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Thanks a lot again guys!! I think the 3rd one will be a little more concise than the second. while i'm glad you guys enjoyed it we think there was a bit too much of an information barrage.



The reason we don't talk about frigates is partly because we don't fly them, as MS said. However, we also both think that frigates are actually not a good way to start solo pvping - virtually your only targets are other frigates, and often fights are over so quickly that it's hard to critique your piloting/know what you did wrong. Some people really enjoy frigate pvp, but I think of it as a different kind of pvp entirely - it won't really help you much with learning to fly bigger things.

As for low skillpoints, that's a more difficult question. Cruisers (rupture, thorax/vexor now too) are a good choice for 0.0 flying, as you can take on multiple frigates or learn to pick little things off larger gangs. You can also kill a lot of recons with them. But I think really battlecruisers are the best place to start learning solo pvp - even a cookie cutter hurricane or drake can give you a LOT of options for solo and take relatively few points to get into. Just make sure you have BC 4 and t2 medium turrets. I like to recommend Zach Donnell's solo4lyfe for some examples of what a solo hurricane can do.

Good podcast guys.

Update: Just listened to the second episode. I especially liked the part detailing the different tricks you employ to get people to fight you.

I am enjoying this podcast very much!

whats so good about it is that u both know how to lay down the situation good enough that you dont need the vid to know what you are talkin about. and you explain it all so clearly. very nice

greetings,

kitty

p.s. a good name for this bit might be: "Pvp Standoff PodCast or PSPC"

a got a name!!!

the PEW PEW SHOW as a name for these great podcasts!

greetings,

kitty

I've enjoyed listening to your podcasts but I disagree with saying not to fly frigates to learn. The most successful pilots in genos and podla started out by soloing in frigates and we still fly them occasionally.

P.S. call it "Bringing Solo Back"

I'm not questioning the fact that most of us did indeed start in frigs, and it gives you a solid handle on some aspects of eve pvp. I'm not hating on frig solo at all, if people prefer it then that's what they should do. I just think a lot of the things that are key for bigger ships don't really come into play and thus must be learned flying bigger ships.

Inspired by your podcast I refit two hurricanes I had sitting in Jita and set course for null.

The first one quickly died in a fire...

The second one managed one, two (afk in sanctum) and even three kills before meeting its doom.

Fun was had, isk was made (faction module drops \o/) and experience was gained.

Thank you for producing this podcast!

I've died horribly 8 times in lowsec in the past two weeks.

Mind you I've been pvping for around 6 years now, so I guess I can't really blame it on you guys. ;)

Keep up the podcasts though, really interesting to listen to. <3

Added episode 3 which focuses on active tanking =)

Nice episode, enjoyed it a lot :)

Edit: I think it would be cool if you guys spent part of an episode talking about morale. For me possibly the hardest thing about solo pvp (especially when you're new to it) is keeping your spirits up enough to keep sacrificing ships to blobs and falcons and swarms of ecm-drones in the search for a good fight. Included in that is keeping your cool in the face of such tactics and resisting the occasional urge to let somebody know in some not very nice words what you really think of them warping in 4 scimitars to help kill your rupture lol.

In my view the discouraging nature of solo pvp (in many ways soloing doesn't seem to be something CCP intended people to be doing) is probably the biggest obstacle to newer players trying to get good at solo.