So I was reading a post on my Corps forums today about HICs ( Heavy Interdictor Cruisers) and saw our CEO likes to FC in them. This made me think about what ships I prefer to fly when I FC(I admit my skills do not give me a giant range of options yet).
Now there isn't a set rule for this, nor should there be. For new FCs though the question remains on what to fly. I am going to go over many of the ships types and the pros and cons of each one. As an FC survivability is #1 priority.
T1 Frigates
Ahh the "lowly" frigate. I think Frigates actually make excellent FCing ships. In T2 frig gangs or even cruiser and bc gangs, the T1 frigate will rarely if ever be primaried and will probably be the last one to go(unless you get to close to something). This gives you free range of movement on grid to be able to call targets and keep a close eye on what is happening around you. Here comes the surprise. The Tristan, Rifter and Merlin, although excellent ships, do real good dps(for a frig) and can be tanked well, thus making them targets. Not to say that they will get targeted over say an ishkur, jag, or taranis, but the risk is there.
Assault Ships
AFs are amazing all around combat ships. They can fit a respectable tank, put out excellent dps, and can all be fit a myriad of ways. This makes them a real good choice as a command platform. You will start to notice a pattern here: The ships with the highest dps will probably be primaried in a T2 Frig gang (you may luck out in ther gang types) so the Wolf, Ishkur, Enyo, Hawk, and Harpy wouldn't make the best...even though they certainly are doable!. I, however, recommend the Vengeance and Jaguar. The vengeance can fit a ridiculous tank as can the jag, thus making you more likely to survive if primaried.
Covert Ops
You cannot go wrong with FCing in a ship that cannot be seen, but don't expect too many killmails!(well maybe...more on that in a bit). Covops give you the freedom to move around the battlefield or sit at a distance, thus giving you more focus then a more conventional combat ship. For the newer FC these are excellent for focusing more on the fight then dealing dmg or dying. For the KMwhore type, you can either use a stealth bomber or battle fit your covops. A battle fit covops, so long as there is a covops cloak, wont hinder you at all since you are not scouting.. Definitely one of my fav picks.
Interceptors
Inties are a gray area. They are fast and agile, but lack tank. Also due to their unique roles are often popped first. I will leave this one up to Pilot discretion as it will be heavily reliant on pilot skill
Cruisers
I am going to go ahead and throw all cruisers into this category. Cruisers make excellent ships to FC from with three exceptions: The High DPS output ships, Logistics, and the EWAR Platforms(some not all).
However, there are several Cruisers that can stay at range or fit a ridiculous tank. Both the Maller and the Vexor can fit ridiculous armor buffer tanks, the Maller more so. This gives you the staying power you need to stay on the field.
The Caracal, Moa, Cerberus, Eagle, Ishtar, Muninn, and Zealot can all hang out at super long ranges if sniper fit. They can also chill at medium range to keep a better eye on the field. Just be cautious...some of them have high dps outputs or shiny prices so can easily be called primary.
HICs-All of the Heavy Interdictors can fit substantial tanks. That combined with their mobile nature gives you free reign of the battlefield. That and you don't have to worry about calling bubble up, as you are the bubble! This makes them excellent, and popular, FC vessels.
Recons- This one is iffy. They do not fit substantial tanks, that and their utility that you have to juggle can make it complicated. Once again I would say this one be left up to pilot skill in FCing and multitasking.
Strategic Cruisers- My only beef is that they are bling...and therefore highly sought after KMs. However, all of the T3 cruisers can fit MASSIVE tanks. This coupled with decent dps output and modest utility make them excellent , albeit, highly expensive Command ships.
Battlecruisers
Ahhh here we are, the battlecruiser. This is one of my personal favorites for FCing. They all can fit good tanks, they have excellent dps output, and can fit Warfare Links to provided added utility. Almost all of the T1 BCs make good choices. The handful of exceptions would be the new Tier 3 BCs and the Brutix. The former have paper tanks and extreme dps output. The are best used as snipers or alpha ships, and thus will find themselves warping off of the field alot if chased. The Brutix's reputation as an extreme dps ship usually gets it primaried first( I know as it is one of my favorite ships :P).
