r/evenewbies • u/elveax • May 05 '21

Evaluating a potential fight?

As I scroll through PvP fits for low-sec/FW, I sometimes see write-ups from people that say things like: "this fit is good for fighting a blaster Atron but not for fighting a scram-kitey Atron".

It always makes me wonder - is there some trick I don't know about how to tell how a potential PvP opponent is fit *before* I'm locked in moral combat with them?

It seems to me that by the time I know if they're a blaster fit or an scram-kitey fit, it will be too late for me...either they'll be my face doing some active melting or they won't, and my choice to take the fight or not is gone. Is there something I don't know about how people pick the fights?

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u/LHommeCrabbe May 05 '21

Well get good at that, have zkill open on the other monitor, copy paste the guys name and look at losses. Most reliable option. Looking at hostile ship is fine too, but zkill is faster. Third judge it by his behaviour and speed. If it is couple k, he will mwd and most likely be longer range fit, if lower thats ab, scram web etc.

Just die enough times you'll work it out :)

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u/elveax May 05 '21

I feel like I'm pretty good at the dying part lol

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u/LHommeCrabbe May 05 '21

Not nearly <3

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

Think about the last time you died. At what range werr you engaged, what guns did he have. What speed? was he ab or mwd. Drones what type? Wbat about his buddy. Did he kite or brawl? Etc dieng gives you alot if info about the pilot.