I got in late-ish from a wedding last night and my wife passed out, so I decided to log in for a quick PVP fix. I decided to pull out another Kestrel as I always have a bunch of fun flying them.
I moved into Black Rise and eventually came across an Omen in a medium plex. I had my tracking disruptor fit, so I figured I might be able to dictate range and where through the cruisers armour. I warped into the plex with all my mods overheated and managed to land a tackle on the Omen. He launched drones, which I slowly removed from the field, though my opponent did pull them in a couple of times. Somewhere near the beginning of this battle, however, all my modules were destroyed from overheating. Oops.
So without an afterburner, or a scram, or a web, the Omen was able to move in and out of my range as he pleased. Luckily for me, my tracking disruptor still functioned, so Iwas able to mitigate the incoming dps slightly. Unfortunately, the Omen also had a neut that would mess with the cycle on the disruptor. My Kestrel did eventually go down, but I managed to get the Omen to half armour. Talking to the pilot afterwards, he admitted that I had him worried for a bit during the fight.
I told him the fight was the best one I'd had all week.
What I learned:
- Don't be afraid to fight above your weight. This fight wasn't actually close overall, but had I paid more attention to the condition of my modules, I might have been able to wear him down given more time. If I was actually able to wear him down, a scram and a web would've been helpful. Same goes for my prop mod.
- Don't switch to EM ammo against an armour-tanked ship. That's just stupid.
- Eliminating the drones right off the bat severely cut down my opponents dps, allowing me to stay in the fight much longer than is normal.
After that, I threw a Merlin fit together as my last ship of the night. I came across a Condor in a novice plex pretty quicly and attempted to engage. He held range very well but couldn't break the tank on my Merlin. The fight lasted about five minutes and basically was just a bunch of practice for me on the slingshot maneouvre. We ended up calling it a draw. Turns out he's relatively new in Eve and asked for advice on his fit, which I attempted to give with the disclaimer that I'm not much further advanced than he is. I shared a few of my fits with him and wished him luck. Or her, maybe? Anyways, Aylee Donut's got a good attitude towards PVP in the Black Rise region. 10/10 would fight again in a ship with some range.
I then moved deeper into lowsec and lost my Merlin to an Incursus. It was a pretty sweet brawl - reminiscient of two tigers dueling in the night, running straight at each other and pouncing with all points extended towards the opponent. At least, that's what sprung to mind during the fight. Shut up, it was late. The Incursus' larger blasters were able to tear through My Merlin after I messed up and moved my ship back into range too early. Also, it was active armour-tanked, so I'm not entirely sure how far I would have made it in that fight.
What I learned:
- Condor versus Merlin is not going to end well for the Merlin. I got lucky on this one.
This morning I was woken up at stupid o'clock by my pager. Came back home afterwards and decided to get out into Black Rise again. I decided to try a Hookbill out, figuring it would be like a better Kestrel. Jury is still out on that. I flew around for a half hour chasing Plex-farmers, only to walk right in to a surprise buttsecks Enyo sitting on the beacon in a small plex. Double-webbed, scrammed and popped within 30 seconds.
What I learned:
- Don't walk in on an assault frigate in a plex. Chances are it's set up at optimal to provide you with your daily dose of ambush.
After looking at my Security status, I figured that I should probably rejoin Faction Warfare to avoid all this security status I'm losing, and maybe start making some isk again. Space Corporations Go Boink Inc. is a member of the Caldari State again in 24 hours. See you out there.
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Saturday, 19 October 2013
Unsuccessful Week
I managed to get online very little this week. What little time I did spend online, I looked for some PVP in lowsec as my wingman has a pretty busy in real life right now.