Command Ships- The T2 BCs are the creme de la creme of FC boats. Massive tanks and boosts on the Fleet variants, and good tanks and high dps on the Field variants. Other than their price, you cannot really go wrong here.
Battleships
The Battleship is an iffy subject. They are only optimal in a fleet of BS or higher(capitals and what not). I do not recommend them for any smaller gang comp, as you will probably be the first to go down.
So.......
In closing it really comes down to flying what you are comfortable in, sizing the ship appropriately to the fleet type (don't bring a BS or BC to an all frig gang for example), and survivability(yeah other people can pick up when you go down, but it helps to try and have as much staying power as possible). So go out and have some fun. Do not be afraid to experiment to find out what works best for you. Above all else, I reiterate, fly what you are most comfortable in, and only what you can afford to lose!
Until next time have fun, fly dangerously, and see you out in New Eden!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Back to the grind!!!
The last few months have been trying for me. I have been through both personal triumph and personal tragedy.
With that said, I am back at it! Keep an eye out for some projects that have been in process but unfinished as well as a new direction for the blog to be announced soon!
Fly dangerously! o7
With that said, I am back at it! Keep an eye out for some projects that have been in process but unfinished as well as a new direction for the blog to be announced soon!
Fly dangerously! o7
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The end of an era....
DISCLAIMER:My thoughts are firing faster then my typing so some of this may bounce around and may seem jumbled and cryptic...for this I apologize. And yes I know this has nothing to do with Eve.
So I am kind of in this place bordering depression and curiosity. Recent and possible future events have me wondering what it is I want to do with life and what I would like to accomplish in it.
Now here comes the part with the scoffs, eye rolls and ridicule :). I have been a fan of the Harry Potter movies since 2002 and have looked forward to every release since. I haven't read the books and had been waiting to see Deathly Hallows Pt 2 to start, not wanting to ruin the story and magic of the big screen. Well, I watched Pt 2 on Sunday and needless to say it was bittersweet. No new releases. No wondering what happens next (well there is plenty of wondering, but doubtful anything will come of it). It made me stop and think. We have watched the actors grow up before our very eyes. To some of as as children, to others as peers. My own daughter is 9, born the year The Chamber of Secrets released. Since the 1920's movies have shaped generations. Will we ever see another series of movies that capture a generation the way the HP movies did?
I am going on 31. My dad will probably not make it through next year. My mom passed away in 2004. I feel confronted by my own mortality, and not sure how I like it. I have many regrets in life, far to many to list. My life was a fucked up mess from 13-28. I made more mistakes in that time frame then 10 people do in their lifetime. I now feel confronted with figuring out what I want to do with myself. I have worked for a major company in one of their foundries since 2004. It is honorable enough work, but it is not something I see myself doing for 30+ years. I have a degree in Microbiology, but since I never pursued it as a career(due to a mistake made in life) I am far to rusty on the knowledge to apply it.
I am now in the process of reevaluating my life and where I want to be. I do not want to look back on a life full of regrets. I need to figure what is important, really important, to me and pursue it. Life is only so long and the decisions and actions you make shape generations.
SO where does that leave me? I am going to go back to school. For what yet I am unsure, but I am going anyway. I am sure I will eventually figure it out.
I am going to take care of my family. I have a wonderful wife and two beautiful children that I want to do right by.
I am going to quit smoking, change my diet, ad start working out again. We have one body, one life. I no longer intend on shortening it by damaging it. I have partied like a musician(which I also am) for the last 17 years and it is taking its toll.
Stop looking and worrying about the past and future. One we can no longer control, the other we can shape. We shape our futures in the present. If I always worry about what is to come, I will miss what is already here.
So with that I will leave you with this philosophical tirade lol. Remember that life is short and it is NEVER too late to make changes and go after the stars.
Funny that a movie series makes you realize that and opens your eyes to your potential, eh?
In life
Rylia
So I am kind of in this place bordering depression and curiosity. Recent and possible future events have me wondering what it is I want to do with life and what I would like to accomplish in it.
