MMORPG.com EVE Online Correspondent Andrew Wallace has written part one of a basic guide to PvP in EVE Online, giving players not familiar with the system a few tips and poinnters for survival.

I may claim to be a deity of many things, but PVP is not one of them. Despite that, I've picked up a lot of useful information in my time and decided to put together a selection of PVP tips for this article. It's not a definitive list, but some of the main things that I think are important to know for running a PVP gang, and mostly centred on the small scale warfare I've been involved with in the last few years. Let's open with another one of the golden rules of EVE:

Fly what you can afford

Not just a PVP tip; it's difficult enough to make money from your victories, and flying ships and fittings that you can easily replace will help you PVP for much longer.

Read PvP Guide Part One