EVE New Citizens Q&A

I know the Orca will get nerfed at some stage, but if it keeps its current stats for a while after Kronos then I, and many others, are going to abuse the hell out of it while we can; because it's going to be an absolute monster.

That said a lot of people won't bother using the new rigs and will still quite happily negative tank their Orcas with cargo rigs and expanders, and whine when they explode.

What result do Locator Agents return if the target is offline?

Do they just provide the last known system?

OK clear. Thanks!

As with most things - you need to remain cognizant of what your situation is - as there is no one solution that fits all.

As an example:

For a very small or private corporation - you can simply have an alternate corporation somewhere else. If you get war decc'd then everyone just logs into their alts until the war is over. Of course, inherent to this idea - is security. If someone gives away what that other corporation is - then they'll just dec that too if it's not to far away. For a larger corporation things like this wouldn't work so well for the whole corporation. Having only people in your corporation that you know IRL is probably the best chance you have of maintaining security but that also limits the size of your corporation.

So ... think about your situation (before you get war dec'd) and look at some of the options that may work for you, then keep thinking as things change. What previously worked may no longer be a good idea - and what was not achievable before may now be practical.


Know your enemy. Use neutral scouts to find out where they are and what they're doing. Find out who their members are and put them in your contacts list. Do they all play at the same time or are they scattered all over the clock. Can you play when they aren't on?

How does the rest of your corporation feel about fighting or hiding or trying to mine?

It isn't a simple matter of adopting a particular strategy. It's a leadership issue as well. Will your people do it? Can you lead them? How complex an idea can you put into action? There's a reason for keeping things simple but then that limits your options if you could pull off something more complex.

Think about what you're doing. Act. Think some more. Act again. If something doesn't work - figure out why - then decide if you want to give it another try or not.

If you have experienced leadership - they may have a greater understanding of what their options are. If you've got relatively new people as leaders than less adventurous options may be better. Of course, this is one of the reasons new people shouldn't have corporations ...



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Hey, thanks! This is exactly the reason why I made the thread.

Thanks again to all the helpful contributors, too.

It may seem like odd advice, but I think either of the Mining Frigates backed up with an orca close-by would be a much better idea for wormhole mining on the fly.

The Venture has +warpstrength
The Prospect is cloakable
either makes for a good sneaky raider style approach to mining

Gas Clouds found in wormholes can be quite lucrative, and the Venture excels at gas mining aswell as ore mining
Along with the ABC ores as priority mining targets it should, in theory, be a workable possibility.

The issue with the venture, in addition to its low yield is that someone can just warp in in an artillery fit wolf and one shot you.

Stabs (built in or fitted) won't save you from pro hunters, who's scout sees you in said venture and subsequently swaps his long point for the True Sansha Warp Scrambler (3 point strength each) he carries in the cargo of his pwnboat...or simply reships to a HICtor if he has a ship depot nearby...

Best defense is as mentioned above, awareness, dead-end-system, scout/tripwire, dock up the instant a WT enters system and end your session.

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