Now here comes the part with the scoffs, eye rolls and ridicule :). I have been a fan of the Harry Potter movies since 2002 and have looked forward to every release since. I haven't read the books and had been waiting to see Deathly Hallows Pt 2 to start, not wanting to ruin the story and magic of the big screen. Well, I watched Pt 2 on Sunday and needless to say it was bittersweet. No new releases. No wondering what happens next (well there is plenty of wondering, but doubtful anything will come of it). It made me stop and think. We have watched the actors grow up before our very eyes. To some of as as children, to others as peers. My own daughter is 9, born the year The Chamber of Secrets released. Since the 1920's movies have shaped generations. Will we ever see another series of movies that capture a generation the way the HP movies did?
I am going on 31. My dad will probably not make it through next year. My mom passed away in 2004. I feel confronted by my own mortality, and not sure how I like it. I have many regrets in life, far to many to list. My life was a fucked up mess from 13-28. I made more mistakes in that time frame then 10 people do in their lifetime. I now feel confronted with figuring out what I want to do with myself. I have worked for a major company in one of their foundries since 2004. It is honorable enough work, but it is not something I see myself doing for 30+ years. I have a degree in Microbiology, but since I never pursued it as a career(due to a mistake made in life) I am far to rusty on the knowledge to apply it.
I am now in the process of reevaluating my life and where I want to be. I do not want to look back on a life full of regrets. I need to figure what is important, really important, to me and pursue it. Life is only so long and the decisions and actions you make shape generations.
SO where does that leave me? I am going to go back to school. For what yet I am unsure, but I am going anyway. I am sure I will eventually figure it out.
I am going to take care of my family. I have a wonderful wife and two beautiful children that I want to do right by.
I am going to quit smoking, change my diet, ad start working out again. We have one body, one life. I no longer intend on shortening it by damaging it. I have partied like a musician(which I also am) for the last 17 years and it is taking its toll.
Stop looking and worrying about the past and future. One we can no longer control, the other we can shape. We shape our futures in the present. If I always worry about what is to come, I will miss what is already here.
So with that I will leave you with this philosophical tirade lol. Remember that life is short and it is NEVER too late to make changes and go after the stars.
Funny that a movie series makes you realize that and opens your eyes to your potential, eh?
In life
Rylia
Thursday, November 3, 2011
So You Want To FC, Eh? Part 2 - Fight on YOUR terms!
One of the most difficult things for a budding FC to learn, at least in my mind as it is something I struggle with, is understanding different ways that you can force a fight onto you terms. Oddly enough, this isn't as difficult as one would think. The hardest part, in my opinion, is being able to do it quickly and under pressure. I am going to provide just a few of the myriad of ways you go about doing this. Keep in mind though that tactics are being used against someone who may not play the way you want them too!
There a about as many ways to bait and goad your opponent as you can imagine but we are only going to go over a handful of them here. Some of the more popular tactics include Psyops, pincher, turn and burn, bubbles, and using dictors.
PSYOPS
Psyops is the art of using psychological warfare against your opponent. Methods of doing this are: Making the enemy believe you have less numbers then you do, making them believe you are scared (by running away to a predetermined trap point), making them think you have different shiptypes, and just all around making them believe they have the upper hand.
There are several ways to instigate most of this methods.
1. Numbers.
Lets say you are taking your fleet back home from a prolonged roam. Your scout, who is +2, J's into a gate camp. Your fleet comp is 8 shield BC's, a falcon, 2 Skirmish inties, 1 jag(chaser tackle), a sabre, 2 scimis and 2 vagas. The recon report comes in: Gizz in XX-XXX on XX gate. 13 in local and I have 13 on grid. 6 Canes, a sabre, 2 vagas, 2 scimis, a dram, and a Stiletto. The idea is to bait them into thinking they outmatch you and to therefore get them to come to you and engage.
The Execute: you can tell you skirmish to either get safe in local or burn back to gate. You would then have only half of your force go into the next system, thus allowing their scout(assuming they are smart and have one, most do) to see your numbers. Hopefully you can get them in position on the next gate and they will take the bait, J into your system and engage not knowing that the other half of your force is incoming. When they do it will be too late(hopefully...shit happens :) )
2. Running scared.
Same situation as above..but lets they have the numbers this time. You can still get a good fight this way, it just takes a little patience. The idea is to have them think you don't want to fight because you think or "know" you will lose. How do we do this? Running!
