Monday, June 14, 2010

Small group roams


Hello!

As some might have seen, i recently joined "The Black Rabbits Academy" to learn more in-depth about eve online piracy and that helped me find people that live near me and that i enjoy to roam with. We had a few kills, nothing spectacular as you can see on my killboard.

I'm currently relocating my stuff all around Metropolis to be closer to the academy but i'll sure take some time to post about my kills. 

Logging off.

Max Gutman

Sunday, June 6, 2010

When corp mates jump in...


Yesterday, I was on my usual patrol, covering every low-sec system in Metropolis. I have no idea why, there was a serious shortage of serious targets... Everything was fleeing away or safely into POS shields.

After scanning countless systems for ships to blow up, having no luck, i finally managed to engage a lonely Navitas mining into Evati. The fight wasnt really the most exciting i've been in... Three rounds from my group of 150mm Autocannons II and the mining frigate was in pieces, the pod being locked. A quick look on the character employement history gave the info about why he blew up so fast, it was created two days ago! I didnt even take the time to ask about a ransom, i just podded him quick enough. 

I took the time to invite him to a conversation to know what he was doing around at this age, since i was feeling quite bad to have podded a new player, that might quit the game because of this. After some chatting the pilot told me it was a new alt he created and he didn't even have implants in. I left the convo to jump back and forth between safespots, while the global criminal cooldown was running out.

Proceeding on my patrol, i managed to pinpoint a lonely mining Covetor in Taff. It was a cake to drop, but i didnt manage to lock the escape pod because as the barge exploded, a Broadsword jumped straight on me. He had a point on my ship, so i proceeded to engage at close orbit even tho he was much bigger than my Rifter. At my own surprise, he wasn't even touching my frigate, and my guns damage was starting to show up on his shields. It would have made an excellent killmail, but a jaguar jumped in the fight, in backup to the Broadsword pilot. I noticed he didn't even have a Warp scrambler active on my ship, so i warped out, hiding for the rest of the criminal cooldown.

When the GCC passed, i then proceeded to jump to another system to escape the Covetor pilot corp mates trying to get me and to resume my patrol. I took my time after a jump to answer the phone, thinking they wouldn't follow, but hell yeah, as i warped to the next gate, they had me pointed, no idea how they did it that fast. I tried to evade the fight, but i was dual webbed, i couldnt escape. My little baby went in flames, the cargo was only containing some ammo and a strip miner i looted from their corp mate. 

I managed to bring my pod safely to Hek, where i jumped straight away into another Rifter of the same fit, and resumed normal operations. Targets were very rare, though i followed a sniper fitted faction Stabber for a few jumps, thinking i could maybe have a hit on him, but it didn't happen. So i went back on my way home, to pass the rest of the night in my quarters, planifying some new strategies / routes for my next patrols and to think about the errors i made that led to my ship destruction.

Logging off.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Once upon a time in low-sec space....


I simply love faction warfare complexes as they bring more targets for us lone pirates :)

After another long patrol into Metropolis low-sec, i happen to see a Frigate / Destroyer level complex beacon on my overview. As i was approaching the acceleration gate, the overview scanner reveals a lone cruiser class Stabber pilot camping the gate.

I began my approach by turning on the afterburner and setting up my orbit distance. I had little to no knowledge about Stabber's, so i went heads up in the fight, only based on what I've read on the Rifter-Drifter blog and various EvE forum posts. I took some time in my approach to quickly observe the cruiser info panel to have a little idea as to which base resistances he had on his ship. 

He didn't react on the first few seconds of my attack which consisted of the usual warp scram / web / nos, but it was too late. My ship was on a close orbit around his cruiser, the Stabber dual 180mm's guns couldn't even track my small Rifter. The only real threat was the huge heavy missiles the enemy captain was firing at my little baby and even then, they were merely scratching my ship. Actually completed the fight at more than 80% of my armor, without any help from my Small Armor Repairer II.

I had to adjust ammunition after the engage when i realized the cruiser was shield tanked, a quick swap to some Republic Fleet EMP S and the damage was going smooth, much better than the Republic Fleet Fusion S i was throwing at him when the fight started. I kept the EMP ammo until the ship blew up as i didn't know it was only buffer tanked, not passive.

Result was quite awesome, better than i thought it would end when the fight started. The Stabber pilot was quite surprised on the kill from local talks and me too, i didn't think i could do it, just took a guess and i was right! :) Still, the enemy captain had twice my age, i probably got lucky on a poor fit, but i can't evaluate at the moment, my fitting skills on ships other than the Rifter's are quite limited. He managed to escape as i was too slow to target the pod, could have been a nice ransom! The loot was quite normal, some various Tech II fittings and faction ammunition, nothing fancy. 

Hope you enjoyed this kill story, more to come soon!

Max Gutman

Killboard link 

My First Kill (06/04/10)


I woke up that morning hoping i could get an attempt at my first kill. I took some long hours trying to maximize my fit, also got some awesome tips from an experienced pirate that helped me alot. So after taking several trips back and forth from my previous home to the closest system to low-sec to move some fully fitted "Flying Wreck Type II" (See previous post.). I went on a patrol in my home region, Metropolis.