First up, I roamed around lowsec in a Kestrel. In Kuormonen, I scanned down a Griffin sitting on the sun and figured it would be worth a shot to fly in there and see what it was doing. Turns out it was sitting still on the sun, so I locked it up and started shooting it. That is, of course, when it locked me up and started to jam me out, followed shortly by three other ships coming into range. I managed to escape the fight and gently ribbed the pilots who set up the ambush:
Obviously, I should have known it was a trap
I wandered around in Lowsec looking for fights I might be able to take. I eventually managed to find a Late Night Alliance destroyer sitting on a FW gate. I engaged. We were both rocket fit - guess who one.
What I learned:
- Griffin at the sun is always a trap.
- Trying to kite a kiting destroyer is a bad idea.
Side note:
During this time, Bombers Bar's chat channel was descending into a hilarity which I believe was started by Bill Davinci stating he had intel. Soon everyone had ridiculous intel, and the head FC changed the MOTD to state that Bill was going to start a fleet but needed more intel. This prompted many of us to spam him with eve mails containing "intel". It was one of those things I suspect you had to be there for. Rest assured, hilarity ensued, though it obviously didn't lead anywhere.
Report all intel to our Head FC, Bill Davinci
If this post results in Bill getting more intel: maximum lolz.
End of side note.
I then took a Harpy out into another lowsec area. I managed to get an engagement by acting like I was ratting. Unfortunately said engagement was with a Pilgrim and a Thorax. I felt pretty happy that I managed to get the Thorax into about 15% armor by the time I popped, which felt like an achievement as the Pilgrim had me neuted the fuck out. Realistically, I think the Thorax pilot was probably just playing with me. I didn't have the cap to run my blasters and my point, so he would've flown off if he was really at risk.
Harpy down
What I learned:
- Pretending to be ratting can be a good way to draw engagements in Lowsec. Now I just need to get my wingman back online to give me some backup.
- Fuck Pilgrims! Just kidding. Good fight to the pilots of Catastrophic Uprising.
First up, I roamed around lowsec in a Kestrel. In Kuormonen, I scanned down a Griffin sitting on the sun and figured it would be worth a shot to fly in there and see what it was doing. Turns out it was sitting still on the sun, so I locked it up and started shooting it. That is, of course, when it locked me up and started to jam me out, followed shortly by three other ships coming into range. I managed to escape the fight and gently ribbed the pilots who set up the ambush:
I wandered around in Lowsec looking for fights I might be able to take. I eventually managed to find a Late Night Alliance destroyer sitting on a FW gate. I engaged. We were both rocket fit - guess who one.
What I learned:
- Griffin at the sun is always a trap.
- Trying to kite a kiting destroyer is a bad idea.
Side note:
During this time, Bombers Bar's chat channel was descending into a hilarity which I believe was started by Bill Davinci stating he had intel. Soon everyone had ridiculous intel, and the head FC changed the MOTD to state that Bill was going to start a fleet but needed more intel. This prompted many of us to spam him with eve mails containing "intel". It was one of those things I suspect you had to be there for. Rest assured, hilarity ensued, though it obviously didn't lead anywhere.
If this post results in Bill getting more intel: maximum lolz.
End of side note.
I then took a Harpy out into another lowsec area. I managed to get an engagement by acting like I was ratting. Unfortunately said engagement was with a Pilgrim and a Thorax. I felt pretty happy that I managed to get the Thorax into about 15% armor by the time I popped, which felt like an achievement as the Pilgrim had me neuted the fuck out. Realistically, I think the Thorax pilot was probably just playing with me. I didn't have the cap to run my blasters and my point, so he would've flown off if he was really at risk.
Harpy down
What I learned:
- Pretending to be ratting can be a good way to draw engagements in Lowsec. Now I just need to get my wingman back online to give me some backup.
- Fuck Pilgrims! Just kidding. Good fight to the pilots of Catastrophic Uprising.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Small gang roam with The Valhalla Project
After my solo adventures in lowsec, a fellow Bombers Bar resident extended an open invitation for pilots to join an armour roam being led by The Valhalla Project. I needed to ask who TVP when the invite went out, so for those who don't know, they are an incursion group. From what I could gather from comms, they fly together on a regular basis running incursions and making insane amounts of isk. Every few days they get together and roam in some pretty blinged out ships, looking to PVP.
