EVE New Citizens Q&A

Okay... to help you we need two bits of information:

What is the ship you are flying and how is it fit?

What are you doing (as in, what tactics are you using)?

I'd say we need more information to see what your particular issues with the SoE Arc missions are. To my understanding the vast majority of the missions act just like normal L1 security missions and should be possible to complete in even a Rookie Corvette if it's fully fitted.

If you can provide information such as what ship you are using and how it's fitted it would be easier to see what makes you have problems with the missions.

Initial thoughts:

Lose the Adaptive Invulnerability field, the Overdrive, and the cilivian salvager

Add

low slot
Adaptive Nano Plating I
Explosive Nano Plating I
Damage Control I

Mid slot
Statis Webifier I
Cap Recharger I


Why:
The nano plating and damage control reduce damage you take to your armor when shot
The Web can be used to slow your target down to make him eiasier to hit
The Cap Recharger will give you a little more time to fight.

Do not run your Armor Repair all the time, only when you take damage. I usually drag the icon for it up by my gun icon so I can turn it on and off with F2

With rails and that ammo, orbit at something like 7500m

The Catalyst, well almost all of the destroyers, are monsters and I agree with Kamala that they would be a good choice.

I forgot there was a third turret on the frigate you're flying (I usually fly Minmamtar rust), and if you have trained Light Combat Drones to at least 1 you can carry the drone along to help you.

125mm Railgun I are designed to be long range guns. We typically use them with the long range charges (iron, tungsten, iridium) and they function best when your target is moving slowly and at 15-18km.

NPCs in missions have a tendency to fly to you and try to orbit you very fast at 2-5km. This makes your long range railguns be unable to track them; imagine a WW2 battleship's guns that just can't rotate fast enough to track a speedboat that's doing circles around it.

Solutions are:

1. Use your afterburner to get away from the enemies and try to kite them from 10-15km, switch from antimatter to tungsten or iridium charge S ammo to be able to hit at that range).

2. Switch your guns to short range guns (blasters). Small Ion Blaster I would do fine. Blasters are short range guns, they're designed to be used with short range ammo (antimatter, plutonium, or uranium charge S) and function best at close range, 1-4 km. This matches the behavior of the NPCs, and you'll want to use your afterburner to get close to each target before shooting it. You can also install a stasis webifier in a medium slot, to keep the target still as you shoot it.


In any case, each type of weapon in this game has a long range and a short range version. Lasers have beam lasers vs. pulse lasers. Hybrids have railguns vs. blasters. Projectiles have artillery vs. autocannons. Missiles have light missiles vs. rockets, heavy missiles vs. heavy assault missiles, cruise missiles vs. torpedoes.

When you fit your ship, you're supposed to pick the guns for the range that you prefer, then install an afterburner to be able to get close or stay away, then fit the rest of the ship to support that range. For long range you don't need as much defense, because you're staying well away, so you can put in some magnetic field stabilizers in the low slots for extra damage. For short range, though, you need defenses, so Gallente typically use armors and you put in a small armor repairer, damage control, and maybe an armor hardener.

I didn't realize about the range of the weapons and this would explain why I cannot hit the ships when close to them. So thanks for the explanation as it makes sense now. I appreciate all the help and can see that once again I have a lot to learn about playing this game successfully!!

I won't bother with the salvager either.

I'd be inclined towards Kamala's fit, but with an energised nano membrane rather than a plate,
and a capacitor booster (with charges) in the hold rather than a cap battery.

Just as an FYI, that hull is a favorite of a mate of mine, he'll pick fights with players in cruisers,battlecruisers and battleships in it,
and often win

I picked the nano plate over the energized out of mostly memory and that I believe they are easier to fit at lower-skill point players. (I'm commenting out of game here)

If you need more accuracy you should fit Tracking Enhancer I in the low slot.

If you need more damage you should fit Magnetic Stabilizer I in the low slot.

Top left side of the screen you should have the following text:

A Route:
Solar System where you are
ooooooooooooo (a bunch of squares actually)
Destination Solar system

The Autopilot is a button (A) on the left side of the HUD circle at the bottom of the screen that has your shields and armor bars.

Otherwise, each gate along the way should also be shown in yellow in your Overview list. Instead of autopilot you can just click the yellow gate to select it, then click the ->> jump button at the top right of your screen.

If you bought the webifier from another station in the same solar system where you are, then just undock, click your Assets button from the toolbar on the left, expand the contents until you see your webifier, and right-click the station where it is and choose "Dock"

Well, open the market, and click the top of the PRICE columns to sort the market by prices.

But also pay attention to the first column, DISTANCE, when you buy things. You don't want to travel too far, or to lowsec space.

So scroll down and find a cheap webifier somewhere closer to you.

Then before you buy, right-click the listing in the market, and choose Location -> Set Destination, to see where it goes. If it's a lowsec system, don't buy that item, find another location to buy from.