EVE New Citizens Q&A

If you really don't want to PVP I suggest you leave faction warfare (quit the militia). Being in the militia makes it so that other players can attack you without consequence, even in high-sec.

As for stabbed LP farming, it is hardly riveting gameplay and is usually not done as a "main" activity, but rather on a tabbed alt for some free cash. It's basically on par with afk mining or killright farming. IE if you do it you are the worst kind of human and will be treated as such by everyone.

You should check out the Sisters of Eve epic arc, if you like missions. You can get started by talking to Sister Alitura in the system called Arnon. There are also plenty of combat exploration sites to do which can be quite lucrative, even in highsec. Try scanning for DED sites and do some of the easier rated ones (google the names for details).

Some of the highest level PVE can only be done in fleets (upper class wormhole sites, incursions, level 5 misisons). I would suggest you work toward that goal if PVE is your thing. EVE is a social game and the people are the content. Most people playing on their own never make it past the first few months. So get out there and make some friends doing the things you want to do. You may even find your goals shift over time as they introduce you to new things. When I started I wasn't much interested in PVP. Now it's accounts for the vast majority of my game time.

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You'd be surprised what a low-SP character can accomplish with some creativity. Find a ship, google it, see how it is usually fit. Ask yourself what types of ships would be comfortable engaging it. Then determine if you could change the fit in a way to win that specific engagement and go seek it out.

Example:

Breachers have excellent tank, with moderate DPS. Having tank is great, but if your DPS is too low you can still lose a fight against a high DPS target. So what did I do? Something crazy. I took a rocket launcher off and fit a neut instead. Now my DPS is abysmal!

Logic:

-I can last a while with my good tank but I don't quite have enough time to apply my DPS
-By fitting a neut I can shut down cap-intensive ships (lasers, blasters) before they work through my tank
-Even though my DPS is very low now, their DPS is 0 since they ran out of capacitor

Sure it's a strange fit. No, it's not suited for every engagement (fighting anything cap independent or sporting a cap booster would be a sure loss). But was it effective? Yes. I killed a Daredevil worth 167 mil in my 10-15 mil t1 frig. And by winning this way, I made it about tactics instead of about skill points - you can too.

Don't be constrained by fitting stuff the "right way". Get creative and figure out how to abuse you ship's strengths.

@OP there's nothing too complicated, Just repeat after me:

YARRRRR!!!

I think I have a different definition of what a farmer is than most people do. What I meant is that right now I pick and choose my battles, which with the skills I have now I flight more than I fight. I am not afraid of fighting, I just don't want to engage in a fight I know I am going to lose.

As an aside, got my first solo kill last night.

Congratulations!

I hope you got the same feeling of triumph that others get when it finally all clicks for the first time

I'm not so sure! I do PVE in lowsec and 0.0, and I think it makes it a lot more interesting (not to mention lucrative -- love those LP rewards). The OP is probably getting really good at moving fast, doing the sites fast, and getting away slippery.