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Great Artista Thugs 4 less	Posted - 2006.08.06 08:33:00 - [61] Originally by: Lorth The only thing that 2 1/2 years experiance has done for me, is the hand shaking comes after the fight. Yup, as I have had many close calls and tight situations I am very calm at pvp. But my hands still shake after a (good) fight, and it feels good. ------------- ½Artista - One name. One legend.+ -Sloganizer.net
Mishima	Posted - 2006.08.06 10:24:00 - [62] only time the adrenaline kicks in today is when i've just finished killing a ship in high-sec via suicide and am approaching the can crossing my fingers; "Will i get to it in time? did the good loot blow up?" - probably just because i havent done it alot... after a while i guess it will stop happening. with regular pvp i'm cool I love x-mas :D
Nidhoggur	Posted - 2006.08.06 16:20:00 - [63] Originally by: Bob Clive It's the fights with emotion that give me the serious shakes. Almost to the point of dysfuctionality on one or 2 occasions. The type of fights where I KNOW I have it won against someone I dislike or respect on a emotional/personal level. Exactly. I really got a rush from my first EvE PvP experience(you never forget your first time...) but most for most battles im calm these days, though I still get a nice warm buzz after the fight, whether I win or lose. But when its someone you dislike, or if there is something really important riding on the fight - Not isk, I mean if people whose opinions you care about are watching - then the pulse rises and I lose control of my mouse hand... F. Ex... A few years ago, I was part of a small mod community for Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. It was a pokey little community for a pokey little game, but I enjoyed it back then. I was on a full server one afternoon, and was engaged in having an argument with another member of the community across the chat channels about one or other game mechanic... A silly argument, at best. The argument had been going on for about 30 rounds and over 2 maps, so it was inevitable that we would meet at some point. When we saw eachother, we stopped dead, raised our block and backed away a few steps. Neither of us backed away completely though. This guy had been around almost as long as me, and I had been playing over a year, and inevitably had the highest score on the servers, and was pretty arrogant. It wasn't long before the rest of the servers denizens had clustered round, all previous hostility forgotten. I can't remember who attacked first, I don't think its important. All that I know is, during that fight, I suddenly changed from the honed gaming machine churning out 9 kills a round to an incompetent buffoon. My mouse control was all over the place, sweat was dripping from my forehead in droves, and my hands were generating puddles. By the end of the fight, I was jabbing wildly at the keyboard, pressing about 5 keys at a time and swinging the mouse all over the place. Needless to say, I lost. Adrenaline has its ups and its downs...
Nira Li Destructive Influence Band of Brothers	Posted - 2006.08.06 19:24:00 - [64] Edited by: Nira Li on 06/08/2006 19:25:47 I hardly get any adrenalin rushes when fighting anymore Now it just feels dull and just not as much fun as it used to be. I don't think I've had any real "OMG WTF AWSOME" feeling for a year now You Will Cry My Name Funny Guys
Scoundrelus The Black Fleet Pirate Coalition	Posted - 2006.08.06 23:38:00 - [65] Originally by: Nira Li Edited by: Nira Li on 06/08/2006 19:25:47 I hardly get any adrenalin rushes when fighting anymore Now it just feels dull and just not as much fun as it used to be. I don't think I've had any real "OMG WTF AWSOME" feeling for a year now Well I can only speak of personal experience but I would have to assume it has something to do with BoB. BoB can get most T2 ships at dirt cheap prices in comparison to the rest of us, and furthermore they fly those ships in combat and FURTHERMORE they fly in numbers. So the equation is you have little risk and much reward thus no adrenalin rush. Want adrenalin rush? Give me 99% of your isk and leave BoB. ===============================================
Adoro Caldari Reunited	Posted - 2006.08.07 00:00:00 - [66] Earlier when I took my ishkur out for the first flight I saw a ferox in a belt ratting. My heart starting beating fast, my hands getting sweaty and my whole buddy started shacking when I had im at 5 degrees on scanner. I warped in to go for the kill, though he was out range and managed to warp off. But only the rush made my day :) After half a year of piracy I still get the rush, some things last forever.
firef0x	Posted - 2006.08.07 18:09:00 - [67] Edited by: firef0x on 07/08/2006 18:10:00 Awesome isn't it? I had my first experience of PvP after a year and a half of playing EVE today - flipping heck, I might have only been fighting a Merlin but my heart was pounding fast and my hands were shaking everywhere. I'm a total PvP convert now. Also, I believe this is what real life armies call "Combat High". Edit: BTW, I was in a Kestrel.