The Execute: Your scout gives his report and you send the fleet into system -1 from scout. Warp everyone to gate at about 20km and as soon as you exit warp realign the ingate you entered in. Give it about 30 secs so they think you are discussing it and then burn back to other gate. If it works a couple of them(or hell the whole force) should come in and give chase. Now there are a few things you can do here. I am only going to cover two, as some of the others will be covered in their own section. What you do here is up to you..as I am not going to reveal the actual methods you can use(so you can use them against me lol)
PINCER
The purpose of this is having two forces to trap your opponent with, one being the one engaged the other the back up.
This section is going to be pretty short, as I am not going to be putting in actual tactics used, just giving the idea. The idea is to either split your force, know you have back up somewhere, or know backup can respond if needed. Then you just engage on a gate, and when back up arrives it cuts off their escape.
TURN AND BURN
I already went into this in some detail.
The tactic: To make look like your running or to split up faster ships from slower ships
The execute: It is what it is. Just turn and align to a gate or celestial and burn for a bit til they give chase. You then warp off and pick off the ones who come after you.
Bubbles, Interdictors, and Gate camping
I am also not going to go into too many details on these subjects even though they are viable tactics to giving you the higher ground.
Bubbles: Bubbles are anchorable objects that, like dictor spheres, disrupt warp off all ships it is aligned to(meaning celestials it is aligned to but ships taking the aligned path) and drops them in your lap.
Interdictors: Two classes, standard and Heavy. Standard, or light, Interdictors are destroyer class vessels that equip an Interdiction Sphere Launcher to drop Interdiction probes in space. Heavy interdictors are even more unique as they equip a Warp Disruption Field Generator. This allows HICs to quite literally be the center of their bubble and move around with it.
Gate Camping: We all know this one. Sitting at a gate for hours on end in a busy pipe and waiting for unsuspecting travelers and gangs to come through.
In closing I hope you all received a little more insight into ways to turn the hand. Veterans know most of this stuff, however, I hope that maybe they were refreshed or have a new perspective on the subject. Sorry to all my readers for this one being two weeks late. I have had some shit dropped on me in life lately and it has been hard to get a handle on my writing.
Until next fly dangerously! o7
There a about as many ways to bait and goad your opponent as you can imagine but we are only going to go over a handful of them here. Some of the more popular tactics include Psyops, pincher, turn and burn, bubbles, and using dictors.
PSYOPS
Psyops is the art of using psychological warfare against your opponent. Methods of doing this are: Making the enemy believe you have less numbers then you do, making them believe you are scared (by running away to a predetermined trap point), making them think you have different shiptypes, and just all around making them believe they have the upper hand.
There are several ways to instigate most of this methods.
1. Numbers.
Lets say you are taking your fleet back home from a prolonged roam. Your scout, who is +2, J's into a gate camp. Your fleet comp is 8 shield BC's, a falcon, 2 Skirmish inties, 1 jag(chaser tackle), a sabre, 2 scimis and 2 vagas. The recon report comes in: Gizz in XX-XXX on XX gate. 13 in local and I have 13 on grid. 6 Canes, a sabre, 2 vagas, 2 scimis, a dram, and a Stiletto. The idea is to bait them into thinking they outmatch you and to therefore get them to come to you and engage.
The Execute: you can tell you skirmish to either get safe in local or burn back to gate. You would then have only half of your force go into the next system, thus allowing their scout(assuming they are smart and have one, most do) to see your numbers. Hopefully you can get them in position on the next gate and they will take the bait, J into your system and engage not knowing that the other half of your force is incoming. When they do it will be too late(hopefully...shit happens :) )
2. Running scared.
Same situation as above..but lets they have the numbers this time. You can still get a good fight this way, it just takes a little patience. The idea is to have them think you don't want to fight because you think or "know" you will lose. How do we do this? Running!
The Execute: Your scout gives his report and you send the fleet into system -1 from scout. Warp everyone to gate at about 20km and as soon as you exit warp realign the ingate you entered in. Give it about 30 secs so they think you are discussing it and then burn back to other gate. If it works a couple of them(or hell the whole force) should come in and give chase. Now there are a few things you can do here. I am only going to cover two, as some of the others will be covered in their own section. What you do here is up to you..as I am not going to reveal the actual methods you can use(so you can use them against me lol)
PINCER
The purpose of this is having two forces to trap your opponent with, one being the one engaged the other the back up.
