Merouk Baas
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Posted - 2013.05.21 12:12:00 -
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CCP has implemented "weapons tracking" and "missile explosion velocity/radius" as specific mechanics to enable the more newbie ships (typically the fragile, but fast and maneuverable frigates) to survive attacks by the bigger ships. Basically if you don't sit idle in space, and know how to fit your ship to enhance its speed / agility, you can fly in circles around the big ships and their weapons can't hit you.
Your weapons won't make a big dent, but again, there's the whole slew of electronic warfare, jamming, warp disruption, etc. to keep them there and disabled until your team gets there to finish them off.
The game is pretty complex, and functions much like chess but with a lot more pieces in play. And CCP is usually quite focused on making sure even the smaller ships have a role, can survive, and are desirable for something.
Keep in mind, though, that 0.4 gates are actually camped, and that doesn't mean that they simply sit there waiting for targets. There's planning involved, specific ships set up to quickly lock and disable targets of various sizes, specific ships fitted to quickly kill (and they're position at perfect range for maximum DPS), and scouts in nearby systems checking out potential victims and giving them heads up of what's coming. It's organized, and efficient, which is why you're dying so fast. You need your own friends and scouts, and need to learn the specific tactics to counter their camping tactics.
But first, what you need as a newbie is to find a source of income so you can get some skills trained. And then train the skills that let you use tech 2 modules (1mn Afterburner II, tech 2 armor, shield, defense modules). These don't take long at all, a couple weeks maybe. Then any ship you fly will have MUCH improved survival rates.
Then decide on a ship line to progress through, and train the skills for them, the skills for T2 weapons for them (this may take 1-2 months), and support skills to make your flying even better.
And meanwhile, learn about the game, read fitting guides, read PVP guides, etc. Search for the various wikis out there, there are plenty of them. |