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Alright, fellow Capsuleers, here's a PvP tip as slick as a hockey puck on ice: remember, in the rink of EVE Online, every engagement's like a power play. Just like in hockey, teamwork makes the dream work. Set up your plays, communicate like you're passin' the puck, and watch each other's backs like true teammates. And hey, when you're in a tough spot, think of it like a penalty kill – stay cool, stay coordinated, and you'll come out on top. So, lace up those virtual skates, and let's light up the galaxy with some PvP magic, eh?

1. Ships are ammo dying is learning.

2. Don't fly anything you can't afford to lose.

3. Don't be afraid to ask we all had to learn at some point. Join a group willing to tech you if you can/want.

4. Electronic Warfare is a thing, abuse it, dictate the rules of the engagement with it, their lockingrange, damage range, tracking, application.

5. Thermodynamics 5 is OP, train it if you can over heating longer than your opponent might just give you the advantage you are looking for.

6. Cheap boosters make the difference take them.

7. Never underestimate the power of stupid.

This advice really applies anywhere, but it's extremely important.

DON'T TRY TO SOLVE YOUR PVP ISSUES BY THROWING ISK AT IT. No, you don't need a bigger ship. No, you don't need an injector.

You need to git gud.

I could give you examples all day of the most profficient killers in my neck of...space. Low sp, cheap fits, high volume. Find a solid pvp platform that you can lose 10-100 of, and then go wild in it. Learn your engagement profiles, learn when to take the bait, learn when not. Learn to recognize the exact point YOU fell for the trap. It's earlier than you think. Back in my day, we used to sharper our teeth on two week rifter free trials. Consider trying that on an alpha account, and realize other people GET KILLS like this. If you're actually flying your ship, against somebody else, it's one of the hardest things in gaming. Don't sweat dying 100 times. Even the vets have to go through it every so often to get the rust off.

tl;dr, get the suck out before you throw money at it.

Engaging in Player versus Player (PvP) combat in EVE Online can be both thrilling and challenging, especially for beginners. Here are some essential tips and advice to help you get started:

1. Start Small: Begin with frigates and destroyers. These ships are cheaper and easier to replace if you lose them, which is quite likely as you learn the ropes of PvP.

2. Fit for Purpose: Fit your ship with modules that suit your intended role and playstyle. Balancing offense, defense, and maneuverability is crucial.

3. Ship Fitting: Prioritize proper fitting over expensive modules. Effective modules and strategies matter more than using the most expensive gear.

4. Skill Training: Focus on training relevant skills that improve your ship's performance, such as weapon skills, navigation skills, and fitting skills.

5. Learn from Losses: Accept that you will lose ships, and each loss is a learning opportunity. Analyze what went wrong and how you could have done better.

6. Awareness and Positioning: Pay attention to your surroundings. Always be aware of potential threats, and position yourself strategically to avoid getting caught off-guard.

7. Know Your Enemy: Use tools like zKillboard to learn about other players' kill history and tactics. This can help you predict their behavior and adjust your strategy accordingly.

8. Be Prepared to Disengage: PvP encounters can quickly turn against you. Be prepared to warp out if things aren't going your way. A dead ship deals no damage.

9. Join a Corporation: Consider joining a player corporation that focuses on PvP. You'll learn from experienced players, have access to fleet support, and get involved in group engagements.

10. Practice in Safe Environments: EVE has arenas like the "Thunderdome" on the Singularity test server, where you can practice PvP without losing ships or modules.

11. Communication: If you're flying in a fleet, clear communication is key. Follow your fleet commander's orders and coordinate effectively with your teammates.

12. Patience and Perseverance: PvP in EVE has a steep learning curve. Don't get discouraged by losses. Keep practicing, learning, and improving.

13. Scouting: In PvP, information is power. Use scout ships to gather intel about potential targets before engaging.

14. Ship Roles: Understand the roles your ship and the enemy's ship play. Some ships are better suited for tackling, while others excel at dealing damage or disrupting enemies.

Remember that EVE Online's PvP environment is known for its complexity and depth. Embrace the learning process, be willing to adapt, and most importantly, have fun as you explore this thrilling aspect of the game.

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The simple PvP Mantra™ to get anyone started

Quite often we see newbro guides for PvP that seem way too overcomplicated and confusing for an actual new player, or to whom PvP 'actions' are completely foreign. End of the day, making another spacecraft explode is a fairly simple procedure; shoot it until it blows up. Of course the deeper one delves into it and more skilled/experienced one's opponent is, the more complex getting to the simple situation becomes. But this cute little mantra to repeat will not only get you started, but will remain with you no matter how deep you decide to get into it.

MOVE - SHOOT - MODULES

Let's break it down: MOVE: Make sure your spaceship is moving the way you want it to move. Sounds simple, no? It sounds simple because it is, whether you are brawling or kiting, approaching, orbiting, whatever it may be you have decided is the best option for the engagement ahead, first step is always to move. SHOOT: Again, very simple, yet quite often overlooked in the panic of first encounters. Lock the target, cycle your weapons, engage your drones and make sure you are applying the damage from your chosen weapon systems. Prechecking your engagement ranges ties to the MOVE part of the mantra. MODULES: Now that you are moving and applying your damage, it's time to check you have activated your modules. Here is when you make decisions about overheating and/or which modules to activate/deactivate. (Are your reppers running? tackle? do you need to prop? are you heating? should you be heating? is anything overheated and burning out?)

After the initial run through of the mantra, you quite simply go back to the start, repeating it constantly: MOVE turns into positioning and piloting decisions: are you in your engagement range, should you maximize your damage or mitigate opponent's damage, push, pull, keep doing what you're doing? SHOOT turns into making sure you are indeed applying your damage, ammo selections, making sure your drones are on the target. Also here is where i personally check if i am winning or losing the engagement damage wise, informing the decision making in the other parts of the mantra. MODULES turns into making sure to check overheat situation, should you stop heating to not burn out, which modules you can and should overheat if any. Are your modules running out of charges, how's your capacitor situation, is your tackle running (for example if your opponent dipped out of web range and your webs decycled automatically). This part of the mantra is very much the 'managing your ship' part of piloting.

The more experienced and skilled you become, the deeper each part of the mantra becomes, but the base layering of decision making will remain the same. Especially in one's first encounters, its incredibly easy to forget to shoot, tackle, move, and essentially make mistakes that seem really 'stupid' when you look back to them in the station you found yourself looking at the lossmail, but in the stress of the moment, well, it is really easy to blank out. Thus repeating this fairly simple mantra might just help you to keep your wits about you when the adrenaline hits like a sack of bricks and you seem to forget where your overview is. I know it does for me.

Keep it simple, because, well, it often is.