One year!

Five Hundred and Sixty Nine Kills
Three Hundred and Sixty Four Solo Kills
Two Hundred and Forty One Losses
Twenty Four Billion ISK Destroyed
Four Billion Nine Hundred Million ISK Lost
Seventeen Million Four Hundred Thousand Skillpoints
Negative Nine point Zero Four Security Status

Fin

Super Sekrit Hidden Fittings ver 2.0

One of my first posts Super Sekrit Hidden Fittings described how to carry spare fittings in order to change your fit depending on the targets you find while roaming. As it was early on in my reset adventure some of the Atron fits were T1 and can since be upgraded.

Fast forward 9 months lots of extra core skills at level V plus the recent addition of some drone skills, and you have the Federation Navy Comet, an Atron on steroids. 

The first fit was pinched from Nuke Cave and its awesome plain and simple! It has become a Screaming Hayabusa go to ship of late.

[Federation Navy Comet, AB Rail HULL]

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

1MN Afterburner II
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I

Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II


Acolyte II x3
Warrior II x3

If you fought a few people in system and bagged some kills, normally you would think about moving on as they would be refitting to counter you. Add an extra web and some blasters now brawl in at zero.

[Federation Navy Comet, AB WEB PEW HULL]

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

1MN Afterburner II
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

Light Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I

Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II


Warrior II x3
Acolyte II x3

Having problems with some pesky kiters well pop on a trusty MWD and have troubles no more.

[Federation Navy Comet, AB WEB PEW MWD HULL copy]

Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I

Light Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I

Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II
Small Transverse Bulkhead II


Warrior II x3
Acolyte II x3

I will roam predominantly in the first fit as its engagement window is so big, and in the cargo hold I will carry the list below. Not sure about the Mobile Depot as I will be almost exclusively in LowSec so could be an added expense. On that note of course carrying this extra stuff will make losing them a little more expensive so just don't lose them!

Null S x 500
Void S x 500
Caldari Navy Antimatter charge S x 1000
Spike S x 500
Javelin S x 500
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Light Neutron Blaster II x 2
Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Nanite Repair Paste x 50
Mbile Depot ??

Hopefully I can bag some kills directly from having these extra fittings and post about them soon.

Be like water...

After watching this video by Clahim recently I thought I would write about my Coercer fit.

[Coercer, 10mn AB]

Damage Control II

Heat Sink II

Heat Sink II

10MN Afterburner II

Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Dual Light Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Small Ancillary Current Router I

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I

Yeah, yeah, yeah I know there is no point/scram let me explain. The way to fly this is simple Overheat all the things and fly to your closest Small (or higher) FW complex, that is populated with any number of frigates. Take the gate and land in the middle of a bunch of guys saying "pfft what is this guy smoking" align out and shoot everyone as they follow you. Use the web defensively to keep too many counter webs off you, of course it also helps with tracking. Get some kills and moonwalk out. People cotton on to it pretty quickly so I tend to use it sparingly.

The Heimatar Triangle

The search was long and arduous : well about five minutes. The hangars are fully stocked with ships prepared for all eventualities : I have five ships mostly fit. All fittings have been scrutinised all ammo has been checked and accounted : I forgot to bring extra scorch and one of my Atrons fits doesn't work in this clone as I didn't fit a PG implant. I say own personal move Op success \o/

If you are looking for somewhere to get some Lowsec Frigate PVP this has to be the place.

The Tuskers have recently moved into Bosboger and are always up for good fights. Some do use links but that's to come with fighting in home systems I guess. There is sometimes and camp set up on the gate to high sec Dammalin but this is a much quieter route into the region than the perma camped Osoggur gate in Amamake.

Brink Albosa and myself have moved into Lulm. The bar is open and fully stocked. I have to tell them to keep the noise down now and then, while partaking in SKRMR perscribed meditation. This is actually a home coming for me as this used to be my haunt in the days of the Angel 2/10 static complex. Man I miss them, so many good fights and of course the campers in the final room to really annoy.

Gulmorogod has Mav'Lite and his plethora of link alts. If you are coming with a gang always a very good fight, and fun for me to watch on D-Scan as one by one your ships explode and capsules pop up :) SKRMR pilots Lhorenzho and Nuke Cave also live here. So keep your cynos safe from Lho and anything that you hold dear from Nuke, the guy is a relentless killing machine.

The Black Rebel Rifter Club are also moving into the area, I think to Bosboger. That is on top of all the usual fights and targets flying around as it is Faction Warfare space. With Amarr taking almost all systems and getting T5 there are plenty of farmers to cull and with the minmatar like a wounded animal they will be fighting back.

Took a ride down to my new system in an Executioner. Managed to get 12 fights in a couple of hours came out 10:1:1 so I'm happy. I am going to like living here again. I hope.

