Quote of the day - Farming

XXX: bah I found one in eve living near me 
XXX: :D 
Mehenn: lol 
XXX: and had agreed to give me joints for isk :D :D :D 
Mehenn: awesome 
Mehenn: farming at a new level

A letter from a fan

Mehenn,
From: xxxxxx
Sent: 2014.04.28 09:13
To: Mehenn,  

Dear Mehenn,

Hi there, my name's xxxxxx and I am writing to you, first of all, to compliment you on your pvp videos on youtube which I came across today. I am currently on episode 3 out of 8 on your Lone Rider Series and I am impressed, and slightly jealous!

I first started playing eve for the PvP but I have never managed to get my feet off the ground and I don't know where I am going wrong.. I am mainly writing to you, to ask you if you could spare me a little bit of your time and that we could possibly go roaming together and you could perhaps part some advice and wisdom my way for which I would be very grateful.

I understand if your too busy however I thought I would just ask as you seem a very capable pilot and I would really like the opportunity to fly with you and learn some things.

I hope to hear from you soon,
Regards,
xxxxxx

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Re: Mehenn,
From: Mehenn
Sent: 2014.04.29 03:05
To: xxxxxx,  

Hey hey!

I am glad you like my videos. That's how I see it from my cockpit :)

My gaming time is kinda seldom lately and I don't know if I am gonna have 10 minutes or 2 hours of play. 

PvP in Eve is not hard. As long as you have fun. What I do to PvP? Like on any other matter, I asses the situation. Make a pro/con list. Establish a plan. Calculate and secure a budget. Stick to it.

So. Lets start.

- Choose the battleground
Use faction warfare plexes. Outside the gate you can warp to distance (0 to 100) and you will end up at the desired distance. But! If you are warping to a SS on grid, or to anyone on grid you will end up on gate. So if you fight someone at 150km off gate warping in help will end up on gate and you have time to do something before they land on you. Also inside the complex (after gate) you can dictate the conditions of the fight. Because anyone has to come to the gate, Choose Novice or Small complex since they cannot be accessed by larger hulls. You can also warp to 10 on those complexes and land in range to activate the gate but still at 10km off initial warp in so you have a chance to warp off if someone is camping the gate on 0.
Use a system that is relatively quiet since heavy populated systems tend to gather blobs. Use in-game map, choose 2 distant FW points and patrol from end to another - 10/15 systems. Check the Novice/Small plexes. You will get a fight on your first run.

- Choose your weapons
For the beginning I would go with a kiting light missile launcher ship. Like a Condor. Orbit at 20. Point, spam missiles. Use a tracking disruptor to negate the damage. 

- Chose your enemy
Stay away from drone ships (Tristan/Comets/etc) and missile ships (Caldari ones/destroyers/etc)

- Choose your budget
I usually invest 100mil / 10 ships. Will get me ammo (1000 of each), a couple of exotic dancers (never leave home without them...), some boosters, the ship... 10 times. 10mil/ship.

- STICK TO THE PLAN
Engage the targets you can kill. Stay away from things that can kill you. Study your enemy. Look at their ship and see what weapons they mount. Stay at range and let them come closer. See if they are AB fit - you can kite them. Check their KB while they approach so you can see what they might have. 

- Situational awareness
Maybe the most important of them all. It comes as a blend of the things I mentioned above. And many more. It comes with time and fights. It comes with experience and skill points. Wins and looses. 
For the beginning an 3:1 kill/death ratio is acceptable. Soon you will hit the 1/1 ratio and then go positive. You will need to know your ship. Its limits. And your opponent. Its ship. Its limits. 
For example I know that if an Incursus has a web, I can kill it because it does not have cap injector for dual rep and will run out of cap. How can I know if it has a web without getting into web range and die? Call it a hunch. Or the study of his killboard. Or just engage him and see if you can break the tank...

That's about the most important things. Maybe there are more... Feel free to shoot any questions you still have :)

Fly safe!

/Me