Ezekial Alexander Caldari Rising Sun Inc.	Posted - 2006.08.10 19:45:00 - [68] Find some nice calming quiet music, accept the fact that you are already dead...then hit the primary Everyone loves to listen to harder music when they fight (which givesa great feeling, I do it on occasion), but with the quieter music you tend to keep in control (experience helps too)...it's especially useful when you are in command and need to call primaries and seconds
Benglada Central Defiance	Posted - 2006.08.10 20:07:00 - [69] Originally by: Kaeten I get adrenaline rushs whenever I know thers a chance of me dieing, if the odds are in my favour in not nervous at all. The worst would have to be being outnumbered when fighting solo and when a lead fleets (10+ BS), then I start to get nervous lol, however nervous I am I still get the job done, this is why I play eve Same. I had a 4v3 bs fight (my dom bs mega mega temp raven) problem was, my two buddys were 150km sniping and they were all on top of me, one of my buddies managed to jam one, i jammed the other (only two were scramming me) I got out by the hair of my chinny chin chin (98% struct) i was shaking bad. --------------------------- Originally by: Wrangler Unfrtinately you dnot get to vote..
Benglada Central Defiance	Posted - 2006.08.10 20:09:00 - [70] Originally by: Scoundrelus Originally by: Nira Li Edited by: Nira Li on 06/08/2006 19:25:47 I hardly get any adrenalin rushes when fighting anymore Now it just feels dull and just not as much fun as it used to be. I don't think I've had any real "OMG WTF AWSOME" feeling for a year now Well I can only speak of personal experience but I would have to assume it has something to do with BoB. BoB can get most T2 ships at dirt cheap prices in comparison to the rest of us, and furthermore they fly those ships in combat and FURTHERMORE they fly in numbers. So the equation is you have little risk and much reward thus no adrenalin rush. Want adrenalin rush? Give me 99% of your isk and leave BoB. I agree. Scoundrelous i know i agrued and ***ed at you quite a bit, but i really do like ya --------------------------- Originally by:** Wrangler Unfrtinately you dnot get to vote..
kessah Caldari Blood Corsairs	Posted - 2006.08.11 00:57:00 - [71] lol i dont get it much anymore but i hit the pvp after two months of carebearing and yeah i got the shakes, just ran into a gate camp with a small squad outnumbered with my absoulution and a handful of ceptors was a rush must say. I serious do find it funny when ur bearly able to click anything properly and you cant speak properly on teamspeak. It was just random noises coming from me and i was in command haha, then again was little i could do when i was jammed :/ Its the hours after when ur goin over it in your head, totally need a cigarette then. Calm my ass down. Not alone tho dude, tho u do get used to it. -------------------------------------------------------- Forever Pirate
Butter Dog ISS Navy Task Force Interstellar Starbase Syndicate	Posted - 2006.08.11 01:26:00 - [72] The only way to get used to it is to PvP more. Sooner or later the effect wears off. I find PvP 'intense' but it no longer leaves me curled in a ball quivering on the floor.
Larfox Minmatar	Posted - 2006.08.11 01:45:00 - [73] To help with stopping your brain from shutting down because of an adrenaline rush, it helps to have a decent diet, with no caffine. ** like soda, coffee, etc. they ** up your ability to defuse situations when your adrenaline and fear are pumping. Controlled breathing helps as well. Moderate breaths in through your nose and out your mouth help release it. I work in the executive protection field, and having your adrenaline take you over when you have to have a clear mind in defusing a situation in a very short time, is potentially life threatening. The same situation applies in pvp of most games, and professional fps games. Bad Boy Online
Svett Destructive Influence Band of Brothers	Posted - 2006.08.11 07:29:00 - [74] I have pvp'd since 97, in many kinds of games. I still get the rush at times, it is easy to control it and use it to focus.
