Originally by: Dark Shikari

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Edited by: Dark Shikari on 06/11/2006 01:37:31

Originally by: Christopher Multsanti

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Originally by: Dark Shikari

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I agree.

Unfortunately, from what I've seen, solo PvP is pretty much dead.

If I go solo into enemy space, their mining ops and/or NPCers will simply log the instant I enter local.

If I try to find a fight with a PvPer, I will get a blob of 15 ships jump on me the instant I aggress.

Worse, this cycle is feeding on itself. The more solo PvP dies, the fewer solo PvPers there are. And the fewer solo PvPers there are, the harder it is to find someone to fight. And since you can't find someone to fight, you stop PvPing solo... etc.

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Dark I can't believe I am gonna say this, but I agree with you 100%.

And to add to that, the worst fear people have is that they will get ganked by "teh blob".

Alliances in 0.0 started to order pilots not to travel solo due to the risk of getting ganked, and this has continued to spiral into not pvp'ing alone, now noone goes out in 0.0 alone (there are a few exceptions). Before anyone leaves a safespot they must have a gang they feel confident will not get ganked by a bigger gang!!!!

Killboards, public humiliation of loss, dictors and large alliance mentality has meant that solo pvp is getting it hard and dry.

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Actually, I'll go further to say that the death of solo PvP, even though it might not be the direct fault of CCP in any way, is the biggest problem facing EVE today.

A year or two you used to be able to go out and get a good fight, whether a cheap gank or an even match.

Today, its all about blobbing, whether fighting one person with five or ten people with fifty. NPCers and miners won't die unless they're total newbies--they just warp to a POS or log. The only way to catch anyone is with a gatecamp... stop those and there won't be any solo combat left except newbies getting killed.

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