Posted - 2010.12.31 05:15:00 - [2]

 

As this of your corp or alliance or whoever you're going to 0.0 with?

Small gangs have different requirements, and small gang ops are quite different from large scale warfare ops.

In general, though, you want to train for some gunnery-based ships for instant DPS (missiles and drones take too long to apply the DPS), and having T2 weapons for extra DPS punch is almost a requirement. Learn where the pipeline to Empire is, and where it's camped / bubbled and at what times. Always be quick to react to new people in local, watch the intel channels for advanced warnings of attacks/raids, and run your scanner / overview so you can report what ships intruders are flying.

A PVP outcome isn't horrible if you die. It's horrible if you cause others to die needlessly, so stay calm and if you're going to die, you'll die; don't ask to be rescued, don't whine or complain. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose 10 ships of.

Posted - 2010.12.31 17:57:00 - [4]

 

Start small and cheap. You WILL lose ships while you learn the ropes. Get in a cookie cutter tackle Rifter and get used the PvP mindset and environment before you start messing around in battleships; I'd much rather have a competent fast tackler in my fleet than a clueless battleship, that's for sure

Posted - 2010.12.31 20:37:00 - [6]

 

Edited by: Tim Lince****on 31/12/2010 20:49:31
As a new player to PVP who finally just got his first kill, I can’t give you any “pro” tips, but I thought I could share the things that were important lessons for me. First off, you have to arrange your windows so that local is ALWAYS visable, you need to know who is around and check their profiles to see if you can glean any info from their bio, corp, etc…

1. Be sure to set up your overview for PVP, if you’re not sure how, this guide is excellent: Linkage

2. LEARN HOW TO USE D-SCAN if you don’t know how. This is an OK video: Linkage

3. Making good bookmarks is essential to stay safe and find your targets. This is a great E-Uni class that helped me a lot: Linkage

4. Get ready to die. You’ll lose a bunch of ships, but it’s not as expensive as you think. I lost 15 ships before I finally got a kill, my first fight I didn’t even activate any of my modules. I just froze and watched myself blow up. When you know you’re gonna lose and can’t get away, select a moon from your GTFO tab and spam the warp out button – you’ll almost never lose your pod if you do this.

I usually roll solo, sounds like you will be in a fleet and I’m really not knowledgeable about fleet ops yet so I can’t help you with that. Also, I have no experience living in null sec, I’m sure there are specific things that you need to be aware of (like bubbles) that you should investigate.

Good luck and Go Get Em'!!!

EDIT: Just re-read your post, thought I would add my Iskur fit, might want to get an opinion from a more experienced player as to how good it is

[Ishkur, Iskur, First Kill]

3x Light Ion Blaster II (Void S)
Small Energy Neutralizer II

Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I

Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Damage Control II
200mm Reinforced Steel Plates II

Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I

5x Warrior II

Posted - 2011.01.01 20:19:00 - [8]

 

Originally by: Vajrabhairava

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Edited by: Vajrabhairava on 01/01/2011 20:11:06
I realize it can be hard to get in to but ... take PVP-Basic from Agony Unleashed.

Also, train up for a rifter, buy a stack of 20 and go loose them all!
By the time you're done you'll probably know quite a bit.

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I realize that that guy is advertising himself, but... Do what he said.

Posted - 2011.01.03 05:18:00 - [10]

 

Quote:

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12) Well ****... you died. Let's check that killmail of your-- WTF IS THAT FIT?!?

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Now that I think about it, research your fit so you don't end up comedy-killmail. Its so indiginified.

Posted - 2011.02.26 15:19:00 - [12]

 

Originally by: dtyk

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Originally by: Vajrabhairava

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Edited by: Vajrabhairava on 01/01/2011 20:11:06
I realize it can be hard to get in to but ... take PVP-Basic from Agony Unleashed.

Also, train up for a rifter, buy a stack of 20 and go loose them all!
By the time you're done you'll probably know quite a bit.

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I realize that that guy is advertising himself, but... Do what he said.

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Have to say. It was a good class. Learned quite a bit, although it may not be the tactics your corp employs the information does cross over.

and as said before....
check your local, check your d-scan, check your overview, check your local, d-scan, overview, local...

Posted - 2011.02.28 21:43:00 - [14]

 

Originally by: Tim Lincecum

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When you know you’re gonna lose and can’t get away, select a moon from your GTFO tab and spam the warp out button – you’ll almost never lose your pod if you do this.

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learning to spam the warp button is a very good tip