Originally by: The'Best Hellfury

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Step 1) Quit flying 4 SPR Drakes
Step 2) Go to My Eve and watch some videos
Step 3) Take notes
Step 4) Trial and Error
Step 5) PVP POWERHOUSE!!

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Originally by: Lifewire

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Your chances to travel through 0.0 solo are bad, very bad. You´ll get ganked everywhere. Even if you team up with a small team of players (2-10) you will often meet blobs of 30-500. CCP wants big blobs because big blobs bring $$$ into their plundered islandic bank However - here is my advice: you are a knight in a modern world. Adapt or die! You are simply in the wrong EVE age. 2004, when EVE was young and nice, there was room for your wish to fight in small groups. 2010 EVE wants blobs.

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Originally by: Mutnin

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Edited by: Mutnin on 17/03/2010 19:24:09

IMO, you should stay away from 00 if you are soloing and specially if you are new to PVP.

Stick to low sec and IMO your best option would be to join FW. You should also get away from looking for 1 vs 1's, because they tend to be rare and you will spend more time looking and less time fighting.

I solo a lot and I typically look for small gangs of ships that are a class size down from me. If I'm in a cruiser, I look for frig & dessie gangs. If I'm in a BC, I look for cruiser gangs maybe with some frig support.

This doesn't mean I never go after other cruisers or BC's, it's just I'm typically hunting for small groups a ship class down from me. The reason for this is, the trick to getting lots of fights, is to make yourself look like a good target.

It's really not that hard to find 3 or 4 T1 frigs or even T2 frigs that are willing to take on a T1 cruiser. It's a good fight for them and it's something they have a chance at killing. Meanwhile it's very hard to find say a solo T1 cruiser or BC that is willing to fight and doesn't have friends waiting in the next system to gank you.

The important part is having the right ship that is capable of taking on the kind of targets you are looking for, but still has a reasonable chance against other targets, yet looks weak enough to be a target for your expected prey. Essentially, you want them to want to fight you.

(This is what the FTM ship spinners never understand.. You want to look like a good target for them.. no one wants to fight a Dramiel or what ever the flavor of the month is)

It looks like you are flying Caldari, so I'd suggest setting your self up some Assault Launcher Caracal's and go join FW. Go look for small frig gangs, but stay away from other cruiser in that ship. I'd also stay out of Drakes at first, because typically BCs tend to be gank magnets and tend to be much harder to find good fights with.

If I were you, I'd join Caldari Militia and go do roams out in the back systems, I see lots of Gallente frigs gangs roaming around out there doing plexes. Stay away from Old Man Star, Tama, Heydieles and so on because that's all blob-warfare and is typically very bad place to solo.

Also, don't base in Nourv or where ever Caldari base because u will just get stuck because Tama gate is always camped, set your self up in some back system close to a high sec gate like Enaluri.

While in FW, you can still do a bit of Piracy to get your feet wet and see if you like it.

Most importantly, expect to get blobbed. If you look at my loss mails almost all are from multiple targets and very few are from a single ship. Meanwhile probably half my kills are solo kills.

It's very annoying and will happen often, however it helps lesson the EMO rage if you already have more ships set up back in your hanger.

EDIT..

Something I forgot to add and it's kind of important for a soloer.. If you really plan to do a lot of soloing, "never" play the role of "bait" while you are in a gang. If you fly in the same area often, people begin to notice who you are. They will remember if you baited them in the past.

If you have a history or rep for baiting and ganking, then you will get less fights. If I get baited and ganked by someone or by some corp, I will not fight them again unless I know that I can gank them first.

Essentially, I look at them as a bad fight regardless of what they are flying, simply because I believe, once a baiter always a baiter.

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Originally by: Lord Zekk

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It's easy to get into the FOTM but not very smart. Plus everyone likes to lose a 80 mil isk frig.

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