afkalt
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.10.24 07:48:11 -
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@OP:
You do sound a bit ragequitty, but it's early so I've not burned all my goodwill yet so I will offer a serious reply.
It sounds a lot like you need a better corp to be honest, a decent group of like minded people really does make all the difference in the world.
The fun is there, the game is there - you still sounds like there is a lot you've still to learn (I've been here for years and I'm still learning EVERY time I log on.
I spent the better part of 90 minutes last night in a free flowing skirmish of ~11 men per side. Nobody hotdropped anybody, good fights and fun times were had. I'm not a member of a large bloc, it was in null sec. Does this happen every night? Nope, it does not. Indeed much of the time it is a cat and mouse game to find the kind of fight you're after, scouting, gathering intel, popping the odd passerby - nothing is worthless in the game because not everything is about isk.
Don't believe the hype about isk or skillpoints mattering, in a good group they matter not a jot once you pass a sensible minimum (like..you know....a few million). One of our younger corp members was new so we trained him into interceptors and he was designated fast lock/hero tackle. He died a LOT at first, but the main thing is we have decent srp so the finance hit is small and he knew what he did made a difference, he sought not personal glory but drew satisfaction from facilitating and aiding his friends blow things up. In the absence of SRP, a T1 frigate does just about as well. But that is just an example, it really depends what you want to do - if you're looking to hero tank a half dozen people and solo a gate camp well...it's just not going to happen, it isnt that kind of game.
To address a couple of points specifically:
-Soloing is not impossible, it is very difficult and you will die regularly, but it is very possible. You do have to be very good indeed though.
-Dropping is a fact of life, I've seen and been on the receiving end of multiple carriers dropped on a half dozen T1 cruisers/30-40 T3s dropping on frigate gangs of 12. We die, we laugh and warp out. They spent more in fuel than our entire fleet costs but whatever floats your boat. Although very soon I expect that will radically change, I foresee far fewer drops "just because" than before.
If you only take one thing from this post - look for a better corp in the time you have left. If your corp let you take out a marauder solo in low/null sec then you've got big problems. |