Tips for Factional Warfare?

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Some of the threads below are a little old, but the info is still largely valid.

Minimum requirements for fighting faction warfare

I read this EVE university page about faction war and want to enlist for Amarr after I finish SOE epic arcs. based on the wiki page, even frigates can do faction war, but I am worried about losing them. I am using a coercer now, and I like it a lot. so what is the chance of surviving if I use ships smaller then a cruiser to fight? would I get destroyed instantly? what if I play solo or fleet? Thanks.

If fregate, which targets to pursue?

So if i fly fregate, which possible fights i shall try initiating? For example: 2-3 corvettes possibly i can fight against at same time (?) if enemy is fregate, better 1x1 or maybe when 2nd player in corvette if it’s slightly bigger class, may try 1x1 but even less chances if its much bigger, run run run run run Something like that? And should i also check pilot info first, to guess if it’s possibly also new player & alpha like me (so also levelling char not completed,maybe not the most cr…

Gallente FW pointless?

I just recently started playing and was interested in doing some pvp. I did some research and it looks like faction warfare is the best place to go. Since this character is Gallente I took a look at the join faction warfare tab and was shocked. The Gallente are getting there arse handed to them. Out of all of the systems they only have 11. I like being an underdog and all but since I was going to try it solo for a while it looks like it’s pointless. Or am I just looking at it wrong since I don’…

Faction Warfare questions

I have played for about a month and I’m planning to join faction warfare in a short while. I did find the Warfare and Tactics forum but there’s not a lot of useful information for a new player that i could see, so I hope it is OK to ask here. I understand that stations can be locked to one side or other if they lose control of the system. If I transport some ships to a station as a base, it seems I might lose the use of them, which would be a blow. If I travel into the war zone, I have a much h…