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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.06.30 00:36:00 -
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Lately I have taken to roaming northern 0.0 in Venal and the Drone Regions, looking for ~~good fights~~ solo style. I come home with a story just about every time I go out, usually involving dying in some embarrassing way, but it's a huge amount of fun and makes for an entertaining tale or two. Entertaining enough that my alliance mates suggested that I start a blog after making some posts about my exploits in the alliance forums.
Therefore I invite all and sundry to my new blog:
http://northernlights.epime.org/
In the North? Red or neutral to the Northern Coalition and Majesta Empire? You just might end up in my blog! Pilots in TRI, White Noise, Solar Fleet, Shadow of xXDeathXx and ED/IRC should pay particularly close attention, as it's your space I generally visit. There are already some stories about some of you up there. :)
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Cat Molina
Minmatar Intransigent
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Posted - 2009.06.30 02:34:00 -
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Very nice writing style. I like it.
Bookmarked.
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Pajama Sam
Copia-WarRages Armaments
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Posted - 2009.06.30 04:38:00 -
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I read through a couple of the stories and I'm impressed. I'll have some friends check it out as well. Keep them coming! |
Kyle Langdon
Gallente Star Fox Corp. General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2009.06.30 06:07:00 -
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Added you to my RSS feed. Nice blog mate!
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CCP Applebabe
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Posted - 2009.06.30 07:36:00 -
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Moved to " Warfare & Tactics ".
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Syekuda
Caldari United Resistance
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Posted - 2009.06.30 10:13:00 -
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Edited by: Syekuda on 30/06/2009 10:13:33 "I Brought Scissors, He Brought Rock": light ecm drones succeeding at a Rook ? yup, your right, rebalance is a must if you look at the "logic" side of it. It can make sense but 2-4 times in a row. Even with the rebalance they made, the tactic is still the same and the function is still the same. Nothing changed except the optimal range you use your jammers.
Good blog btw, I love it.
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Dasalt Istgut
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Posted - 2009.06.30 11:07:00 -
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Originally by: Kesper North Lately I have taken to roaming northern 0.0 in Venal and the Drone Regions, looking for ~~good fights~~ solo style. I come home with a story just about every time I go out, usually involving dying in some embarrassing way, but it's a huge amount of fun and makes for an entertaining tale or two. Entertaining enough that my alliance mates suggested that I start a blog after making some posts about my exploits in the alliance forums.
Therefore I invite all and sundry to my new blog:
http://northernlights.epime.org/
In the North? Red or neutral to the Northern Coalition and Majesta Empire? You just might end up in my blog! Pilots in TRI, White Noise, Solar Fleet, Shadow of xXDeathXx and ED/IRC should pay particularly close attention, as it's your space I generally visit. There are already some stories about some of you up there. :)
I think you captured the essence/frustration of solo PVP and primarily why I don't do it. Its much less time consuming to go bust up a camp where you know where a camp is than it is to hunt down ratters/dodge blobs. Being mobile means you won't have scouts. Being stationary means you're waiting for things to come along. Roaming gangs are faster/more instant gratification.
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Cirque C
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Posted - 2009.06.30 12:29:00 -
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Great read, bookmarking. Im not quite up to your level but it sure sounds like fun.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.06.30 17:23:00 -
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Edited by: Kesper North on 30/06/2009 17:24:57 Edited: OMG fail forum is fail!
Originally by: Dasalt Istgut
I think you captured the essence/frustration of solo PVP and primarily why I don't do it. Its much less time consuming to go bust up a camp where you know where a camp is than it is to hunt down ratters/dodge blobs. Being mobile means you won't have scouts. Being stationary means you're waiting for things to come along. Roaming gangs are faster/more instant gratification.
Yup, and this is why I have avoided solo PVP until I had a really solid industrial corp going to finance it, otherwise it gets too expensive and frustrating.
Already, my killboard stats have gone down sharply - when I started doing solo roams, I was at 97.44% isk efficiency, mostly from roaming in small gangs or flying sniper battleships in fleets. (And one Titan kill. Oh, what a day that was.) Now I'm at about 94%. So that's another reason why people are discouraged from solo PVP - its failure rate is high so it turns your killboard stats to **** and makes you look bad.
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Edited to add : Reason you died to the drake was that you fit an afterburner. Consider trying this fit :
I considered doing something like this originally, but I rejected it at the time since it doesn't optimize damage or ECM strength to any degree, it increases your sig radius hugely, and the MWD can be turned off by scrams. It's also a bit more expensive due to the extender rigs and the named MWD.
