EVE General Discussion

Get drone interfacing up, also fit a afterburner and a webber, and remember to fit the type of drones with the right damage type for the npc's you're shooting.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Damage_types

GL HF

Here you go dear noob

[Arbitrator, Noob PVE]
Prototype Armor Thermic Hardener I
Prototype Armor Kinetic Hardener I
Medium 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
Damage Control I

Experimental 10MN Afterburner I
Medium F-RX Prototype Capacitor Boost, Cap Booster 200
Peripheral Weapon Navigation Diameter
Drone Navigation Computer I

Drone Link Augmentor I
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Hammerhead I x5

replace named mods to T2 when you can
Use mission specific hardeners
Use mission specific drones
when you land on mission, burn out and orbit at 40 km. very few ships will even reach you there.
if you see that range tanking is working for you swap one hardener to drone damage amplifier

Sounds like, if you actually survive this lil nightmare called game mechanics you'll enjoy Eve for a very long time.

Eve is harsh place, even the missions for a newbie player and it's alot about numbers. The combat system can be quite complex, regard this as lessons learned, instead of CCP's evil humor.

You can do it!

No worries about that dude, it's Eve and Eve players are amongst the bitter, cynical and self sufficient you'll ever cross in the gaming universe.

Probably because at some point people get tired of explaining something that should be the obvious work of CCP, either in their tutorials or game guides. Your skills are very low and yes the progression in between lvl1 ->2 is completely different, then the day you jump from 3 to 4's it's even worst. This is due to the fact learning basic required skills in Eve is probably the worst enemy of the game it self.
You need several months to achieve the perfect skill plan to effectively use a simple battlecruiser, this means required skills at 5 to effectively fly it witch is not the same stuff than the "required" to board said ship.

You just did the same mistake everyone starting this game does, run for bigger ships thinking it's better but in fact it's only true if you have those base required skills.
Take a look with Evemon and set yourself a plan for your racial battlecruiser, or even best, for your racial HAC (Zealot) that it's simply the best in game ATM, watch out those "recommended certificates" and push them all to "improved" at least and see how much time you're required training to ever use it properly/effectively.
If after this you're still motivated to play eve then you'll deserve your place among the bitter/cynical eve players, if not, then you should find an easier game to play.

Eve is all about dedication, not the game you play a couple weeks levelling then quit for another. It's another kind of game.

Nobody forces you to do missions.
In missions, you'll experience less content than a miner does,
except if some noob warps into your mission to salvage it.

When rats chew through your tank (shield or armour) that quickly, it's a good indicator you have the completely wrong resistance attributes for that particular mission.

A default Shield Tank has 0% EM resistance, rats that do EM damage will chew through you very quickly
A default Armour Tank has 10% Explosive resistance, rats that do Expl damage will chew through you very quickly

use the info provided in eve-survival (as mentioned already) and fit 3 to 4 resistance modules instead.
mission report states rats do Kin/Thermic damage then fit (Fitting slots permitting)

• 2 Kinetic Modules
• 1-2 Thermic Modules

as these modules will significantly reduce the damage you take, during that particular mission.

I tried my buddy's Drake and when it comes to missions it's just too easy, which just makes a task kind of boring to begin with that much more boring, now a blaster fit Myrmidon on the other hand....

ITP: Being ganked = experiencing content.

This'll help. http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=missionreports

The OP made several poor choices which more then likely included his fitting setup and probably skill learning. My recent amarr alt was able to do level 2s fairly easily in a coercer after 2-3 weeks of skill training.

The OP wouldn't of have nearly as many problems if he had taken the time to read any of the very well done wikis on this game. Even as a fresh newbie last year I had little to no problems progressing through missions (blockade sucked the first time cause I didn't bother looking the mission up and shot the triggers).


EDIT : You didn't think for a moment that training for a drone boat might take longer due to having to train gunnery AND an assortment of drone skills? I avoided the drone boats for that reason.