EVE New Citizens Q&A

So i got tired of mission runinng and decided to do exploration but i have a few doubts.

1-which ship should i use for exploration
2-can i do exploration with my caracal
3-how do you make money with exploration
4-what exactly is it that you find and gain doing exploration since there are no exploration agents or missions, or are there??

thanks!

What do you mean you find stuff in 3?

BPC's?

It is a legit question and I honestly do not know. So, what is it?

there are two types of blueprints (which modules and ships are made from). Blueprint originals do not run out. Unless you lose it, you can use it to produce an infinite number of that module as long as you have the minerals as well. Only tech 1 BPOs exist in game today, save for a few tech 2 BPOs which are a holdover from another era.

BPCs are blueprint copies, which are similar to BPOs except they have a limited number of runs. Basically, a BPC drop lets you build a certain number of whatever drops. Generally, exploration site rewards only give 1-run BPCs.

Now is when i ask... what is T3?? xD

Tier3?
Tech3?
Name of a ship named T3?
A cruiser Tech3?

which one of these is it?

although for some reason some people have started using t3 to refer to the new tier 3 BCs, which IMHO makes no sense. just a heads up.

Indeed confusing at times.

Luckily people tend to use:

t3 = tier 3 BC
T3 = Tech 3 cruisers.

And to OP.

Exploration means probing, which is best done in the T1 or T2 probing frigate of your race of choice.
Then reship to a ship that can run the site you found / was looking for.

Exploration consists of:

Combat site - pew pew and loot/salvage
Hacking site
Salvage site
Mining site
Analyse site
Gas mining site
Wormholes
*anything I have missed but will be added by others*

Each site does require a different ships/modules to complete. You make money out of the items / bounties in each site.

I got started into exploration after I'd been playing for months, so my experience on doing it with as low a skill set as you probably have is limited. I'll skip over the "how to start now" and suggest some longer-term goals based on my experience.

I'd suggest an early goal being a T2-fitted battlecruiser. It will take you a couple of months to really flesh out the skills for a ship like that, but if you know what you're doing, a BC can get you through a DED 4/10 site that *can* have a payout of several hundred million isk.

For example, I started out in a Harbinger. I used T2 guns (if you use lasers, T2 scorch crystals are a necessity in PvE), armor resists/repairers, cap recharges, and heat sinks. I also had a T1 afterburner. Add a T2 codebreaker for radar sites, as those are probably your most reliable source of steady income.

A quick check in Evemon shows that a fresh character could be flying this harbinger in 3 months, with the last month spent getting Hacking 5 and bumping astrometric skills to all 4s. Adding some engineering, gunnery and armor skills to make the ship a much more solid fit puts another month on the queue. The best part is, every single skill on this plan feeds right into being able to fly a Legion, which is my exploration ship of choice. The skills for moving up to a legion take less than two months to train. Of course, you'll need to get the cash to buy a T3 to fly it.

So, a recap:
-Train for the battlecruiser of your choice. I would recommend either a Drake or Harbinger.
-Use that ship for exploration while you train all your module skills to use T2. Save up your isk and learn the ropes. Try not to get blown up in your first DED 4/10.
-Train for the T3 for the race of BC you chose. I suggested either Drake or Harbinger because they'll lead you into the Tengu or Legion respectively, and those are by far the better solo PvE ships.
- Figure out what you want to train next, because now you've got options.

No extra em/thermal resists means it's no good in Amarr space, at least not to the same lvl as, say, a tengu or Prot can work in their own space and unlike the loki it can't switch damage type so it's no good in minmatar space either. Cap dependency means it's not brilliant in WH either, it's handy because you don't need ammo but that's a bit of damned praising.

The laser sub isn't great, the drone sub isn't worth mentioning. So... yeah, sadly it's really no good at all compared to other T3s, doesn't mean I won't fly it but when a newbie asks if the Legion is a good ship then I'll have to be realistic.