Darius Falc Gallente Corsets and Carebears Whips and Chains	Posted - 2006.08.11 08:04:00 - [75] I used to shake like anything the first few times I got into PvP. Same thing....huge adrenaline rush. I find that over time though you become combat hardened. You start to know what to look for, your reactions improve. You get your routines down to the point where you don't think about them any more. For me it's now fairly simple dependent on what I'm flying but my routine goes something like this: Scan Detect Activate hardeners warp close to inside 20 with mwd (if necessary) Scramble Release drones, engage drones jam close to within 10 (if necessary) set to orbit 1000 (if using hybrid blasters) NOS Web Cannons Watch local Engage armour rep as necessary This all happens so automatically now that I hardly even think about it any more. I only need to start thinking if something bad happens (choosen my target unwisely - I hardly ever do this any more, or gank squad). DF. ***********************************************
Jane Spondogolo	Posted - 2006.08.11 10:14:00 - [76] Worst andrenaline I got was when I got my first battleship , a couple of months into the game. I hadn't had any of the support skills trained, and I saw a Scorp in Jita for 69mil and just HAD to have it. Now at that stage I hadnt the support skills , or a clue, to properly fit the thing, so I loaded the bottom end up with stabs, middle with shieldboosters (lol) and decided to run the pipe to my home 0.0 system. As I was passing thru, I passed a couple of pirates, and thought "oh jeez god, ****ing interceptors, and aligned for the next jump. LOCK. I escaped (yay for stabs), got to the next gate, jumped, same thing, each time losing shield because OH GOD BOOSTERS REQUIRE CAP (duh), and so on. This lasted 4 systems, and man my heart was pounding because I didnt even have the money to insure the damn thing, and I finally noticed I got into a system I had a couple of safespots in. I jumped straight to the safespot and logged the hell off. Then walked to the corner of the room and slumped with sweat pouring down my face. My flatmate came in and I was so ripped with andrenaline I couldnt even talk. MAN WAS THAT FUN. I finally snuck the scorp home, and didnt take it out for 3 weeks till I had a basic low SP setup. I kept that scorp for 3 months, and picked off every one of those pirates one by revenge filled one. Then I lost it to rats+pirate after having a panic attack so big I forgot the two damn large smartbombs that would of made a mess of the interceptor tackling me.
Naburi NasNaburi Rens Nursing Home	Posted - 2006.08.11 12:01:00 - [77] Without the adrenaline kick I wouldnt stay calm. Even tho I am shaking and my heart is beating like if I am running a marathon - my head is completely calm :)
Twilight Moon Minmatar eXceed Inc. Ascendant Frontier	Posted - 2006.08.11 14:01:00 - [78] I only get it in 1vs1's now. Gang's and fleets just aren't fun, when you're solo you're sitting there firing away, wondering if the hostile is going to warp a few of his mates in. ...on the other hand using a banana might be a viable alternative.
Hans Roaming Body Count Inc. Mercenary Coalition	Posted - 2006.08.11 15:06:00 - [79] I used to get it in fleet fights but now only for one verses one although to be honest it is more before and after a fight as I use a battle drill so in empire it is see, make sure it's a war target by looking at ally column, target, check it's the same guy so not getting concorded, then if in range scram or approach and MWD and off we go. When in a fight it's scan cap, range, traversal, drones, armor and also how my hits are doing. Having ship layouts set so the buttons are the same helps me too. In a fleet fight I find everything goes automatic even if jamming in a scorp and calling targets, if you get targetted you'll either get ot or not so is impersonal.
valerydarcy The Priory	Posted - 2006.08.11 19:41:00 - [80] i quickly knock one out before engaging. or do i ***
Synapse Archae Amarr Solarflare Heavy Industries	Posted - 2006.08.11 20:02:00 - [81] Originally by: Ange1 You adapt to it to a point, but the rush you get will still make you feel shaky and maybe a little disorientated. You'll easily forget something you're supposed to do in combat that your rational, logical side will remind you about after the fight. For me, the "worst" part is the anticipation of combat, when you commit yourself to the attack, feels like my heart will burst out of my chest Worst of all is attacking people camping stations. Youre on a knife edge like you could explode for 10 minutes straight, then they dock and log or watch you with an alt. :( Unbelievably unpleasant. --------------------------------------------- http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=349194&page=1Redo Fleets[/ur
Portios Smith Gallente Sanguine Legion Atrocitas	Posted - 2006.08.11 20:28:00 - [82] Edited by: Portios Smith on 11/08/2006 20:29:01 I dont get this rush in gang PvP at all, even when I engage alone, once I engaged an Eagle in a Thorax by a planet, my gang mates where fighting the falcon by the station. That thing was kicking my a$$ but for some reason it didnt warp scramble and I was able to warp out with some armor left, there was no rush. Now when you solo HOT DAMN what a rush! solo hunting piracy is where is at. Under construction