After pod-jumping to Amarr, I struggled to figure out a decent armour fit that I could take out. I settled on a Vexor fit that hadn't held up to well previously, only after I made the mistake of buying an Omen and realizing while I was trying to fit it out that I can't use lasers. This is a serious gap in my education that needs to be rectified.
I think the fleet that formed was much larger than the TVP pilots were expecting (they underestimated the draw of a roam invite in a channel like Bomber's Bar). All told it took about an hour to roll the fleet out and get the ball rolling.
What stood out to me in this fleet was how cautious the FC was. I'm used to flying in public fleets where you basically expect to lose your ship, or if not that, then you're not too worried if you do as the fit you're flying isn't overly expensive. The FC had multiple scouts ahead of us and didn't rush into any decision. He also set out pretty clear expectations for fleet members up front. All in all, I enjoyed the fleet, I just found the atmosphere slightly unnerving. It makes sense when you consider that most of the TVP pilots would typically be flying some expensive ships that they probably don't want to lose.
I, on the other hand, couldn't give a fuck if I lost my Vexor (the fit needs work anyways). We ended up running in to a Late Night Alliance fleet in Amamake. I got pretty excited when I saw that Susan Black was in the fleet, whose blog I read quite regularly. I told the FC to primary her under the assumption that she was FC, but he reneged in the hope that it would keep the good fight going. I didn't last too long in the fight, but did manage to Leroy a thrown together Merlin back into the battle after losing my Vexor (I tried to take down an Ares or a Taranis; it of course did not end well, especially as I did not find a prop mod).
A photo of the Fleet set up on the gate where we all got whelped. Due to the massive amount so things to think about during he 10 seconds I actually survived, I didn't manage to take any screenshots during the actual engagement.
Susan Black tweeted the battle report:
Battle Report courtesy of Late Night Alliance killboard
What I learned:
- Mo Money, Mo Problems
- Cheap disposable ships make for quick, carefree PVP. I guess cheap is relative though.
- I think I love lowsec again.
- As I fly with different FCs, I realize more and more what a daunting task it must be. Your FC deserves a hug and a high five.
After pod-jumping to Amarr, I struggled to figure out a decent armour fit that I could take out. I settled on a Vexor fit that hadn't held up to well previously, only after I made the mistake of buying an Omen and realizing while I was trying to fit it out that I can't use lasers. This is a serious gap in my education that needs to be rectified.
I think the fleet that formed was much larger than the TVP pilots were expecting (they underestimated the draw of a roam invite in a channel like Bomber's Bar). All told it took about an hour to roll the fleet out and get the ball rolling.
What stood out to me in this fleet was how cautious the FC was. I'm used to flying in public fleets where you basically expect to lose your ship, or if not that, then you're not too worried if you do as the fit you're flying isn't overly expensive. The FC had multiple scouts ahead of us and didn't rush into any decision. He also set out pretty clear expectations for fleet members up front. All in all, I enjoyed the fleet, I just found the atmosphere slightly unnerving. It makes sense when you consider that most of the TVP pilots would typically be flying some expensive ships that they probably don't want to lose.
I, on the other hand, couldn't give a fuck if I lost my Vexor (the fit needs work anyways). We ended up running in to a Late Night Alliance fleet in Amamake. I got pretty excited when I saw that Susan Black was in the fleet, whose blog I read quite regularly. I told the FC to primary her under the assumption that she was FC, but he reneged in the hope that it would keep the good fight going. I didn't last too long in the fight, but did manage to Leroy a thrown together Merlin back into the battle after losing my Vexor (I tried to take down an Ares or a Taranis; it of course did not end well, especially as I did not find a prop mod).
Susan Black tweeted the battle report:
Battle Report courtesy of Late Night Alliance killboard
What I learned:
- Mo Money, Mo Problems
- Cheap disposable ships make for quick, carefree PVP. I guess cheap is relative though.
