Happy New Year!

So it was 2007 and I was still logged on. Couldn't stop and the number of pilots logged into eve hadn't gone down.

Needed to claim the first kill of 2007 before I retire. I swept the triangle and saw Keel in local. Have seen him a few times but he always slipped away. This time, there was no escape. I waxed him.

2007.01.01 00:22
Victim: Keel Gaffrig
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Rifter
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4
Involved parties:
Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 125mm Gatling AutoCannon II
Name: Angel Nomad / Archangels

Destroyed items:
Rocket Launcher I
Stasis Webifier I
Domination Copper Tag (Cargo)
EMP S, Qty: 13


2007.01.01 00:23
Victim: Keel Gaffrig
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Republic Military School
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Gusandall
Security: 0.4
Involved parties:
Name: flashfresh (laid the final blow)
Security: -9.1
Alliance: NONE
Corp: Independent Pilots
Ship: Rifter
Weapon: 125mm Gatling AutoCannon II

First kill of 2007!!!!

Yaarr!

Conversation follows:

flashfresh > Hi - you put up a hell of a fight
flashfresh > happy new year - and a great tank!
flashfresh > well done
Keel Gaffrig > thanks
flashfresh > Are u insured?
Keel Gaffrig > yep
flashfresh > Ok - since you're less than 14 days - I couldnt ransom you.
flashfresh > So I podded you instead. No hard feelings?
Keel Gaffrig > somehow i knew that was going to happen ha ha
flashfresh > well u undocked *just* when I was undocking
Keel Gaffrig > nope
flashfresh > i was going to head somewhere else.
Keel Gaffrig > all in good fun
flashfresh > indeed.
flashfresh > here let me give you some monies. you had some nice mods
flashfresh > You put up a v v good fight
Keel Gaffrig > hey thanks alot
flashfresh > and I appreciate the zero smack
flashfresh > what was your setup?
flashfresh > I can guess
Keel Gaffrig > happy newyear
Keel Gaffrig > 3 ACs, rockets
flashfresh > yeah me too
Keel Gaffrig > web -
flashfresh > uh-huh
Keel Gaffrig > ammor - small rep II
flashfresh > yeah and a cap recharger?
Keel Gaffrig > yep
flashfresh > ahh - thats why you could tank.
flashfresh > check this out:
flashfresh > 2007.01.01 00:21:33 Combat Keel Gaffrig strikes you perfectly, wrecking for 103.3 damage.
Keel Gaffrig > and AB
flashfresh > WTF????
Keel Gaffrig > wow
flashfresh > that is a *HARD* hit
Keel Gaffrig > EMP
flashfresh > well done
flashfresh > me too.
flashfresh > but 100+ dam hit is a beauty
Keel Gaffrig > my second PVP fight
Keel Gaffrig > thanks
flashfresh > second?
flashfresh > please, please dont let this put you off!?!?!
Keel Gaffrig > yup
flashfresh > I was podded mercilessly for the first two months.
flashfresh > U had a small converse shield too.
Keel Gaffrig > no it was a good fight
flashfresh > hmm want some advice?
Keel Gaffrig > i had just gotten that from a rat
flashfresh > ah
flashfresh > energised basic?
flashfresh > damage control is a nice touch but you would have been better off with a 200mm plate
Keel Gaffrig > yes i think so
Keel Gaffrig > my ammor seemed to drop off quick
flashfresh > I had emp - which oddly does a lot of decent armour damage. Also using Tech II ammo in two of my guns
flashfresh > Hail S
flashfresh > they hurt
flashfresh > but like I said: 2007.01.01 00:21:33 Combat Keel Gaffrig strikes you perfectly, wrecking for 103.3 damage.
flashfresh > that is a mean ass hit.
flashfresh > took a big chunk out of me that hit did. check you own logs.
Keel Gaffrig > luck i think
flashfresh > put a gyrostabiliser in one of your lows
flashfresh > increase damage and ROF.
flashfresh > makes a difference
Keel Gaffrig > low - repper,gyro, 200mm plate ???
flashfresh > yup
Keel Gaffrig > i'll give it a try.
flashfresh > if you dont have a scramble - means you dont engage - just able to fight back
flashfresh > but adding in a cap recharger or a cap booster (better choice) means you can tank
flashfresh > also, drop down to 150mm ACs
Keel Gaffrig > sometime I use a booster - i don't know which is better
flashfresh > gives you room to fit a gyro and plate
flashfresh > booster
flashfresh > is better
Keel Gaffrig > ahhh
flashfresh > but uses up CPU and PG; hence requirement to drop down to 150mm ACs
Keel Gaffrig > close combat anyway
Keel Gaffrig > i bought a thrasher but am still using the rifter for most things
flashfresh > a rifter is probably the best frigate and it can take a thrasher
flashfresh > a rifter can knock out cruisers.
Keel Gaffrig > i agree
flashfresh > i use them all the time.
flashfresh > you did well Keel. Very well, much better than i ever did when I first started.
flashfresh > your setup is good - it surprised me cause you could tank.
Keel Gaffrig > thanks
flashfresh > no, i mean it. nothing to do with being a gracious victor or anything. You did well.
Keel Gaffrig > my last pvp i was pelted with missles and lost before i could get off a shot
flashfresh > what ship was it?
Keel Gaffrig > a crow i think
flashfresh > ahhhh - those things are right b*stards to take down
Keel Gaffrig > i was slow to target
flashfresh > i have a rifter rig set up to take down claws and crows though....
flashfresh > it would have been a rocket crow. short range.
flashfresh > let them come to *you*
Keel Gaffrig > yes
flashfresh > then web and tank him.
flashfresh > drop your AB for a webber / cap booster and out tank him. check out a crow's armour. hardly anything.
flashfresh > a rifter with a 200mm plate has 1000+ armour.
Keel Gaffrig > so no AB?
flashfresh > no - if the crow pilot is cocky, he'll get within webbing range
flashfresh > if you have an overdrive in your lows - you still have a base speed of 400+ m/s
flashfresh > enough to get close and pummel him
Keel Gaffrig > i see
flashfresh > *IF* he has missiles and starts to hit you from +10KM then warp out.
flashfresh > if you can
flashfresh > ahh - i want this pilot: Vak'ran
flashfresh > he is in local atm
flashfresh > in a rifter too
Keel Gaffrig > good luck
Keel Gaffrig > i'm off to do some celebrating
flashfresh > me too
flashfresh > am half drunk already
flashfresh > fly safe
Keel Gaffrig > lol
flashfresh > next time you could be podding me.
Keel Gaffrig > seeya