EVE New Citizens Q&A

If you're core skills I.e. fitting, tank and turret/missile/drone skills can support it with reasonable performance then go right ahead.

What reasonable performance actually is depends largely on what you want to do with the ship.

Used to be one had to train t2 small guns before t2 medium, which was then a prerequisite for larger, this isn't the case anymore so you can skip a class if you're not interested in anything it offers.
The only caveat is, if you're core skills can't support the small properly , you definitely can't support the large.

There is no one answer to this as it depends on many factors. I had a newb alt in a cruiser on his second day and in a gila 5 days after that running high sec plexes and i did fine with him. It really depends on what your doing and your personal skills at keeping yourself alive and what you are willing to risk.

So ultimately you need to ask yourself the following:

- Can I properly fit the cruiser?( can i use the proper weapons for it, tank, all the drone bandwidth? can i use all the slots without major fitting problems?)
- Am i willing to risk losing a cruiser right now?
- Can i afford to replace the cruiser if i lose it?

If the answer to those 3 are yes, then go for it.

Note: I would consider major fitting problems to be needing more than one fitting module/rig or leaving any weapon slots( not high slots just weapon slots), mid slots, or low slots unfilled because you cant fit anything else that is useful. These are fitting problems that cant be solved by either using a fitting module/rig in one slot or cant be solved by using meta modules with less power or cpu requirements. In most cases this shouldnt be a problem. But if it is, you are likely missing a very important skill somewhere.

That's what I was going to suggest, with the note that bigger is not always better.

After 7 years of EvE, I'm still using frigates most of the time.

EDIT: Example, I do all but one level 3 missions in an Assault Frigate. I can't do the one that has a web and a energy neutralizer tower, so I use a battlecruiser for that one mission. I can do level 4 missions in a Marauder, but I enjoy doing level 3 missions in the AF.

Hello and welcome to Eve.

Only you can really answer that question. All anyone else can do is offer you advice.

I suggest training up most of the Core Fitting skills to level 5 asap before jumping into a large hull class ship. Those skills will not only increase your ship stats, but will also make it much easier for you to do max top of the line ship fits which in turn allows you to enjoy the game.

*Core Fitting Skills*

Acceleration Control - To maximize Afterburner & MWD speed.
Advanced Weapon Upgrades - To reduce turrets and launchers powergrid need.
Afterburner - To reduce Afterburner duration & capacitor need.
Capacitor Management - To maximize Capacitor.
Capacitor Systems Operation - To maximize capacitor recharge rate.
CPU Management - To maximize CPU.
Electronics Upgrades - To reduce sensors & co-processors CPU requirements.
Energy Grid Upgrades - To reduce power modules CPU requirements.
Evasive Maneuvering - To increase acceleration & agility.
Fuel Conservation - To reduce Afterburner capacitor need.
High Speed Maneuvering - To reduce MWD capacitor need.
Hull Upgrades - To maximize armor.
Mechanics - To maximize structure.
Navigation - To increase ship velocity.
Power Grid Management - To maximize powergrid.
Repair Systems - To operate best armor/hull repair modules.
Shield Management - To maximize shield.
Shield Operation - To maximize shield recharge rate.
Shield Upgrades - To reduce shield upgrades powergrid need.
Spaceship Command - To increase ship agility.
Warp Drive Operation - To reduce capacitor need for warp.
Weapon Upgrades - To reduce turrets and launchers CPU need.

These skills are listed in alphabetical order only, which skill to train first depends on your needs.

I suggest taking those skills up to level 3 to start, then work on maxing them asap. Don't just queue up one skill to train multiple levels, queue up multiple skills to train up one level each, that way you'll see a difference much sooner. Don't forget to include the other main / support skills such as specific ship, defense, offense and career oriented skills.

In my first 9 months of playing this game, I stayed in a T1 Frigate and max trained every single skill pertaining to that ship. As I advanced in skill level, so did my ship fitting. Eventually I was completing level 3 security missions within the bonus time in a T1 Frigate. Course that ship was rigged and max fit with T2, Faction and Deadspace modules.

However since I wanted to loot and salvage all of the wrecks, I needed to complete those missions much faster. Due to max training all skills pertaining to that T1 Frigate, I was able to easily and quickly switch into a Battlecruiser. After that I always tried to get the majority of skills pertaining to whichever ship I was looking to use maxed out first before I even started fitting it.

Anyway, hope this helps and good luck to you.


DMC

My view is train core to 3-4, get in to a cruiser run lvl1/2 missions, train for bc and improve support skills, drones, salvaging then get on to a proper plan. i have seen many new players get bored and move on.
Its also good to find a corp that is active with similar interests as they can help you and let you tag along.
I prefer to have new players in a mission with me even with poor skills so they can make iskies and learn as apposed to following behind and salvaging.

Short answer - Join a supportive corp and do the quick train to bc

When you want to do something that can be done more effectively or more enjoyably in a different ship, then it's time to consider a different ship. The size of the ship should have no bearing on that question: a larger hammer may help you put in a screw, but it will never be an optimal way of doing so.

You could science it, just got into a mission with your bigger ship, make sure you're aligned and then see if it works

This is probably the best advice here. Another point worth mentioning along these lines is that with tech 2 and 3 you could potentially never go beyond medium hulls in size. The tech 2 ship skills will add a significant amount of training time but it saves you the large weapons skills. Also the higher tech medium hulls will be more agile and won't feel as fat as a BS.

My first character in Eve I focused on max SP / hour and I wound up ruining that character. I had an alt that I trained whatever I felt like training and that alt quickly became my main. To this day that alt is still my main and exponentially more useful than my original "main".

You will always be training something in this game so it is a good idea to pay attention to what it is that you are training. However if you allow skill planning to become skill waiting then you are missing the point of this game and letting your OCD ruin your enjoyment of the game.

When I first came to this game from WoW I was still locked in that "must be max level" and "must have best in slot gear" mentality. I struggled with this game until I could unlearn or maybe de-program myself from that mentality.

Mephiztopheleze is as usual a fountian of good advice here. Although I was originally going to echo Memphis. Her advice is pretty much the standard old school advice. 3 for support skills cruiser 4 support skills BS.

And Fun should always be 5.