This section is going to be pretty short, as I am not going to be putting in actual tactics used, just giving the idea. The idea is to either split your force, know you have back up somewhere, or know backup can respond if needed. Then you just engage on a gate, and when back up arrives it cuts off their escape.
TURN AND BURN
I already went into this in some detail.
The tactic: To make look like your running or to split up faster ships from slower ships
The execute: It is what it is. Just turn and align to a gate or celestial and burn for a bit til they give chase. You then warp off and pick off the ones who come after you.
Bubbles, Interdictors, and Gate camping
I am also not going to go into too many details on these subjects even though they are viable tactics to giving you the higher ground.
Bubbles: Bubbles are anchorable objects that, like dictor spheres, disrupt warp off all ships it is aligned to(meaning celestials it is aligned to but ships taking the aligned path) and drops them in your lap.
Interdictors: Two classes, standard and Heavy. Standard, or light, Interdictors are destroyer class vessels that equip an Interdiction Sphere Launcher to drop Interdiction probes in space. Heavy interdictors are even more unique as they equip a Warp Disruption Field Generator. This allows HICs to quite literally be the center of their bubble and move around with it.
Gate Camping: We all know this one. Sitting at a gate for hours on end in a busy pipe and waiting for unsuspecting travelers and gangs to come through.
In closing I hope you all received a little more insight into ways to turn the hand. Veterans know most of this stuff, however, I hope that maybe they were refreshed or have a new perspective on the subject. Sorry to all my readers for this one being two weeks late. I have had some shit dropped on me in life lately and it has been hard to get a handle on my writing.
Until next fly dangerously! o7
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Upcoming changes, The T1 Project, and FCing...all rolled into one spot!
As I had stated in my note yesterday, I have been extremely busy as of late. With having been said, there are some excellent things going on in the world of New Eden which also make for a good series of topics to write on.
First off we are going to start with the upcoming changes in the Winter Expansion. I am only going to give my opinion on them as Azual already has an excellent breakdown and analysis of them here. I think this is going to be freaking awesome! New ships, Hybrid weaps adjustment, hybrid boats adjustment, new T2 items? I mean come on, short of the Dramiel rebalancing(i refuse to call it a nerf because it is still fittable and still the fastest.) who wouldn't love all this? Caldari and Gallente ships have needed some bringing up to par for awhile now, especially in the pvp department. Seeing what the Talos and Naga are bring to the table almost makes me giggle like a Brony out of happiness. The fact the speed, agility, and hybrid buff also helps the Deimos, Thorax, Brutix, Eagle, Moa, Rohk, Hyperion, and Megathron makes my spine shiver! TARANIS"S OF EPIC DOOM ANYONE? I suspect all off these will get balanced out as time goes on, but expect hybrid boats to be a little more OP out of the gate.
The Destroyer buff also makes me real happy. A morph from glass pea-shooter to glass cannon? YES PLEASE! This will give an entire new meaning to the term Wolfpack! Hmmm, that reminds me that I had better stock up on some of these ships before the prices skyrocket lol.
Oneiros. I am really just taking peoples word for it that the buffs are kickass as I don't fly Logi yet. With that said I am looking forward to flying them here in the not too distant future!
The T1 Frig Project
Ok so I have been a little lazy in the last week. I have gone out a couple of times and found nothing to fight except large gangs and gatecamps. I am also making up an order for the rest of my ships and modules and that will motivate me further.
FC Update
Next installment will be up possibly tonight but more than likely tomorrow. Will be a nice ditty about how to force a fight onto your terms. Exciting stuff indeed!
So until next time take care readers and fly dangerously! Talos and Naga inc!
