Day Eleven
Time to play. Looking forward to a bit of lowsec battling.
Battle 42 5W 37L
Approach Tama, nothing really there. Into Kedama. Spot a rifter in novice plex. Warp/Enter and engage. My range control just isn't good enough. We're about 1.5km apart and I can't get out to kite. Can't tank the damage and I roll steady down to the end. Warp out. Pilot is from Little Red Riding Hole, read a few positive comments about them recelty. Spend the flight back to Jita still going through invasion systems.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77336218/
Battle 43 5W 38L
Tama is quiet, kedama empty. I go all the way to Eugales LSC HQ without seeing another frigate, bar one Atron that docked up once I got close. Set up a few tacticals around Eugales while I was there. Ratted a couple of belts so I could leave something in HQ. Headed back. In Nemmalaila, there were a lot of frigates. Finally. At one of the novice plexes, there was a merlin. Jumped in and engaged at 2.5km. Made a few mistakes. Had microwave loaded and didn't realise until after a bit, less damage and took time to change. Drones didn't engage for about half the fight, I didn't notice. Yet again I didn't manage to control range very effectovely, did manage to increase it a bit by clicking in space but wasn't ever out at scram range. I didn't overheat my guns either. Lessons learnt. Spend the flight back to Jita racing against the clock for downtime.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77337035/
merlin died after https://zkillboard.com/kill/77337087/
Battle 44 6W 38L
Straight back to Tama. Seems to be 3-4 frigates in system. Hurray, content. Chase another tormentor about for a bit, catch him at a novice plex. As I'm entering the plex, he's leaving and a merlin is arriving. Okay, I'll fight a Merlin. We're about 4km away from each other. We engage and again, my drones just hang about until I notice them. Is there a setting? I'm orbiting at 6km, overheating my lows for extra armour rep. I'm in hull though, overheating is just barely keeping up. His shield is nearly broken and once a merlin is in armour, usually that's it. And it is. I manage to stay on grid to gather the loot, like a pirate. Then dock up to repair and look at my single killmark.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77337246/
Battle 45 6W 39L
Spend a little time on AAR, repair and undock. There's a novice and a small, nearby with a celestis cruiser on dscan. I don't bother to dcan at 5degrees and warp in to the novice. Sure enough the celestis is outside the novice. He targets me, so I target back. We're 4km apart, I set orbit @500m, change to gleam ammo, start shooting/webbing/scramming/repping. There's a flight of hammerhead2 drones. Should I target them, not sure so I don't. Then notice my drones aren't launched. That makes a bit of a difference. I'm not in hull yet but nearly. Overheat lows. The Celestis shield is right down, about 10%, then it reps right up to full. Oh dear. Another ship arrives and engages the Celestis, great some support. I recognise the pilot, he got me with his daredevil twice a few days ago. He's in a Fed Navy Comet today. But even with support, I'm going down. I burst and podwarp out of habit. Warp back in to watch the fun. Sure enough the Celestis goes down in the end. Not counting it cos I died first, is that right? Even if it doesn't count, that's one of the best fights I've had so far. I did miss dropping my drones and I was unsure whether to target the hammerheads or not, maybe I could have tanked the blasters through speed. Actually, just looked at the logs (that's something I haven't done before), and I was definitely under the blasters just took damage from the hammerheads once I was at range. Spent the flight back to Jita really happy about two good fights in row.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77337378/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77337413/
End Day Eleven
-39M ISK, total -655M ISK, ships destroyed 248M
Good day of pvp for me. Need to sort out my drone problem though, I wonder if it's me or a setting I can alter. Every engagement today was fun and I felt I had a chance of winning in all of them. Also learnt to look through the logs for some good information. Not a lot happened before DT but I got to go Eugales and the belt tacticals should pay themselves back. All in all, a very fun day.
[AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day Twelve.
The battle bestower rides again.
Battle 46 6W 40L
Fit out another bestower, Won't be installing triple trimarks. Instead I double tank it, since it's just for fun. In fact, if you count being cool and innovative as a form of tanking, it's triple tanked. Planning to take it to the first novice plex I see in Tama. Instead, run into a PIRAT gatecamp 2 jumps out of Jita. Even the ubertanked Bestower can't outdo a proteus. Its tank evaporates. Spent the flight back to Jita getting more determined to get a bestower into Tama.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352046/
Battle 47 6W 41L
Right it's on. Back into the beastly battle bestower, undock and away. Straight into the same gatecamp which has moved a jump closer. That's no fun. Spent the flight back to Jita, well it wasn't really a long enough flight to do anything.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352146/
Battle 48 6W 42L
Battle Bestower begin again. Go the long way around. Partly to avoid the gatecamp but mostly to admire the sleek bulk of the Bestower. Like an overweight killer whale, we float through space and finally reach Tama. My plan of hitting the closest novice plex is bamboozled by the total lack of novice plexes. Four smalls though, so I pick one at random. Get there and start scanning for my victims. Oh, a daredevil. Oh, closing fast. Here we go. The battle bestower fought bravely and well beyond all expectations. The shield and armour tank go down. Only the coolness tank remains but shortly it is burst too. Tell the other pilot how amazingly close it was and wish them gf. Spent the flight back to Jita wondering why the battle bestower badly bombed.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352276/
Battle 49 6W 43L
OK, enough battle bestower for tonight. Into a tormentor and away to Tama we go. Fly about for a bit trying to track down a kestrel - the only t1 frig in system. Can't find it, maybe a safe spot? Anyway, see that a novice plex has popped up, so warp in and enter. I'll just wait for something to come along. A Navy Slice appears on dscan, gets closer and closer. Ok, it's arriving. Was a good fight, I didn't make any glaring mistakes. Except that I started my armour repping early and it used 2 charges of nanite paste before I had any armour damage - possibly those 2 charges could have made it very competitive. My range control is much better and I'm able to vary it pretty much at whim. Cos I've got a web and he doesn't, i think. Armour rep runs out of charges and I run out of cap a little bit later. He's not too far away from hull when I finally go. Really a gf, I reckon a reasonable performance for T1 v FacFrig. Warp out and head back to reship. Spend the flight back to Jita reading about cap boosters.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352500/
Battle 50 6W 44L
Fifty battles! Didn't realise the significance until now. Reading a bit about kiting during downtime. Fit up a condor and go to see what it feels like at 20km instead of 7. Head out to Tama. There's battleships. T2 battleships even. I'm bouncing around looking at the different stuff and a raven warps in on me as I sit at the entrance of a novice plex. I jump through and into a Rep Fleet Firetail. I rush out to 18km and start orbit. Taking some shots and then it's working, I'm not getting hit at all. My puny missiles are damaging the shield. Then bang, deep into hull I go. Not long after, pop. I seemed to avoid a lot of damage for a while but what got through was too much to handle. Spend the flight back to Jita thinking about the next 50 battles, yeah baby yeah. Got podded at Jita dock.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352878/
Battle 51 7W 44L
Take a tormentor to Tama. Only t1 frigate about is a rifter named rifter. I got baited by one exactly the same not long ago. But why not? As I land on grid, I'm yellow boxed unlike last time, so I think it must be real. I manage to scram kite the whole time, maybe my condor was a good lesson. Everything goes pretty well, need to overheat the lows to be sure of repping damage. And eventually he goes down. I'm not even into hull yet. I might have had some trouble if the other pilot had changed the range but I did pretty good this time. Nice to get a kill. Loot 3 wrecks, including my condor's wreck. Drop it off at station and repair everything.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353046/
Battle 52 7W 45L
Undock. In the novice there's a firetail and a hookbill. I jump in, hoping they're fighting. And they are. I arrive in time to lock the firetail and get on the killmail with zero damage! Then the hookbill aggresses me. It's at full shield, about 95% armour left under that. I try to pull range but can't shake it at all. I forgot to switch to gleam but I don't think it would have made too much difference. I'm hitting hull and the hookbill is still about 50% shield. When I inevitably lose my ship, I try to pod warp to one of the wrecks on grid. Then another. I'm holding 'S' down and clicking all the wrong things. I get podded of course. Then trying to get to Jita 4-4 podded again on the dock. Give up laughing and call it a night.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353256/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353265/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353273/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353288/
End of Day Twelve
-54M ISK, total -709 ISK, ships destroyed 254M
Enjoyable day of PVP. Battle Bestowers and Condor kiting experiment. A real solo T1 1v1 win. A bit of fun with faction frigates and even a zero killmail. One thing I'm interested in improving is deciding when to kite and when to approach and brawl. At present, I kite as often as possible only changing to gleam if I can't get range control. My piloting is improving but it's not manual all the time at all, that could be mproved upon too.
