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Posted - 2006.11.06 16:45:00 -
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 Originally by: Dark Shikari
Edited by: Dark Shikari on 06/11/2006 01:32:48
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 or warp to POS 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. 
Correct me if you have evidence to the contrary, but these days all I see going on are three categories of combat:
1. Large fleets fighting each other.
2. Medium sized gangs running away from larger medium sized gangs, and trying to camp gates or find smaller medium sized gangs to kill.
3. Small gank squads with specialty ships like the Rook designed to be invincible against solo PvPers and smaller gangs.
While what you are saying is certainly a phenomenon that exists, I'd also say there are plenty of solo pvpers out there. In my corp I can name several including myself who are quite happy to take a ship out solo and look for targets, and get kills doing it too. We operate in syndicate which is an environment condusive to this style of play though. Without NPC soveriegnty this kind of play would be significantly more difficult.
Also I fly in small gangs often too, and am quite happy to try and take on a larger gang. Usually what this involves is taking the bait of a larger gang and waiting for them to arrive, and then making the best of the situation that ensues.
This often results in death for me. Not a problem though because there are so many extremely effective T1 ships out there, which after insurance really cost nothing to replace. As long as I don't have to sit for 3 hours waiting for targets I am happy. If this involves me dying then so be it 
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