First off we are going to start with the upcoming changes in the Winter Expansion. I am only going to give my opinion on them as Azual already has an excellent breakdown and analysis of them here. I think this is going to be freaking awesome! New ships, Hybrid weaps adjustment, hybrid boats adjustment, new T2 items? I mean come on, short of the Dramiel rebalancing(i refuse to call it a nerf because it is still fittable and still the fastest.) who wouldn't love all this? Caldari and Gallente ships have needed some bringing up to par for awhile now, especially in the pvp department. Seeing what the Talos and Naga are bring to the table almost makes me giggle like a Brony out of happiness. The fact the speed, agility, and hybrid buff also helps the Deimos, Thorax, Brutix, Eagle, Moa, Rohk, Hyperion, and Megathron makes my spine shiver! TARANIS"S OF EPIC DOOM ANYONE? I suspect all off these will get balanced out as time goes on, but expect hybrid boats to be a little more OP out of the gate.
The Destroyer buff also makes me real happy. A morph from glass pea-shooter to glass cannon? YES PLEASE! This will give an entire new meaning to the term Wolfpack! Hmmm, that reminds me that I had better stock up on some of these ships before the prices skyrocket lol.
Oneiros. I am really just taking peoples word for it that the buffs are kickass as I don't fly Logi yet. With that said I am looking forward to flying them here in the not too distant future!
The T1 Frig Project
Ok so I have been a little lazy in the last week. I have gone out a couple of times and found nothing to fight except large gangs and gatecamps. I am also making up an order for the rest of my ships and modules and that will motivate me further.
FC Update
Next installment will be up possibly tonight but more than likely tomorrow. Will be a nice ditty about how to force a fight onto your terms. Exciting stuff indeed!
So until next time take care readers and fly dangerously! Talos and Naga inc!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Holy Crap!
Been real busy so haven't had time to write much. Expect an article on the new upcoming changes, the current CCP restructuring, and Tier 3 battlecruisers. Also next installment of my FC series will be posted this week!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The T1 Frig Project - Day 1
I do not plan on writing an AAR a day for each of the ships but doing a weekly synapses of all the fights. With that said, Day 1 was defenitely worth it!
Started out in Rifter #1 and decided to head to western Syndi to look around there. Got into 3KNK and say a Punisher from The Ronin sitting at a tac about 218km off of the gate. Asked for a 1v1 in local with no response, so I started burning towards him hoping he was AFK. About 110km from the gate he warped down to me at range (100km off of gate so 10 from me) and accepted the 1v1 in local. Fight on! Was a pretty close fight tbh. We were both neck and neck into structure when his dual box alt battle buzz uncloaked and atrted blowing my face in with rockets :(. This is where it got interesting.
After being podded I burned back to 3KNK in a Ranis hoping to get sweet revenge. Sure as shit there he was, fully repped and waiting 100km off the gate. Not able to pass it up i burned to him and started round 2. 2/3 of the way into his armor the buzz uncloaked like I thought it would. Unfortunately, I over thought my capabilities and blew up, but not before killing the punisher pilot and getting the buzz into structure(should have brought an ishkur instead :P ).
I headed back to 31- in my pod fully intending to taske a break. After a talk with a corpmate decided on taking out my ishkur for a little roam to the north. No Dice. With it being pretty quiet I headed back home and take a little break.
About an hour later I cam back and shipped up in another Ranis and decided to head ack to 3KNK. As soon as I entered the system I recieved a friendly invite to 1v1. Was nervous at first as the buzzard pilot was in system and he was of same corp/alliance, but he assured me it would be a honored 1v1. We fleeted up and made a midsafe to battle at. As I was in warp I casually hit DScan to see what he was flying. Shit. A Sentinal. TBH I do not know a lot about this ship other then its nickname, the Baby Curse. Well honor is honor :). I dropped out of warp 17km off and started my habitual spiral to the target. I had just entered scram/web range, applied both, applied nos and fired one volley when I was capped out. Oh great, here we go, or so I thought! After about 4 minutes of me getting just enough cap to shoot once, rescram, and rep once I caught a break. He ran out of cap! And that is all it took. 1-0 Rylia!
He quickly asked me to repair and let him reship for round two(think Ronin bases there some times) which I happily oblidged. He undocked and headed to the midsafe again and I quickly followed. This time he opted for a Jaguar, which made me a little nervous since they have 50 ways you can fit one lol. I dropped out 10km off of him and immediately applied scram/web and tried getting some transversal. This fight didn't last but a minute as I completely annihilated him. I was a little confused as I had just started dipping into structure when he popped. Figured it would hurt more I guess haha.