The battle bestower rides again.
Battle 46 6W 40L
Fit out another bestower, Won't be installing triple trimarks. Instead I double tank it, since it's just for fun. In fact, if you count being cool and innovative as a form of tanking, it's triple tanked. Planning to take it to the first novice plex I see in Tama. Instead, run into a PIRAT gatecamp 2 jumps out of Jita. Even the ubertanked Bestower can't outdo a proteus. Its tank evaporates. Spent the flight back to Jita getting more determined to get a bestower into Tama.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352046/
Battle 47 6W 41L
Right it's on. Back into the beastly battle bestower, undock and away. Straight into the same gatecamp which has moved a jump closer. That's no fun. Spent the flight back to Jita, well it wasn't really a long enough flight to do anything.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352146/
Battle 48 6W 42L
Battle Bestower begin again. Go the long way around. Partly to avoid the gatecamp but mostly to admire the sleek bulk of the Bestower. Like an overweight killer whale, we float through space and finally reach Tama. My plan of hitting the closest novice plex is bamboozled by the total lack of novice plexes. Four smalls though, so I pick one at random. Get there and start scanning for my victims. Oh, a daredevil. Oh, closing fast. Here we go. The battle bestower fought bravely and well beyond all expectations. The shield and armour tank go down. Only the coolness tank remains but shortly it is burst too. Tell the other pilot how amazingly close it was and wish them gf. Spent the flight back to Jita wondering why the battle bestower badly bombed.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352276/
Battle 49 6W 43L
OK, enough battle bestower for tonight. Into a tormentor and away to Tama we go. Fly about for a bit trying to track down a kestrel - the only t1 frig in system. Can't find it, maybe a safe spot? Anyway, see that a novice plex has popped up, so warp in and enter. I'll just wait for something to come along. A Navy Slice appears on dscan, gets closer and closer. Ok, it's arriving. Was a good fight, I didn't make any glaring mistakes. Except that I started my armour repping early and it used 2 charges of nanite paste before I had any armour damage - possibly those 2 charges could have made it very competitive. My range control is much better and I'm able to vary it pretty much at whim. Cos I've got a web and he doesn't, i think. Armour rep runs out of charges and I run out of cap a little bit later. He's not too far away from hull when I finally go. Really a gf, I reckon a reasonable performance for T1 v FacFrig. Warp out and head back to reship. Spend the flight back to Jita reading about cap boosters.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352500/
Battle 50 6W 44L
Fifty battles! Didn't realise the significance until now. Reading a bit about kiting during downtime. Fit up a condor and go to see what it feels like at 20km instead of 7. Head out to Tama. There's battleships. T2 battleships even. I'm bouncing around looking at the different stuff and a raven warps in on me as I sit at the entrance of a novice plex. I jump through and into a Rep Fleet Firetail. I rush out to 18km and start orbit. Taking some shots and then it's working, I'm not getting hit at all. My puny missiles are damaging the shield. Then bang, deep into hull I go. Not long after, pop. I seemed to avoid a lot of damage for a while but what got through was too much to handle. Spend the flight back to Jita thinking about the next 50 battles, yeah baby yeah. Got podded at Jita dock.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77352878/
Battle 51 7W 44L
Take a tormentor to Tama. Only t1 frigate about is a rifter named rifter. I got baited by one exactly the same not long ago. But why not? As I land on grid, I'm yellow boxed unlike last time, so I think it must be real. I manage to scram kite the whole time, maybe my condor was a good lesson. Everything goes pretty well, need to overheat the lows to be sure of repping damage. And eventually he goes down. I'm not even into hull yet. I might have had some trouble if the other pilot had changed the range but I did pretty good this time. Nice to get a kill. Loot 3 wrecks, including my condor's wreck. Drop it off at station and repair everything.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353046/
Battle 52 7W 45L
Undock. In the novice there's a firetail and a hookbill. I jump in, hoping they're fighting. And they are. I arrive in time to lock the firetail and get on the killmail with zero damage! Then the hookbill aggresses me. It's at full shield, about 95% armour left under that. I try to pull range but can't shake it at all. I forgot to switch to gleam but I don't think it would have made too much difference. I'm hitting hull and the hookbill is still about 50% shield. When I inevitably lose my ship, I try to pod warp to one of the wrecks on grid. Then another. I'm holding 'S' down and clicking all the wrong things. I get podded of course. Then trying to get to Jita 4-4 podded again on the dock. Give up laughing and call it a night.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353256/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353265/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353273/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77353288/
End of Day Twelve
-54M ISK, total -709 ISK, ships destroyed 254M
Enjoyable day of PVP. Battle Bestowers and Condor kiting experiment. A real solo T1 1v1 win. A bit of fun with faction frigates and even a zero killmail. One thing I'm interested in improving is deciding when to kite and when to approach and brawl. At present, I kite as often as possible only changing to gleam if I can't get range control. My piloting is improving but it's not manual all the time at all, that could be mproved upon too.
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day Thirteen.
Only a couple of days left now. Maybe I can get to 10.
Battle 53 7W 46L
Off to Tama. Doesn't seem to be any T1 frigates about so I fly around a few of the neighbouring systems. Find a fight at a novice plex against an incursus. Fight and fight and fight but he can't break my tank and I can't break his. Cap issues arise. I turn off AB, align out and am able to escape scram range. Warp out and head to Tama for repairs. undock and see the incursus in the novice plex with a Tristan. Decide to jump in for a 1v1v1. The incursus is dead before I get there. Engage with the Tristan and notice it's a pilot I've fought before. Try the scram kite, it's working but I'm getting the worst of it. I was just thinking to close distance when a Scythe Fleet Issue arrives on grid. Suddenly I'm winning, or rather the Tristan is losing. It goes down as another ship arrives on grid, a Cynabal. I'm neuted and dead pretty quickly. Warp out as another Tristan warps in. There's about 8 "gf" in local, lowsec craziness? The only one acting salty was the original Incursus pilot. Spend the flight back to Jita looking at the various corps that have killed my ships.
Incursus https://zkillboard.com/kill/77366998/
Tristan https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367005/
ME https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367007/
Battle 54 8W 46L
OH YEAH. Head on back to Tama, there's an impressive gatecamp in Tama, slip through and go to safe for scanning. Little busy and there's not a lot that looks engage-able to me. I bounce about a bit and get chased by a Svipul. What do we say to Svipuls? Not today. Keep looking and finally see a Corax (that's a destroyer), being piloted by a character that's only a few months old. No way there's support skills in that 2 months. It's in a small plex so I warp/enter and engage. I had a good plan I think, I looked at corax stats and saw there was a bonus to optimal range. Decided to fly around @500m, trying to keep under the guns. I changed to Gleam as I warped in. It definitely worked, my guns and drones were doing damage and I wasn't receiving any. The Corax did switch aggression to my drones for a bit, I switched to orbit @2km then. I took a couple of big hits but was still in shield when the Corax went down. Little bit of adenaline, lots of happiness. I knew I was getting much better and finally some proof (confirmation bias?). I've just soloed a destroyer in a T1 frigate, yahooo.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367386/
Battle 55 9W 46L
Leave Tama station after downtime, only about 7 in local. One is an Executioner in a small plex. I warp and enter, it warps out. I have a good dscan about and it's warping back in, looks like. It lands on grid at about 7km, perfect. I'm worried it will be able to kite me with its speed, make sure the web is activated. Felt very comfortable with the range throughout, never varied from the initial 7km. Sustained enough damage to overheat my lows, realised i should heat my guns too and did. Shortly after the executioner is dead. Got the pod as well. Head to station to lick wounds and look at first 'double killmark' that I've ever had.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367576/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367584/
Battle 56 9W 47L
Byebye double killmark. Leave station and scan about. Feeling like a super pirate, I see a hookbill and decide to attack. It didn't go very well. We were only 3km from each other at start, try to orbit at 2.5k but range has suddenly gone to 8km, have to change crystals. Steadily going down. Overheat repairer and guns but it only prolongs the destruction. I'm just wondering if I should be overheating my lows for much longer, I haven't had anything burn out yet. Same with guns actually, only ever got to about 50% damage. That's something to try for next fight. Spend the flight back to Jita thinking about overconfidence.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367666/
Battle 57 10W 47L
Reship at Jita and head on out. Back at Tama pretty quick. Can't see any T1 frigs for a while. See a Merlin enter system, eventually goes to the sun. So I go to the sun too. We begin to fight, mutually heading in. Manage to pull and maintain scram kite range, Overheat my lows early, same with guns. Actually doing quite a lot of damage, clear that barring any surprises I'll get the kill here. No surprises this time. Try to catch the pod but no such luck. I'm just heading towards the wreck when a garmur arrives on deck so I warp out. That's my 10th kill of this competition (if i'm counting right), long way from "searching for my first solo kill", right?
