[Hooligan Anstian]

In order to survive or even win fights in EVE you have to fit your ships according to a strategy and you have to know what strategy the enemy ships are using. It is not possible to fit a ship best. Trying to do that will drive you mad. It is only possible to counter an enemy strategy with your strategy and you have to fit your ship so that it can execute your strategy. Certain combinations of modules fit to your ship are typically associated to certain strategies. I have listed those combinations and strategies below:

 

 

Kite

Fitted with: MWD, Disruptor, Nanofibres

 

Spoiler

Make your Ship agile and fast. Stay out of web and scram range. Find a way to apply damage from where you are. Make sure your target can’t hit you. For that you can use your distance to target, your transversal or ewar.

 

 

AntiKite

MWD, Scram, fast, DPS

 

Spoiler

Make your ship fast. Agility is not so important. Fit a good balance between dps and tank. Tank is a loose term here. For example fitting an AB and web next to the MWD and Scram can increase your tank alot if your target has low tracking. But you could also just fit a buffer or active tank if there is enough fitting space. Despite the name its also works against ewar and lone logistics

 

 

HeavyTackle

Tanky, MWD, Scram, downsized guns

 

Spoiler

A bit like the AntiKite but instead of speed and dps you favour tank. The more fleet members that are going to help you the more you will favour tank. The less fleet memebers that are going to help you the more you want to maximize your tank multiplied by dps. Generally the AntiKite only works against fast low tank targets while the HeavyTackle works against slower stronger targets and a fleet that backs you up while the enemy fleet shoots at you. When a fc is asking for brawly fleet ships they usually mean heavy tackle ships with bigger guns. Read about FleetBrawl below for that.

 

 

FleetBrawl

Tanky, Close Range Weapons, MWD, Scram

 

Spoiler

This is a HeavyTackle Ship with a higher multiplier of EHP multiplied by DPS. If you bring a whole fleet of those you have a brawly fleet.

 

 

WebKite

Web, Disruptor, AB

 

Spoiler

These ships live from the aggressivness of their enemies. They are too slow to catch anything and to fragile to accept the risk of being to close to an enemy by approaching one in order to aggress him. These ships usually align to one point and then wait until something tries to catch them. Then they will accelerate and shoot. Whenever the enemy comes closer they will web him and gain distance again.  They favour DPS and projection and have low tank. they die to anything that projects damage farther than expected. Sometimes they are fitted with oversized Afterburners, then they are real escape artists. You want the disruptor instead of the scram for the moment when your enemy thinks 'oh shit im not gonna make it' and turns around. then he realized 'damn i cant warp wtf noooooooo' boom!

 

 

ScramKite

AB, Web, Scram, speedy

 

Spoiler

These ships have a good balance of speed, control,  dps projection and tank. They stay at the edge of scram range and are very good against anything that cant project damage more than 5 km and is slower than them. They are however very weak against everything that can project damage significantly more than 10 km and is faster than them.

 

 

Bait

Max EHP

 

Spoiler

These ships are meant to get shot at and survive. Sometimes they have a scram or warp disruptor. Fit all EHP you can possibly find. They get used at stations and gates alot because there it doesn’t matter if there is no propulsion mod. They can also be active tanked. Active tank might even be better because if you don't repair at start the enemy might think you are going down and will fly even more aggressive. Like web kiters they live from the aggressiveness of the attacker.

 

 

Interceptor

MWD, Disruptor, Scram, fast

 

Spoiler

These Ships have to be faster than anything they attack. They need to lock fast and get a point on their target. The scram is for defense and offense. If a Target is faster than anticipated you might stop it from approaching with it. it also works against drones. Scram every drone that gets close and the drone will be slowed down so much that it cant hit you. If your fleet has a hard time catching up the target because of it having a microwarpdrive you can suicide tackle it with your scrambler. the dps of these ships is usually not that important. sometimes it is possible to kill drones with the guns. Keep your transversal up against targets that can project damage to you.

 

 

LongRange

GlassCannon Long Range Weapon, Range Extenders and Damage increasing modules

 

Spoiler

Easy to fit. Max dps at max range. Forget about anything else. No one will hit you if you are far away from them.you will probably have to fit something that extends your locking range.

 

 

Fleet

Tanky Long Range Mods MWD

 

Spoiler

Generally fit the second biggest long range weapon and a mwd. Put all the rest in tanking modules and possibly in range extension of you guns. Stay close to your friends and listen to your fc. Dont miss your primary. In a fleet you dont want to give your enemy any soft targets. thats why there is need for lots of tank. you want a long range weapon so that you can instantly switch targets if a new primary is called. if all fleet members can do it quickly your fleet will be very effective and hard to break.

 

Logistics

Ships with Remote Repairers

 

Spoiler

I dont know much about Logistics but generally if you have a team of logistic ships you favour resistance over raw hit points. Also you try to have a tiny signature radius, high transversal and eccm modules against enemy ecm. If you are alone in a logistic ship you want to have a microwarp drive and you will try to use your own fleet as a shield between you and the enemy fleet. so positioning is important. also you try to lure all anti kite ships that try to catch you into one of your friends. and you have 1 whoring module of course. dont fit more that 1 whoring module or i guarantee you will blow up your own fleet by accident.

 

 

Ewar

Fitted Weapon Disruption or Dampeners or Neutralizers or Target Painters or ECM

 

Spoiler

Is your fit focused on ewar modules? Then its an ewar ship. If you fit ewar on your ship in order to being better able to destroy another ship. For example a kite condor with two sensor dampeners then i would still call it a kite and not an  ewar ship, because it is not a fit that is centered around ewar like a maulus that shuts down an enemy fleet but will not be able to kill something on its own.

 

 

Special Tactics

 

Spoiler

There is also the specialized AntiWeaponType ship that is designed to deal with a specific weapon type. For example a tank with high em and thermal resistance that is designed to tank a ship using energy weapons = An AntiLaserShip.

 

And there is the Boomstick. It’s a ship that is good against active tanking ships. It does lots of alpha or damage in short periods of time und so kills before the active tank gets active J.

 

There are alot of tactics that work well with a partner. Some of them are 'the spider tank' where a fleet of ships all fit one or more remote repairers and then they repair each other. Or the Smartbomb Fleet where all Fleetmembers fit the same kind of smartbomb and then fit very high resistance against that type of bomb so that they dont hurt each other. There are also bombing Fleets with ships that use deployed bombs. And of course there is any combination of the mentioned tactics possible. For example an EWar Ship with sensor dampeners and locking range scripts and a Dualweb ScramKite partner. No fun fighting that solo.  There are so many tactics possible with a partner only the sky is the limit.

 

 

Most ships can be fit to do several of those strategies. Some are better at one thing than others but it is not really necessary to min max everything as long as you chose the right strategy.

 

All you have to do now is finding out what your enemy is flying and then you will survive every fight. That’s why I always say in EVE I only die when I want to.

 

If you want to not only survive but also kill your enemies there is more to it than just strategies. You need to work with positioning, speed and heading of your and the enemy ship. Also you need to work with the psychology of your target.  And you need good communication skills. The abilities to multitask and to do micromanagement. And you need to be able to take risks in order to get some practice.

[Sid Kowalewski]

Thanks mate. Thats a great read!

[Nicose]

Great post Hooligan.

[Nikolai Mazinkov]

Fantastic

[Metal Jack]

I'll be directing a ton of folks to this thread very soon. haha. Good stuff Hooligan!!

[Bibil]

Yea great work,and much appreciated,credit to you my friend

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[Nikolai Mazinkov]

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