3 of your potential targets.

So then the only thing FW affords me is no sec hit on enemies and less targets. Sort of seems like a no brainier to just be a pirate unless I'm missing something.

FW lets you engage on gates without gate guns, piracy makes everyone a target in plexes.

Take from that what you will.

Honestly, it really depends on being in a good corp/alliance to enjoy FW. If you're not looking to do the whole corp thing or whatever, then piracy is probably your best bet.

There's plenty of targets in FW, and a continuous stream of 1vs1s. Don't stress about the stabbed plexing alts running away, CCP will eventually fix LP farming and meanwhile there's no shortage of combat pilots.

(edit: I'm not a seasoned FW pilot, been in it for a month- but 386 kills in first 30 days tells me that Black Rise FW space is a target rich environment)

- you get LP for killing targets
- you have access to plexes and missions
(easier ISK for PvP)

GalMil gets plenty of fights. Ibanez is right that if you hang around Eha / Innia you'll get plenty of fights. Lots of pirates base out of Kinakka, and it looks like Evoke moved into Vlillirier recently as well.

Other commenters are also correct that you'll have a lot more fun in FW if you get into a decent corp. Genstar, SPDR, Quantum Cats, Justified Chaos and any of the Villore Accords corps will generally be a good home, and you should have no problem getting fights.

FW's advantage over pure pirate is:

- no gate guns against war targets
- easier isk from plexes / missions

Pirate advantage over FW is:

- more targets

Well the thing with being a pirate is your are gonna be chasing duders into and out of plexes quite a bit, a lot like FW people do. You can fight other pirates now so the bigger question is, do you see enough of your own militia around that dont use stabs and fly in manageable groups, that if you were a pirate, you could take down.

A lot of gallente players have stabs fitted as well >.>, you tend to not see that because they tend not to run away from their friendlies.

Also, FW makes a lot of isk and has cheap faction ships. If your a comet fan, then just a could of medium plexes and that is 2/3 comets to explode, only at the price of fittings/incursus/chip. Because you tend to get higher standings, you can also buy jump clones easier than everywhere else. You dont gain to many ways of income switching to pirating.

The biggest advantage is the "freedom" of being a pirate and not having your assets locked out >.> But if you join a respectable alliance/corp, you wont have that problem of assets being locked as your staging system will stay low in the contest value.

I recently left my nullsec corp / alliance to start doing FW with a secondary objective of piracy. I get a decent amount of targets that are fair game anywhere and I can still shoot neutrals as well. I look at it as a win win as far as casual PvP goes. I'm terrible at PvP to begin with, but at least going this route I can use T1 frigates and cruisers and not worry about losing massive amounts of isk AND politics are not an issue anymore, which makes the pool of neutrals much better for someone that's spent the last couple years deep in nullsec.

But with anything in EVE, it comes down to what you find fun.

Either way, good hunting.

I can go into an system belonging to the opposing militia, open a plex, and wait. I will get a fight sooner or later from WT or pirates. The more important the system the faster I'll get a fight. FW also offers at the least the equivalent of a ship replacement program.

On the other side of the coin no one really gives a damn if a pirate opens a plex. You have to hunt for targets more as well as find alternate methods of income generation.