I solo PvP regularly with larger ships, as i was tired of the frigate/small ship meta. Your friend here is transversal, that is how big guns track small targets. You don't have enough of it, An AB cruiser/BS is in some cases not fast enough to leave a frigate behind. Enabling them to orbit you and "outtrack" your guns through signature resolution, not necessarily tracking.

I have killed succubus, worms, just about every AF and T3D with a tornado and other BC's and BS. You MUST be faster than your frigate enemies with an AB, or have a neut to turn off their props so you are faster than them with an AB. The fact you're using ships that can't support a neut is your first issue. Brawling without a neut is risky, and can only be considered if you have the speed to outrun frigates when scrammed/webbed.

For things like a BS, you need MJD. No question. If you really want to solo PvP with BC's and BS, an MJD is pretty much mandatory. Neuts, webs, drones, MJD and sometimes 100mn cruiser/BC fits is the way to escape/kill frigs. Damped down by a maulus/kite gang? MJD out. Garmur got you pointed at 70km? MJD out. You can't just seem to hit that 1 frig that is holding you for friends? MJD out. That 1 frig has a scram? Neut him out while aligned and wait for tackle to drop and warp away.

There are ways to do it, but you need to pick the right ship for the job. Dropping 400m in faction mods on a ship not designed for it and then being agitated on the forums is not the way to do it.

Ya, I think I finally have a fit that may work. I think im gonna try snakes and an AB. You have a really good point with being able to be faster then the ab frigates.

You are the only person who has given me relevant advice besides "pick a new ship". What is your advice about making the ship capable of being faster with an AB? You think double web with AB and snakes will do it?

You are the only person who has given me relevant advice besides "pick a new ship".

Medium and large projectile tracking is fine. We do not need to go back to the days of battleship solopwnmobiles. If you want to deal with frigates in your battleship then fit accordingly, it's all about tradeoffs and by the sounds of it you traded off in favour of more large target dps numbers.

Your weapons choice and flying tactics are of far greater concern, as said bigger is not better and the same is true of turrets.

Large turret ships can barely hit orbitting frigates or destroyers with tracking bonused hulls and webs. If you want to solo in a BS you use a drone boat or an application fit missile boat; or you use undersized weapons.

Large turrets are utterly useless against small targets unless you are in an MJD Vindicator, and even then you will struggle to hit frigates at 500m. The ONLY thing that keeps a turret BS with a proper pvp fit from being solo'd by a frigate is heavy neut, as many frigates can easily tank and blap unbonused drones.

How was I to know when engaging him that he was TD fit? .

Large turret ships can barely hit orbitting frigates or destroyers with tracking bonused hulls and webs. If you want to solo in a BS you use a drone boat or an application fit missile boat; or you use undersized weapons.

Large turrets are utterly useless against small targets unless you are in an MJD Vindicator, and even then you will struggle to hit frigates at 500m. The ONLY thing that keeps a turret BS with a proper pvp fit from being solo'd by a frigate is heavy neut, as many frigates can easily tank and blap unbonused drones.

I am not new, I do know what I am talking about.

But had no idea that a hookbill might be fit with a TD ? ok pal.

Sorry but battleships are not meant to be anti frigate ships, it's not a problem that battleships need to fit undersized guns if they want to go looking for frigate gangs to blap, that is WAI. Battleships are not helpless against frigates either, a frigate can be neuted, target painted, double webbed, small droned, ECM droned or just plain tanked until you reach a gate. Sure, not all BS can/do fit neuts, but I would suggest that soloing in a BS would be better in one that can.

P.S any frig can fit a TD its not standard fit, and unlike the other ships you mentioned, the hookbill does not get any bonuses to TD. So why would it be standard. Just stfu.

That right there shows you know literally zip about prevalent fits in frigate pvp. The reason hookbills so often come with TDs is because of the 4th midslot and strength of unbonused TDs. You should really know this, it's basic stuff.