The end of RvB......

You have got to love those tabloid style titles.

So I have decided to cut short my stay with RvB. In short I loved it. Instant on tap PVP, throwing cheap ships into the line of fire. Chatting s*** on comms with some pretty chill dudes. Whats not to love about that? Well for me after a while it does feel a little stale, not sure if its the solo pilot in me rebelling against the semi-arranged nature of the beast.

After looking at a few options like joining Eric Shang and moving to Sov Null or going to NPC Null again. Really there was only one option for me and that had to be joining back up with my boys Screaming Hayabusa. I have been with these guys in one guise or another for the best part of 4 years. We are a very strange bunch. We are all solo pilots to the point where if we see each other in local we will move straight on so as not to affect any hunting going on, we are that scary that if people see two of us in local all fights will be off! Thats not to say that we won't help out if someone is being #blebbed. Now that I said that I think Miura Bull and Nogusha actually fleeted up last night. In frigates of course.

So lowsec it is, but where will I go? There have been murmurs, mere whispers in back channels of a new forming thunderdome. A Bermuda Triangle of lowsec systems nice and close to a well stocked trade hub!

Where is this mystical place you ask.. 

Slice and Dice

So I have had a little break from EVE, only 2-3 weeks but it was needed. Before I left I had trained up to fly the Imperial Navy Slicer. I had flown this ship no more than a handful of times prior to my reset, and I am looking forward to getting some fights in it.

[Imperial Navy Slicer, Standard Kite Slicer]

Internal Force Field Array I

Heat Sink II

Heat Sink II

Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

Faint Warp Disruptor I

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I

Small Focused Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

Small Focused Pulse Laser II, Scorch S

[Empty High slot]

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I

Small Energy Locus Coordinator I

* I always use Genolution CA-1+2 for noob fitting purposes

So this is the fit that I have gone for, nothing out of the ordinary for a Slicer really. I originally got the urge to fly this ship from watching one of Suitonia’s videos. He made a few fitting and how-to videos and has taken over the Eve-Is-Easy youtube channel from some of the Hydra Reloaded guys.

Short post but I will write up some fights soon hopefully. Definitely go watch some of Suitonia’s they are great, lots of good tips and fitting advice for specific ships in each video.

Contagious!

It seems to be catching. I now know of at least three players that have hit the reset switch. The MO seems to be ex Black Rebel Rifter Club pilots that still predominantly fly frigates. I guess if you are a Titan pilot its pretty hard to get back into your playstyle, but even after a week I was getting solo kills in an Atron.Good luck guys. I hope you have as much fun as I am...

FALCOWN Punch!

I will start by saying I didn't die. I have never really been affected by ECM, and if I have it obviously hasn't left a lasting mark as I can't remember.

I logged in the other day to set a new skill in the queue. I always quickly undock hit D-scan just to see if there is something to have a quick fight. Spotted a condor at a novice site. Redocked jumped in a Dual Prop Atron and went to say hello. He was 20km off the acceleration gate, I burnt for him and managed to land a scram “interesting” I was expected a kitey LML condor, but the rockets he had fitted were hitting me hard..

Suddenly.

Two. Yes TWO Falcons decloak and a Retribution tags along a few seconds later.

Although he was brawler fit he did still have a MWD, so I managed to pull range and warp. But that didn't stop me from throwing my toys out the pram, declaring:

Alek Azam: This game is retarded.. RAGELOG

Miura Bull: #lel

Wolf in wolves clothing

Assault Frigates are quite a rare breed in Metropolis, in and around Evati. So to get two fights both against Wolves is new for me. I'm often very reluctant to fight a Wolf, as the Arty Wolf fit made famous by Prometheus Exenthal is a T1 frigates nightmare.

http://skrmr.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=22817485

This kill was brought to you by Faction Thorium S, very kindly provided by Nuke Cave. Thorium gave my Rails a 15km optimal range. This allowed me to kite out at 18km and reduce the incoming damage from his Autocannons. The Wolf has a falloff bonus similar to that just given to the Rifter. So has a very wide operating window with Autocannons and Barrage.

The second fight was against a pilot called Julian Bren. Unlike the last fight, from looking at some of his past losses, he had 200mm ACs fitted. This meant his range was just that little bit longer, and even in deep falloff my non tanked Atron was hurting. I took the opportunity to leave just in time.

Super Sekrit Hidden Fittings

I am not ashamed to admit that a lot of my Atron fits (slight changes due to skills) have come from Nogusha and Crake Gaterau. Their Atron Bushido mastery is of the very highest order. I often wondered how many stashes of ships Crake had laying around. He would be fighting incursus one minute scram kiting with an afterburner, then not 2mins later killing that most awful of lowsec creatures the Condor.

