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Kovorix
Matari Exodus
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:20:00 -
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Hi again,
EVE FILES (coming soon) YOUTUBE (Please watch in 1080p!!)
Size: 514mb Length: 21:54 Ships flown: Vagabond, Ferox, Vexor Play with: VLC player
All the ships are single xl-asb fit. All the fights except one (with loki links) are unscouted, unboosted, no expensive implants etc. as I'm sure you've come to expect.
I'm in the camp that thinks the asb needs a change, but at the same time I think oversize fits give us soloers a bit of an edge that can hardly be ignored. I also think there's also a lot of fun piloting involved in these ships, and I hope after watching you'll agree with me.
Thanks so much to everyone who donated, commented, helped, sent love, or even just lurked. This community keeps me going.
Sponsorship: If you still haven't checked out SOMER Blink, I implore you to do so - not only do they run an fun and addictive lottery service but they do tons to support the community, and the small gang pvp community in particular. They definitely deserve your support.
Track List: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo Santana - Adouma Pretty Lights - Future Blind The Seatbelts - Rush The Bad Plus - Never Stop
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GrammarNazi
SOMER Blink Cognitive Development
9
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:24:00 -
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Can't wait to watch!  |

Logan Durandal
Matari Exodus
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:36:00 -
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So there I was, looking at what I thought was the draft for this vid, when suddenly the man himself comes online to tell me its allready out. I guess I-¦ll go download the hq-version now but still: some awesome stuff in there, Vaga in particular I really liked.
...and that ending mate :) |

Inggroth
Fremen Sietch DarkSide.
17
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:45:00 -
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A Kovorix video, i'm p excited. Downloading  |

Maximille Biagge
The Eden Trading International Corporation Curatores Veritatis Alliance
66
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:52:00 -
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Can't wait to watch, blocked in my country so waiting for eve files link <3 |

Haeri
Club Bear
24
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Posted - 2012.07.31 19:58:00 -
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Awesome stuff yet again, and so soon!
Liked the Vexoring in particular, but the last fight was also very fun to watch :) YouTube: HaeriEVE -á|-á Twitter: @Haeri_EVE -á|-á Club Bear |

Vixorz
Cabronazos
12
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Posted - 2012.07.31 20:05:00 -
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Par excellence.
An awesome video from an awesome guy, well known for his pure awesomeness.
I think i'm beginning to admire you. <3 |

Male Duckface
Club Bear
7
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Posted - 2012.07.31 20:20:00 -
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another awesome video. i really liked how you took such good care of your robots and didnt leave them behind at all. going to have to bind a module slot to mouse4 so i can micro better |

Benos Pop
Night Warder
3
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Posted - 2012.07.31 20:42:00 -
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Excellent video as usual. I really enjoyed the music choice, the editing and the fights/piloting! Keep them coming  |

ElextriX
Latrunculi
23
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Posted - 2012.07.31 21:05:00 -
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Quality as always.
Hope a designer is watching this, and how frustrating ecm drones are. |

Fon Revedhort
Monks of War DarkSide.
728
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Posted - 2012.07.31 22:03:00 -
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Yeah, I'm gonna quote my eve-ru attorance saying that vaga is one of those few cases where ASB may be of enriching impact to the game rather than detrimental. Having listened to the podcast, I expected to see her with Kil2's zealot, but solo was even better.
Cool stuff. I really enjoyed the last fight going through several systems, seeing tactics combined with actual piloting is a great pleasure, especially since it's rarely seen in PvP videos and some tards even think that tactics is a monopoly of blobs - on mere grounds of them bothering to dedicate a bombastic narration to it. Happily, you managed to show it in a non-boring fashion. 14 |

IamBeastx
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
36
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Posted - 2012.07.31 22:58:00 -
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+1 man GJ |

Kovorix
Matari Exodus
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Posted - 2012.07.31 23:44:00 -
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Thanks for the kind feedback guys :)
eve-files upload is now complete. |

