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Genghis Tron
Boom Squad
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Posted - 2015.08.12 02:29:42 -
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Introduction
I'm going to share with you, how as a new or old pilot struggling to find or create content for yourself, you can jump into an assortment of ships and have some fun. We'll take a look at the whole process from beginning to end. I'll show you how to find a good system to set up shop, how to be effective with an alt or a couple buddies, how to fit your ship, how to stay safe, and how to deal with your inevitably destroyed security standings. Let's dive in.
Reconnaissance
The first thing we'll do is look at how to find a good place to do this and to start we'll look at the kinds of systems you can work in and the benefits of both.
There are two different kinds of systems you can work in, pipes and stars. Pipes are systems that have only 2 gates in it, there's essentially a front and a back door. The benefit of these systems is that even in low traffic systems, pilots will always go through your blast path, and if you have a ship that can chase down capsules and shuttles, there's nothing you can't chase down besides Leopards. Pipes are great too because it's low maintenance. You're just facing one way, and keeping an ear out for gate fire behind you.
Stars are a system that have many gates, so if you can imagine the visual traffic patterns of pilots traveling through from gate to gate it'd look like a multi-pointed star. The benefit of these systems can only be enjoyed if you have a ship fast enough to chase things down. By not being tied down to just 1 or 2 gates and being able to fly around in an unpredictable manner it becomes difficult for people that are after you to grab you.
There are two resources we'll use to find our system(s), Dotlan and zKillboard.
Dotlan
Go right to the Universe page so that you can see all the regions. I recommend staying in Low-sec. Pick a region and when it shows the star map of all the systems in the top right there are 3 pull-down menus. The second from the right, click that and choose Security. Now you can see the security system of each system which makes it easier for you to see what you're looking for, a star or a pipe.
When I look at systems I look for similar ones so that I can compare the jump traffic to see what is a good number. On any given day 30-50 jumps per hour is good solid traffic. Any more than that for a pipe and you may be taking on more than you can chew, and keeping tabs on the Local will be near impossible.
You're also looking at how the systems go into each other. Low-sec pipes that pour into High-sec are the best. You'll have shuttles with blueprints, tags and other small items go in and out. Low-sec pipes going into Null-sec are absolutely terrible. Don't do these. You'll rarely have pods or shuttles leave, and with bubble camps nothing much is escaping.
The next thing you're looking for is that there are stations that have a clone bay and repair services, but this is optional. A clone bay allows you to put a ship there in the system, jump to another clone, and then jump back in case it's too hairy one particular evening. Repair services allow you to repair your ship of armor and hull damage. You can certainly just pack modules, undock, use them, and then redock and unfit them.
Let's use Dotlan to look at good examples of pipes and stars. A great pipe is in the region of Derelik. The system Asabona has good traffic of 30-50 jumps per hour. It also has a station that provides cloning and repair. The station is owned by CONCORD and you can turn in soldier tags there to repair your security status. We'll cover this more later. A great star is Egghelende. It has 6 systems pouring into and gets about 75-100 jumps per hour. Because it's a star, that many jumps is no problem, but you just need to stay active and keep moving.
zKillboard
The next thing we'll want to use is zKillboard. Once we've scoped a good system we can plug that system into zKillboard and see the activity over a period of time. This allows you to see if there are regular outfits that gate camp, which would obviously hinder your ability to do your thing. Additionally, you can see who the regular locals are that live there. I will cover local management later, but if there are regulars in your targeted system, for right now set them to blue and don't **** with them until we cover that topic.
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Genghis Tron
Boom Squad
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Posted - 2015.08.12 02:29:53 -
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Casirio
Ice Fire Warriors Snuffed Out
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Posted - 2015.08.12 04:43:56 -
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nice write up dude.
as a smartbomber this is good ****.
another way i've learned is finding smartbombers via zkill and looking at their fits and systems they smartbomb in. also my alliance is full of smartbombers like the infamous Santo Trafficante and Piir8.
Easiest way i've learned is just getting a cheap maller and heading to Tama.
good luck to all the future smartbombers out there
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Aladar Dangerface
13. Enigma Project
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Posted - 2015.08.12 10:08:26 -
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Great write up mate, i was looking for something exactly like this a month or two ago, would probably have saved me a proteus :P
Might i add that it would maybe be helpful if you talked through the steps of what you would do after you found a target and are going for the kill.
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Shiloh Templeton
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.08.14 01:41:43 -
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Wow! And some people claim Eve Forums aren't worthwhile.
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Yang Aurilen
The Mjolnir Bloc The Bloc
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Posted - 2015.08.14 03:00:39 -
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Isn't it cheaper to have your scouting/falcon alt do the hauling for you since you don't have to buy tags+the risk of you getting popped by one of the 50 gorrilion killrights on your head while hauling in highsec.
Post with your NPC alt main and not your main main alt!
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Esturary
Meatshield Bastards The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.08.17 16:48:29 -
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All this for just shuttles and pods? |
Substantia Nigra
Polaris Rising The Bastion
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Posted - 2015.08.19 02:50:15 -
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I have no clues about SBing, wanted to give it a go, and was happy to have found this. now I have a few less clues, and will head out and reduce that count furtehr with some trial and, doubtlessly, error.
Two things I'd like to have also seen: 1. The actual nuts-and-bolts 'how to' part. For example do you uncloak and activate the bombs based on a guesstimate warp time of your target, or pretty well as soon as they enter system? I assume that when they're gate jumping into you, you have to wait for them to leave their initial gate-jump cloak before you can do any damage. 2. Why 7.5km? Is it to maximise the time that warping ships spend inside SB range, or is it to reduce likelihood of gate aggro?
Thanks for going to the effort, and don;t listen to the nay-sayers. They get their own feeble sense of self worth by trying to deprecate others.
I guess I am almost a 'vet' by now. Hopefully not too bitter and managing to help more than I hinder.
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Hemmo Paskiainen
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Posted - 2015.08.23 17:03:31 -
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Nice write up, check my killboard. Theres still room for improvement ;)
"Relativity equals time plus momentum: if it can be erased by a single click on a button, would it be worth spending your time?"
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The Lobsters
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
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Posted - 2015.08.27 12:49:52 -
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Two things,
1. Thanks for the excellent write up, I've been considering ways to kill SB campers, not because I'm butthurt, just seems like a fun challenge, a hard task but rewarding to those who do the work :) Same with OGB's
2. F*ck you!, now every punk gonna be at it. At least the current crop have some class (and officer/faction SB's to loot). This next generation are gonna be scrubs.
Seriously though, good write-up o7
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Tam Arai
Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.08.28 16:30:56 -
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good job |
Genghis Tron
Boom Squad
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Posted - 2015.09.01 16:49:46 -
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Hello there. I've updated the guide in the second to last of the posts with an official HOW DO section where I explain the HOW DO of smartbombing. I apologize for it not being there in the first place. I will be inserting screenshots of each step at my earliest convenience, but for those who needed an actual step-by-step, this should help. Happy popping!
BOOM SHAKALAKA
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Domino Vyse
Black Rebel Rifter Club The Devil's Tattoo
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Posted - 2015.09.04 09:14:19 -
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This post gives hope to other people who are terrible at PVP. Gj o7 |
Genghis Tron
Boom Squad
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Posted - 2015.09.04 17:32:07 -
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Domino Vyse wrote:This post gives hope to other people who are terrible at PVP. Gj o7
You make meh blush
BOOM SHAKALAKA
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Thron Legacy
White Zulu Scorpion Federation
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Posted - 2015.09.09 15:46:59 -
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+1 for writing a very very long and (probably) good guide
but who needs a guide on such simple things |
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