John Blackthorn
Foundation
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2008.02.05 15:53:00 -
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I disagree with the original poster. You can have as little as a few million skill points and be very good in pvp and live in 0.0. Rarly do you ever have 1v1 fights in 0.0 btw. It's typical to see 10 vs 1 and the skill points of that 1 does not matter he/she is going to get there ship blown up.
The key to 0.0 is understanding that yes you will get killed from time to time, but if you do a few things you will be much more successful.
For solo players it requires two accounts, one of which scouts for your main character.
or you join an alliance that can provide you with good lntel. For example Roadkill the alliance that I am a member of has a very good intel system we know whats going on very quickly in all parts and many low securty systems surrounding our entry systems. However, relying on others to give you intel slows your movement down compared to having a second account.
As for pvp, a good ship setup is the most usefull thing that can help you survive a fight. As a few examples:
Do not shield and armor tank a ship
Do not shield tank an amrmor ship. There are a few ships that are typically shield tanked like the raven but can also be armor tanked.
Use the weapons on the ship that are ment for the ship. If you fly a tempest don't put lasers on it. Which is to say use to the bonuses of the ship to it's fullest advantage.
Use Ship fiting tools to try out your setups, to see what can fit on your ship, and examine it's ability to tank, and deal damage.
Think first about how you want to play, do you want to shield tank, armor tank, nano (speed tanking).
Pick the ship you want to use and specialize in it, if you like the looks and feel of the thorax, then get really good mwd and cap skills, and then really good medium hybred skills, then work on drones.
Examine kill boards and fourms for good ship setups. Such as thorax with 5 guns, mwd, cap booster, scrambler, and then you have 5 low slots for an armor tank or you can nano tank it.
And finally don't be scared or angery when you loose your ship it happens to us all.
-John
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