EVE New Citizens Q&A

I have a payed account for a long period but because of lack of free time, etc, I didn't play a lot so I'm still a newbie and don't know enough about game possibilites. Also there are a lot of changes in EVE and something that was profitable several months ago today can be a waste of time. When I want to return to EVE for a day or two I just don't know how to play with my new learned skills.

Can you give me some advice on what can I try to do with my character that doesn't take much time and which ships/fits I could use for that?

I was thinking of finding another corp (the current is based in Gallente but I stay in Jita now) but most of them require microphone-speaking members (though I have a microphone I wouldn't like to use it because I know how much time it can take then).

Look at my skills please and say what you think.

http://eveboard.com/pilot/Zen_Qanmo

Sorry for crossposting, please remove my previous thread in the General Discussion.

Exploration data / relic sites might be what you're looking for. It only takes a frigate and basic astrometrics skills which you already have to start and practise scanning.
I'd suggest getting your astrometrics skills to at least 4 (shouldn't take long), then training for a cov-ops frigate of your choice (you're already able to fit the cloak).

The best part of exploration (ok it's not the highest income in EvE but can be decent) is you can just go to a safespot, cloak and log off at any time wherever you are. Even if you end up in deep 0.0 there's always a wormhole chain somewhere nearby to get back to empire and drop off your cargo before setting off again.
Would advise caution if you do data / relic sites in wormholes as those sites had rats in them the last time I ran any.

There's a few good guides around that can explain things much better, like the wiki , or if you ask in missions & complexes forum there's usually people that can help with any questions about exploration mechanics and ship fits.

I'll be honest with you. 185 skills injected at 10M SP is a freakin' disaster. You need to make some decisions.

The primary decision you need to make is combat or industry? Meaning do you think you'd have more fun doing things like ganking, missions, and war or would you feel more comfortable mining, building stuff and trading.

As far skills to be trained, these are mutually exclusive with very little overlap. Best to focus on one or the other.

Combat tends to be more hands on and exciting with lower income, whereas industry tends to be more deliberate and long term with potentially lucrative ISK gain. Only you can decide which play style you like better. We can't do that for you.

So give it some serious thought and then come on back here with more specific questions once you have a general idea where you see yourself in the future.

Mr Epeen

You are very spread out between the races but your Caldari-oriented skills are a bit better so i suggest you focus on that a bit for now.

You have Covert Ops skill and some scanning skills, but you can't use a cover ops frigate yet because you don't have any frigate skills to V.
I suggest you train Caldari Frigates to V for a good scanning and cloaking ship if exploring sounds interesting to you.

You have some drone skills but only Drones IV. I strongly suggest getting Drones V soon as that gives you one extra drone, and opens up Drone Interfacing and Drone specialization for T2 drones.

For combat, your Gunnery skills are pretty weak but your missile skills are decent, especially you have Heavy Missile Spcialization V, for Tech 2 heavy missiles.
So i suggest for now to use a Drake for isk making or PvP if you join a corp, train Battlecruisers to IV for starters. I see you started on your way to a Tengu, so you may continue training skills for that, but that's some months away still.

Your shield tanking is however a bit weak at the moment, so if you want to seriously consider caldari combat invest more into Shield skills so you can fit a full Tech 2 tank. That means for starters Shield Upgrades at least IV, Shield Management at least IV, everything else at least 3, etc..

Thanks. :)

Sure. What do you like? ..................... > Do that.

To assist you, look here. It's a list of some possibilities (keep in mind, it is a sandbox, if it ain't on the chart, you can still do it).


No offense to the OP, but the first 2 things that comes to mind when ever someone asks: "What should I do" / "What can I do":

A. Person came to EVE not knowing that it's a sandbox and that there is no handholding.
B. Person has NO imagination / creativity at all if you can NOT think of something to do at all in a sandbox.

Instead of asking around and getting and near endless list of possibilities, as there are endless posibilities of things you can TRY, why not just use your imagination and just go out and try stuff. Sure, you will run into limitations or things you fail at, what's the problem with that. Without failures, you can't have succes.





Why would you want to stay in Jita?

* The big issue I see here, most corps (as in corps that actually work together as a group and aren't just a bunch of solo-players with a shared chat channel) do "more time involved things" - Be it from incursions, group missions or PvP.

* Exploration is a hit / miss thing. It also matters what you are chasing after.

* 2 things:

A. You don't need a corp to PvP, ever heard of public roams...they are for the public.
B. You don't start in a drake, first of all, because it's a drake, secondly because you should do baby-steps. If you want to learn to PvP, start small and work your way up the ship classes.

* That's because you made yourself a target. A BC is an easy target because it's easier to probe (bigger sig radius) and most of all slower then smaller stuff.

* So besides the list in 1st point, you also exclude missoins. This leaves pretty much nothing left but PvP / Ratting (which is as boring as missions as it's scripted and thus predictable).

* You don't need to be in a corp to do PI. There are PLENTY of high-sec custom offices with low tax...the issue is, none of them are near shithole central (aka Jita). What do you expect, the main trade hub with most people in there and the PoCo owners not taking their share....hahaha. Low-sec has better planets and same type of taxes on PoCo. Null even better planet but to even more risk.

How to get them to the trade hub, simple....FLY them there, pick a blockade runner, load it up and fly it to trade hub. But from the looks of things, you don't like to do the active parts of EVE and just want to trade.

* I've flown in null-sec...uncloaked...on my own, and perfectly survived.

It's more what you KNOW as a player (so how to use D-scan, how to use the map and bookmarks to stay safe) then that cloak and having friends (heads up, unless on an ops, most of the time in a corp, you are flying solo too).




TL:DR -

You want to do stuff other then you are doing now, but with your requirements you kind of exclude anything other then what you are doing now as a possibility.




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Get out of Jita.

Hell, in ANY system inside The Forge I can change any market order, including those in Jita. A simple little bit of time invested on trade skills will do the trick.

Also, if you really want, you just train a trade alt...fleet up with main and run missions to let alt leech of the standings.

Glad to hear you're wanting to play again, its a wonderful game and you have more options now than ever!

From what I see, you do like exploration, and the good news is that there is some money in combat anoms still. The bad news is its more hit and miss than other sources of income. I've had days where I ran one site and made 120mil off the overseer in 20 minutes, and other days where 4 hours only netted me 40 mil in meh modules.

My advice is to train up your drones, sentry drones, gallente cruiser, and moderate medium laser skills, then jump into a stratios. It will handle any combat site in highsec, explore as fast as a covops, and can do all the data and relics you come across.

My fit is:
3x meta beam lasers
Covops cloak (or 4th laser for the less paranoid)
Sisters core probe launcher (bling!)

Meta Afterburner
3x cap recharger IIs
Omnidirectional tracking link

2x drone damage amp IIs
Medium armor repairer II
2x resistance platings for the rats I'll fight. Hardeners are just as good, but I like my cap.

2x armor rep amount rigs
1x nano accelerator rig

Fed navy garde's x4
Warrior IIs x5
Whatever else you like. I throw heavies, ecms and mediums in there with a few armor repair bots for drone maintenance.

600dps with navy crystals and sentries, and will tank any high sec combat site with careful flying. Cap stable with guns off, 8 minutes with multi frequency.

And before you get that out, take a look at my guide to scavenging eve. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5090927#post5090927 it will show you how to profit while you get used to scanning again.

Might not be the best money, but it beats Jita.

*helpful explorer signing off*