Lady Spank
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
2492
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Posted - 2012.08.01 00:28:00 -
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and off I go to eve-files <3 (a¦á_a¦â) ~ http://getoutnastyface.blogspot.com/ ~ (a¦á_a¦â) |

Maximille Biagge
The Eden Trading International Corporation Curatores Veritatis Alliance
66
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Posted - 2012.08.01 02:54:00 -
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Damn!
Absolutely amazing video man, even better than I expected. Deffinitely worth a rewatch or 2 or 3...
The level of quality in the fights displayed and the editing is just insane and once again the music was absolutely perfect. |

Laktos
Gunpoint Diplomacy
174
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Posted - 2012.08.01 05:12:00 -
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How the hell do you pump these things out so fast?! Witchcraft!
Downloading. Latest PVP Video: Perseverance
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i Beast
Harbingers of Butthurt Red Alliance
17
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Posted - 2012.08.01 06:34:00 -
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epic end nice vds |

Zach Donnell
The Tuskers
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Posted - 2012.08.01 07:03:00 -
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Great Job Kov.
Your stuff has been inspiring, as it really motivates me to want to make something again . But also frustrating, as I realize it would take me forever to collect the fraps to match it with the amount that I have been playing 
My personal criticism was the music. However it was not that I didn't like it, I enjoyed it as purely music, but in the context of your video, I felt like there could have been something much more appropriate. But that's purely taste.
Regardless, really enjoyable.
Someday I will stop being a bump on a log, and someday we can potentially record something together! |

Miriam Sasko
Matari Exodus
55
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Posted - 2012.08.01 07:53:00 -
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Another masterpiece.
Personally, I really liked the music now, both as music and how it went with the clips, and the changes you made to the earlier version are spot on. Leaving out the Geddon kill may have been painful, but it sure was good for the general flow :) Latest video: Of Fools and Foes |

Vjorn Angannon
Middleton and Mercer LLP Exotic Matter Coalition
37
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Posted - 2012.08.01 08:44:00 -
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I started following yall's exploits (in a great sense!) ever since I watched ATX, and Kil2 mentioned his podcast and streams. I actually watched the drake/ferox duo on the stream. What I've watched of ya'll (to include Aldap's videos), is starting to really inspire me to break out of the rut that I've found myself in, and just go for it.
Great video, great fights.........and I loved the music!
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EddieRio
Time Bandits.
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Posted - 2012.08.01 10:24:00 -
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loved it! the fight with kil2 looked messy as hell, really entertaining to watch and i dont know how a drake shooting you when you had no shields and waiting to reload asb was allowed to happen!!! and the vexor stuff was wicked,,, really good watch... Recruitment - JOIN ME YouTube - My PvP Video's-á All the dreams you've ever had - and not just the good ones ! |

LillaRinn
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Posted - 2012.08.01 12:03:00 -
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fantastic vid, Kovorix! Gotta try that Vexor out... ;]
edit: great tracks, too! very fresh indeed  Radio Control Flying and Aerial Filming www.rc-forc3.com |

Nathan Ernaga
Applesauce Brigade Windowlicking Ninja Turtles
2
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Posted - 2012.08.01 15:51:00 -
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Nice work and interesting pick of music. Now back to ASB thread to hear the weep |

Jack bubu
GK inc. Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2012.08.01 15:56:00 -
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outstanding! |

DR BiCarbonate
Basgerin Pirate
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Posted - 2012.08.01 19:34:00 -
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Good stuff man, keep it up. |

Whiteroom Guardian
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.08.01 21:51:00 -
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El Toreador Vagabond
muy bien! la m+¦sica es perfecta! |

Hildulfr
Dark Fusion Industries Limitless Inc.
0
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Posted - 2012.08.01 22:24:00 -
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Nice job...ASB looks really good for solo pvp. |

Cavalira
New Eden Renegades Suddenly Spaceships.
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Posted - 2012.08.01 22:59:00 -
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I liked it alot. I hate how I told people dp vagas are ****, when they seems to be boss. :| |