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367843/
Battle 58 10W 48L
Don't even dock up, just keep bouncing for a bit. See that Garmur and Fed Navy Comet in the small plex. Decide to go in and attack Garmur. As I arrive, the Comet goes down. I'm outclassed but manage to change range a bit through manual clicking. Doesn't help, the damage is adding up. Once the armour repairer runs out of charges, i go down quickly. Spend the flight back to Jita resolving to stay away from pirate frigates. I know I won't.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367864/
End of Day Thirteen.
-42M ISK, total -751 ISK, ships destroyed 279M
Very satisfied with my day's play and even more with my overall progress. Today, 3 kills one of which was versus a destroyer. And two kills in a row, I've never done that before. I think a lot about range and ability to change range, it seems that's one of the most important aspects. Without ability to change range, it feels very passive and vulnerable regardless of tank or dps.
Only a couple of days left now. Maybe I can get to 10.
Battle 53 7W 46L
Off to Tama. Doesn't seem to be any T1 frigates about so I fly around a few of the neighbouring systems. Find a fight at a novice plex against an incursus. Fight and fight and fight but he can't break my tank and I can't break his. Cap issues arise. I turn off AB, align out and am able to escape scram range. Warp out and head to Tama for repairs. undock and see the incursus in the novice plex with a Tristan. Decide to jump in for a 1v1v1. The incursus is dead before I get there. Engage with the Tristan and notice it's a pilot I've fought before. Try the scram kite, it's working but I'm getting the worst of it. I was just thinking to close distance when a Scythe Fleet Issue arrives on grid. Suddenly I'm winning, or rather the Tristan is losing. It goes down as another ship arrives on grid, a Cynabal. I'm neuted and dead pretty quickly. Warp out as another Tristan warps in. There's about 8 "gf" in local, lowsec craziness? The only one acting salty was the original Incursus pilot. Spend the flight back to Jita looking at the various corps that have killed my ships.
Incursus https://zkillboard.com/kill/77366998/
Tristan https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367005/
ME https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367007/
Battle 54 8W 46L
OH YEAH. Head on back to Tama, there's an impressive gatecamp in Tama, slip through and go to safe for scanning. Little busy and there's not a lot that looks engage-able to me. I bounce about a bit and get chased by a Svipul. What do we say to Svipuls? Not today. Keep looking and finally see a Corax (that's a destroyer), being piloted by a character that's only a few months old. No way there's support skills in that 2 months. It's in a small plex so I warp/enter and engage. I had a good plan I think, I looked at corax stats and saw there was a bonus to optimal range. Decided to fly around @500m, trying to keep under the guns. I changed to Gleam as I warped in. It definitely worked, my guns and drones were doing damage and I wasn't receiving any. The Corax did switch aggression to my drones for a bit, I switched to orbit @2km then. I took a couple of big hits but was still in shield when the Corax went down. Little bit of adenaline, lots of happiness. I knew I was getting much better and finally some proof (confirmation bias?). I've just soloed a destroyer in a T1 frigate, yahooo.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367386/
Battle 55 9W 46L
Leave Tama station after downtime, only about 7 in local. One is an Executioner in a small plex. I warp and enter, it warps out. I have a good dscan about and it's warping back in, looks like. It lands on grid at about 7km, perfect. I'm worried it will be able to kite me with its speed, make sure the web is activated. Felt very comfortable with the range throughout, never varied from the initial 7km. Sustained enough damage to overheat my lows, realised i should heat my guns too and did. Shortly after the executioner is dead. Got the pod as well. Head to station to lick wounds and look at first 'double killmark' that I've ever had.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367576/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367584/
Battle 56 9W 47L
Byebye double killmark. Leave station and scan about. Feeling like a super pirate, I see a hookbill and decide to attack. It didn't go very well. We were only 3km from each other at start, try to orbit at 2.5k but range has suddenly gone to 8km, have to change crystals. Steadily going down. Overheat repairer and guns but it only prolongs the destruction. I'm just wondering if I should be overheating my lows for much longer, I haven't had anything burn out yet. Same with guns actually, only ever got to about 50% damage. That's something to try for next fight. Spend the flight back to Jita thinking about overconfidence.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367666/
Battle 57 10W 47L
Reship at Jita and head on out. Back at Tama pretty quick. Can't see any T1 frigs for a while. See a Merlin enter system, eventually goes to the sun. So I go to the sun too. We begin to fight, mutually heading in. Manage to pull and maintain scram kite range, Overheat my lows early, same with guns. Actually doing quite a lot of damage, clear that barring any surprises I'll get the kill here. No surprises this time. Try to catch the pod but no such luck. I'm just heading towards the wreck when a garmur arrives on deck so I warp out. That's my 10th kill of this competition (if i'm counting right), long way from "searching for my first solo kill", right?
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367843/
Battle 58 10W 48L
Don't even dock up, just keep bouncing for a bit. See that Garmur and Fed Navy Comet in the small plex. Decide to go in and attack Garmur. As I arrive, the Comet goes down. I'm outclassed but manage to change range a bit through manual clicking. Doesn't help, the damage is adding up. Once the armour repairer runs out of charges, i go down quickly. Spend the flight back to Jita resolving to stay away from pirate frigates. I know I won't.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77367864/
End of Day Thirteen.
-42M ISK, total -751 ISK, ships destroyed 279M
Very satisfied with my day's play and even more with my overall progress. Today, 3 kills one of which was versus a destroyer. And two kills in a row, I've never done that before. I think a lot about range and ability to change range, it seems that's one of the most important aspects. Without ability to change range, it feels very passive and vulnerable regardless of tank or dps.
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Friday Sirober »
Day Fourteen.
So, I initially thought this was a week long event. Then I checked and thought it was a fortnight. Funnily, I just realised there's another 10 days to go. I might have paced things differently had I realised. But I might still be looking for a first kill too. Hoping to find some good fights this evening.
Battle 58 10W 48L
Wanted to experiment with a faction frigate. The frigate balance yearbook said CNI flies a lot like a tormentor. So I found a fit for one on Kelon Darklight's zkillboard and took one for a run. Nice looking ship, looks much heavier and dangerous than the tormentor. Went to Tama, warped about for a bit looking for another faction frig or t1 to fight. Being careless, I got caught by a Hawk. The dual webs did allow me to kite as planned but I was taking far too much damage and the Hawk was still about 30% shield when I died. I don't thnk I made any glaring mistakes apart from getting caught in the first place. The Crucifier Navy issue does seem a bit like a tankier tormentor, might have to try it with ewar fitted. Spent the flight back to Jita dropping a couple of gate bookmarks.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77383652/
Battle 59 10W 49L
Bit of stupidity here. Back into a tormentor and back to Tama. See a catalyst piloted by an inexperienced player, bout 3months. Chances are thats a good matchup. There was only about 10 min to DT so I was feeling rushed (mistake 1). On the warp in, I realise my guns aren't loaded or my SAAR so I load all, forgot the 60s loading time (mistake 2). I warped into the wrong small plex, landed on a jaguar (mistake 3) and was caught. Couldn't deal with the damage and no reps at all. Spent the flight back to Jita feeling dumb.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77383917/
Battle 60 10W 50L
After DT, head back to Tama in a Tormentor. Find a breacher in a novice plex. Warp in and follow him inside. Engage at 3.5km, try to move out to 7km, I'm dealing reasonable damage. Getting hit though and I'm half armour before I activate reps. I'm still hitting him well but he's repping really well too. Like confusingly well. My bars dwindle until my tormentor bursts. Check the pilot's fits and find evidence of a dual repped breacher. That's why. I also seem to have real problems dealing with rockets/missiles, I don't seem to last very long in any fight invovling those weapons. If anybody has any suggestions, please? Spent the flight back to Jita not concentrating and got podded on dock.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384191/
Battle 61 10W 51L
Fit out a dual web coercer and headed for Tama. While bouncing around looking for a lone catalyst, outside a novice plex I get dropped on by a Vexor, a Maller and a Thrasher. I had a chance to warp out but kept bouncing off the gate. I fought back but little chance. Spent the flight back to Jita mostly afk
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384358/
Battle 62 11W 51L
In a Tormentor and back to Tama. Searching for content leads me to Nisuwa and a novice plex with a Slasher inside. I jump in and it's quite easy work to take it down. What a pirate I am to downplay a space battle as 'quite easy work'. But look at the fit, there's not a lot of tank there at all. The ewar affected me a bit but the drones were constant damage. Got the pod too. Grabbed a bunch of loot and drones and docked up to repair heat damage.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384801/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384826/
End of Day Fourteen
-63M, -817M ISK total, ships destroyed 287M
Jumped a few systems after that but there wasn't anything going on for me. Chalked up another win which is great. Not sure about the CNI, they're expensive lessons but very nice looking. The coercer was a bit unlucky today but will try again another day. I'm still having fun with solo PVP after a fortnight of it, that's the main thing to me.