Siriyana Astrum Contract Services Group	Posted - 2006.08.12 03:17:00 - [83] When you get an adrenaline rush during PvP, you deal with it the same way anyone who has a job to accomplish that causes an adrenaline rush deals with it. You focus, breathe, let the adrenaline help your actions and not control them. Make sure you go over what you're supposed to do and do it. You'll find the adrenaline is then just a nice rush that helps you with what you're doing rather than hinder it. Focus. Breathe. Act. :) PS- I love the adrenaline rush from PvP. It's one of the few times (other than driving blazingly fast down the interstate) that I get that kind of rush! ----- CEO, Astrum Contract Services Group
Majin82 Caldari Sammael's Legion	Posted - 2006.08.12 15:33:00 - [84] When doing missions or rattin, I am fine, even when I see how out numbered I am. But PVP, inparticular Solo PVP makes me almost break down. My hands shake, heart is beating so hard, mouth gets dry, I feel the rush come over me. It's an amazing thrill I have only felt in a few games, but EVE makes it so real. Once I am in the heat of the battle I start to relax and take in everything that is happening. It's the minutes or seconds leading up to a fight that give me the worst Adredaline Rushes. ------------------------------------- Sammael's Legion
Edward Stobart	Posted - 2006.08.12 17:33:00 - [85] The jitters is what makes this Player versus Player rather than Character versus Character. It is what makes Eve Eve. It is what makes it unpredictable, immersive, limitless. One-on-one PvP is intense, and I get jittery hands on the rare occasions I have to go toe-to-toe. When I started Eve I made regular runs in to and through a couple of 0.4 systems and frequently got picked on in frigate combat by "pirates". I always lost :) One secret seems to be being prepared and fighting in situations you are prepared for. Another is to develop a routine for your actions (activate X then Y then Z). Another is to get podkilled ASAP - I found I became a much less cautious player once I realised it wan't a big deal and nothing but the clone cost was lost (I didn't fly with implants at the time). Fleet/blob PvP is different - you (usually) have an MC/FC/GC calling primaries and commands. Your decisions are limited then to following the orders, and saving your ship when called primary. The tough bit is finding the primary when it's called in a foreign accent on an overview with fifty ships on it - they are frequently dead before I find them! The most important thing here is not taking it personally when fifty flashing-red peeps on your overview all pick on you at the same time (flying a Scorp will do that). The answer to your jitters problem is as personal as the fit on your shoes... as I see it you have a number of choices - go out and seek PvP oin those situations - go out in a gang of similarly-minded mates and hunt pirates/miners/complex runners/whatever - join a corp or alliance with ops in low-sec or 0.0 space - or avoid it entirely and enjoy Eve's NPC and EMpire lifestyle. But the universal opinion here seems to be to do it more and I would certainly agree to that - Eve really opens up :)
Morbid Vengeance The Ranger Elite	Posted - 2006.08.12 17:48:00 - [86] Originally by: Scoundrelus Originally by: Nira Li Edited by: Nira Li on 06/08/2006 19:25:47 Now it just feels dull and just not as much fun as it used to be. So the equation is you have little risk and much reward thus no adrenalin rush. Want adrenalin rush? Give me 99% of your isk and leave BoB. Agreed. Eve combat is a risky part of the gaem - you can lose stuff. When that stuff is handed to you on a plate, it loses its meaning.
tiller Poisonous Monkeys	Posted - 2006.08.12 17:56:00 - [87] Edited by: tiller on 12/08/2006 17:57:00 Well, the closest I ever got to a big rush was when I was jumped while flying a 2.5bill isk rattlesnake while under sentry fire. However, as big as the loss was I remember just thinking at the time, shame I'm gonna pop in a min or two.... was a nice ship that cost alot (all I had at the time) Remember guys, it's a game... there is really no place for getting the jitters and shaking like a fool when threatened. If you keep a cool head you are worth two shaking pilots who are worried about going boom Click me for Pirate Coalition Website of Gankage
Dana Barrett Sanguine Legion Atrocitas	Posted - 2006.08.12 18:58:00 - [88] During gang fights I only get the jitters if it's a frig/cruiser gang up against a BS or two. I'm sure when I start flying expensive stuff I will get a little more nervous though. As for solo PvP, it hits me most when I scan down a target and am on my way there. I can feel my heart pumping, my body temp rising, etc. It's the same feeling as knowing you're about to get laid. BTW, I miss fighting you Ore Mongers. We never had a rivalry, only the occasional skirmish. Then we both left Khanid on our seperate ways.
inSpirAcy Caldari The Solopwnmobiles	Posted - 2006.08.12 19:17:00 - [89] Originally by: Dana Barrett As for solo PvP, it hits me most when I scan down a target and am on my way there. I can feel my heart pumping, my body temp rising, etc. It's the same feeling as knowing you're about to get laid. Shame the result isn't quite as good.
WETRAIN Minmatar Phantom Squad	Posted - 2006.08.13 14:19:00 - [90] wisky, *****, weed, ciggs, bj`s , sex , goatloving etc... O RLY!???????? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When the People are Ready the Master will come. - D R S -

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