is every fight "good"?

So my Rifter from the last fight is dead. Not surprising at all, but my most boring “fight” yet by far; a Wolf who had been sitting near me for some time decided he wanted an easy kill, warped to my ship and destroyed it with virtually no resistance. It probably would have helped if I'd been moving, or... doing anything besides looking at certificates and having them explained to me by my corp.

Oh well. It's not like I expected my ship to be safe while doing this, or for everyone in RvB to be about fighting rather than just killing. I don't even care particularly that he had the class to destroy my wreck and loot. It was certainly dull, though, and I hoped to write a bit more about how that fit died than “attacked by superior version of itself while motionless.”

There's no real lesson here, at least nothing I wasn't wilfully ignoring, so here's the killmail from last night:

2011.12.08 15:20:00

Victim: ***

Corp: Red Federation

Alliance: RvB - RED Federation

Faction: Unknown

Destroyed: Rifter

System: Autaris

Security: 0.5

Damage Taken: 2915

Involved parties:

Name: *** (laid the final blow)

Security: 2.30

Corp: Blue Republic

Alliance: RvB - BLUE Republic

Faction: None

Ship: Rifter

Weapon: 200mm AutoCannon II

Damage Done: 2915

Destroyed items:

1MN Afterburner II

Small Trimark Armor Pump I, Qty: 3

X5 Prototype Engine Enervator

Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S, Qty: 280 (Cargo)

100mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Dropped items:

Republic Fleet EMP S, Qty: 360 (Cargo)

Small Capacitor Booster II

Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S, Qty: 135

150mm Light AutoCannon II

200mm AutoCannon II, Qty: 2

Republic Fleet Fusion S, Qty: 194

Small Armor Repairer II

Damage Control II

Cap Booster 75, Qty: 15 (Cargo)

Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I

Cap Booster 75

This is more of a footnote than an actual post, so I'll put it here.

I eventually got around to fitting out one of my remaining Merlins with a medium shield booster and a cap booster, as it seemed to be the last remaining hope I had of using its tank to its greatest potential. Sadly, while it did better than the MSE versions, it still wasn't enough to kill a Rifter even with tech 2 neutron blasters, rockets and faction ammo. It was also pretty expensive for a fit that didn't really gain me more than some extra fight time – the relatively cheaply fit Punishers did better.

Honestly, it's looking like I should put this hull on hold until I'm comfortable with flying Hawks and Harpies. On that note, I'm considering heading out to try exploration for a while. I want to know what it's like making more ISK while I can still afford to try different methods. I'll probably start with high-sec exploration, followed by either the same in lowsec or some ratting in nullsec.