Ships & Modules

Hey guys, I've been wanting to go into a wormhole for a while now, to try out some PvE action.

Finally I'm skilled enough to fly a vexor gallente ship. So I'd like to ask you guys what I should fit my ship with? And also what tips do you have for me, going into my first wormhole? I've got 3 friends who's played EVE for longer than 2 years, so they'll come also. But they havn't actually done a wormhole before.

For c1 (each but *the line*) and maybe the perimeter anoms in a c2 (cause of how spawns are positioned), this vexor works:

[Vexor, meta 1]

Medium 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
Medium 'Accommodation' Vestment Reconstructer I
Prototype Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Prototype Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I
Type-D Restrained Capacitor Power Relay

'Hypnos' Ion Field ECM I
Eutectic Compact Cap Recharger
Eutectic Compact Cap Recharger
Experimental 10MN Afterburner I

Modal Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge M
Modal Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge M
Modal Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge M
Modal Neutron Particle Accelerator I, Antimatter Charge M

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


Caldari Navy Wasp x2
Infiltrator II x2
Hobgoblin II x1
Hammerhead II x5

Assuming your skills are mediocre at best.

Don't go into a hole your first time with a T1 Cruiser, as stated you likely won't be leaving in it.

A covert ops ship or an Astero are best for you first time in. You need to spend time in the environment. Getting used to no local, learning to be paranoid on the D-scan. Scanning and bookmarking other holes inside. Taking a look around to see if their are locals, and if so are they active during the time your in there.

If you have the chance and see someone in a hole working the NPC. Warp in cloaked to a safe distance and observe how they are dealing with the spawn. Note the ship and weapons, and how the pilot manages the spawn. This will give you a good start on what to do or not to do.

The Sleeper NPC is a lot tougher than the empire NPC, other than incursions and their difficulty ramps up with each higher level WH.

Use Tripwire or other mapping web app to keep track of the many things you need to keep track of so you don't get lost and know what you have scanned down already. The app will also tell you the level of WH and a lot of other information about the system you just arrived into.

So don't go in without the ability to warp cloaked, and can scan probe well, both combat and core scanner probes, and just look around and explore until you get the idea of how things work in that space.

Then try your hand with a warship on the NPC.

...and no matter what ship you do eventually go in, bring a 'kit' with you. It should contain a mobile depot, a cloak (if you have none fitted), a probe launcher and some spare probes.
Get really used to bookmarking entrances and exits (and do so not from the scan window as 100% hits will not give you a good warp-to-zero).
D-scan is your friend, take note of ships in space, if you detect tower forcefields (a good way to know if someone else lives there).

D-scan. Atleast 2 times a minute. Preferably more often.

In all honesty train for a t3 cruiser for pve in wormholes. They got great tank, hit hard, amazing for pvp, and you can easily make back the isk ratting in a wh and then plenty more after that. Also if it is your first time going into a wormhole train gas harvesting, that stuff is amazing. If you got 3 other friends coming with you I would recommend you 4 train into a t3 cruiser of the same type with the same fittings and remote reps and go in a c4 and ratt sites in there. I am currently in a wh corp living in a c4 and we always use our tengu's to ratt the sites. We usually do sites with 2-3 people and we let 1 other low SP player have all the salvage as he/she trains into a tengu. Isk is amazing in a wh you just got to have the right skill points in the right areas to get that good isk wormholes are all about.
A little tool to help you in wormholes https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17cNu8hxqJKqkkPnhDlIuJY-IT6ps7kTNCd3BEz0Bvqs/pubhtml#
C4 ratting in tengus makes hundreds of mil an hour (does depend on number of sites ofc) but again as long as you got the right skill points in the right areas youll love wormholes.

No, don't do this. In every class you have better ships doing the job (as good as / better) for less /same costs than a T3 and you'll never loose skillpoints if you use non-T3.