- I think I love lowsec again.
- As I fly with different FCs, I realize more and more what a daunting task it must be. Your FC deserves a hug and a high five.
Explosive Saturday
Thanksgiving has come around for us Canadians, eh? Unfortunately, my son is sick, so my wife ended up taking my daughter to her family dinner and I stayed home with el sicko. Despite having a fever, the little guy ran around non-stop and passed out pretty early.
This allowed me to jump into Eve earlier than normal. I decided to return to the area I used to haunt when the corp was in Faction Warfare and use some of the hulls I had stocked on the edge of the battlefield.
Man, I had fun. I won a Republic Fleet Firetail from Somer Blink, so it got kitted out and I lost it facing a Caracal. I landed right near the Caracal and set up a close orbit with my afterburner on. Unfortunately my Firetail wasn't fast enough to outpace the missiles being launched at me. I don't really know why I decided to engage the Caracal. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyways, I'm going to point out that I didn't actually kill the Caracal, I only exploded his drones and got a few rounds off on his shields. Two other nearby pilots came in behind me and finished it off.
I brought an old Corax out and chased a Thrasher through lowsec for a while. I caught up to him eventually. Thrashers are fast. The pilot was able to control the engagement using his speed, but I caught up to him through manual flying, scramming and webbing him long enough to hit him with my rockets. I even managed to get him into structure just before I popped. As I was flying my pod out to reship, I noticed the pilot yelling in local for someone to stop shooting him, he was friendly. Apparently he was too friendly? That type of stuff was typical in the warzone, from what I can recall.
Ninja-edit:
I also remember taking out a Kestrel and a Condor, getting some good fights and dying in a few balls of fire. The Condor was me shaking the rust off, I warped in on a small crew on an acceleration gate and popped right quick. The fight with the Kestrel was a blast, basically it was a close race though shields and armor. The Tristan won.
What I Learned:
- Lowsec is a blast.
- It's good to go out every once in a while and plan to lose ships. Fight anything you can catch.
- Speed is a major factor in all engagements. I've seen it from both sides of the equation.
- I need to keep working on my damage application skills. I feel some of those engagements would have turned out differently if I had some T2 weapon systems.
This allowed me to jump into Eve earlier than normal. I decided to return to the area I used to haunt when the corp was in Faction Warfare and use some of the hulls I had stocked on the edge of the battlefield.
Man, I had fun. I won a Republic Fleet Firetail from Somer Blink, so it got kitted out and I lost it facing a Caracal. I landed right near the Caracal and set up a close orbit with my afterburner on. Unfortunately my Firetail wasn't fast enough to outpace the missiles being launched at me. I don't really know why I decided to engage the Caracal. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyways, I'm going to point out that I didn't actually kill the Caracal, I only exploded his drones and got a few rounds off on his shields. Two other nearby pilots came in behind me and finished it off.
I brought an old Corax out and chased a Thrasher through lowsec for a while. I caught up to him eventually. Thrashers are fast. The pilot was able to control the engagement using his speed, but I caught up to him through manual flying, scramming and webbing him long enough to hit him with my rockets. I even managed to get him into structure just before I popped. As I was flying my pod out to reship, I noticed the pilot yelling in local for someone to stop shooting him, he was friendly. Apparently he was too friendly? That type of stuff was typical in the warzone, from what I can recall.
Ninja-edit:
I also remember taking out a Kestrel and a Condor, getting some good fights and dying in a few balls of fire. The Condor was me shaking the rust off, I warped in on a small crew on an acceleration gate and popped right quick. The fight with the Kestrel was a blast, basically it was a close race though shields and armor. The Tristan won.
What I Learned:
- Lowsec is a blast.
- It's good to go out every once in a while and plan to lose ships. Fight anything you can catch.
- Speed is a major factor in all engagements. I've seen it from both sides of the equation.
