tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post179041048254625552..comments2024-03-05T12:41:20.217-05:00Comments on Low Sec Lifestyle: Button Pushed: Ranting ActivatedSugar Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15437978687639772023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-26409072044158709592013-10-16T18:03:35.904-04:002013-10-16T18:03:35.904-04:00I agree with you 100%, Sugar.
I'm a new playe...I agree with you 100%, Sugar.<br /><br />I'm a new player to Eve, just started a month and a half ago. Now, I've played tons of game, so getting into Eve has not been that hard. But my PvP experience has been a lot of blowing up, at least in any fight where I wasn't with allies (I joined in faction warfare).<br /><br />To see if I could improve, I turned to the Internets. One early article I found was about on The Mittani, about a frigate fit called "The Derptron" which was supposedly effective and cost a few million at most. Great! I loaded EFT to copy the fit so I could reference it later.<br /><br />Except, one small problem...my skills aren't good enough to fly the fit. The author of the Derptron article had calculated the fit based on "all level V" skills, which I of course don't have. This is something I run into over and over - there are tons of great fits I can't fly yet. <br /><br />Experienced players just don't seem to understand what the new player experience is like. Personally I'm fine with that, but it does lead to a lot of unhelpful advice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009279821740333981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-31946427712544440992013-10-13T15:10:02.714-04:002013-10-13T15:10:02.714-04:00Perhaps it should be rephrased to "go lose 50...Perhaps it should be rephrased to "go lose 50 ships to get the questions that you need to find the answers to".<br /><br />Xaeroflexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218476652847276691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-56777168111178643372013-10-13T05:17:20.998-04:002013-10-13T05:17:20.998-04:00I do not believe that I suggested that it can stan...I do not believe that I suggested that it can stand on its own.<br /><br />However, when people are handing out their inspirational advice they skip that part. They say, "Go lose 50 ships and you will learn" end quote. I find a lot of frustrated people who don't understand what is going on because they are not learning a anything and don't understand why.<br /><br />Were they even told of things like EFT? Are these out of game tools created by players and not the game company so normal to use in every other MMO and FPS game out there that it should be assumed that they should know to go find it, download it, install it, and use it to make decisions off of?<br /><br />It is beyond easy to miss step one with people and it sets them up for a poor time.Sugar Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437978687639772023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-74360464953824966102013-10-13T00:25:40.126-04:002013-10-13T00:25:40.126-04:00Theoretical knowledge never equals practical exper...Theoretical knowledge never equals practical experience.<br /><br />The point of "take 50 T1 ships and engage everything" is to gain that precious practical experience.<br /><br />I could sit down and talk to a complete newbie for hours about Eve solo/small gang PvP but they're never going to understand and perfectly apply it the first time around (nevermind dealing with the inevitable shakes).<br /><br />It's supposed to be taken in stride with the multitude of resources available a google search away (and quite frankly I have a very low tolerance for people who can't be arsed to check the official wiki that a lot of people have spent a lot of time compiling and updating, just piss all over their efforts by ignoring it).<br /><br />Being told Void S has xxx tracking in an Incursus means nothing to the newbie until he tries it out and learns why it's difficult to apply that awesome EFT DPS to another frigate).<br /><br />For me, using the d-scan effectly (before the tracking option) took a mandatory training session that was taught by the first eve corp I joined, that no amount of explaining was going to do any good until I got out in space and applied it.<br /><br />Long and short of it: Theoretical knowledge can not and will not ever equal practical experience, that's the whole point of going out and shooting stuff in cheap ships.Xaeroflexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218476652847276691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238324579504790.post-9548929798144017082013-10-12T23:26:46.874-04:002013-10-12T23:26:46.874-04:00This is the purpose of my Strategikon posts. I was...This is the purpose of my Strategikon posts. I wasted a great deal of time before, following that advice of flying around and losing ships until victory. <br /><br />I write the Strategikon articles to make me think about what I'm flying, and how I'm going to use it. The results are pretty good, even if my kill board isn't bursting at the seams with mails. <br /><br />And I can also link people to them, if they're interested in how I shot down their Firetail with an Executioner.<br /><br />Tabletop Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804201908210463999noreply@blogger.com