Since getting back from my holidays I’ve had quite a few e-mails and Eve mails with questions about everything from general piracy to how to fly specific ships. While I am by no means an expert, I’m happy to share what I know and maybe other readers will be able to fill in the blanks.
So if you’ve got any questions about piracy, PvP, or life in low security space then comment on this post and I’ll do my best to answer you.
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This is the personal diary of a young pilot in New Eden. Here you can find stories about the trials and tribulations of starting life out in open space.
After a career in piracy with The Tuskers he has now moved out to null sec space and joined Dark Knights of Deneb in Against All Authorities. He then moved to Rionnag Alba and followed them into Northern Coalition. where he fought all over Eve before deciding to return to his roots and return to lowsec with Gunpoint Diplomacy.
Realising that piracy wasn't his thing any more he has reluctantly bid farewell to his friends in RANSM and is now enjoying life in Matari Exodus, roaming solo and in small gangs throughout New Eden.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
On the subject of my last (proper) post*, what is your favourite pirating ship and why?
* http://articulatedsky.com/2009/04/08/its-a-trap/
April 14th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
A very good question and one that I meant to answer at the time.
It goes without saying that my own favourite ship is the Rifter. I’ve posted a longer answer on your post: http://articulatedsky.com/2009/04/08/its-a-trap/
April 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Dear Wensley,
My question is, How are babies made?
Wait, maybe this isn’t the right place to be asking that question….:)
April 14th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Well a mummy Dominix and a daddy Dominix… Hmmm, maybe you should just watch this: http://www.eve-files.com/media/0603/The_Dominix_A_Documentary.wmv
April 14th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
…
I’ve always been told than an Ibis brought the babies to the Mummy and Daddy Dominix.
I’ve been lied to!
April 14th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Which of your skills do you currently have at 5?
April 14th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Surely it would be a Velator rather than an Ibis.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
The short answer is that you can see my skills here: http://www.eve-sheet.com/skills/Wensley
A slightly longer one is that I’m currently working on getting all skills related to flying my Rifter (and therefore also Rupture and Hurricane) up to level 5 at the moment and working on getting my basic learning skills there too.
A slightly longer answer would be a discussion about which skills are key for PvP and hence are long-term targets to get to a maxed level. That is something I’ll probably write a post on at some point.
Does that answer your question?
April 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
That’s not what Mummy and Daddy Wanderer told me.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I stumbled upon an old post comparing barrage, hail, and republic emp. You mentioned an afterburner would affect the results and I’m wondering if you’ve had a chance to figure that out as I just got tech 2 guns.
Secondly, I ran into a NOS fit Punisher and he destroyed me due to all my cap draining modules (scram,warp,ab,repper). Is my only hope to web and hopefully out range the NOS?
Thanks for all of your awesome info!
April 14th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I wouldnt advise trying to outrun the nos. Punisher with scorch will hit you for more damage at range than you could possibly hope to match. Try running a cap booster rather than a web, the punisher is a slow ass ship anyway.
April 14th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Yes thanks
April 15th, 2009 at 4:19 am
Hello. I have just entered the world of Interceptors, and I am interested in the Matari ones, specifically. Do you have any advice for a noobie interceptor pilot?
April 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
@Crewcifer: Barrage is what you should have loaded mostly, but switch to rf emp when you need more damage/tracking and don’t need the range. I.e. fighting against other rifter, amarr ships big targets. But you should always have barrage loaded because it’s better to forget to switch away from it than to forget to switch to it when you have to fight at range. Oh and hail is really only usefull against ships larger than your own, personally I carry about 500 around for the big stuff.
What comes to the nos punisher, your best bet is to just go right in his face with rf emp and try to kill him before he kills you.
@Kazaji: I hate to break this to you but the minmatar inties are rather lackluster. Although if you want just a tackler the stiletto is good for that. The claw is… well it suffers from the fact that it has only 2 meds otherwise it’s a pretty solid dogfighter. I can fly the minmatar inties myself but haven’t really flown them outside of tackling duties in big fleets. But if you have the skills go ahead and try them, won’t hurt you
May 27th, 2009 at 2:05 am
I've also had problems with NOS-fitted ships shutting down my Rifter (twice lately). So I'm thinking about fitting a Small Diminishing Power System Drain instead of the RL II.
You have less dps from the loss of the RL, but cap is a lot more stable. I can fit the NOS + 3 x 150mm Light ACI II. Have you ever tried fitting a NOS, do you have any thoughts on this? Thx
May 27th, 2009 at 9:07 am
I always find that the best solution against a ship fitted with a nosferatu is to move out of its range. You're perfectly capable of engaging from 6.5 – 8 km away and his nosferatu will be of no use to him in this range. Your missiles will still hit so you should have the damage advantage.I have flown nos-fit Rifters but I think I'd always go for the damage. Active-tanked Rifters are inherently cap unstable and can't actually tank that much incoming damage so its more about killing him before you can't repair than being able to repair longer. The only time I'd swap this around is if I had a buffer tank or passive shield tank. In that case I would consider fitting a neutraliser.