EVE New Citizens Q&A

Well...there is bracket size

Small brackets: Frigs and Destroyers
Medium brackets: Cruisers / BC
Big brackets: BS


But other then that...general knowledge gained by experience in fights.

As it also means that you should run from Frigate A and still fight Frigate B.

Thanks. CCP should make the class an option. This is something that in my opinion would make one less thing for new players to memorize.

Have a play around with the overview settings. (Four little lines in the top left corner of the overview. Click "Open overview settings").

Create different tabs, (It's a bit of a pain to keep having to switch tabs (as its better to have one tab for all the PvP ships (in my opinion)), but you can have one tab for (example): frigs and dessies, one tab for BC's and BS's and one tab for anything bigger than a BS.

Just have a play around with the settings and figure out which is best for you.

My overview tab is set out like so:

PvP - All capsuleer ships (nothing else) (for when I'm in large fleet PvP).

PvP and Travel - All capsuleer ships + Stargates and Stations (for when I'm moving through systems).

Missions - Everything to do with mission running (NPC pirates etc) (this tab also has the stations and the stargates.

Looting - NPC pirates and wrecks/containers.

Everything - Self explanatory this one.


I do have other tabs saved (such as a mining tab with all the different ores on) but I don't have these loaded up on screen constantly.

Like I said, it's all about having a play around and setting the overview that works best for you...

You seem to be missing a 'Drones' tab there sir!

Yes ... this... Saved Tab 1a is PvP + Drones. But I rarely only use this unless I know im engaging a drone boat, otherwise it doesnt really matter.

Alternatively I can just switch to "missions" tab as that has PvP ships and drone in just incase a pilot warps into my mission.

You can also use out-of-game resources to help practice/learn what different ships are and what they do. Try searching the web for things like ship quizzes/flashcards (I found this via a quick search), guides for ships (even if you don't fly them), or player-made overviews of entire classes of ships you may face (such as Azual's Know Your Enemy series of blogs).

For example, if you regularly engage in frigate PvP, you would want to have at least some vague idea of what an opposing frigate can do to you, and what its weaknesses are, what an opposing destroyer/cruiser's weaknesses are, and if you even have a chance of exploiting them or if you should just run away, or if a ship is something you should be messing with at all (no point messing with a carrier, but a mining ship is easy pickings).

While you can turn Eve into a study-fest, most of this stuff comes naturally as you play. Every time you meet a ship that you don't know, simply look it up (or just ask here or in Ships & Modules). There are a ton of enthusiastic people who love to explain the nooks and crannies of every ship/fit. This is also where joining a player corp which has more seasoned players in it comes in handy, as you can get live answers from someone who (at least presumably) has your best interests in mind.

Good luck!

You can go by signature radius, although some shield tanking styles will cause sig to bloat up so that e.g. a cruiser will appear as large as a battleship. Also, some non-combat ships may be intimidatingly big. But it is better than nothing.