Speaking as someone who was a total PvP noob coming into perp, and yet somehow has managed to be less so a month and a half later (I blame Aeon!) I will agree that newbs can be good at PvP. You don't even need EWAR bots. Light bots fitted for tackle / scouting, as well as assaults fit for DPS, can actually put out pretty impressive results even on those of us with little NIC and even less EP.
And while Syndic may be an unmitigated *** almost everywhere else, at least he knows how to fit bots.
Biggest thing newbies interested in PvP need to focus on is getting into PvP, though. Everything else comes as you start doing that.
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