However, it's a much better tank. I might just give it a try.
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Christina Grey
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Posted - 2009.06.30 17:26:00 -
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+1, Entertaining.
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente Buffalo Soldiers
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Posted - 2009.06.30 19:41:00 -
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Blog does not load for me. I get "HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error" -- The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then --
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.06.30 22:45:00 -
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Argh. Fixed now. WordPress plugins are evil. :(
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Imprez
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.07.01 01:51:00 -
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Great read mate.
When we were roaming around venal, as we do occasionally, we came across you in your rook a few times, the first time was when we were trying to kill that lone panther. He luckily got away due to a logoffski trick that was extremely unfortunate and frustrating...
After that engagement, i took a quick siggy break. When i came back i get told to make my way to JURU- asap, we have tackled a rook they say. I make best speed to get to you just in time to drop my drones and finish you off. Was a great battle from what the rest of the gang said and props to you for being a good sport.
Look forward to seeing you out there again, drop me a line sometime and you maybe you can join us.
Imprez -- Decaf - just as pointless as non-alcoholic vodka |
Dasalt Istgut
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Posted - 2009.07.01 03:08:00 -
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Originally by: Kesper North
I considered doing something like this originally, but I rejected it at the time since it doesn't optimize damage or ECM strength to any degree, it increases your sig radius hugely, and the MWD can be turned off by scrams. It's also a bit more expensive due to the extender rigs and the named MWD.
However, it's a much better tank. I might just give it a try.
Just to pick at a few things here (you've got good stats so I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir).
- No need to optimize an individual stat in a solo ship. Need to be well rounded. ECM suppliments your tank which is a means of surviving the engagement which is improved by being fast. Warp disruptor is a means to tackle (necessary to land the kill) which is also suplimented by speed. Damage is a means to land the kill which is usually meaningless if you can't land the tackle. I'd either go AB + scram (do or die fit) or MWD + warp disruptor.
- As far as expense - the key expensive part of flying ships is losing ships so any faction/complex/T1 rigs that are reasonably priced that might save the ship is probably worth it if it means you'll die less.
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Nomad Storm
The Wandering Path
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Posted - 2009.07.01 17:09:00 -
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Edited by: Nomad Storm on 01/07/2009 17:12:12 You die alot and the abs dont help. Im afraid to fly a curse around 0.0 with a mwd to say nothing of an ab You might want to try flying inties and practice not dieing.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.01 18:56:00 -
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Originally by: Nomad Storm Edited by: Nomad Storm on 01/07/2009 17:12:12 You die alot and the abs dont help. Im afraid to fly a curse around 0.0 with a mwd to say nothing of an ab You might want to try flying inties and practice not dieing.
Isn't "not dying" sort of situational? Not dying in an interceptor is a totally different skillset from not dying in a HAC or a recon.
Also, an interceptor isn't going to kill much other than another interceptor. I haven't seen many solo interceptors around, just groups of interceptors and bigger ships. Killing ratters sounds more plausible... or it would if that statement didn't ring so false since I haven't managed to find any, let alone kill them.
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Nomad Storm
The Wandering Path
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Posted - 2009.07.01 19:37:00 -
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Practice choosing targets never hurts and there is certainly fun to be had flying them. You dont need to find solo inties anyway just work on pulling them away from their gang and spreading them out. It just seems with the expensive losses you mention you might want to work with ships that have a bit more survivability.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.01 19:43:00 -
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Originally by: Nomad Storm Practice choosing targets never hurts and there is certainly fun to be had flying them. You dont need to find solo inties anyway just work on pulling them away from their gang and spreading them out. It just seems with the expensive losses you mention you might want to work with ships that have a bit more survivability.
I suppose that's true, but it lacks a certain epic scale that appeals to me. (Also, I can't even fly interceptors; two weeks out if I were to train for a Crow.) Still, I guess it's worth considering, and interceptors are on my 'to do' list anyway. The question is - if I don't fly expensive ships, what ships *should* I fly in the meantime?
In my defense - many of my losses have been due to targets I did not pick, and could not avoid. The Vaga and Zealot that jumped in just as I was landing on a gate, for instance. They weren't reported in intel, I had no scout (solo!), it was sheer random rotten luck.
