I'm still fairly new to Eve and I just was curious if there is ever much 1v1 PVP among the large size ships like Cruisers, Battlecruisers, and Battleships. I have seen plenty of discussion about frigate and destroyer 1v1 fights, fittings, etc. but not anything besides that. If this is a somewhat occurring matter, where does it usually happen as far as security zones? Also any other information relative to this subject would interest me as well.

Thanks for reading.

Cruisers yes. That is a common solo PvP class of shop.

Above that less so but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Yea, as it turns out the "hard-core" community of EvE is actually incredibly afraid of taking risks.

I would say cruiser solo PvP is more common that destroyer solo PvP, but don't have figures to back that up.

This is what you know from your vast experience I guess?

Is it wrong?

Depends if you count a Tengu as a cruiser I suppose :D Though drone Vexors are becoming more a thing.,

Yes.

Yea, as it turns out the "hard-core" community of EvE is actually incredibly afraid of taking risks. Which is why you wont see someone flying around a really expensive ships solo unless he has balls of steel because of (INSERT NEVER ENDING LIST OF REASONS HOW IT MIGHT BE A BAD IDEA WHICH CAUSES THE Y CHROMOSOME TO MUTATE INTO AN X)

Balls of steel which people in this game don't have, and tend to make "fun" of for not being as manly in comparison.

Says the guy who's afraid to fit his ship while plexing in FW because it's "cheaper" to lose an unfitted ship rather than having fun making money with space pew on the side in a pvp capable ship.

From my experience there's only been one man who's been manly enough to pimp out a battleship and fly it around solo. I reach my conclusion because since his being brave and manly was such a unique instance, everyone in the eve community could not stop talking about how they wish they were as brave as he was.

If his non risk-averse approach to eve were the norm, his being found, fought, and killed wouldn't have been an episode that the greater majority of the game felt was necessary to bring to the attention of everyone else.

The deal is, turns out people in this game will only take a "risk" if it's a very small one.

No one has the testicular fortitude to go "all-in" relying on his self alone to plunge balls deep into the quivering unknown of lady luck's realm of possibility.

There was a 40 bill solo Golem killed just last week. No linking killmails unfortunately.

Afraid? No. Just I know that when I'm watching netflix while capping a plex, it would be unwise to have my ship expensively fit since I know if someone shows up, I'm going to be too engrossed in "the office" to want to alt tab.

There was a 40 bill solo Golem killed just last week. No linking killmails unfortunately.

From my experience...

From my experience there's only been one man who's been manly enough to pimp out a battleship and fly it around solo. I reach my conclusion because since his being brave and manly was such a unique instance, everyone in the eve community could not stop talking about how they wish they were as brave as he was.

If his non risk-averse approach to eve were the norm, his being found, fought, and killed wouldn't have been an episode that the greater majority of the game felt was necessary to bring to the attention of everyone else.

The deal is, turns out people in this game will only take a "risk" if it's a very small one.

No one has the testicular fortitude to go "all-in" relying on his self alone to plunge balls deep into the quivering unknown of lady luck's realm of possibility.

But back to the OPGǪ Sadly, disappointingly, it appears as though the EvE community isn't as hardcore as it claims to be. They tout their playing a game that comes with "loss", yet none of them are willing to have the confidence in themselves to be willing to fight solo in a battleship.

That's all that needed to be written. The rest was a waste of time.

Trying to turn this thread into another of your crusade's against everyone else is stupid. This was a simple question that has already been answered.

Just give it a rest for a change.

OK so I'm looking at the eve launcher and it says there are 45000 people online.

Name me 45 people who do 1v1's in battleships.

You see battleship 1v1 duels in Hek all the time.

But if you mean taking a battleship on a solo roam through losec so you can get blobbed, no not many people are that stupid.

Afraid? No. Just I know that when I'm shitpoasting and trolling up the forums while capping a plex, it would be unwise to have my ship expensively fit since I know if someone shows up, I'm going to be too engrossed in arguing with Tippia to want to alt tab.

The problem isn't solo PvP in a battleship, it's that you'll almost never get a 1:1 fight. More often than not you'll instead be tackled by an interceptor then dogpiled. Which is why you'll almost never see battleships outside of fleets or missioning in high-sec.