Comments on: Picking Your Battles http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/ Held together with duct tape and spewing bullets... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Think Different « Wensley: The Pirate Diaries http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Think Different « Wensley: The Pirate Diaries Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:28:48 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-905 [...] The navigation changes have had very little effect on the way I fly my Rifter. There has been very little effect on the way she handles but the fact that I can disable other people’s microwarp drives using my trusty warp scrambler and the fact that stasis webifiers no longer stop me dead means I can possibly broaden my horizons when picking fights. I’ve also decided to throw caution to the wind a bit more after the responses to my comments about picking my battles. [...] [...] The navigation changes have had very little effect on the way I fly my Rifter. There has been very little effect on the way she handles but the fact that I can disable other people’s microwarp drives using my trusty warp scrambler and the fact that stasis webifiers no longer stop me dead means I can possibly broaden my horizons when picking fights. I’ve also decided to throw caution to the wind a bit more after the responses to my comments about picking my battles. [...]

]]> By: Burn Mac http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Burn Mac Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:56 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-904 I guess they are two different ways of flying but hey if you do a 20% of win engagement and that win will replace the loss for 5 losses your even in the long run. Besides as a pirate you will have to seperate flying looking for fun fights and flying looking for lucrative fights. Hell im not looking for an even fight when i go out and try to probe missioners im trying to get that faction fitted noob ffs. I guess they are two different ways of flying but hey if you do a 20% of win engagement and that win will replace the loss for 5 losses your even in the long run.

Besides as a pirate you will have to seperate flying looking for fun fights and flying looking for lucrative fights. Hell im not looking for an even fight when i go out and try to probe missioners im trying to get that faction fitted noob ffs.

]]> By: Lyta Reimalken http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Lyta Reimalken Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:59:58 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-903 At the end of the day, deal with it. Much as I would like things to be otherwise, piracy doesn't always = good fights, since as a pirate, your actually looking to construct fights where you have the upper hand. (even if its not blobbing, you bring the ships to do the job :) ) Piracy is relatively short on income unless your camping gates a la MOD, which gets old fast. Picking your fights is one way to do it, being nanoed used to be the other. :) Personally the stats i look at on killboards are isk won/loss, blowing up 50 t1 frigs and then losing your faction fit command ship should look worse on a killboard than it does :) The way I play it is to have loads of ships, and a healthy number of those are t2 fitted rifters, ruptures, stabbers and the like. Stuff that I can go get exploded and laugh about, ill bring a faction cruiser or my scimitar out too if Ive got a few friends or am feeling brave, but its never my 'only option'. I 'need' my pvp fix now and then, and the odds arent always in my favour, so rather than go splurging my t2 gubbins over some lame gatecamp, I prefer to have a rupture i can go get my fix in, and if it pops, so be it. At the end of the day, deal with it. Much as I would like things to be otherwise, piracy doesn’t always = good fights, since as a pirate, your actually looking to construct fights where you have the upper hand. (even if its not blobbing, you bring the ships to do the job :) )
Piracy is relatively short on income unless your camping gates a la MOD, which gets old fast. Picking your fights is one way to do it, being nanoed used to be the other. :)

Personally the stats i look at on killboards are isk won/loss, blowing up 50 t1 frigs and then losing your faction fit command ship should look worse on a killboard than it does :)

The way I play it is to have loads of ships, and a healthy number of those are t2 fitted rifters, ruptures, stabbers and the like. Stuff that I can go get exploded and laugh about, ill bring a faction cruiser or my scimitar out too if Ive got a few friends or am feeling brave, but its never my ‘only option’.

I ‘need’ my pvp fix now and then, and the odds arent always in my favour, so rather than go splurging my t2 gubbins over some lame gatecamp, I prefer to have a rupture i can go get my fix in, and if it pops, so be it.

