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Learning through stupidity anyone?

27 May, 2009

Well I have been so bored to tears as of late as far as flying my Rifter that I decided to be as stupid as ever. Finding myself alone in a system with only 1 other soul in the system I decided to ask for a duel. I had seen him sitting off the station when I arrived and knew he was in a Retribution so it was probably a forgone conclusion but like I said I’m not the sharpest spoon in the cutlery set. So we popped off to the planet and having done some homework my modus operandi was to keep my distance from his pulse lasers and hope that single mid slot was not a web.

Things kicked off and at 10km my shields and half my armour vanished…hmmm. Best laid plans of mice and men were quickly crumbling and no amount of transversal was doing anything to those pulse lasers. Armour didn’t last long, structure even less and despite trying to warp out mid way through the fight I still found myself in a pod. Even webbed he was closing on me constantly and I couldn’t keep distance and transversal at the same time, I only just got into what was probably an armour tank the size of a house. Learning…I hope I get the learning in the evemail, because so far all I’m learning is that most ships are on the ‘I can’t even scratch’ list. Must be doing something wrong I suppose, pity I cant find me a skill to learn called ‘Don’t be stupid and get yourself popped all the time’, I’d pay out the arse for that skill.

I knew I was going to lose and his mid slot was a speed mod of some sort so I should have been able to get out, really I was hoping I’d last for more than the 3 or 4 volleys it took to vapourise me and I let myself down. I think I’ll leave the pro flying yarr to Mk and stick to working for them man for now.

Viin

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Working for ‘the man’

22 May, 2009

Cash is always desirable thing to have, so I decided to go make some with the Brutor Tribe. Gave Krar Irwo a call in Ivar and see what he had to offer. This was my first bit of work with a ‘level 4′ agent, all that means is he gets a shiny badge and can try harder to get me killed. Anyway the job was to clear a bunch of Angel Cartel out of a nearby system, and cracking open the Machariel Battleships was on my mind.

I dusted off the ‘cane and had another look at her passive shield setup. I’m quite proud of how this setup works as it was my first bash at a passive shield, and the cap stability and autonomous nature was really refreshing. My problem now was that while Cruisers and Battle Cruisers were no problem in this setup, the damage output was going to spike with the Machariels in the mix. The old adage says it takes isk to make isk, so I splashed out on some shield rigs and doubled the damage I could hold off. 100 million worth of ship in my hands, I convinced Mk to fly shotgun in a destroyer for frigate defense as I was worried this might be a bit more than I could handle solo.

We jumped in on the gang and I got everyones attention while Mk orbited me like a drone on steroids, agro came thick and fast while the shield tank…held like a dream. My only complaint about the ‘cane is without a speed mod, her fat arse moves like a snail and getting from A to B can take…well…forever. Frigates popped well within my falloff range so Mk was a little pissy at the waste of time, but her extra damage helped pop the Cruisers in short order and turned a slow slogging match with the Machs into a pleasantly calm experience.

Long story short the pay was ok, the salvage was better, my ‘cane did me proud and I almost made enough back in total to cover 1 of the rigs.

Now I fancy some frigate fun so I’m off to Dal with Mk to see what falls out the proverbial tree.

Viin

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Learning to be aggressive

11 May, 2009

I have been piloting my Rifter now for some time and it is a love affair that will not end. We were taking a dander through Dal yesterday and didn’t find any action to speak of. There was a Thrasher having a go at some belt rats but I let him be out of some strange compassion that I’m trying to get rid of.

To make amends for my earlier kindness I decided to go belt ratting solo and see what cropped up. Just so happens a fellow Rifter pilot had the same idea, but he warped out as I arrived. I proceeded to the next belt and there he was,  I hesitated again but he decided to take the lead and locked me. Decision made I was now in combat mode, got my guns in range and slapped on the scrambler and web, he reciprocated and did the same. Our little dance of death had begun and we started taking chunks out of each other in true knife fighting fashion.

Fortune was with me today as I had him into structure by the time my shields were gone, not bad considering I’m armour tanked (well as tanked as a Rifter can be). As my repper kicked into gear I knew it was over as my nos kept the hungry nano bots fed and my armour together. It was at this late stage of the fight that our good friend Ciafas arrived in his own Rifter and engaged the poor fool. I had invited him out to find some action and apparently he was more eager than I thought, taking the final blow and the kill mail to boot.

In a few more seconds it was all over and his pod was locked down with my scrambler…till my cap ran dry and he warped out. No matter I’m not a fan of podding people anyway and the fight had my blood pumping, so I looted his wreck to find some juicy tech 2 kit. All in all it was about 2million isk worth of profit and a good hit of adrenaline, just what the doctor ordered. Getting a 1v1 fight isn’t always possible in these lower sec systems, but I salute my opponent and thank him for a good fight.

Viin

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