After jumping into countless systems looking for a nice target, i decide to jump into Klogori. I stumble upon this Stabber cruiser that seems to be ratting in the nearby belts. Without even thinking i start scanning around to see if i could pinpoint him down. Before i could even find his location, the Stabber pilot disappears from my overview scanner only to reappear seconds later into a Rifter. Then again, i was going berserk on the overview scanner, jumping around so i could have a try at him.

Lucky me, after going down the angles in the scanner, i was pretty sure i had a sure shot (thing is, I'm still not used to scanning down a ship fast, so it takes me some time). I jump into a belt and Bingo! there he is, waiting for me. I was surprised at my attitude when engaging him, when i used to roam around on my previous character (a wooping 4Mil SP indy character with some mixed combat skills) i was really nervous and errors were common but still, i was a tad nervous but kept total control of what i was doing. I think i kept my cool because a few days ago, i took a whole day reading strategies on the Rifter Drifter blog, things about fallout - ammo to use - orbits - speed, etc.

Straight as i jumped on him, i proceeded to web/scram him - which he did the same. I was using a "Flying Wreck Type I" which has microwarpdrive installed... so we where both orbiting each other at slow speed, taking every bit of damage. I was at disadvantage tho, had aggroed some rats that where in the belt. I was saved by the fact my enemy had a Gyro+Tracking Enhancer+Nanofiber Structure in the low slots and i had a 400mm armor plate, so i could take more pewpew before going boom. The fight didn't last very long, the opposing Rifter went down in an explosion of glory... My tech II autocannons has had the last word in this fight.

Shortly after his ship popped, i targeted the pod containing the pilot clone, and shredded it to bits. It instantly triggered a question in my head. Is it right to pod other pilots without asking for a ransom? I'm wondering what real pirates think about it.

There was my first kill experience, if you happen to browse my blog and have some time to share your first kill experience, i would be more than glad to read about it.

Logging off...
Max Gutman

Friday, June 4, 2010

My Ships


Here is my ships and fittings that i use on pvp patrols / misc. uses.

Rifter:
  • Flying Wreck: My first PvP fitting that i got from the Rifter Drifter blog, its fine, but i prefer the Type II because of the AB/NoS and more speed.
          >[Rifter, Flying Wreck Type I]
          >
          >3x 125mm Gatling AutoCannon II (Republic Fleet Fusion S)
          >'Malkuth' Rocket Launcher I (Caldari Navy Phalanx Rocket)
          >
          >J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
          >1MN MicroWarpdrive I 
          >X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
          >
          >400mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
          >Micro Auxiliary Power Core I 
          >Damage Control II
          >
          >Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
          >Small Projectile Burst Aerator I
  • Flying Wreck Type II: My current favorite solo PvP ship, i've took out a cruiser with it very easily. More speed and agility than the Flying Wreck Type I.
          >[Rifter, Flying Wreck Type II]
          >
          >3x 150mm Light AutoCannon II (Republic Fleet Fusion S)
          >Small 'Knave' I Energy Drain
          >
          >J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
          >Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters
          >X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
          >
          >200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
          >Damage Control II
          >Small Armor Repairer II
          >
          >Small Projectile Collision Accelerator I
          >Small Projectile Burst Aerator I
 

 Dramiel:
  •  Dramiel GT-R: The ship i use to scan for DED sites when i'm bored. It's an amazing ship to fly, worth every buck i've put in (even tho i didn't pay for half the stuff that is equipped). I'm looking for a Faction Shield Boost Amplifier if someone happens to have one for sale!
          >[Dramiel, Exploration]
          >
          >2x 200mm AutoCannon II (Fusion S)
          >Sisters Core Probe Launcher (Sisters Core Scanner Probe) 
          >
          >Gistii B-Type 1MN Afterburner
          >Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster
          >Shield Boost Amplifier I
          >Codebreaker I 
          >
          >2x Nanofiber Internal Structure II
          >Domination Tracking Enhancer
          >
          >Small Projectile Metastasis Adjuster I
          >Small Projectile Ambit Extension I
          >Small Auxiliary Thrusters I

Since i'm still new, i don't have much ships in my inventory yet, but trust me, i'm gonna have more soon! :)

First post

Hello everyone, my name's Max Gutman. I'm 29 years old from Quebec City, Canada. I've been playing EvE since January 2010 on an industrial character until i just fell the need for some kills, since in most games i've played before, PvP was the thing that kept me hooked into the game. So let's say that I'm fairly new into EvE-Online PvP :).

I'm currently in a NPC corp until the corporation i want to join re-opens recruitment. I'm mostly a solo player since i still don't know much of people in-game, I've been trying to bring my 23 years-old brother into the game so he could PvP on my side, but he's still undecided to join up.

So i created this blog in hope to share the excitement of my adventures with everyone, and also to help other players that goes through the same path as i did.

Max Gutman
See you somewhere in Low-sec Metropolis!

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