So, I initially thought this was a week long event. Then I checked and thought it was a fortnight. Funnily, I just realised there's another 10 days to go. I might have paced things differently had I realised. But I might still be looking for a first kill too. Hoping to find some good fights this evening.
Battle 58 10W 48L
Wanted to experiment with a faction frigate. The frigate balance yearbook said CNI flies a lot like a tormentor. So I found a fit for one on Kelon Darklight's zkillboard and took one for a run. Nice looking ship, looks much heavier and dangerous than the tormentor. Went to Tama, warped about for a bit looking for another faction frig or t1 to fight. Being careless, I got caught by a Hawk. The dual webs did allow me to kite as planned but I was taking far too much damage and the Hawk was still about 30% shield when I died. I don't thnk I made any glaring mistakes apart from getting caught in the first place. The Crucifier Navy issue does seem a bit like a tankier tormentor, might have to try it with ewar fitted. Spent the flight back to Jita dropping a couple of gate bookmarks.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77383652/
Battle 59 10W 49L
Bit of stupidity here. Back into a tormentor and back to Tama. See a catalyst piloted by an inexperienced player, bout 3months. Chances are thats a good matchup. There was only about 10 min to DT so I was feeling rushed (mistake 1). On the warp in, I realise my guns aren't loaded or my SAAR so I load all, forgot the 60s loading time (mistake 2). I warped into the wrong small plex, landed on a jaguar (mistake 3) and was caught. Couldn't deal with the damage and no reps at all. Spent the flight back to Jita feeling dumb.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77383917/
Battle 60 10W 50L
After DT, head back to Tama in a Tormentor. Find a breacher in a novice plex. Warp in and follow him inside. Engage at 3.5km, try to move out to 7km, I'm dealing reasonable damage. Getting hit though and I'm half armour before I activate reps. I'm still hitting him well but he's repping really well too. Like confusingly well. My bars dwindle until my tormentor bursts. Check the pilot's fits and find evidence of a dual repped breacher. That's why. I also seem to have real problems dealing with rockets/missiles, I don't seem to last very long in any fight invovling those weapons. If anybody has any suggestions, please? Spent the flight back to Jita not concentrating and got podded on dock.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384191/
Battle 61 10W 51L
Fit out a dual web coercer and headed for Tama. While bouncing around looking for a lone catalyst, outside a novice plex I get dropped on by a Vexor, a Maller and a Thrasher. I had a chance to warp out but kept bouncing off the gate. I fought back but little chance. Spent the flight back to Jita mostly afk
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384358/
Battle 62 11W 51L
In a Tormentor and back to Tama. Searching for content leads me to Nisuwa and a novice plex with a Slasher inside. I jump in and it's quite easy work to take it down. What a pirate I am to downplay a space battle as 'quite easy work'. But look at the fit, there's not a lot of tank there at all. The ewar affected me a bit but the drones were constant damage. Got the pod too. Grabbed a bunch of loot and drones and docked up to repair heat damage.
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384801/
killmail here https://zkillboard.com/kill/77384826/
End of Day Fourteen
-63M, -817M ISK total, ships destroyed 287M
Jumped a few systems after that but there wasn't anything going on for me. Chalked up another win which is great. Not sure about the CNI, they're expensive lessons but very nice looking. The coercer was a bit unlucky today but will try again another day. I'm still having fun with solo PVP after a fortnight of it, that's the main thing to me.
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Durnik Risalo
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Durnik Risalo »
Unless my brain isn't fully working, you only have two options: 1) for rockets, you may be able to get outside their range, but out-ranging light missiles is probably not possible with frigates; 2) speed tank missiles. Depending on your ability to control your opponent and offensive transversal (defensive transversal won't matter at all (due to missile mechanics)) and therefor damage application, you may want to orbit at optimal (or early falloff -- or whatever range gives you best damage for transversal & range) at max speed.Friday Sirober wrote: I also seem to have real problems dealing with rockets/missiles, I don't seem to last very long in any fight invovling those weapons. If anybody has any suggestions, please?
Basically, make a choice to be "offensive" by slowing down, taking more damage, but hopefully applying even more than taking, or to be "defensive" by going high speed (speed tanking missiles), applying less damage than capable, but hopefully applying more than taking.
I hope this is stated clearly and helpful.
Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading this type of journal. I can definitely see you improving and like seeing you think through your fights.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Friday Sirober »
Day Fifteen
Imma pirate yo
Durnik Risalo, thanks for the advice. I've generally been orbiting at scram kite distance but vs missiles, maybe I should be changing to gleam and trying to orbit 3km or similar. I'll give that a try if I notice i'm vs missiles.
Battle 63 11W 52L
I had logged off in Tama so I had a look around system. One atron that I wanted to fight with kept running away so I let it. Picked up a bit of loot and saw an occator and a hookbill just off station. I wanted to see if they were fighting so I could join in. But the hookbill was gone by the time I warped and the occator followed before I could reach it. An Enyo appears on grid, flashy. I'm 20km away so I burn towards it. Fighting goes really well, I was keeping out at scram range mostly. I'm getting knocked down to deep armour, even with overheated everything. The enyo is about half armour, repping as well. But eventually the armour rep ran out of nanite paste and it didn't take long to finish me off. Feeling kind of happy with my performance against T2, I try to dock at the station only to be told "you're too naughty", then got podded.
Tormentor 13,202,129.26
Battle 64 12W 52L
There's a lot of cruiser+ ships in Tama which is different. I see a Slasher named bait on grid with an armageddon outside the novice. I plan to aggress the slasher and enter the novice plex. I warp in and the armageddon is 1000km away, so I engage the Slasher. It doesn't fight back and dies quickly.
Slasher 7,494,994.21 ISK
Battle 65 12W 53L
Don't even need to repair. Warp around Tama searching for that same atron but the pilot must be watching dscan closely, always warps out. See a slasher at the sun, warp to and engage. Very different story to the last fight, I couldn't get away from it. Was getting eaten up by the guns and it was very fast. Then I see it's the same pilot as battle 64, revenge I guess. At least they came rocking guns. Spent the flight back to Jita looking at zkillboard, it's an amazing amount of information.
Tormentor 13,359,182.89 ISK
Battle 66 12W 54L
Reship to a tormentor and head back. Nothing really for me in Tama so I take a small tour about the area. Go back to Tama and see a tormentor at the novice plex. Warp/enter and engage. Really good fight, I started off really well and got everything underway. I'm doing damage, taking damage. We're pretty well matched all the way, getting close to the end now. Hooray, got it. I try to scoop the drones on grid and target the pod. Can't target the pod? Why? I figure it out when I get targeted, I didn't actually win, I lost. While I'm thinking about this, I get podded too. I really thought I won, it must have been very close.
Tormentor 13,354,549.72 ISK
Pod 10,000.00 ISK
Battle 67 12W 55L
Again, nothing for me in Tama. Cruisers, Battlehips but no T1 frigs. Go to Kedama and warp to a safe. On dscan, I watch the novice plex. There's a Comet inside and I see a Worm arrive and then die. I warp/enter to try and take down a wounded comet. It was at 1/3 armour when I arrived 60km away. I burn towards but the armour reps up while I approach. A wounded Comet is still pretty strong, as I found out. Not a total welping, I managed to get it into hull but the outcome wasn't really in doubt. Again, I played with a faction frig and lost. Silly me.
Tormentor 13,328,540.62 ISK
Battle 68 12W 56L
Had some real trouble finding content this time. I've been roaming about fw space for about 90min. I finally see a pair of destroyers in a large plex. Bored and annoyed, I jump in hoping that they're fighting each other. They're not. I knocked the Corax down to about half shield but I can't tank damage from 2 destroyers. I warp out but then self-destruct pod in disgust. I guess there can't be easy content every single time.