Lady Spank
Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
2500
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Posted - 2012.08.02 11:53:00 -
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They don't have the agility of Cynabals and it never made sense while Cynabals were only about 20m more than a Vagabond. I don't know what the prices are like now because I haven't actually bought anything for months.
Top class video Kovorix. I'm stunned at how consistently you get such good fights. (a¦á_a¦â) ~ http://getoutnastyface.blogspot.com/ ~ (a¦á_a¦â) |

VR Highfive
Hayabusa Hikotai
77
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Posted - 2012.08.02 15:35:00 -
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Excellent stuff http://haykilogs.blogspot.com/
Learning solo PvP, one explosion at a time. |

Kovorix
Matari Exodus
175
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Posted - 2012.08.02 23:08:00 -
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Thanks guys 
I kinda figured the music would be controversial, I fussed a lot trying to find stuff and ultimately wasn't entirely happy with it, but there you have it.
Lady Spank wrote:I'm stunned at how consistently you get such good fights.
I think it's worth mentioning that although it was only 2 months or so, I definitely flew and lost the most ships I ever have to yield this much footage (check my kb if you want to see stunning numbers). Most ships did end with a fun fight of some kind (solo pvp is alive!!!) but most were mediocre as footage, so large numbers were just deleted. |

Asayanami Dei
Adhocracy Incorporated Adhocracy
184
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Posted - 2012.08.03 00:38:00 -
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Loved the music (especialy CB OST), fun fights to watch :) well done www.wormholefundamentals.com Adhocracy Promo 2012 |

AndiLanger
Sonnenlegion
0
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Posted - 2012.08.03 13:08:00 -
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nice vid :D |

Torothin
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
107
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Posted - 2012.08.03 19:43:00 -
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Wow! Awesome video man! What's your vaga fit? I'm going to battle clinic right now and looking you up! |

Sperrzone
Imperial Shipment Amarr Empire
5
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Posted - 2012.08.03 21:11:00 -
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that was funny 
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Mizhir
Club Bear
69
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Posted - 2012.08.04 17:17:00 -
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Sweet :) Epic fights. Fantastic editing and great music (really gives the video a good theme)
Please make a commentary video of the last fight.
Dont say this to Kil2, but you make the best videos imo :) |

Kovorix
Matari Exodus
179
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Posted - 2012.08.13 02:36:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:Sweet :) Epic fights. Fantastic editing and great music (really gives the video a good theme)
Please make a commentary video of the last fight.
Dont say this to Kil2, but you make the best videos imo :)
thanks :) i think i might have deleted the fraps of the last fight already I should get back into making commentaries though. And i think I'm just the only one still attached to this old way of presenting footage  |

Midori Tsu
Evolution The Retirement Club
110
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Posted - 2012.08.13 06:54:00 -
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Are you a wizard?
I have to say, that was pretty baller. |

Aldap
Club Bear
129
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Posted - 2012.08.13 07:29:00 -
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Really great video. Truly enjoyed the watch! Inspiring fits and piloting. Your having fun playing Eve is really showing through. So all I have to write... is just repeat your own title to you. Please never stop :-) My latest solo PvP videos: Hunting Spirit (Moa, Thorax) Underdog (Rupture) |

Kalterox
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.08.25 23:27:00 -
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To be honest....most of the fights in this vid aren't even close to being competative.
Most of the video is not exactly 'filler', but at least merely a showcase for ASB whoring. In other words, he was flying a fit vastly more powerful than the ships he was fighting, and there was little possibility he'd lose. As seen by the sparse repping at times.
The fight alongside Kil2 was good, there were intelligent target choices there, like getting the phantasm out of the way instead of pounding on drakes, etc, etc. A few close warp-outs, etc.
But in the other fights there are average errors, like letting the stabber slingshot out of scram range in the vexor fight, and being slow to scram the zealot in the off-gate vagabond fight.
I'm not criticising mistakes in the video, merely pointing out that it's basically a showcase for ASB fits lording over vastly inferior cookie-cutter buffer fits. In three few months, everyone will be doing it. and then it will get nerfed. Until that time, some players will milk it for what it's worth. |

