Today: How to kill ships.

Been playing EVE Online, but feeling clueless on combat? Or do you just need to learn how to defend yourself long enough to keep those raiders at bay, so you can continue your trade running? In this series of articles, you too can learn to master combat. In this first article, the very basics of killing enemy ships is covered - just enough to make you a contender.

First up, it's worth remembering that almost anyone in EVE can contribute to a fight. This is the main reason why I stubbornly defend EVE against any other MMO you might care to mention. The fact is that a character that is just a couple of weeks old might well help to defeat another character who is years old, and who has billions of isk worth of equipment. Unlike an MMO where a level 5 character will not even be able to scratch a level 64 character, the basic abilities of an EVE pilot mean that, as part of a team, they can always make a difference.

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