Tormentor 13,349,529.10 ISK
End of Day Fifteen
-66M ISK, -883M ISK total, ships destroyed 294M
A little bit frustrated with not being able to find the fights I wanted. Low content day for me, lots of visiting empty systems or ships that are OP to me. Didn't really feel like fun. Maybe try a bit after DT, not sure yet.
Imma pirate yo
Durnik Risalo, thanks for the advice. I've generally been orbiting at scram kite distance but vs missiles, maybe I should be changing to gleam and trying to orbit 3km or similar. I'll give that a try if I notice i'm vs missiles.
Battle 63 11W 52L
I had logged off in Tama so I had a look around system. One atron that I wanted to fight with kept running away so I let it. Picked up a bit of loot and saw an occator and a hookbill just off station. I wanted to see if they were fighting so I could join in. But the hookbill was gone by the time I warped and the occator followed before I could reach it. An Enyo appears on grid, flashy. I'm 20km away so I burn towards it. Fighting goes really well, I was keeping out at scram range mostly. I'm getting knocked down to deep armour, even with overheated everything. The enyo is about half armour, repping as well. But eventually the armour rep ran out of nanite paste and it didn't take long to finish me off. Feeling kind of happy with my performance against T2, I try to dock at the station only to be told "you're too naughty", then got podded.
Tormentor 13,202,129.26
Battle 64 12W 52L
There's a lot of cruiser+ ships in Tama which is different. I see a Slasher named bait on grid with an armageddon outside the novice. I plan to aggress the slasher and enter the novice plex. I warp in and the armageddon is 1000km away, so I engage the Slasher. It doesn't fight back and dies quickly.
Slasher 7,494,994.21 ISK
Battle 65 12W 53L
Don't even need to repair. Warp around Tama searching for that same atron but the pilot must be watching dscan closely, always warps out. See a slasher at the sun, warp to and engage. Very different story to the last fight, I couldn't get away from it. Was getting eaten up by the guns and it was very fast. Then I see it's the same pilot as battle 64, revenge I guess. At least they came rocking guns. Spent the flight back to Jita looking at zkillboard, it's an amazing amount of information.
Tormentor 13,359,182.89 ISK
Battle 66 12W 54L
Reship to a tormentor and head back. Nothing really for me in Tama so I take a small tour about the area. Go back to Tama and see a tormentor at the novice plex. Warp/enter and engage. Really good fight, I started off really well and got everything underway. I'm doing damage, taking damage. We're pretty well matched all the way, getting close to the end now. Hooray, got it. I try to scoop the drones on grid and target the pod. Can't target the pod? Why? I figure it out when I get targeted, I didn't actually win, I lost. While I'm thinking about this, I get podded too. I really thought I won, it must have been very close.
Tormentor 13,354,549.72 ISK
Pod 10,000.00 ISK
Battle 67 12W 55L
Again, nothing for me in Tama. Cruisers, Battlehips but no T1 frigs. Go to Kedama and warp to a safe. On dscan, I watch the novice plex. There's a Comet inside and I see a Worm arrive and then die. I warp/enter to try and take down a wounded comet. It was at 1/3 armour when I arrived 60km away. I burn towards but the armour reps up while I approach. A wounded Comet is still pretty strong, as I found out. Not a total welping, I managed to get it into hull but the outcome wasn't really in doubt. Again, I played with a faction frig and lost. Silly me.
Tormentor 13,328,540.62 ISK
Battle 68 12W 56L
Had some real trouble finding content this time. I've been roaming about fw space for about 90min. I finally see a pair of destroyers in a large plex. Bored and annoyed, I jump in hoping that they're fighting each other. They're not. I knocked the Corax down to about half shield but I can't tank damage from 2 destroyers. I warp out but then self-destruct pod in disgust. I guess there can't be easy content every single time.
Tormentor 13,349,529.10 ISK
End of Day Fifteen
-66M ISK, -883M ISK total, ships destroyed 294M
A little bit frustrated with not being able to find the fights I wanted. Low content day for me, lots of visiting empty systems or ships that are OP to me. Didn't really feel like fun. Maybe try a bit after DT, not sure yet.
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DeanSherman
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by DeanSherman »
Tormentor has 400 callibration for rigs, so you either use rof and damage rig for 200 calibration each or 3 rigs, there is no reason to leave empty rig slot when you have spare calibration. You can add second aux nano pump or transverse bulkhead.
Also I'd downgrade ab to meta and use spare cpu for t2 heat sink, but i have zero experience with tormentor.
You should carry some spare nanite paste.
Do you use Agency 'Pyrolancea' DB3 Dose I?
Also you can try to use small energy turret SE-603 implant for some damage boost.
Good luck.
Also I'd downgrade ab to meta and use spare cpu for t2 heat sink, but i have zero experience with tormentor.
You should carry some spare nanite paste.
Do you use Agency 'Pyrolancea' DB3 Dose I?
Also you can try to use small energy turret SE-603 implant for some damage boost.
Good luck.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Friday Sirober »
Day Sixteen
Dean Sherman, thanks for that. I put in transverse bulkheads for an extra 10% ehp. Swapped about the AB and Heatsink T2, for about 2% dps gain and a 4% loss in AB speed.
I have a stock of nanite paste at station in Tama. Can repair heat and restock saar easily.
I use the booster, maybe about half the time. Find it hard to remember to use it. And I have the 603 implant, again I forget to replug often
Battle 69 12W 57L
Gatecamp in Tama. Close to my quickest death yet. Not nice start to evening's play. Spent the flight back to Jita planning revenge.
Tormentor 12,124,809.87 ISK
Battle 70 12W 58L
Right after DT, head out through Tama. Absolutely empty. Keep going until I reach Nisuwa. Do a bit of watching and find a Tristan at a novice plex. Warp in and engage. We lock each other, he skates out to 20km v quick. A Daredevil warps in. They both attack me and I die pretty quickly. I should have locked up the Daredevil and switched focus to it but I was caught up trying to chase down the Tristan. Died with not a lot of fuss. Spent the flight back to Jita wishing I'd bothered to haul frigates to Tama or Nourv at least.
Tormentor 13,760,192.38 ISK
End of Day Sixteen
-25M, total -908M, Ships destroyed 294M
Really limited on time to play tonight so that's all. Not too great, a gatekamp, downtime and getting done 1v1v1. Might have a bit more time tomorrow. Sure hope so.
Dean Sherman, thanks for that. I put in transverse bulkheads for an extra 10% ehp. Swapped about the AB and Heatsink T2, for about 2% dps gain and a 4% loss in AB speed.
I have a stock of nanite paste at station in Tama. Can repair heat and restock saar easily.
I use the booster, maybe about half the time. Find it hard to remember to use it. And I have the 603 implant, again I forget to replug often
Battle 69 12W 57L
Gatecamp in Tama. Close to my quickest death yet. Not nice start to evening's play. Spent the flight back to Jita planning revenge.
Tormentor 12,124,809.87 ISK
Battle 70 12W 58L
Right after DT, head out through Tama. Absolutely empty. Keep going until I reach Nisuwa. Do a bit of watching and find a Tristan at a novice plex. Warp in and engage. We lock each other, he skates out to 20km v quick. A Daredevil warps in. They both attack me and I die pretty quickly. I should have locked up the Daredevil and switched focus to it but I was caught up trying to chase down the Tristan. Died with not a lot of fuss. Spent the flight back to Jita wishing I'd bothered to haul frigates to Tama or Nourv at least.
Tormentor 13,760,192.38 ISK
End of Day Sixteen
-25M, total -908M, Ships destroyed 294M
Really limited on time to play tonight so that's all. Not too great, a gatekamp, downtime and getting done 1v1v1. Might have a bit more time tomorrow. Sure hope so.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Friday Sirober »
Day Eighteen
Missed yesterday, nasty flu. Bit rough but ready today.
Battle 71 12W 59L
Went to Tama, 78 in local! Huge. Fleets at plexes, at station, everywhere. Onto Kedama. The small plex has an Algos, I'm keen to take it on. Maybe not the best match-up due to drone damage but I haven't had a fight in a couple of day. Engage, hit all the buttons and, bang, a retribution lands on grid. They both attack me and I go down fighting. Spend the flight back to Tama looking at destroyer fits on zkillboard
Tormentor 12,115,091.37
Battle 72 12W 60L
Head back to Tama, still no fights for me. Kedama again. Had a couple of non-conclusive engagements with a punisher and a slasher. See an Atron flying towards the novice plex. I enter and engage. He kites out to 30km easily. My drones are knocking away at the shields. Then he moves right out to 50km away and starts shooting my drones. I overheat AB to try to get back in range and recall my drones. He kills one. Range is closing and now around 12km. Relaunch drones and change crystals to multi, maybe a bit later than I should. I'm repping but hull is falling. The Atron is in hull and repping too. It's pretty close really but I went first. Pilot gives me a gfgf in local. I didn't control range very well but I did use my crystals to vary optimal for those ranges. Also, I should have recalled drones earlier, it took me quite a while to notice they were being shot. Spent the flight back to Jita carrying some of my loot for sale.