- I need to keep working on my damage application skills. I feel some of those engagements would have turned out differently if I had some T2 weapon systems.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
In this post, Mick attempts to balance his life
Be warned, what follows is introspective post that tends towards my life out of game. Sorry to break character, but I thought it would be a good idea to share. Also, I hope that putting it in writing will help me stick to my plan.
I have a week off leading up to Canadian turkey weekend. I've been trying some new things to get back into shape and to attempt to balance my life so that each facet gets a fair share of my time. The following is my plan going forward to try to improve my health, and give my family more of my free time.
Some basic numbers which I will be developing my plan from:
* Numbers are not my area of expertise. In the interest of saving face, I'm going to claim that any errors in my math are intentional. I screwed up my math to make you laugh. So laugh and move on! :D
- There are 168 hours in a week.
- On average, I work 45 hours a week.
- On average, I sleep 56 hours a week.
- I am left with 67 hours of free time per week.
Now let's look at what I would like achieve in these 67 hours available:
- Spend quality time with my wife.
- Spend quality time with my kids.
- Exercise.
- Accomplish the various chores and tasks typically associated with home ownership.
- Play videogames, primarily Eve. Because Eve is awesome.
Assuming that those 5 items are in fact the only things that I will ever spend my free time on (who knows, I could be forgetting something), that leaves each item 13.4 hours. I'm going to round up to 13.5 hours. That's easier for me to remember.
So it is my aim to follow this time budget going forward. I have started the exercise routine up again, which is realistically going to end up being about 10 hours per week once I start playing hockey again as well. I don't think I do anywhere near 13.5 hours of chores on a week to week basis, so going forward I'm going to get off my ass and do more housework. This will actually lead into the quality time with my wife, as if I actually do more housework, she might actually want to spend more time with me. I usually spend most of my waking hours on the weekends with the kids. Going forward, the aim will be to spend more time with them actively, rather than passively. I don't want my bad habits rubbing off on them.
The only thing that gets less time than it used to in this plan is videogames. On average I typically spend about 16 hours gaming. Apparently the key to establishing a new habit is to do it every day for three months (it must be true, I saw it on the internet once). My plan is too look at videogame time as a personal reward for meeting my goals.
So, wish me luck in my endeavour. I have some chores to do.
I have a week off leading up to Canadian turkey weekend. I've been trying some new things to get back into shape and to attempt to balance my life so that each facet gets a fair share of my time. The following is my plan going forward to try to improve my health, and give my family more of my free time.
Some basic numbers which I will be developing my plan from:
* Numbers are not my area of expertise. In the interest of saving face, I'm going to claim that any errors in my math are intentional. I screwed up my math to make you laugh. So laugh and move on! :D
- There are 168 hours in a week.
- On average, I work 45 hours a week.
- On average, I sleep 56 hours a week.
- I am left with 67 hours of free time per week.
Now let's look at what I would like achieve in these 67 hours available:
- Spend quality time with my wife.
- Spend quality time with my kids.
- Exercise.
- Accomplish the various chores and tasks typically associated with home ownership.
- Play videogames, primarily Eve. Because Eve is awesome.
Assuming that those 5 items are in fact the only things that I will ever spend my free time on (who knows, I could be forgetting something), that leaves each item 13.4 hours. I'm going to round up to 13.5 hours. That's easier for me to remember.
So it is my aim to follow this time budget going forward. I have started the exercise routine up again, which is realistically going to end up being about 10 hours per week once I start playing hockey again as well. I don't think I do anywhere near 13.5 hours of chores on a week to week basis, so going forward I'm going to get off my ass and do more housework. This will actually lead into the quality time with my wife, as if I actually do more housework, she might actually want to spend more time with me. I usually spend most of my waking hours on the weekends with the kids. Going forward, the aim will be to spend more time with them actively, rather than passively. I don't want my bad habits rubbing off on them.
