Warfare & Tactics

Personally I'm still in the AF/dessie stage of things. But in a few months I'm more then certainly be taking out BC's. Battleships are probably also quite viable, but personally that's a bit outside of my budget to just lose casually.

As for the BC's. I'll probably start out in an armor harby because of my laser skills, but will be training medium weapons to move to flying either drake or myrm. Probably myrm.

Im thinking about fielding a Rokh shield tanked (1 XL booster, 2 lg extenders) with neutron blasters, a nuet and a vamp with AB and some turret damage increasing low (cant remember the hybrid version of the heatsink). My skills are still not topped out with hybrid weapons so im holding off until i get all the damage increasing skills like surgical strike and rapid fire at lv4 or more. Also going for large hybrid weapon specialization but that's about 20 days away.

A single frigate or AF will kill you. Any big ship needs to have a way to handle little ones, or it's just a matter of time before a hotshot frigate pilot will teach you the meaning of "tracking" and "signature radius". This coming from a hotshot frigate pilot who almost solo'd a Loki in a Malediction. I wouldn't solo in big ships simply because a solo target can be disabled and disadvantaged in so many ways when up against multiple targets -- which is all too often the case.

If you insist, though, my recommendations for solo bigship PvP:

• Hurricane - very versatile, works with both shield and armor fits, and has the neuts or webs to handle frigates, plus it has drones.
• Drake - as much as I hate it, the Drake is good for solo stuff. A bit light on damage, but very heavy tank.
• Harbinger - fit it with two 1600mm plates, FMPs and dual webs for extra hilarity. Warning: it's very slow.
• Dual/Triple rep Myrmidon - if you only plan to take on 1-2 targets at once, this is the perfect choice.
• Shield/Nano Talos - Stupid amounts of damage, but light on tank.
• Neut-Dominix - big tank, sort of poor DPS, but it shuts down any enemy ship opposing it.
• Neut-Typhoon - same as above, but somewhat better DPS, and somewhat more vulnerable against small ships.

Of course, you can try some of the other BCs or BSs (Cyclone and Ferox can both be great, Brutix is similar to Talos), but the ones above are particularly popular.

Oh, and make sure to tell me where you are so I can throw 4-5 Rifters at you and see how you fare

Hyperions with two large armor repairers are very good for solo station horseshit.

Focused Medium Pulse

To the actual question, yes, it is possible to solo in BCs and BSs, it is very different from soloing in frigates and, as for any thing, the more you do it the better you will get at it. The only issue with starting with BCs and BSs is obviously that, compared to solo in frigs, it gets expensive fast.

As far as how to start, personnally I would watch some PVP videos first (see My Eve sectionon the forums), because half the comments in this thread are highly misinformed.

As for the rohk, you never mix active tank (x-l booster) with buffer (extender), and you should always fill all you turret slots, which means you wont have room for a neut and a nos.

The Rokh is a very viable solo battleship, but you really should find a couple fittings for it first and watch some people flying it. Also note that it shines mostly when mixed with siege links and crystals.

If I were you I would probably start with cruisers/BCs first and then move on to BSs.

eveiseasy.com is also another good place to find stuff to learn the basics.

-While none of the ships I (or anyone else) listed would result in 200 mil losses-

I mention the 200M loss because i took a drake and put the most expensive items i could find on there thinking it would make a difference. A gate camp in Fensi changed that idea. Check my losses (i have no wins yet) and youll see i have been messing around with some expensive hardware without knowing what im doing. I started in Nov but stopped playing after the first two weeks. Took it back up a month ago so now im really getting into it.


Chatgris - thanks ill check it out.

If you don't mind going all out then you'll want to invest in boats like the Hyperion and Maelstrom. Smaller versions of these ships are also viable (cyclone and myrmidon). Learning how to fly said ships is the fun part and iirc there are a **** ton of videos floating around on Youtube showing how to fly these ships to fine effect. Sisi is also a good place to get the hang of things and develop your skills.

No, it doesn't.

L2Range.

I'm actually greatly looking forward to its nerfing. I'd really like to be able to fly another battlecruiser without looking at it and saying "meh, the drake can fill this role better".