EVE New Citizens Q&A

As far as I know, the commander mission is just to choose a faction for some extra standing increase. Dagan (the hard guy you need to kill) omnitanks anyway. It doesnt matter which faction you chose. You just need to do a lot of damage to break its tank. If it doesnt work alone, you need to bring in a friend.

I'd say stop planning for this trip and start doing it. It's not all that scary :)

Dagan isn't too bad on damage, he just tanks like a mofo xD

In comparison to what most people are flying at that point, a destroyer with meh skills.

Well, as she's already on the Commander, she passed Chasing Shadows.
And the trickiest part of Chasing Shadows is his heavy neut - as your capacitor will be quickly drained to zero, this mission is easy to do solo if you use cap-free weapons (missiles, projectile weapons or drones), but much, much harder with hybrid weapons or lasers.

While Dragan is hard for everyone.

As for the faction, if you have no clue, I suggest taking the one you have the worst standing with, as it is a good way to keep balanced standings between all factions.

Well, if you haven't started it yet, be especially careful with "Burning Down the Hive".
That is the most dangerous mission of the arc, as you will encounter a swarm of drones that will warp scramble and web you if they get too close. It's not that difficult if you know what to expect, but a new player might be careless (especially as the missions before it are easy) and find himself swarmed by too many drones and unable to warp out. Many, many new players lose their ship there. It is pretty much the first mission where you have to pay attention as to how to fly.

Chasing Shadows and Dragan are difficult because of the dps requirement, but you usually aren't in danger of losing your ship there, as you can run away.

The best thing you can probably do to make these easier is to have a good fit.

You should be flying a destroyer minimum.

I just completed Burning Down The Hive in a modestly fitted Thrasher, though it took me a couple run throughs until I realized that I could just navigate around the web drones in the second room, hit the acceleration gate and jump into room three, clean up the mess, and turn the mission in. Sadly, I didn't get the bonus ISK for this one, but the sense of accomplishment is better anyway. Just thought I'd post the "dodge the drones" strategy for anyone else who has trouble with this notorious mission. You don't have to engage the drones in the first two rooms, only the ones in the third. Easy peasy!

Make sure to have a damage control and at least a medium shield extender and a afterburner on there :D

As a relatively new player I finished this arc a week ago and it's soloable as long as you plan ahead for some of the later missions. Finding out which damage is more common, or which tactics to use (like kiting at long range) or weapons (proj turrets are really good in the dagon mission since they don't drain capacitor, etc) as well as some basic ship skill training will be enough. Remember you can always pre-set a saving point before you enter the rooms and just warp away the moment you start taking too much damage... only 1 of the missions has warp disruption ships.I used minmatar frigates (rifter mostly) for the whole arc. If you're having troubles with damage remember you can change ammo to get the right balance of damage and range with those turrets.

This video tutorial was most helpful for me to solo (actually I think I did the last part with the help of a clannie but that's only because I wanted to get it over with faster...): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfFMKADWG5o&list=PL2C4F8D9B337870FC

Rest easy, friends... the mission was a late night success! Finally found a Thrasher fit that worked and all is well in the universe. Went with EMP ammo and a speed / shield combo and was able to deliver the killing blow. Felt good too.