Tormentor 11,898,517.12
Battle 73 12W 61L
Spend a while loooking for a decent fight. Don't manage to find one. Eventually get caught by a daredevil. I fight back well but I was never in danger of winning.
Tormentor 11,985,200.26
Batttle 74 12W 62L
Back into Tama after a break. A few T1 frigs about, looking for a good fight. Find an Atron at a small plex. Warp in and engage. I started off trying to brawl up close but I was coming off much worse so adjusted to keep at 7km. Made a big difference but not enough. I made a mistake by thinking that Atrons were kitey drone ships when sometimes they're brawly drone ships I spose. Maybe could have won if I'd kept the usual plan of scram kiting. Atron died later, here's fit. Spent the flight back to Jita rereading bits of frigate balance yearbook.
Tormentor 11,907,739.24
Battle 75 12W 63L
Take a tormentor to Tama just before DT and dock up. Get a bit impatient and engage a Dragoon in a small plex. Continues my theme of learning about ships by engaging them. Dragoon is a neut bonused ship and it neuted me out very well. Too well, I didn't even notice until I was capped out. Then it was just a matter of waiting until the bitter end. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking about engagement profiles.
Tormentor 12,083,245.61
Battle 76 12W 64L
Same story actually, only this time was a catalyst. I tried to keep scram range, just because of the Atron earlier. But I really should have been trying to brawl under the guns. No good. Over very quickly, the volley damage is huge from a catalyst. Spent the flight back to Jita wishing there was a T1 frig system
Tormentor 12,115,448.12
End of Day Eighteen
Two engagements with T1 frigs, both atron. Three suicide runs against destroyers and a basic ganking against a daredevil. Need to be a bit more sensible about what I'm fighting against, not get bored and take any fight. Try again tomorrow.
Missed yesterday, nasty flu. Bit rough but ready today.
Battle 71 12W 59L
Went to Tama, 78 in local! Huge. Fleets at plexes, at station, everywhere. Onto Kedama. The small plex has an Algos, I'm keen to take it on. Maybe not the best match-up due to drone damage but I haven't had a fight in a couple of day. Engage, hit all the buttons and, bang, a retribution lands on grid. They both attack me and I go down fighting. Spend the flight back to Tama looking at destroyer fits on zkillboard
Tormentor 12,115,091.37
Battle 72 12W 60L
Head back to Tama, still no fights for me. Kedama again. Had a couple of non-conclusive engagements with a punisher and a slasher. See an Atron flying towards the novice plex. I enter and engage. He kites out to 30km easily. My drones are knocking away at the shields. Then he moves right out to 50km away and starts shooting my drones. I overheat AB to try to get back in range and recall my drones. He kills one. Range is closing and now around 12km. Relaunch drones and change crystals to multi, maybe a bit later than I should. I'm repping but hull is falling. The Atron is in hull and repping too. It's pretty close really but I went first. Pilot gives me a gfgf in local. I didn't control range very well but I did use my crystals to vary optimal for those ranges. Also, I should have recalled drones earlier, it took me quite a while to notice they were being shot. Spent the flight back to Jita carrying some of my loot for sale.
Tormentor 11,898,517.12
Battle 73 12W 61L
Spend a while loooking for a decent fight. Don't manage to find one. Eventually get caught by a daredevil. I fight back well but I was never in danger of winning.
Tormentor 11,985,200.26
Batttle 74 12W 62L
Back into Tama after a break. A few T1 frigs about, looking for a good fight. Find an Atron at a small plex. Warp in and engage. I started off trying to brawl up close but I was coming off much worse so adjusted to keep at 7km. Made a big difference but not enough. I made a mistake by thinking that Atrons were kitey drone ships when sometimes they're brawly drone ships I spose. Maybe could have won if I'd kept the usual plan of scram kiting. Atron died later, here's fit. Spent the flight back to Jita rereading bits of frigate balance yearbook.
Tormentor 11,907,739.24
Battle 75 12W 63L
Take a tormentor to Tama just before DT and dock up. Get a bit impatient and engage a Dragoon in a small plex. Continues my theme of learning about ships by engaging them. Dragoon is a neut bonused ship and it neuted me out very well. Too well, I didn't even notice until I was capped out. Then it was just a matter of waiting until the bitter end. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking about engagement profiles.
Tormentor 12,083,245.61
Battle 76 12W 64L
Same story actually, only this time was a catalyst. I tried to keep scram range, just because of the Atron earlier. But I really should have been trying to brawl under the guns. No good. Over very quickly, the volley damage is huge from a catalyst. Spent the flight back to Jita wishing there was a T1 frig system
Tormentor 12,115,448.12
End of Day Eighteen
Two engagements with T1 frigs, both atron. Three suicide runs against destroyers and a basic ganking against a daredevil. Need to be a bit more sensible about what I'm fighting against, not get bored and take any fight. Try again tomorrow.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
Post by Friday Sirober »
Day Nineteen
The ongoing chronicles of what feels like the worst pvper ever. If only I could remember to just target T1 1v1s, results would be a lot better but content would be a bit more sparse. Anyway, how many ships can I lose today?
Battle 77 12W 65L
Ok, 77 battles is probably why I'm feeling a little burnt out. Can't log on until nearly downtime, so I just head for Tama planning to safe log. Instead I get distracted by drone collecting/free loot and log off at gate to a small plex. When I log back on, I warp into a Tristan at 5km. Luckily, I'm paying attention. I keep at range 7.5km but the Tristan is approaching. Overheat highs and mids and manage to get good range again. I'm applying pretty good damage and I'm tanking really well. The tristan is down past half hull and I'm feeling pretty good. But then the capacitor runs out. Everything stops and my tormentor bursts. Was almost done yet the batteries ran out. Instead of trying to run, I kept trying to cycle lasers just in case I could still get the win. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking it was the best fight in ages.
Tormentor 15,418,842.22 ISK
Battle 78 13W 65L
Back to Tama. I got into an empty novice plex and watch dscan for a bit. An Atron seems to be coming so I change distance. When it lands it's at 10km and I think that's great. I overheat highs and mids, I want to keep distance - the last couple of atrons have been quite brawly. Steadily wear through the tank while paying attention to my range. Moving on through armour to hull and finally, got an Atron. Wish the pilot gf before getting the pod too. Controlling range is what won this fight, managed to stay at my optimal throughout and didn't need to tank a lot of damage. Also, the other pilot didn't make it too hard for me either, not manual piloting at all I think. After this, I docked to repair my burnt out scram and web lol. Roamed about Tama and Kedama for a while but getting late so overnight dock in Tama.
Atron 7,571,651.65 ISK
Pod 10,000.00 ISK
End of Day Nineteen
Not a lot of time today but happy to break the recent streak of losses. It certainly takes a lot longer looking for the right fights. We'll get there eventually, I guess. At least my killmark lasts a few hours lol.
The ongoing chronicles of what feels like the worst pvper ever. If only I could remember to just target T1 1v1s, results would be a lot better but content would be a bit more sparse. Anyway, how many ships can I lose today?
Battle 77 12W 65L
Ok, 77 battles is probably why I'm feeling a little burnt out. Can't log on until nearly downtime, so I just head for Tama planning to safe log. Instead I get distracted by drone collecting/free loot and log off at gate to a small plex. When I log back on, I warp into a Tristan at 5km. Luckily, I'm paying attention. I keep at range 7.5km but the Tristan is approaching. Overheat highs and mids and manage to get good range again. I'm applying pretty good damage and I'm tanking really well. The tristan is down past half hull and I'm feeling pretty good. But then the capacitor runs out. Everything stops and my tormentor bursts. Was almost done yet the batteries ran out. Instead of trying to run, I kept trying to cycle lasers just in case I could still get the win. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking it was the best fight in ages.
