EVE New Citizens Q&A

In highsec, this is more or less to be expected. You even got a bit lucky. If you want to find more sites, move out of highsec. It isn't as bad as you might think.

Thank you guys. Yes, i will go down to low sec. want to do it asap, just to get some basic skills up and the cloak. and as soon as i have them, i`m down there :)

TY a bnunch for the info :) Ill definetly try it all out.

With less than ideal skills you need to fit your T-2 to handle the sites, and expect to lose a few cans. There are certain combinations that are "no win". Accept it and move on. You would be surprised however about how many puzzles can be solved by dashing diagonally however, and remember that what you didn't ever have wasn't really lost. You have good days and bad days, and even if you crack the can that doesn't mean you will be able to get the right can on board. There are a lot of variables.

If I had one lesson to pass on. Null sec is much more profitable and much less scary than it seems to the new player. Are there bubbles? Sure, but with time you learn what's important to your neighbors and what is not. The bubble doesn't decloak you ship unless its a dirty gate, which means you were screwed anyway. Null sec by in large is empty. You can easily go 10 jumps without seeing another ship. If you do, assume its there to kill you and take appropriate action. If it is hunting you, move on. You are not there to fight, you are there to make ISK.

Set up watch points in the area you intend to explore. Watch points are 200 -250 km spots off a gate at a random angle, generally above or below the gate. Warp to the spot and see if there is anything on the gate, if you are worried. When you pick your npc station, make an undock. Just turn on you MWD and burn out to 200 km and set a book mark. It won't save you from a bubble, but it might save you from a random guy who might shoot you for fun. So in otherwords. Plan your route. Scout, recon, set up book mark points, know your area, learn the systems to avoid, and practice good d-scan discipline. Keep an eye on local. Finally don't become predictable. Have 2-3 routes ready. Don't move your goods on the same day at the same time every week. Someone may notice and lay a trap. Be respectful and friendly in local. Chances are they haven't seen anyone in 10 jumps either, and may be saying hey, just because. . . and you are warned off a site. Do it, move on, they are probably already on the site. Don't draw unnecessary attention to yourself.

One more thing - do you guys usually use conv ops frigates for low sec and 0.0, or u risk the standart one`s ?
TY.

I recommend quiet lowsec.

The Solitude region has good access to trade hubs, is quiet, and so is not a bad spot to get used to exploring in dangerous space.

Every time you get a decent haul, DOCK AND DROP IT OFF ASAP. You don't want to be the idiot that gets popped carrying the faction tower BPC that dropped seven sites ago, or a stack of five optimized decryptors that have dropped over several sites.

Also know your ship's combat capabilities (if any).

Here's a guide on low-sec survival that I found very helpful when I was first venturing out there to do some exploration.

One thing I'm not sure the guide mentions is how to use the map to check for activity in a system. If you go to F10 -> World Map Control Panel -> Star Map -> Stars -> Statistics folder you can observe activities such as Pods/Ships killed in the last hour/24 hours, average number of pilots in space in the last half hour, pilots currently docked and active, number of jumps etc. If you see a high-sec -> low-sec gate with a lot of kills during the last hour and a high number of active pilots in space, it might not be a good idea to jump in.

I personally did low-sec exploration in a t1 frigate without a cloak. Back then cloaks were selling for 8-12 mill which made them too expensive for me, prices are a lot lower now, so investing in one might be a good idea.

I'd personally recommend waiting to get into a t2, before heading to null-sec. The most dangerous place in null are the gates and there are many "pipes" (systems with only 2 gates in them), so it's relatively easy to chase people down. Gangs passing through wont let you go if they encounter you at a gate. And catching a t1 frigate is much easier than catching a t2 one, regardless of whether they have a warp bubble with them or not.

Something that explorers do is use wormholes to go from high-sec to null-sec and back again in order to bypass bubbled gates and get to deep null-sec.

High sec exploration sites are good for one thing and one thing only:

Practice.

You can familiarize yourself with the mini-game, get competent at catching the loot cans, and above all - practice scanning. The scanning skills with serve you well in stuff way beyond exploration.

Once you're good enough that it doesn't take you forever to find stuff with your probes, and you can clear sites quickly, and you are practiced enough that you can pay attention to more important things while hacking (like your D-scan!), then probably time to move into lowsec and explore there.

So as promissed her`s an update - today i did my 1`st low sec exploring and managed to find 2 sites with a total loot to 12 mil.

Hey now!