The only thing that gets less time than it used to in this plan is videogames. On average I typically spend about 16 hours gaming. Apparently the key to establishing a new habit is to do it every day for three months (it must be true, I saw it on the internet once). My plan is too look at videogame time as a personal reward for meeting my goals.
So, wish me luck in my endeavour. I have some chores to do.
Trying out the new exploration system
Back in my early days, I spent some time exploring in lowsec, running magnetometric and radar sites. I actually made some pretty decent isk at it too. Since I'm no longer tied to any particular system, and with Tesla away from game due to some real life commitments, I decided to lead a nomadic life in nullsec.
On my first jaunt, I headed to the southwest of the universe. I was doing pretty well. I ended up finding 3 sites, two of which were relics and one was a data. I have stated that I'm not a huge fan of the minigame before, however after doing it a few times, I will admit that it's pretty fun. I got into this zen mindset where i would try to click as many continuous nodes I could while keeping one eye on local and Dscan. I made it through about 10 systems that were mostly empty, then the systems started to get busier. Then this happened:
Suprise! Dictor
I jumped through a gate when suddenly an interdiction bubble went up and a fleet of frigates and destroyers from Get Off My Lawn surrounded me. What can I say, I panicked. I did my best to align, mwd and cloak, but someone had a sensor booster, locked me up and scrammed me. The Buzzard melts very easily. Well-played sirs, well-played.
I had another Buzzard tucked safely away in a highsec staging system I frequent, so I headed off into the polar opposite area of New Eden that I had been killed in. I completed a tour through the northeast and eastern area of the universe, running all the exploration sites I came across. There was a lot of them. I managed to not die this time. I came out with a bunch of faction and T2 Blueprint Copies.
Some notes on the new exploration system: it's really rare to find a relic site. Relic sites are the ones to go after, as the salvage that pops from the relic scatter cans has some decent value. The rewards from data sites are a bit shit. Scratch that, they are really shit. I'm not an industrialist, so I'm not about to start trying to produce from these BPCs. Realistically, from my quick math, it doesn't look like there's much of a profit margin to be had producing the items in any case. I pulled in a bunch of faction drone BPCs, and some assorted Module BPCs. I looked on contracts to see what these BPCs are typically selling at, and it's not much.
For now, I guess I'll look in to another way to make isk. I might try exploration in lowsec again, however I get the feeling I might be better off trying to hunt other explorers and take their haul off them instead. The minigame is kinda fun, and distracting enough I can see catching some explorers unaware. It's too bad that the rewards for doing exploration in nullsec make all that work feel like wasted effort.
Oh yeah;
What I learned:
- Smart nullsec alliances actually use their intel networks to their advantage.
- It is, in fact, possible to say bubbles in anger.
- Being late to the exploration party isn't likely to pay off.
On my first jaunt, I headed to the southwest of the universe. I was doing pretty well. I ended up finding 3 sites, two of which were relics and one was a data. I have stated that I'm not a huge fan of the minigame before, however after doing it a few times, I will admit that it's pretty fun. I got into this zen mindset where i would try to click as many continuous nodes I could while keeping one eye on local and Dscan. I made it through about 10 systems that were mostly empty, then the systems started to get busier. Then this happened:
Suprise! Dictor
I jumped through a gate when suddenly an interdiction bubble went up and a fleet of frigates and destroyers from Get Off My Lawn surrounded me. What can I say, I panicked. I did my best to align, mwd and cloak, but someone had a sensor booster, locked me up and scrammed me. The Buzzard melts very easily. Well-played sirs, well-played.
I had another Buzzard tucked safely away in a highsec staging system I frequent, so I headed off into the polar opposite area of New Eden that I had been killed in. I completed a tour through the northeast and eastern area of the universe, running all the exploration sites I came across. There was a lot of them. I managed to not die this time. I came out with a bunch of faction and T2 Blueprint Copies.
