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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.17 17:04:00 -
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If you're looking for decent opportunities for solo fights, I would suggest first roaming low sec, and if you want a lot of targets, join faction warfare, go pirate, or both. I think you'll find few opportunities for a decent fight in null sec, especially flying a T1 frig with meta mods.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.17 18:51:00 -
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Othran wrote:Fidelium Mortis wrote:If you're looking for decent opportunities for solo fights, I would suggest first roaming low sec, and if you want a lot of targets, join faction warfare, go pirate, or both. I think you'll find few opportunities for a decent fight in null sec, especially flying a T1 frig with meta mods. I disagree completely. There is no place in low-sec for a frigate other than belts/celestials. Unless you have a wardec of course, but that sort of defeats the object of "solo". In npc null I can engage on-gate or on-station without any worry over sentry guns. I don't have to care about GCC, so there goes another timer, etc etc. Once you learn about bubbles there are few better places for frigates (edit - or newbie pvprs) than npc null. YMMV of course.
The gate mechanics means you're relatively safe in a frig against most blobs. If you want a fight with someone in a frig, just ask. Also the current FW plex system gives a lot of opportunities for small skirmish battles. Heck you don't even have to be in FW to camp inside a plex and wait for someone, or go after someone that's running FW plex or mission.
If you go pirate, war dec, or join FW there's nothing preventing you from running solo, it just means there's more targets to go after.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.18 15:34:00 -
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Joining an active PvP corp in low/null that runs frequent roams with small gangs is a good way to pick up basic techniques and strategies used in PvP. Early on I also started a character that was dedicated to solo PvP, first starting by can flipping/ninja looting missions in rifters and kestrels, and then moving on to low sec.
If you can dual box, a second account greatly increases the amount of ground you can cover when hunting for targets even if you only engage with a single character.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.18 19:00:00 -
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Shiki Mikkyou wrote:A lot of info to chew on here, makes me really chafe at how little time I have to fly Mon-Thurs.
So it seems solo is, to some extent, feasible for a 5M SP char in a T1. It also sounds like it would be a lot easier to get PvP experience in FW. To know if I'm in a FW system, just use D-Scan to look for Minor skirmish sites, or will they appear on the Solar System map?
And since T2 tanking is so important, I'm guessing I should opt for Merlin over Kestrel most of the time.
You can start getting pvp kills with less than a day of training so 5M is plenty. I would highly recommend specializing for a specific ship though. The merlin is a pretty good choice for solo PvP in FW/low-sec, it can be fitted with a superb tank and has decent damage for a T1 frig. The biggest issue the merlin has will be keeping other ships in range, so get use to overheating your propulsion module often. Personally I would recommend going with a 2x 200mm autocannons and 2x rocket launchers (or neut) in the high slot, with a medium shield booster + cap booster.
To find the FW plexes just hit the system scanner and they will pop up in your filter (no probes needed).
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.18 20:04:00 -
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Grog Drinker wrote:
I think joining a side in FW is only beneficial if you want to keep your sec status up. Otherwise you are cutting out a large group of targets by joining a side.
The pirates in FW - my self included - would beg to differ with this statement, unless there's something I'm missing. Once (if) the logistics fix is implemented later this month, I would expect to see even more pirates in FW.
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Fidelium Mortis
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Posted - 2012.01.27 13:57:00 -
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I've killed 36 frigate hulls so far this month, 18 of which were T1 frigates. People still fly them regularly, at least in low sec.
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