]]> By: Havohej http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Havohej Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:24:23 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-902 I couldn't have said it any better than Ombey; even when you're in a faction-fitted T2 cruiser you run the risk of falling into a trap or simply being surprised by a solo target you thought you had an edge on. Don't get rid of your high-ticket ships, but don't feel like you can't have a less expensive bit of fun in a T1 cruiser or frig as well! I couldn’t have said it any better than Ombey; even when you’re in a faction-fitted T2 cruiser you run the risk of falling into a trap or simply being surprised by a solo target you thought you had an edge on. Don’t get rid of your high-ticket ships, but don’t feel like you can’t have a less expensive bit of fun in a T1 cruiser or frig as well!

]]> By: Diametrix http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Diametrix Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:29:59 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-901 It amazes me, often, how life (and games) imitate poker. In poker you can approach a hand (conflict) cautiously or with reckless abandon. Naked aggression can be a buffer all its own. And there is much to be said for losing the fear of the fight. On the other hand, choosing which pots to compete for based on risk:reward and odds contributes alot to long term profit. Before the poker boom of 2001-2002 the name of the game was caution, wisdom, experience. That's what won poker. These days it's often aggression and (seemingly) reckless offense that gets the edge. There is much to be said for both approaches in poker, internet space ships and life. Alot comes down to bankroll. What can you afford to lose? Will your aggressive approach to combat overcome your assets and wallet before the profits payoff? Nice article. Dia It amazes me, often, how life (and games) imitate poker.

In poker you can approach a hand (conflict) cautiously or with reckless abandon. Naked aggression can be a buffer all its own. And there is much to be said for losing the fear of the fight.

On the other hand, choosing which pots to compete for based on risk:reward and odds contributes alot to long term profit.

Before the poker boom of 2001-2002 the name of the game was caution, wisdom, experience. That’s what won poker.

These days it’s often aggression and (seemingly) reckless offense that gets the edge.

There is much to be said for both approaches in poker, internet space ships and life.

Alot comes down to bankroll. What can you afford to lose? Will your aggressive approach to combat overcome your assets and wallet before the profits payoff?

Nice article.

Dia

]]> By: Mynxee http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Mynxee Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:06:24 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-900 I admit that I sometimes wish my ratio of wins to losses was better, but I come away from every single PVP experience with a smile on my face whether I won or lost. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge thrill to win--especially in a close fight with an evenly-matched competitor. But it's the fighting ... the sorting through tactics, the quick decision-making, to great unknown outcome ... that is the rush. So yeah...I'm a lot more free these days with throwing my ships into the fray. There may be comfort but there is no joy in taking the safe route all the time. I admit that I sometimes wish my ratio of wins to losses was better, but I come away from every single PVP experience with a smile on my face whether I won or lost. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge thrill to win–especially in a close fight with an evenly-matched competitor. But it’s the fighting … the sorting through tactics, the quick decision-making, to great unknown outcome … that is the rush. So yeah…I’m a lot more free these days with throwing my ships into the fray. There may be comfort but there is no joy in taking the safe route all the time.

]]> By: Drunken StrangeApe http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Drunken StrangeApe Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:25:02 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-899 I'm possibly the one with the smallest amount of experience on the matter, but my moto is "I'm paying to have fun!" So all you have to do imo is to define what fun is for you. Are you playing to be the best or for the thrill of the fight? I’m possibly the one with the smallest amount of experience on the matter, but my moto is “I’m paying to have fun!” So all you have to do imo is to define what fun is for you. Are you playing to be the best or for the thrill of the fight?

]]> By: ombeve http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2008/11/picking-your-battles/comment-page-1/#comment-898 ombeve Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:05:00 +0000 http://wensley.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-898 Screw the killboard, saddle up a Rifter and have fun. With the QR changes, Friggies are currently a bit of an unknown quantity, but they have been buffed effectively :) Screw the killboard, saddle up a Rifter and have fun. With the QR changes, Friggies are currently a bit of an unknown quantity, but they have been buffed effectively :)

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