I was surprised when he asked for round three! This time he wanted to do it off the undock of one station in system, as when we had our last fight a small nano cruiser gang had come through. I was a little nervous thinking him to be mad, but seeing only us in local figured, what the hell. I sat offgrid of the chosen station and waited for him to give green light and warped in. His final ship choice? A Vengeance. Now i was a little concerned lol as missiles (or rockets for that matter) hit no matter what and I knew this would hurt. I let him get first engage on this one and promptly lost all shields. I overheated everything dropped my pair of drones and lit him up. I was at 30% structure when he started dipping into it and gritting my teeth, popped him! Structure tanks for the win! Rylia 3 enemy-0.
So even though I got pwned in my rifter, it turned into a very productive night of 1v1 in my Inty, which is one of my ships of choice. More to come here soon!
PS. Boomrider!!! Great fights and great conversation afterword! See ya in my sights soon!
Started out in Rifter #1 and decided to head to western Syndi to look around there. Got into 3KNK and say a Punisher from The Ronin sitting at a tac about 218km off of the gate. Asked for a 1v1 in local with no response, so I started burning towards him hoping he was AFK. About 110km from the gate he warped down to me at range (100km off of gate so 10 from me) and accepted the 1v1 in local. Fight on! Was a pretty close fight tbh. We were both neck and neck into structure when his dual box alt battle buzz uncloaked and atrted blowing my face in with rockets :(. This is where it got interesting.
After being podded I burned back to 3KNK in a Ranis hoping to get sweet revenge. Sure as shit there he was, fully repped and waiting 100km off the gate. Not able to pass it up i burned to him and started round 2. 2/3 of the way into his armor the buzz uncloaked like I thought it would. Unfortunately, I over thought my capabilities and blew up, but not before killing the punisher pilot and getting the buzz into structure(should have brought an ishkur instead :P ).
I headed back to 31- in my pod fully intending to taske a break. After a talk with a corpmate decided on taking out my ishkur for a little roam to the north. No Dice. With it being pretty quiet I headed back home and take a little break.
About an hour later I cam back and shipped up in another Ranis and decided to head ack to 3KNK. As soon as I entered the system I recieved a friendly invite to 1v1. Was nervous at first as the buzzard pilot was in system and he was of same corp/alliance, but he assured me it would be a honored 1v1. We fleeted up and made a midsafe to battle at. As I was in warp I casually hit DScan to see what he was flying. Shit. A Sentinal. TBH I do not know a lot about this ship other then its nickname, the Baby Curse. Well honor is honor :). I dropped out of warp 17km off and started my habitual spiral to the target. I had just entered scram/web range, applied both, applied nos and fired one volley when I was capped out. Oh great, here we go, or so I thought! After about 4 minutes of me getting just enough cap to shoot once, rescram, and rep once I caught a break. He ran out of cap! And that is all it took. 1-0 Rylia!
He quickly asked me to repair and let him reship for round two(think Ronin bases there some times) which I happily oblidged. He undocked and headed to the midsafe again and I quickly followed. This time he opted for a Jaguar, which made me a little nervous since they have 50 ways you can fit one lol. I dropped out 10km off of him and immediately applied scram/web and tried getting some transversal. This fight didn't last but a minute as I completely annihilated him. I was a little confused as I had just started dipping into structure when he popped. Figured it would hurt more I guess haha.
I was surprised when he asked for round three! This time he wanted to do it off the undock of one station in system, as when we had our last fight a small nano cruiser gang had come through. I was a little nervous thinking him to be mad, but seeing only us in local figured, what the hell. I sat offgrid of the chosen station and waited for him to give green light and warped in. His final ship choice? A Vengeance. Now i was a little concerned lol as missiles (or rockets for that matter) hit no matter what and I knew this would hurt. I let him get first engage on this one and promptly lost all shields. I overheated everything dropped my pair of drones and lit him up. I was at 30% structure when he started dipping into it and gritting my teeth, popped him! Structure tanks for the win! Rylia 3 enemy-0.
So even though I got pwned in my rifter, it turned into a very productive night of 1v1 in my Inty, which is one of my ships of choice. More to come here soon!
PS. Boomrider!!! Great fights and great conversation afterword! See ya in my sights soon!
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