Tormentor 15,418,842.22 ISK
Battle 78 13W 65L
Back to Tama. I got into an empty novice plex and watch dscan for a bit. An Atron seems to be coming so I change distance. When it lands it's at 10km and I think that's great. I overheat highs and mids, I want to keep distance - the last couple of atrons have been quite brawly. Steadily wear through the tank while paying attention to my range. Moving on through armour to hull and finally, got an Atron. Wish the pilot gf before getting the pod too. Controlling range is what won this fight, managed to stay at my optimal throughout and didn't need to tank a lot of damage. Also, the other pilot didn't make it too hard for me either, not manual piloting at all I think. After this, I docked to repair my burnt out scram and web lol. Roamed about Tama and Kedama for a while but getting late so overnight dock in Tama.
Atron 7,571,651.65 ISK
Pod 10,000.00 ISK
End of Day Nineteen
Not a lot of time today but happy to break the recent streak of losses. It certainly takes a lot longer looking for the right fights. We'll get there eventually, I guess. At least my killmark lasts a few hours lol.
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Falling Snow KumaMoto
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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You are indeed "the worst Pvper", in the sense that you are a scourge. The Scourge of Tama!
I've learned a lot from reading your logs, and also greatly enjoyed reading them. Burnout is real, take a breather before it gets un-fun. Maybe try mining, that'll cure your pvp blues in a heartbeat.
I've learned a lot from reading your logs, and also greatly enjoyed reading them. Burnout is real, take a breather before it gets un-fun. Maybe try mining, that'll cure your pvp blues in a heartbeat.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day Twenty
Falling Snow KumaMoto, not big on mining but kind of missing the 3-day exploration odysseys. I think it's that PVP requires full concentration a lot of the time, and hyper-concentration during the actual combat. It's not like sitting cloaked in a safe, scanning at your own pace while watching tv. I'm not sure you should be learning from me though, I'm improving but sometimes I feel I'm absolutely missing some fundamental points. OTOH sometimes I am the scourge of Tama!
Battle 79 13W 66L
I logged on in Tama station, undocked and headed to a novice plex where I could see an atron. Atrons all the time, is that the t1 meta? Landed 5km away, he closed quickly and I couldn't get away. I forgot to change to gleam crystals though, stuck with multifrequency all the way. Did manage to inflict damage, it really looked like I was edging ahead for a bit but in the end, no. Spent the flight back to Jita eating hummus and potato chips as a pirate of culture is wont to do.
Tormentor 12,021,847.08 ISK
Battle 80 13W 67L
Splurged out on another Crucifier Navy Issue for fight 80. Head off to Tama but there's just cruisers about. Look around all the way to Hirri. There's just one other in system, a condor. We bounce around for a bit. I'm guessing it wants to kitey so doesn't want to jump in on me - oppostie for me, I want to grab it with my double webs and web it to death. The condor gets its way in the end and manages to kite out about 20km the whole fight, chipping away until my capacitor was exhausted. It was a bad choice for me to engage it at range and I really should have been trying to escape rather than fight. Next time, i'll just do lurking in plexes and take advantage of being first in. Got distracted and left my pod sitting on jita dock for a few seconds too..
Crucifier Navy Issue 32,293,974.33 ISK
Pod 1,680,577.57 ISK
Battle 81 13W 68L
Re-implant my extra 3% damage. Head on back, still nothing going in Tama. Go on another wander. See a catalyst piloted by a newish pilot. I plan to stick in under the guns and grind it to nothing. In practice, I can't get under the guns at all, I take lots of damage while trying. Think it must have been short range fit. Died pretty quick.
Tormentor 13,672,151.50 ISK
Falling Snow KumaMoto, not big on mining but kind of missing the 3-day exploration odysseys. I think it's that PVP requires full concentration a lot of the time, and hyper-concentration during the actual combat. It's not like sitting cloaked in a safe, scanning at your own pace while watching tv. I'm not sure you should be learning from me though, I'm improving but sometimes I feel I'm absolutely missing some fundamental points. OTOH sometimes I am the scourge of Tama!
Battle 79 13W 66L
I logged on in Tama station, undocked and headed to a novice plex where I could see an atron. Atrons all the time, is that the t1 meta? Landed 5km away, he closed quickly and I couldn't get away. I forgot to change to gleam crystals though, stuck with multifrequency all the way. Did manage to inflict damage, it really looked like I was edging ahead for a bit but in the end, no. Spent the flight back to Jita eating hummus and potato chips as a pirate of culture is wont to do.
Tormentor 12,021,847.08 ISK
Battle 80 13W 67L
Splurged out on another Crucifier Navy Issue for fight 80. Head off to Tama but there's just cruisers about. Look around all the way to Hirri. There's just one other in system, a condor. We bounce around for a bit. I'm guessing it wants to kitey so doesn't want to jump in on me - oppostie for me, I want to grab it with my double webs and web it to death. The condor gets its way in the end and manages to kite out about 20km the whole fight, chipping away until my capacitor was exhausted. It was a bad choice for me to engage it at range and I really should have been trying to escape rather than fight. Next time, i'll just do lurking in plexes and take advantage of being first in. Got distracted and left my pod sitting on jita dock for a few seconds too..
Crucifier Navy Issue 32,293,974.33 ISK
Pod 1,680,577.57 ISK
Battle 81 13W 68L
Re-implant my extra 3% damage. Head on back, still nothing going in Tama. Go on another wander. See a catalyst piloted by a newish pilot. I plan to stick in under the guns and grind it to nothing. In practice, I can't get under the guns at all, I take lots of damage while trying. Think it must have been short range fit. Died pretty quick.
Tormentor 13,672,151.50 ISK
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day Twenty Two
Skipped yesterday due to IRL BS. Extra keen today
Battle 82 13W 69L
I was docked at Heydieles so grabbed an executioner from the hangars and headed off to look for trouble. Not a lot of trouble to be found so headed to Tama. There's a caracal that keeps bouncing around the system. Checking out the pilot, it's only 6days old. Here we go, a cruiser battle. Land in the medium plex, orbit at 2.5km. It's awesome, taking damage but dishing it out too. Change orbit to 1km, take less damage everytime. That's great. Then I realise the major flaw with my fit is that there's no repping at all, tis all buffer tank. I change orbit to 500m, and start taking no damage at all. I'm whizzing about the caracal, buzz sawing away with my lasers. I have no shield, no armour and 2% hull left. I'm too fast for it and I'm going to kill a cruiser. This is incredible, heart is racing and I think I'm floating out of my chair. Caracal is getting very very low on shield and that's beginning of end for it. It's been a long time since I took any damage... bang, one missile volley gets through and that's me gone. I would have won this in a tormentor for sure, or the executioner with any sort of repper. Very exciting and fun, next time I'll get it. Spend the flight to Jita planning how.
Executioner 4,698,355.27 ISK
Battle 83 13W 70L
Straight back to catch that caracal. Find him at a small. Warp n just as it warps out. I dscan and watch it at the sun, the pilot ejects and warps off. I'm watching this and not concentrating on the immediate vicinity where an Algos has warped in. Surprise, I notice it. I fight but the T2 drones are very effective and I go down in a heap. Spent the flight to Jita wondering why the caracal pilot would just park in space.
Tormentor 12,280,739.05 ISK
Battle 84 13W 71L
Back in Tama, there's faction frigs all over. Find an incursus at a small. The ship name is "kite", which I take to mean it's a brawl fit. I engage at my optimal and it goes reasonably well. For a long time, we're trading evenly, both repping the damage at about the same rate. As we both head down into hull, the incursus seems to be applying more damage and by the end, it's clear I was losing. I wonder if I could have clicked in space to get some better transversal and taken the fight. It's something I want to try in next situation. Spent the flight back to Jita again wishing I'd used a hauler to move ships closer.
Tormentor 12,306,616.84 ISK
Incursus died later 7,975,044.49 ISK
End day 22
That was fun. So close to killing a cruiser with a T1 shtfit. That's great. The incursus fight was excellent too, pretty evenly matched right through. Not long to go now, at least it's still good fun.
Skipped yesterday due to IRL BS. Extra keen today
Battle 82 13W 69L
I was docked at Heydieles so grabbed an executioner from the hangars and headed off to look for trouble. Not a lot of trouble to be found so headed to Tama. There's a caracal that keeps bouncing around the system. Checking out the pilot, it's only 6days old. Here we go, a cruiser battle. Land in the medium plex, orbit at 2.5km. It's awesome, taking damage but dishing it out too. Change orbit to 1km, take less damage everytime. That's great. Then I realise the major flaw with my fit is that there's no repping at all, tis all buffer tank. I change orbit to 500m, and start taking no damage at all. I'm whizzing about the caracal, buzz sawing away with my lasers. I have no shield, no armour and 2% hull left. I'm too fast for it and I'm going to kill a cruiser. This is incredible, heart is racing and I think I'm floating out of my chair. Caracal is getting very very low on shield and that's beginning of end for it. It's been a long time since I took any damage... bang, one missile volley gets through and that's me gone. I would have won this in a tormentor for sure, or the executioner with any sort of repper. Very exciting and fun, next time I'll get it. Spend the flight to Jita planning how.
