Khoid
Sanctuary of Shadows
Honorable Third Party
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Posted - 2014.07.30 19:06:00 -
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I started playing in 2009. I become interested in EVE after watching the the butterfly effect trailer and came into the game wanting to become the best wolf pilot. I started out as an Amarr pilot because I liked the avatars with the dark hoods. Then, I found out that the wolf was a Minmatar ship. I immediately abandoned my Amarr character and made this character and started flying rifters while training for the wolf.
Of my first 12 loss mails, 10 were losses to npcs, 2 to a low sec gate camp:
1 rifter, 1 slasher, and 1 hoarder lost to belt ralts
4 rifters, 1 burst, and 2 thrashers to the SOE arc
Most of the fits included civilian modules, dual tank, and mixed guns.
When the time came to take on Dagan, I had the sp to sit in a hurricane. I fit this hurricane as follows:
[Hurricane]
High slots
-2x 720mm
-1x 650mm
-1x 425mm
-1x 220mm
-1x 180mm
Mid slots
~stuff
Low slots
~stuff
I was unable to break Dagan's tank with this fit so I asked a RL friend what he thought of my hurricane. He told me it was terrible and to use all 425mm's in the highs. Doing this allowed to finally destroy Dagan and complete the SOE arc.
After the SOE arc, I started mining in Arnon. During that time, I lost a mining scythe to a can flipping incident. Later, I joined a carebear corp based in Gallente space one jump from low sec. I started doing some missions, farmed the static 1/10 sites, and solo mined hemorphite in low-sec. Apparently at the time, mining in a belt with a scythe didn't attract a lot of attention to where I would even afk mine in low-sec with people in local. Needless to say, I did eventually lose that scythe mining in low sec.
Hurting for isk as I started nearing the point where I could fly a wolf, my RL friend recommended I try ninja salvaging. After going through a few youtube videos on the activity, I established my ninja salvaging op in Dodixie with a probe and a thrasher where I then made my first 50 million isk. However, my carebear CEO told me it was making the corp look bad and told me to stop. As much as I didn't like his decision at the time, I also found out that the coreli c-type modules I was farming was worth 5-12 mil a piece so I agreed to my CEO's request.
Wardec
My first taste of actual PvP occured on November 8, 2009 from a wardec. I had about 3mil sp at the time and was flying around in my newly acquired wolf fitted with the c-type modules I had been farming. Luckily for me, I had a grasp of proper ship fittings at that point in my EVE career. With the help of google, my first wolf fit looked like:
[Wolf]
High Slots
-4x 150mm T1 Autocannon
-Rocket Launcher T1
Mid Slots
-1mn Coreli C-type Afterburner
-J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler
Low Slots
-Coreli C-type Small Armor Repairer
-400mm Rolled Tungsten Plates
-Coreli C-type Adaptive Nano Plating
-Gyro-stabilizer T2
Rigs
-NONE
I was flying through high sec in my wolf until I noticed a war target huginn land on a gate with me. I had no idea what a Huginn actually was, I just knew it was a T2 cruiser which scared me. I immediately panic and started burning to my home system. As I jumped into to my home system, I noticed an interceptor land on gate. I spammed the warp button to station fearing what fate lied in wait for me as the interceptor appeared on grid. I successfully dock in my home station(kickout) and monitor the guest list. As I expected, the interceptor pilot docked in the station with me. I evaluated my situation and weighed my options. I have no idea what the capabilities of an interceptor were, I just knew they were T2 frigates. The numbers were not in my favor as I was alone and facing an undetermined number of war targets. I could log out and call it day, I could try and make a break for low sec and see if they follow me, or I could fight to the death. Not wanting to log out just yet, I decide to to try and make a break for low sec just next door, the same low sec I used to mine hemorphite. As the undocking animation plays, I watched my name disappear from the guest list as the interceptor pilot's name also disappeared from the guest list a split second after. There was no going back now. I was going to either make it into warp to low sec or get forced into an outnumbered fight. As the grid loads, the interceptor is right on top of my wolf. I smashed the warp button to low sec only to be warp scrambled by the interceptor. I was caught. I locked the interceptor back and activate my warp scrambler and weapons. To my surprise, the interceptor went down quickly and explodes. Just as he exploded, another interceptor landed on top of me. I locked him up and brought the warp scrambler and guns onto him. He went down quickly as well. Before I could celebrate my first T2 kills, the Huginn landed on grid 20km away. Time to leave. I initiated warp and jumped to the low sec system then docked at the station there. I watched the Huginn pilot appear in local and disappear a few minutes later. The day was mine.
Into Null
After that victory, I had a few stints with the militia and continued my usual carebear activities. One day, a pilot from the [UNEW] corporation of the alliance Maru'Kage challenge me to a duel. My wolf against his rifter. I suspected a trap but decided to accept it. We warp to a safe and can flip each other starting the duel. I lock him up and activate my scram and guns. To my horror, I was doing minimal damage. I was pointed and webbed and I could only watch as my wolf dipped into half armor. I pulsed my c-type armor repper as I frantically looked for a way to survive. Suddenly, I noticed he was kiting me at about 9km, out of range of my guns with T1 ammo. I switch my ammo to barrage and reactivated my guns. I started to land solid hits and the rifter explodes with my wolf at 35% armor. The pilot then convos me complementing me and inviting me to [UNEW]. After some hesitation, I accepted and my null adventures began.
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