Alexandra Stormwing
Silver Octopus
Infernal Octopus
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Posted - 2013.04.11 17:41:00 -
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Most of my PvP has been solo or small gang.
What I can tell you is that lowsec is no longer the fertile hunting ground that it used to be five or six years ago. There's a few reasons for this but it doesn't really matter. The number one tool you will need as a solo hunter is instinct, and a very close second is patience.
The third is a ship that has a good ability to disengage from a fight - more often than not, the people you find will have friends next door. As Lady Spank said, expect to die. A lot. Very few people are interested at all in a 'fair' fight, or even a fun fight. They want a cheap kill so they can stroke their e-peens and talk about how glorious it was to get a 10v1 kill instead of their typical 20v1.
So, when it is a trap (and it is always a trap) you need to either kill the guy before his help arrives (often unlikely for a bait ship) or have a way to run. This means you'll probably want to fly Minmatar (native speed and agility) or Caldari (always space for a web). Gallente and Amarr ships, by their nature, tend to force you to commit to a fight.
Frigates seem to be the best; they're the least threatening and will scare the least amount of people away. They're capable of taking on cruisers and sometimes destroyers, depending on your fit and the situation. Frigates give you the best chance to get past a gate camp.
Destroyers are good for hunting frigates because of their sheer DPS output and ability to apply it to smaller targets.
Another consideration:
If you want to fly larger ships, consider picking 6-10 stations in an area and put a few ships in each of them. Then you can use a covops / pod / whatever to move around if there's a lot of camps in your area. You won't ever be stuck in one or two places. Just move somewhere else.
Again, it's mobility.
If you don't have thermodynamics trained, do so now.
I wish you the very best of luck. The Solo PvP Crowd is a very elite and special group and the very hardest playstyle in Eve. It's you against the world.
Short Edit:
As someone once told me, solo PvP doesn't mean you against someone else. It means you against someone else and his friends. Some people (not me) are absolute masters of pulling people away from a gang, killing them, then swooping in for seconds. I really admire those people. |