EVE General Discussion

if you are a newbro and have legit questions better post on EVE New Citizens Q&A, less trolls and strictly monitored by the ISD.

anyway, as for exploration, well it's a huge subject. you can start learning by reading this, enjoy.

Toptier This got me hooked to exploration. Or just search for exploration guide
Best tip for fitting: forget weapons, at least 2 warp stabies, shields are optional but a good idea to survive at least one volley. When you are doing sites you don't always see it coming. Keep distance at >2500m to everything so you can cloak when someone enters the side. And run at the first signs of trouble no matter how good the side is. No side is so good that it's worth to risk ship+imps+cargo hold. And I will bet you will ignore it and learn the hard way, did the same.

Forget ghost side in the beginning. Read everything about d-scan and use it. Test it in high on some miners. So you know how to find someone without probes and the risk you are in. Train the cloak/MWD maneuver in High. And test the same thing with overheating the MWD and burning back to gate. Use some MWD that you get as loot, and simply burn them out and throw away.
To go into Null you need to have hacking + relic on 4 or you will fail a lot. Sister of Eve equipment is perfect but not worth it for a beginner, safe your money cause you will!!!! loose some ships!

For pure exploration you'll want to train for the Helios. Easily the best covops explorer with its 5 mids and 3 lows.

Not a pro in any way but these would be my answers:

1. Astrometrics IV - All other Scanning skills III - Cloaking I-III (IV when you are gonna use the Helios/SoE exploration ships). Those are the skills that are mandatory to be able to explore and survive while doing so.

Other then those Engineering skills for fitting, Armor skills for survival and Navigation skills to make you fly/get away faster. I'd also advice training Frigate to IV early on since you need V for the Helios and each rank makes your Imicus MUCH better at scanning.

2. Your starting Imicus is quite good and is a viable choice for quite some time. Don´t feel the need to rush to the Covert Ops/SoE ships since they are VERY expensive in comparison and it's better to learn the ropes before graduating to the more advanced ships in my opinion.

3. Prototype Cloaking Device I and Relic/Data Analyzer I are the mandatory ones early on. Everything else is up to the individual. Personally I don´t fit for survival since I'm screwed anyway if I get cought. Better to have a ship that's cheap to replace then to fit in with unneccesarily expensive modules.

I'd also advice NOT to use Warpcore Stabs since they make your targetting **** and thus slows down your hacking serverly. The best defence as a explorer is to be fast at the site your at and the GTFO before any hunter picks up your trail. I go for Nanofiber Internal Structure Mods instead for added mobilty and speed.

Has sound, too...or, so I've been told.

They don't slow you down. You have to approach to 5000m and with 2 cores you can lock targets at +10.000m. That's more then enough time to lock it untill you are in reach for the analyser. And while you are hacking the sides you can't keep a constant look on the overview/d-scan. These little things kept me alive on some occasions. If you are new you will not see the danger comming and take longer to hack, then they will safe you and in a covert ops there is no real reason for nanofiber because you can just cloak and warp away.

It is actually, cause skills aren't even maxed out. So you can imagine that with max skills, you'll be rolling in isk fairly soon. Or are you gonna tell me is to move to null so I can get bored out of my mind? I'm sure you are. No thanks.

And don't forget the drone. I vividly remember the time a Helios popped my Buzzard.

But frankly the Astero is a quicker train and much more powerful and flexible.