Warfare & Tactics

I been playing EVE for about two weeks now and been destroyed, capsule and all, by other players at least twice. minding my own business digging up ore and BAM...dead.

I recorded the names and alliances of those that attacked my character and wish to someday hunt them and others like them down. What is a good ship to start to train/save for in order to better my odds?

Caldari...

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Looking at your killboard, you were killed in lowsec. There, people can shoot you without concord intervention, although they take a standing hit. If you want to get into pvp, I suggest getting into a pvp corporation, asking for a newbie friendly frigate fit, load up 10 of them, venture into lowsec, and get them all blown up. Learn how to use d-scan, manage modules, what ships do what. There's a lot to know about pvp. How to move about semi safely, what ships are easy kills, what their strengths and weaknesses are, what your own ship is like. Pvp is a massive cumulation of facts, info, and experience. It takes a very long while- and isk, to learn.

There are ships better than others, but for the most part they are pretty balanced. Just don't try to punch above your weight, I.e. Taking on a pirate frigate in a merlin. You may want to cross train for more options once you get one races skills up high enough to be competitive.

On any pvp ship, if you're going solo, you'll need a scram or disrupt or to hold them down, an AB or MWD for range control, usually a web. You'll need a tank and guns of course. There's way to many little nuances about fitting to say them all here. You can always hit me up if you want some advice, but a pvp corp will probably help more.

This.

I have the first two people who blapped me as a nub watchlisted and I fully intend to repay the favour.

Just FYI, EWAR is a great path for new pilots to try. It's a pretty quick train to be in a Maulus or a Vigil and you'll be a very welcome addition to any gang.

My $0.02 on the topic: https://www.themittani.com/features/ewar-newbies

and my $0.02 on EVE PvP for newbies more generally: https://www.themittani.com/features/eve-pvp-newbies

BattleCruiser are fairly powerful and perhaps have less tank than a Battleship.
They are a bit faster and before the latest changes, couldn't Micro Jump .
I think they can also Micro Jump now.
They are slower than a Cruiser though.

Police Persuit comet duh

OP, do make it a point to eventually get around to exploding their space ship at some future point -before- they genuinely quit, or get hit by a bus, or cease to exist.

Here's a potentially very quick way. Train Cyno skill, which takes matter of hours, and buy a procurer and fit it with a cyno. Find some guys who like black op drops around the low sec for fun, use your social skills to set something up with them. Go mine in the same belt you got killed, and when the same dudes show up, light the cyno and start the party.

The hardest part will be convincing the black op guys that you are not a trap. But if you can manage to get something worked out here you will open up a LOT of game play options that goes way beyond just mining & dreaming about getting a revenge.

I KNOW, because I had sh*t ton of bombers dropping on me, just because I tackled a wrong miner. The first time it happened to me like a few years ago it was so hilarious I actually LOL IRL, although I lost my faction fit T3. Funny thing is that it still works.

edit: spelling! @.@

Until I got dropped through a regular cyno on a Procurer, I thought they only work with covert ops cyno too. Then I found out it works with regular cynos too lol. Since then, yes, I can confirm that black op jump portals can connect to regular cynos, cuz I've also been in fleets where we baited with regular ships & dropped through regular cynos.

You are welcome to try and find out for yourself, make a video and share with others. That's all good.

I can tell you right now though that Black Op can jump bridge covert fleets through regular cyno. I have been in such fleets many times in a stealth bomber and got jump bridged by a black op to a regular cyno lit by bait ships. If you must try this yourself before you believe I recommend you give it a go, as it's something quite fun. :)