Bischopt
Arbitrary Repossession
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Posted - 2013.01.06 02:32:00 -
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Now that I think about my transition from the safety of highsec to doing PvP in lowsec, it's more gradual than it has seemed.
In my first days I mined in a probe. Then I realized missioning was more engaging and made a better profit so I did that. Missioning didn't hold my interest for too long either so I got into exploration. All this took about two or three months.
But all this time I was aware of factional warfare and that "militia office" button that called to me every time I docked. So while my friends were running missions in their hurricanes and slowly getting bored of EVE Online, I joined the minmatar militia. I even happened to join at a time when certain people were running fleets that any militia member could join. These were not high-quality fleets but better than nothing.
Through these fleets I met the right people and learned the basics of PvP. At first I lived in highsec and went to lowsec to do PvP with my fellow militia members until eventually I moved into lowsec permanently, only going to highsec for business. I blobbed and took part in fleets for quite a while, got used to PvP and found a place for myself.
As time went by I grew tired of taking orders and having a fleet commander decide when I should warp or shoot. So after disobeying some orders during fleet fights and having my first solo kills amongst the chaos of fleet battles, I started doing solo PvP. Very quickly I found that I got a much more intense rush from solo PvP and I enjoyed the hunt whenever I was tracking down a potential target with my d-scan. Now my problem was that FW could not satisfy my needs. War targets were moving around in fleets that I had to avoid while neutral pilots were ratting in the belts, running missions and looking for fights.
The first time I killed a neutral pod was in Gratesier, next to an island of highsec systems. That kill gave me the most liberating feeling I've experienced during my EVE career because it meant I no longer cared about sec status. I was free.
That's what I'm still doing, only a little better than back then. At least I hope so... |