Kovorix
Matari Exodus
182
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Posted - 2012.08.26 04:54:00 -
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Kalterox wrote:To be honest....most of the fights in this vid aren't even close to being competative...
Hey man, I appreciate the critical angle. I do disagree with you on a number of counts though.
First of all, I know the current outlook on the ASB issue makes this video significantly less interesting - I got most of these fights pretty early on before people were fully conscious of the module, and at the time the fits felt novel and cool and worth showing. I realize that's not the case now, though, so that's certainly valid point and I wish I had more foresight.
However, I would like to say that while xl-asb vagabond is indeed far superior to a buffer vagabond, it is in fact an extremely vulnerable and difficult ship to fly. One full load of boosters gives it ~60k ehp and 550dps, which puts it about on par with a regular hurricane in terms of those basic stats. Its sig and speed are thus its only advantage, and with 2 webs or too many neuts that's gone in an instant. I tried to show it fighting gangs because the wrong combination of 2 ships and it's quickly done for, making it basically worthless for real gang compositions. In other words, I seriously doubt it will see widespread use over typical hurricanes/drakes/tier 3s.
As for piloting it, I'm not sure if you have flown it before but I'd suggest you try it solo. It's a very unforgiving ship and managing manual piloting, dual prop, and the xl-asb at once is no easy task (for me at least). It's a complete blast to fly, but again, takes more piloting than your average ship. I hoped that got through in the footage but I understand that if you come in with the mindset of "xl-asb overpowered" it might be easy to overlook or discount. Of course, I have the biased viewpoint of having lost tons and tons of these to tiny piloting mistakes or an unfortunate +1.
As for mistakes, yes I make some but they are hardly fight-breaking, and if I didn't make mistakes I wouldn't have room to improve. :) |

Kalterox
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.08.26 09:51:00 -
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Quote:However, I would like to say that while xl-asb vagabond is indeed far superior to a buffer vagabond, it is in fact an extremely vulnerable and difficult ship to fly. One full load of boosters gives it ~60k ehp and 550dps, which puts it about on par with a regular hurricane in terms of those basic stats. Its sig and speed are thus its only advantage, and with 2 webs or too many neuts that's gone in an instant. I tried to show it fighting gangs because the wrong combination of 2 ships and it's quickly done for, making it basically worthless for real gang compositions. In other words, I seriously doubt it will see widespread use over typical hurricanes/drakes/tier 3s
Okay!
Well, you may be right that an ASB vaga is only on par with a regular hurricane.
But of course, you've been flying ASB fitted canes and vexors and other ships, and when that becomes standard for most hulls I think the ASB will be a drawback for solo pvp.
The ASB, as it stands, is basically a neut-proof repping device which for some reason is both easier to fit yet reps more than regular shield boosters, and only requires one slot to effectively uitilise (unlike a med armour/shield rep + cap booster combo). gg balancing. A lot of your kills in your recent videos have been testament to this.
So my criticism of your video isn't that you put a ASB on a vagabond, but that your last 2 videos (I enjoyed Everlasting II very much) basically feature you dominate cookie-cutter setups in a lot fights, in a variety of hulls that you fitted with ASB's. Which is fine I guess, but most people commenting on your vids don't seem to 'get' that many of the fights you won were based a much superior fit. As I said, a lot of the kills you feature are in the comfort zone in terms of running the rep. They're not even close. And you aren't sig-tanking for many of them either.
Quote:I hoped that got through in the footage but I understand that if you come in with the mindset of "xl-asb overpowered" it might be easy to overlook or discount. Of course, I have the biased viewpoint of having lost tons and tons of these to tiny piloting mistakes or an unfortunate +1.
ASB's are overpowered. Your videos are a demonstration of that even more than they are of good fights or pvp skill.
I'll admit on the vaga that's a hull where it might not actually be overpowered, and you can be proud of your piloting.
But what about the Drake/Ferox fight?
You weren't exactly sig-tanking in that fight.
Ask yourself how many kills you'd have scored off that gang if they'd all been fitted like you were?
When ASB knowledge diseminates through the player base it's going to go from being a good thing for a handful of solo pvpers like it is right now, to being the bane of solo pvp which, makes killing ships take ages and gives even more time for their 8 buddies to jump 2 systems or whatever and arrive.
I disagree that few people will use it. It will become standard fit in the near future for every 8 man gang camping a gate. Of course it will never be popular in fleet vs fleet fights over a certain number, for the same reasons all rep fits aren't.
Quote:As for mistakes, yes I make some but they are hardly fight-breaking, and if I didn't make mistakes I wouldn't have room to improve. :)
I mentioned the mistakes just to put in perspective that while the piloting is excellent, it isn't so amazingly good that you could have scored the kill without making maximum use of a module which dominates small scale pvp, but which a lot of people still aren't fully clued up about. I regard this video in particular as more of a showcase of the ASB, than an example of amazing fights and piioting. |

