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Returning player... what ship/skills to use?

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Blake Ary
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-05-12 05:31:46 UTC
I've been playing on a trial account for the past couple weeks to get my feet wet.

I reactivated my old account from 2005. I'm just trying to figure out what I was doing. I've got 13.4 mil sp (1.4 mil so unallocated).

I'm trained to use battlecruisers, battleships, and heavy assault ships.

I've got around 600 mil ISK and a Hurricane fitted with:

425mm autocannon II x6
experimental light missile launcher x2

cap recharger II x2
10mn after burner I
fleeting propulsion inhibitor

1600mm reinforced rolled tungsten plates I
energized adaptive nano membrane II x2
gyrostabilizer II
damage control II
medium armor repairer II

CPU 91 / 500
Power Grid 55.1 / 1687.5

I'm going to start off with level 2/3 missions but I'd eventually like to work my way up to level 4 missions and possibly PvP.

Is the Hurricane my best option and are there any modifications I should make?

I was training to use either battleship and/or HAC, at what point should I considering using one of those? Level 4 missions?

Any suggestions for the 1.4 mil unallocated skill points?



Current skills: 98 (skill points: 13,464,176)
Drones 9 skills, 1,098,600 points
Electronics (1 in queue) 12 skills, 304,224 points
Engineering 14 skills, 715,435 points
Gunnery 17 skills, 5,354,148 points
Industry 1 skills, 250 points
Leadership 6 skills, 529,530 points
Mechanics 10 skills, 817,005 points
Missile Launcher Operation 10 skills, 278,500 points
Navigation 7 skills, 99,832 points
Science 2 skills, 256,750 points
Spaceship Command 10 skills, 4,009,902 points

Assault Ships Level 4
Battlecruisers Level 5
Heavy Assault Ships Level 4
Minmatar Battleship Level 4
Minmatar Cruiser Level 5
Minmatar Frigate Level 4

Advanced Weapon Upgrades Level 2
Controlled Bursts Level 4
Gunnery Level 5
Large Autocannon Specialization Level 3
Large Projectile Turret Level 5
Medium Autocannon Specialization Level 4
Medium Projectile Turret Level 5
Motion Prediction Level 5
Rapid Firing Level 4
Sharpshooter Level 4
Small Artillery Specialization Level 3
Small Autocannon Specialization Level 5
Small Projectile Turret Level 5
Surgical Strike Level 4
Trajectory Analysis Level 4
Weapon Upgrades Level 5

Combat Drone Operation Level 4
Drone Interfacing Level 4
Drone Sharpshooting Level 5
Drones Level 5
Scout Drone Operation Level 5
Orlacc
#2 - 2012-05-12 16:44:33 UTC
Golly, I would say you are ready to jump in a Maelstrom and start Level 4s. As for the unallocated SP I would recommend playing a bit with the character and it will likely become obvious where to put them.

"Measure Twice, Cut Once."

Chal0ner
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#3 - 2012-05-12 16:59:01 UTC
Looks you were quite pvp oriented back then, so you were probably going for a HAC. As said, you can already fly battleships decently. (I suppose, you haven't (thankfully) posted your other skills). If you are going pvp I'd put those free skills toward T2 artillery - but that's just me after ½ a bottle of wine.

Play around and get your bearings again - you'll figure out what to do in game pretty soon.
Blake Ary
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-05-12 17:41:05 UTC
I assumed I couldn't train skills until I use the unallocated points. I was able to train skills so I'm not in a hurry to spend the unallocated points anymore.

I couldn't figure out why I trained some of the skills I trained but it made sense when I realized I could fly a Sleipnir.

Level 3 missions seem to be just fine with the Hurricane I was using.

Thanks for the advice!