This page is an annotated index to the many PvP combat sources that can be found in this Wiki. It complements the PvP page category, which is an alphabetized list with no annotations but does include a wider range of entries.
When you edit this page, please try to keep text to the minimum needed to describe the link you are adding.
Common to All PvP
These include information that applies whether you are doing PvP solo or in a fleet.
Announcements and Chat
Announcements
- EVE University Calendar: scheduled fleets, classes and other events are posted as Discord Events on the University Discord. Each fleet announcement gives the date and time, the kinds of ships needed, and the goal of the fleet.
- Classes: all E-Uni classes are announced ahead of time on the calendar.
- Fleets that form at short notice are pinged on the University Discord.
Chat
The EVE University Chat Channels page lists channels that might be of some use if you want to discuss PvP. Here are the ones most useful to beginners:
- EVE University (E-UNI): channel is open to the EVE public and people there can try to help. Preface questions with "Q."
- Corp: the corporation chat channel, for general chat and questions from EVE University members.
- Community Channels: each of the E-UNI communities has a channel, and it is not unusual to find discussions of PvP events or problems related to the community.
Some E-UNI chat channels are password protected for privacy. Members can find the passwords in the Corp Bulletins.
Members might also find the #fitting-chat and #eve-uni-general channels in the University Discord helpful; non-members can ask questions in #eve-uni-public-help, which is open to all.
Killboard
- zKillboard: E-Uni losses and kills are automatically posted here.
Timers
- Timers: log-off, weapons, remote assistance and other timers that affect your ship's status during combat.
General Introductions
These give general descriptions of PvP organization, strategies, tactics, ships, skills and so on, but without digging into the nitty gritty details. Each may cover a variety of topics.
- Support skills: key skills which boost the performance of lots of equipment.
- Rules of Engagement: who you can shoot at, and when.
- Safety Settings: how not to shoot people by accident.
- Safety Tips for Operating in Low Sec: low security space is dangerous; be aware, be prepared.
Tactics
Ways to find fights, win them, and manage their risks.
Hunting
- Spotting hostiles in Local: includes how to set up a watch list.
- Directional scanning: use the built-in beyond-visual-range sensors on any ship to find trouble, or to avoid it.
- Probe scanning: transfer basic exploration techniques to PvP and use them to hunt targets.
- Bookmarks: useful in scouting, and in setting up safe spots in systems.
- Cloaking: the mechanics of EVE's stealth systems.
Combat
- Targeting: methods and time considerations.
- Tackling: the central act that starts most PvP combat in EVE—stopping a target from warping away.
- Overheating: get max performance from a ship by pushing modules to their limits.
- Electronic warfare ("EWAR") in general. EWAR interferes with enemy ships to decrease their effectiveness in battle.
- Electronic Countermeasures ("ECM", "jamming"): a powerful subtype of EWAR that breaks enemy target-locks.
- Capacitor warfare: make opponents helpless by draining their capacitors.
Dealing with losses
- Insurance: insure to ensure you can afford to lose your ship.
- How to save your Pod: know how to preserve your capsule ("pod") if your ship is lost.
- Ship Replacement Program: (for EVE University members only) get reimbursed for ship losses during University fleets.
Ships
Capabilities, uses, comparisons.
- E-UNI EVE Ships Matrix: an easy-to-use collection of links to every ship available in EVE.
- Ship Class Tactical Overview: brief description of each, organized by class.
- List of PvP Ships by Bonus
- Signature Radius: every ship has one; it determines many aspect of weapons targeting and damage.
- Drone-capable ships: includes bay size, bandwidth, etc.
Hardware and Software
Weapons. Ammunition. Fittings.
- Fitting ships: general principles for fitting.
Weapons
- Turrets and turret mechanics: general treatment of turrets, and the details of their workings.
- Missiles and missile mechanics: general treatment of missiles, and the details of their workings.
- Drones and drone mechanics: drone types, and nitty-gritty details of their workings.
- Bombs: unguided area-of-effect weapons for use in nullsec and wormhole space.
- Smartbombs: area-of-effect weapons centred on the user's ship.
Defense
- Tanking: detailed treatment of tank types and tanking techniques.
Fleet PvP
- EVE University Calendar: all planned E-Uni fleets are announced as Discord Events, with the date and time, the kinds of ships needed, and the goal of the fleet.
- The Rookie's Guide To Fleet Ops: comprehensive introduction to fleet operations.
Fleet Organization and Doctrine
For members
- Overview Guide How to set up your Overview Window as required for participation in E-UNI fleets.
- Fleet Squad Member Duties: ways that you can contribute even as a basic squad member in a fleet.
- Fleet terminology: lists the terms used by fleet members.
- Fleet interface: windows you need to use, and sometimes leave open.
- Fleet Watch Lists: keeping track of nearby ships.
- Doctrines: consistent doctrines create effective fleets.
For commanders
- FC Development Group: EVE University's group for PvP fleet commanders, offering mentoring, training and support for new and experienced FCs alike.
- Fleet Command Guide: "Fleet Command in EVE is as much a task of psychology as it is a task of military preparedness and skill."
Roles
- Logistics: essentially, EVE's PvP "healer" role.
- Scouting: detailed treatment of covert ops scouting in high and low security space.
Tactics
- Gate camps: trapping enemy ships at warp gates, and how to escape from such traps.
- Pipe Bombing: trapping an enemy fleet travelling through nullsec with an interdiction bubble and using smartbombing battleships to destroy them.
- Spider tanking: a fleet tactic in which ships use remote armor repair modules to repair one another.
- Principles of War: mass and economy of force, unity of command, maneuver, surprise, security, center of gravity.
Solo PvP
- Solo PvP: collection of general information on common ships and contexts for solo PvP.
- Directional scanning: the standard tool for finding targets and spotting threats in solo PvP. See especially offensive scanning.
Other
Please add to this category any links that do not fit above.
Factional warfare
Factional warfare ("FW") is a PvE/PvP hybrid in which players enlist in one of the empire militias, capture complexes and fight over lowsec systems in an environment that encourages PvP. It is often seen as a "stepping stone" to full-scale PvP.
- Faction warfare: full discussion of factions, objectives and rewards.
- Faction warfare strategy and tactics: choosing a militia, plexing and making money.
- Faction warfare missions: enemies, ships, strategies.
- Faction warfare standings: keeping your standings in balance.
Other Indexes
- PvP page category: automatically collects the links to all wiki pages that include the "PvP" category tag.