Executioner 4,698,355.27 ISK
Battle 83 13W 70L
Straight back to catch that caracal. Find him at a small. Warp n just as it warps out. I dscan and watch it at the sun, the pilot ejects and warps off. I'm watching this and not concentrating on the immediate vicinity where an Algos has warped in. Surprise, I notice it. I fight but the T2 drones are very effective and I go down in a heap. Spent the flight to Jita wondering why the caracal pilot would just park in space.
Tormentor 12,280,739.05 ISK
Battle 84 13W 71L
Back in Tama, there's faction frigs all over. Find an incursus at a small. The ship name is "kite", which I take to mean it's a brawl fit. I engage at my optimal and it goes reasonably well. For a long time, we're trading evenly, both repping the damage at about the same rate. As we both head down into hull, the incursus seems to be applying more damage and by the end, it's clear I was losing. I wonder if I could have clicked in space to get some better transversal and taken the fight. It's something I want to try in next situation. Spent the flight back to Jita again wishing I'd used a hauler to move ships closer.
Tormentor 12,306,616.84 ISK
Incursus died later 7,975,044.49 ISK
End day 22
That was fun. So close to killing a cruiser with a T1 shtfit. That's great. The incursus fight was excellent too, pretty evenly matched right through. Not long to go now, at least it's still good fun.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day 23
Is that right? 23 days already? That's a lot.
Battle 85 14W 71L
Have a wander to Tama. Chase a kestrel about for a while and finally catch it in a small. It's a ganking. Didn't even touch armour. It's just meta-fit but it looks like the pilot loses heaps of them.
kestrel 708,193.73 ISK
Battle 86 15W 71L
Bounce about for a little while and see a merlin. Catch up with it and engage. If I thought the last one was a ganking, this was twice as bad. It's fit with some guns and a AB only, no tank at all. Crazy quick. I tried to message pilot but not accept.
Merlin 270,450.68 ISK
Battle 87 15W 72L
As I was trying to message the noob pilot (and target the pod), a succubus warps in. I've been reading up about succubus actually, I'd quite like to fly one. It hits me like a brick. I do manage to compete for a bit, once my saar runs out of charges that's it though. I managed to keep scram kite range throughout, but realistically thats more likely due to the succubus than myself. Get popped, warp out, wish gf. Spent the flight back to Jita looking for succubus fits, maybe tomorrow.
Tormentor 12,163,598.44 ISK
End day 23
Two very poorly fitted T1 ships and a pirate frigate. Kind of fun but a bit one-sided. Brought up kill number 15, that's very enjoyable for me. From zero kills in solo pvp to 15, I'm pretty happy with that. See what tomorrow brings too. I'm thinking about a succubus, see how we go tomorrow.
Is that right? 23 days already? That's a lot.
Battle 85 14W 71L
Have a wander to Tama. Chase a kestrel about for a while and finally catch it in a small. It's a ganking. Didn't even touch armour. It's just meta-fit but it looks like the pilot loses heaps of them.
kestrel 708,193.73 ISK
Battle 86 15W 71L
Bounce about for a little while and see a merlin. Catch up with it and engage. If I thought the last one was a ganking, this was twice as bad. It's fit with some guns and a AB only, no tank at all. Crazy quick. I tried to message pilot but not accept.
Merlin 270,450.68 ISK
Battle 87 15W 72L
As I was trying to message the noob pilot (and target the pod), a succubus warps in. I've been reading up about succubus actually, I'd quite like to fly one. It hits me like a brick. I do manage to compete for a bit, once my saar runs out of charges that's it though. I managed to keep scram kite range throughout, but realistically thats more likely due to the succubus than myself. Get popped, warp out, wish gf. Spent the flight back to Jita looking for succubus fits, maybe tomorrow.
Tormentor 12,163,598.44 ISK
End day 23
Two very poorly fitted T1 ships and a pirate frigate. Kind of fun but a bit one-sided. Brought up kill number 15, that's very enjoyable for me. From zero kills in solo pvp to 15, I'm pretty happy with that. See what tomorrow brings too. I'm thinking about a succubus, see how we go tomorrow.
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Friday Sirober
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Re: [AAR] Friday Sirober - Solo comp
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Day Twenty Four
Last day of the solo competition and I've got limited time to play before DT. Check out some succubus fits but my fitting skills wouldn't do them justice. So I decide on the best looking ship in the game, Retribution.
Battle 88 16W 72L
Fit out the retribution and head for Tama. Through to Kedama and then Nisuwa. Fleet of Korean Merlins, about 9 and 4or5 bantams. I decide not and move along. Shortly, I enter PYN and see one of them on the gate, guess it's a scout. I get some idea that I'll kill all the merlins one by one. I target the merlin and then warp to small plex. It follows and lands close. I 'keep distance' at 15km, quickly wear the merlin down. Local spikes and the rest of the fleet arrives on grid as it dies.
Merlin 4,792,014.67 ISK
Battle 89 16W 73L
About a dozen ships on grid now. I'm webbed and scrammed. I try to at least kill another but I'm on my way out. It's in hull when I go. I forgot to change crystals to gleam, that would have got me another kill. Guess I've been reading too many manuals that talk about separating sheep from the herd and killing them one by one. My aspirations were a bit high here. Maybe if I attack t1 frig fleets 100 times, I'll get better at it. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking about how many t1 frigates actually can kill things, doctrines are a real thing.
Retribution 54,330,121.87 ISK
Battle 90 17W 73L
I've got time for another quick run. Fly about for a bit, decide to head towards Eugales. Starting to consider my post-solo comp career. Get to Fliet and there's a dragoon at small plex. With my point-kiting fit, I should be able to stay out of neut range. I plan to go about 17km and get it. That's how the fight starts, I do pretty good at keep away while shooting. Then EC drones, and the dragoon isn't locked target anymore. When I do target it again, it's 7km and I do get some neuts hitting me. But it is actually too little too late for the dragoon and it pops. Tried for the pod but didn't get it. That's a second destroyer kill for me, huzzah.
Dragoon 14,379,340.24 ISK
End of Day Twenty Four.
That's a nice way to end things on a high. The dragoon pilot has a decent zkillboard so that's even nicer. Flying a stronger ship made a big difference today.
Last day of the solo competition and I've got limited time to play before DT. Check out some succubus fits but my fitting skills wouldn't do them justice. So I decide on the best looking ship in the game, Retribution.
Battle 88 16W 72L
Fit out the retribution and head for Tama. Through to Kedama and then Nisuwa. Fleet of Korean Merlins, about 9 and 4or5 bantams. I decide not and move along. Shortly, I enter PYN and see one of them on the gate, guess it's a scout. I get some idea that I'll kill all the merlins one by one. I target the merlin and then warp to small plex. It follows and lands close. I 'keep distance' at 15km, quickly wear the merlin down. Local spikes and the rest of the fleet arrives on grid as it dies.
Merlin 4,792,014.67 ISK
Battle 89 16W 73L
About a dozen ships on grid now. I'm webbed and scrammed. I try to at least kill another but I'm on my way out. It's in hull when I go. I forgot to change crystals to gleam, that would have got me another kill. Guess I've been reading too many manuals that talk about separating sheep from the herd and killing them one by one. My aspirations were a bit high here. Maybe if I attack t1 frig fleets 100 times, I'll get better at it. Spent the flight back to Jita thinking about how many t1 frigates actually can kill things, doctrines are a real thing.
Retribution 54,330,121.87 ISK
Battle 90 17W 73L
I've got time for another quick run. Fly about for a bit, decide to head towards Eugales. Starting to consider my post-solo comp career. Get to Fliet and there's a dragoon at small plex. With my point-kiting fit, I should be able to stay out of neut range. I plan to go about 17km and get it. That's how the fight starts, I do pretty good at keep away while shooting. Then EC drones, and the dragoon isn't locked target anymore. When I do target it again, it's 7km and I do get some neuts hitting me. But it is actually too little too late for the dragoon and it pops. Tried for the pod but didn't get it. That's a second destroyer kill for me, huzzah.
Dragoon 14,379,340.24 ISK
End of Day Twenty Four.
That's a nice way to end things on a high. The dragoon pilot has a decent zkillboard so that's even nicer. Flying a stronger ship made a big difference today.