Laktos
Gunpoint Diplomacy
193
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Posted - 2012.08.26 15:53:00 -
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@ Kalterox.
I agree partly on one or two of your points. But I think you are talking up the power of a single-asb way more than it deserves.
Because of the 60 second reload, a single asb acts more like a shield extender than a shield booster. You get so much hp then it reloads and you die or flee. Only rarely do you survive long enough to reload and keep fighting, and most of the time that happens it is through skillful piloting as Kovorix demonstrates quite brilliantly in this vid.
It seems you came to this video late and have viewed it through the lens of an EVE where everyone and his mum uses asb's on everything. So it's understandable your impression of the video would be warped by boredom and frustration with the admittedly overpowered module. But I think every video should be judged based on the environment it was released in. And when this vid was released, hardly anyone used asb's, and nobody used them nearly as well as Kovorix did in this video. For that reason it was an astounding watch.
Btw, I've flown a decent number of single-asb ships since the mod was released and I can tell you it is bloody hard to do nearly as well as Kovorix did in this video with them. Part of the issue might be simply that he makes flying these ships look way easier than they actually are ^_^. I don't think they are the "I win" button you seem to think.
Dual-asb's on the other hand... that's a different story (horribly dull, overpowered things :) ) Latest PVP Video: Perseverance
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Kalterox
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
2
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Posted - 2012.08.26 17:15:00 -
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I think I excessively downplayed the quality of the fights. I still think it's something of a "time and place" video, which he made at a perfect point when a powerful new fit came into play which people weren't wise to. |

mitch3190
Night Bandits NZAU Alliance
2
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Posted - 2012.08.27 08:39:00 -
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Must say the editing has got very pro, good job man loved it =P |

BBQ FTW
The Hatchery Team Liquid
17
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Posted - 2012.08.29 02:58:00 -
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Quote:Ask yourself how many kills you'd have scored off that gang if they'd all been fitted like you were? If you truly ask this question for every pvp video you ever watch, I can't understand how you could ever enjoy any of them.
In many PvPPP situations, kills for the soloer often result due to error on part of the opponent(s), whether fitting or piloting-wise (see -- any propless maelstrom vs gatecamp video which involves HACs, recons, and BCs running directly into maelstrom's scram). While I can see how that could detract from the enjoyment of a video, I think that you're maintaining too high standards if you expect the other guy's fittings to be optimized to the same degree as the video maker's. |

SeenButNotHeard
Doing The Business
7
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Posted - 2012.09.02 20:56:00 -
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Great vid - enjoyed it a lot and learned some good stuff.
Also, really nice to hear Rodrigo y Gabriela getting some love. Thought for a long time they would make a good soundtrack to an Eve vid. Thumbs up! |
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