There are hulls that get bonuses to TD, the hookbill is not one of them. The mid slots of a hookbill, a shield tank, are used for tank, prop, web, and scram. U are sacrificing something to fit a td. You really should know this, its basic stuff

BTW it's 5 mids, my error and you didn't even pick up on it :) regardless, hookbills even with no bonus to TD, are often fit with TDs, it's quite common place, same with with condors, slashers, none of them bonused for TD

All the ships you mentioned, condor, slasher, are kites you fool. Hence why they fit TDs.... the hookbill is a brawler. Your faulty info not mine on the number of mids. Tank generally takes up more then one slot

Large turret ships can barely hit orbitting frigates or destroyers with tracking bonused hulls and webs. If you want to solo in a BS you use a drone boat or an application fit missile boat; or you use undersized weapons.

Large turrets are utterly useless against small targets unless you are in an MJD Vindicator, and even then you will struggle to hit frigates at 500m. The ONLY thing that keeps a turret BS with a proper pvp fit from being solo'd by a frigate is heavy neut, as many frigates can easily tank and blap unbonused drones.

Are u suggesting I fit small weapons on a cruiser hull>? or just use missile and drone boats?

Problem with fitting small guns on a cruiser hull is the terrible optimal. Small guns work on frigates because they have the speed and mobility to keep within the pitiful optimal of small guns. A cruiser does not. Good luck keeping any frigate in your piddly 1000m optimal while flying a slow cruiser hull. They will laugh and turn the other way, out burn you from your web/scram and peace out.

Not to mentioned all 5 guns are unbonused, so your dps would be terrible. Fail

I don't know why I keep posting in this thread.

After actually taking some time and properly going over all your recent KMs..
Try not fitting brawling weapons when the local enemies are kiting you to death. Example. Thorax vs Thorax.. neutrons vs 150mm rails. Rails will out range you indefinitely. It doesn't matter how much tracking you have. You will never be able to get close enough to do anything with that tracking. This is called a failure to adapt and apply.
Funny thing is... dual 150mm railguns do 50 less dps than neutron blasters with navy AM. Also if math was used youd find out that due to the extended optimal the dual 150s actually have HIGHER TRACKING at their optimal usage range. IE more damage actually hits.. and hits farther away. Welcome to rock paper scissors.

Also try getting friends.

No you don't know what you are doing. These are basic concepts. Us telling you fits means jack and sh*t when almost every single KM you have is mostly because your enemies fight outside your optimal and use ships pretty much designed to murder fits EXACTLY like yours.

Adapt or die. The only truth of eve PVP.

Adapt, so I am supposed to telepathically know that when that thorax warps in he is kite fit with rails eh? You act like I know what I am going to be facing before I face it. Are you dumb?

Maybe I should carry a set of rails in my cargo bay with a mobile depot and deploy it at every plex so I can switch out mid fight *rolls eyes* ******* morons

He's not dumb, he's telling you how it is.

You will rarely know what tactics and fits other players will use; you can take a damn good guess at it if you're familiar with the capabilities of the ships they're flying, how they're commonly fitted etc. Adapt your fits and tactics to what is being commonly used against you.

Maybe you should use the right tool for the job in the first place.

And what tool is that? A thorax can be blaster fit, or it can be kite fit, there is no way of knowing which way he will be fit, or if even it will be a thorax that you will face.

So all of this nonsense about knowing your enemy and fitting accordingly is hogwash.

There is no way in EVE to know who and what you will be up against. There are hundreds of ships and thousands of fit combinations used for all of them. It is simply luck of the draw.

Ok lets make this simple.

If you fit blasters.. you have one option.. to brawl. Anything that kites you that you cant catch is going to kill you.

If you fit rails... then now you have options. This is why the kite meta works so well. It also means you do not engage at ranges where you cant run.

You are in an area and flying solo.. yet you are fitting like you have support or to defeat ships that are not being flown against you. It would be logical to see the small groups killing you and switch your fitting/ship preferences to things that can either disengage(when they blob) or keep them scrammed and at range while you slowly work down the number of pilots against you.

You are solo... so you have to think smart and fit to get away before thinking about damage. Your fitting habits right now give you one option. Kill them or die.. and frankly you wont succeed fit the way you do using the ships you do.

You keep saying use rails, but rails have the exact opposite weakness. In a cruiser you will rarely be able to outrun a frigate. So anything that moves faster then you will simply get in under your guns. You will have the exact reverse problem.

I understand blasters come with a huge weakness with their limited range, I'm trying to find a way to surmount that problem