Some notes on the new exploration system: it's really rare to find a relic site. Relic sites are the ones to go after, as the salvage that pops from the relic scatter cans has some decent value. The rewards from data sites are a bit shit. Scratch that, they are really shit. I'm not an industrialist, so I'm not about to start trying to produce from these BPCs. Realistically, from my quick math, it doesn't look like there's much of a profit margin to be had producing the items in any case. I pulled in a bunch of faction drone BPCs, and some assorted Module BPCs. I looked on contracts to see what these BPCs are typically selling at, and it's not much.
For now, I guess I'll look in to another way to make isk. I might try exploration in lowsec again, however I get the feeling I might be better off trying to hunt other explorers and take their haul off them instead. The minigame is kinda fun, and distracting enough I can see catching some explorers unaware. It's too bad that the rewards for doing exploration in nullsec make all that work feel like wasted effort.
Oh yeah;
What I learned:
- Smart nullsec alliances actually use their intel networks to their advantage.
- It is, in fact, possible to say bubbles in anger.
- Being late to the exploration party isn't likely to pay off.
Friday, 4 October 2013
Duo Roams Part 2: Don't fly while tired...or drinking. Certainly not a combination of both those.
After losing our ships in Querious, Tesla reported that he was feeling pretty wiped and asked when I would be able to get on next to try again. I'm just entering some vacation time, so my evenings for the next few days are pretty booked up, which I relayed to him. This information made him change his mind about signing off for the night, so we refit and headed into lowsec. Tesla was flying the same HAM-fit Caracal. I was in a Vexor fit that I had thrown together a while ago and figured I should try out.
We found an engagement on a gate as soon as we entered Kamela. Rather, Tesla spotted a Hawk off the gate, which I told him to engage. Tesla then reported that he was popped after about 30 seconds. I couldn't believe that a lone Assault Frigate was putting out that much DPS.
Caracal
I moved in on the Hawk in an attempt to avenge Tesla's death. I managed to remember to launch my drones and get in close enough to apply DPS from my blasters. My tank was disappearing remarkably fast, however.
Vexor
And I requested the pod express home again. We promptly called it a night.
Feeling slightly hungover, but at least more alert the next morning, I went over the killmails to try and scry what the Hawk had done to put out so much DPS...
Lessons learned:
- Gate guns are on gates in Lowsec.
- They definitely exist.
- They do, in fact, put a lot of DPS on anyone who agresses a target while within range of the gate.
- Smart capsuleers will hang out on gates in the hopes that they can kill inexperienced pilots on gates (this may not be the case, however if you ever see us in system late at night, it might be worth a shot).
- Fucking gate guns.
Yeah, so I fucked up calling the engagement on the gate. I need to look in to how the agression mechanics work for gate guns. Props to Jak'at for either being in the right place at the right time, or for pulling off a cunning ambush.
We found an engagement on a gate as soon as we entered Kamela. Rather, Tesla spotted a Hawk off the gate, which I told him to engage. Tesla then reported that he was popped after about 30 seconds. I couldn't believe that a lone Assault Frigate was putting out that much DPS.
Caracal
I moved in on the Hawk in an attempt to avenge Tesla's death. I managed to remember to launch my drones and get in close enough to apply DPS from my blasters. My tank was disappearing remarkably fast, however.
Vexor
And I requested the pod express home again. We promptly called it a night.
Feeling slightly hungover, but at least more alert the next morning, I went over the killmails to try and scry what the Hawk had done to put out so much DPS...
Lessons learned:
- Gate guns are on gates in Lowsec.
- They definitely exist.
- They do, in fact, put a lot of DPS on anyone who agresses a target while within range of the gate.
- Smart capsuleers will hang out on gates in the hopes that they can kill inexperienced pilots on gates (this may not be the case, however if you ever see us in system late at night, it might be worth a shot).
- Fucking gate guns.
Yeah, so I fucked up calling the engagement on the gate. I need to look in to how the agression mechanics work for gate guns. Props to Jak'at for either being in the right place at the right time, or for pulling off a cunning ambush.
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