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Rennion
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Posted - 2009.07.01 19:51:00 -
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Pretty cool, keep it up, if you are learning from losses and thinking of ways you could have won and/or escaped then the loss is not in vain :)
As for inty's and not seeing many solo, well. The trick is to seperate the inty's out from there gangs by having them chase you down, gank quick and make good your escape.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.01 19:58:00 -
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Originally by: Rennion Pretty cool, keep it up, if you are learning from losses and thinking of ways you could have won and/or escaped then the loss is not in vain :)
So I keep telling myself. ;)
Quote: As for inty's and not seeing many solo, well. The trick is to seperate the inty's out from there gangs by having them chase you down, gank quick and make good your escape.
True. I really want to get into a Crusader rather than a Crow, but I don't have Amarr Frigate V, just Caldari. (I have T2 laser skills but only T1 standard missile skills, alas.)
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.01 20:10:00 -
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Originally by: Imprez Great read mate.
Thank you very much for this, BTW. I meant to reply earlier but real life got a bit frantic. :)
Your whole post was a great encouragement to me, and I had a great time fighting you guys out there. Hope to see you again some time. :)
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Xenophanes Colophon
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Posted - 2009.07.01 20:45:00 -
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Edited by: Xenophanes Colophon on 01/07/2009 20:48:40 Inties are great solo ships. Taranis in particular. I've found that a tracking disruptor can really make the difference. While my setups don't usually include a disruptor or scrambler (not there for the kills, just to give the miners time to get away) the use of the disruptor has actually made it to where I can solo an AF as few ships seem to expect to run into an intie with a disruptor on it making it an even better speed tank. my setup is typically 3 blaster, 1 nos, 1web(sub for scram), 1 disruptor(tracking speed script), 1ab(mwd can be subbed, but no necessary), 1armor rep, 1cap relay, 1 tracking enhancer
avoid neut/nos ships with this setup. you'd be dead before you could say 'wtf?'
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Mirko Stinkz
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Posted - 2009.07.02 11:07:00 -
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Fun reading keep up the good work
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Agallis Zinthros
Mostly Harmless
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Posted - 2009.07.03 01:11:00 -
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Originally by: Kesper North ://northernlights.epime.org/"] Pilots in TRI, White Noise, Solar Fleet, Shadow of xXDeathXx and ED/IRC should pay particularly close attention, as it's your space I generally visit. There are already some stories about some of you up there. :)
Keep up the good work. We love WN, Tri, and Solar up here. Especially those Solar capitals <3, those ones are especially delicious.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.03 01:46:00 -
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Thank you all for your encouragement! I've been busy gathering new material and participating in NC fleet operations. If you've decided to become a regular reader, please feel free to introduce yourself either in the comments over on the blog or here in this thread. Everyone loves a free bump. ;)
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Nursultan
Pyrotechnics Inc.
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Posted - 2009.07.03 04:11:00 -
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Very interesting stuff, keep it coming!
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Pater Peccavi
Minmatar Cadre Assault Force
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Posted - 2009.07.03 12:24:00 -
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Good read. Two suggestions regarding your recent encounter with a Broadsword:
1. If there are no celestials close to a gate, don't warp to it blindly. Press the "Warp To" button, then press Ctrl-Space to stop your ship. This will waste the amount of cap it would've taken you to warp. Repeat this until you get the message "There is insufficient power blah blah blah," this will let you get closer without having to worry about bubbles. If you still don't make it into scanning range, rinse and repeat until you're within 14 AU. (You can also reduce your cap with MWD, Shield Boosters/Armor Reppers, etc).
2. When you landed in the bubble, rather than trying to burn to the gate, you should have burned in the opposite direction, towards the other gate (or celestial, or what have you). The broadsword will be slow moving since its bubble is up, which will give you plenty of time to align and get away.
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Kesper North
Caldari Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.04 18:16:00 -
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Those are both excellent points, Pater Peccavi. If it's all right with you I'll do a post about that, giving you proper credit. :)
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Dark Klotz
Amarr Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Majesta Empire
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Posted - 2009.07.06 19:32:00 -
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Great reading, suggest everyone check it out.
To the top with this thread of win. ---------------------------- Dark Klotz Epiphyte Mining and Exploration Former CPU Executor |
Emily Poast
The Whipping Post
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Posted - 2009.07.06 20:29:00 -
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This is a fantastic read.
I have been meaning to go out solo, but never get around to it. I am going to grab some unrigged BCs tonight, and give it a go.
Keep it up. Bookmarked.
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