Warfare & Tactics

You should strive for a 2:1 ratio of guardians to vindicators and always strive to have at least three vindicators.

Feel free to occasionally bring an officer fit Bhaalgorn too.

Oh right you wanted lowsec. I have literally no idea what happens there. Maybe something with shields? Possibly falcons are involved?

I like the blasterboats idea lol.

At a minimum: Something to tackle and then ships to apply DPS.

Cheap is good and if you work cohesively you can surprise people even when flying ships most people would regard as dreadful. While they are laughing at your Moa / Bellicose fleet you can kill their Falcon which cost more than your entire 5-man fleet put together. There are far better ways of winning than trying to keep your ships alive.

If going against larger numbers then consider a logi and/or EWAR... Lachesis is very effective at doing the EWAR and tackle combined and isn't nearly as undignified as using ECM. A single logi in a small gang of 10 odd can allow you to fight groups twice your size if not bigger.

Of course it all depends on the composition of the gangs you might be facing but you if you can consistently control that then I would like to know this magical trick.

Go out and look for target gangs that rival, or at the least equalk yours and not only will you all learn from the experience and get better but you will also build a decent reputation.

If you just want to lol blob and be bad and laugh at 'honour' then you don't really need any advice.

Anyway, this is just another perspective and no doubt someone else will come in and proclaim everything here to be 'doing it wrong' 'fail' or any other stupid brushing statement but really that just shows that there are arrogant targets out there who do not understand how to be flexible. Exactly the type of people that get owned by a seemingly innocuous gang that isn't trying to minimise their own risk and protect their oh so precious K/D ratio.

He specifically asked for lowsec fleets. This is awful advice......

All very good replies here. 50% DPS - BCS, 20% Tackle - Interceptors/Rifters/Interdictor in 0.0, 10% E warfare, 10% logistics - even a drone boat with logi drones is good, 10% scouts/cloaky to find targets.

More important, if you roam a particular space, run prep roams, fast and cloaky if able, take notes on what other teams fight in that space, their normal fleet numbers, ship types. All can be had from killboards / dotlan in a particular area of space.

This can help you much more to know that X is a scout for a typical 20 man gang, that your 10 men need to run from.
Or these 5 guys are all in Legions and will rip us apart.

You're gonna lose ships, so be ready before you head out, have a replacement ship ready in your hangar, have 2 or 3.
The worst thing you can do is take your gang out, get in one fight, lose, then go home.
You have to get back in new ships and try again immediately, or moral will suffer.
If you plan on roaming low sec, pick a low sec station to use as a base and put ships there, make it your forward deploying station.

Victory loves Preparation.
Prepare!

It's a strong fleet composition but probably a bit too much 'force projection' unless you are planning to fight 30 at a minimum. For a group new to PVP that's probably asking a bit much while they find their feet.

Also -9000 style points for ECM obviously :P

And I think he was asking for a nicely structured gang, which mine is. If you want to run a "undock in anything you want as long as it has dps" gang, then do that. Sure he could run 7-10 canes and that would work. But with my gang, he has the ability to take on the big fleets and survive without much trouble.

Its much more fun to go out in a structured small gang and take on fleets 2x or 3x your size.

You're an idiot if you think that. TL has used Rifters to great effect in lowsec roaming gangs. Learn2KnowOtherPeopleMightKnowThingsYouDon't.

Don't be an ass and assume that just because you can't do it doesn't mean someone else can't.