"did you slingshot him?"

"no, I chased him down"

"you had another ship close by?"

"nope"

"hmm....."

So he let me in on a little secret. Carry extra fittings with you that you can change to suit your pray. Now this is very much a lowsec thing where stations are plentiful and unless you are in FW you can dock in them all. Nullsec obviously has the issue of docking rights.

I have warped into a novice plex hoping to get a fight with a Breacher. But he is a LML/MWD variety. Now normally its a matter of trying to slingshot him into scram range, but my slingshot-fu has evaded me this day. I manage to get out of point range and warp straight to a station.

Dock.

WonderWoman twirl.

Undock.

..and chase the mother down!

http://skrmr.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=22442932

Nibiru!

[Atron, Nibiru!]

Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

Damage Control II

Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

1MN Afterburner II

J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I

X5 Prototype Engine Enervator

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

[Empty High slot]

Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I

Small Ancillary Current Router I

Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I

Super Nibiru!

[Atron, Super Nibiru!]

Micro Auxiliary Power Core I

Damage Control II

Small Ancillary Armor Repairer, Nanite Repair Paste

1MN Afterburner II

J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

Light Neutron Blaster II, Null S

[Empty High slot]

Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I

Small Ancillary Current Router I

Small Hybrid Burst Aerator I

I would normally roam in the Nibiru! with MAPC and MWD in my hold.

Warp in on everything..

I have a habit of warping into plex's unsighted. I will warp straight to FW plex gates without first scoping them out via a celestial. Sometimes this can end in a bad way, and sometimes you catch people very unaware, giving a slight advantage against a strong opponent. Now upon landing on this particular complex, I activated the acceleration straight away. The thought of getting a Dramiel kill in my mighty Atron with such little skillpoints got the better of me.

http://skrmr.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=22391984

It turned out to be a terrible fit, but its still a shiny.

Then this happened..

http://skrmr.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=22428971

Those damn Sisters are supposed to be friendly, not decloaking when I am killing a Rifter.

T2 Gunz Yo!

Earlier to today I finished training Small Blaster V and immediately plugged in Small Blaster Specialisation. This would allow me fit Tech Two(T2) Blasters and use T2 Ammunition.

http://skrmr.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=22299317

This was a very good fight against an experienced player. One that I probably would not have won without T2 Ammo in this case Null, the blaster long range ammo.

I often play Eve with my generic tablet (iPad) close by. On here I have evemaps and eve-kill open. Evemaps open to the region I am flying in, to make travelling easier. I use Eve-kill to gain Intel on those in local. The whole time I am in a system, I am trying to gather as much Intel on people I may be fighting. Trying to put characters in local to ships in space. I knew that it was this character flying the slasher, as he was talking to someone in local. So I looked him up on eve-kill and his last few losses were slashers. So I looked at the fit, pretty standard for Lowsec, and saw he was using a tracking speed script each of the last three times he had died. Now this could be complete coincidence, but I decided on my plan of action.

He warped into me in a novice FW site. With null loaded in my T2 Neutron Blasters I decided to keep at range 7500m, hopefully negating the tracking script. He landed some very good hits but as I pulled range his damage dropped and thankfully mine continued quite high. At this point his Tracking Disruptor stopped. The fight had not long started so couldn't be due to low capacitor. He was swapping scripts to an optimal range script, to cut down my long range damage. I immediately began to approach, without orbiting my long range Null even under Optimal Range TD was still getting very good hits and he exploded.

Could I have won that fight without Null? Possibly, but very unlikely. I could've used longer range faction ammo, but the DPS and range would not have been anywhere near as high as with Null.

All this and only 1.1 Million Skillpoints.

I've sold my main bro!

I've gone and done what everybody in Eve Online knows not to do..

I've sold my main bro!

My old main character used to have lots of lovely skill points. Some weird and wonderful skills that I can honestly say I never used. For the last 3 years I have been flying Tech One frigates in Lowsec solo, tru-solo, super bushido honour mode whatever you want to call it. I have become kinda good at it, not as good as some of the guys that I fly with but I can hold my own. If I'm honest it's gotten a little boring. Not because of what I fly! I love frigates. It's because I no longer feel challenged in Faction Warfare Lowsec.

There are some good fights, but they are often fighting outnumbered against multiple targets. But these tread a fine line between smiting your foes in a blaze of solo glory and getting ganked. Fighting players younger than me in Eve terms one vs one had become a little hollow. I have tried lots of things in Eve. Wormholes, Highsec wardecs, NPC Nullsec so I knew that it wasn't a change of scenery that was required. It was a change of me. I enjoy playing Eve online. A bit of escapism in my normal hectic family life. So I wasn't going to quit either.

So here we are, a fresh start.