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PUNISHER MK9
Mara Draven Institution
#1 - 2012-06-26 19:32:50 UTC
Newly returned to EVE have about 55 mill sp mostly in combat stuff, would like to get into some high sec low sec exploration. I have no idea how to even start or even what it really is and what skills are needed. Anyone feel like given me a briefing on exploration?
Bridgette d'Iberville
Better Killing Through Chemistry
#2 - 2012-06-26 19:39:49 UTC
PUNISHER MK9 wrote:
Newly returned to EVE have about 55 mill sp mostly in combat stuff, would like to get into some high sec low sec exploration. I have no idea how to even start or even what it really is and what skills are needed. Anyone feel like given me a briefing on exploration?


Understanding that you are an older character, I think you should try out one of the Exploration Career Agents in one of the systems all the rookies are in. It gives you a basic overview of how scanning works. From there, it's pretty self-explanatory. There are also a number of video tutorials on scanning on Youtube. Good luck!

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Zor'katar
Matari Recreation
#3 - 2012-06-26 20:08:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Zor'katar
Someone more experienced will probably reply with more detail, but a brief overview based on my experience as a part-time explorer:

You need the Astrometric skills for scanning. Astrometrics and Rangefinding will help you scan down weaker signals, while Pinpointing and Acquisition will help overall scanning speed. You'll need a ship with at least one utility high slot for a probe launcher. If you plan on doing Radar and/or Magnetometric sites (instead of just combat sites), you'll need at least one free mid slot for a Codebreaker and/or Analyzer module (and you'll need the corresponding Hacking and Archaeology skills), and you may need another utility high for a Salvager for some of the Mag sites. Beyond that, search around for scanning guides to learn how to do that efficiently. There are some good ones out there.

That's just the tip of the iceberg, but hopefully enough to get you looking in the right direction.

EDIT: To give a quick answer to the "what it really is" question, it's roaming around system to system looking for randomly spawning sites that anyone can go to for potentially valuable loot. It's inconsistent as a form of income as there is competition for the sites, and whether or not you'll get valuable loot is random. You'll have long dry spells, and occasional big payouts.
Flakey Foont
#4 - 2012-06-26 20:14:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Flakey Foont
Look what I did! Lots of guides!
drdxie
#5 - 2012-06-26 20:46:11 UTC
Look under my eve for Sir livingston, he has loads of good vids on the subject

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Ristlin Wakefield
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-06-26 20:52:13 UTC
PUNISHER MK9 wrote:
Newly returned to EVE have about 55 mill sp mostly in combat stuff, would like to get into some high sec low sec exploration. I have no idea how to even start or even what it really is and what skills are needed. Anyone feel like given me a briefing on exploration?


Add me to contact. When I'm in game, I'll be happy to walk you through some of the basics and share tips as you go through the tutorial.

Basic recommendations:
-Use a dedicated probing ship starting out (either the frigate or strategic cruiser with the probing subsystem)
-Use probing rigs
-Sister Core Probes

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drdxie
#7 - 2012-06-26 21:07:35 UTC
Ristlin Wakefield wrote:
PUNISHER MK9 wrote:
Newly returned to EVE have about 55 mill sp mostly in combat stuff, would like to get into some high sec low sec exploration. I have no idea how to even start or even what it really is and what skills are needed. Anyone feel like given me a briefing on exploration?


Add me to contact. When I'm in game, I'll be happy to walk you through some of the basics and share tips as you go through the tutorial.

Basic recommendations:
-Use a dedicated probing ship starting out (either the frigate or strategic cruiser with the probing subsystem)
-Use probing rigs
-Sister Core Probes


disagree..
You can probe out any hs site in a drake with a standard probe launcher and 5 probes and no scanning rigs and scanning skills to 3, And by the time you switch from your dedicated probing ship to your damage ship the site would have been run. If you can, use a tengu. I used a gila till I could get a tengu. Drone boats are good to start with as you can use your highs and mids for utility and damage will come from drones. A gila can carry and field T2 sentries. The gallenete T2 cruiser can do the same. You have a high SP hence my sugestion's, but you could try a arbitrator. Also you will want to fit a MWD as some of the radar site containers are spread far apart.
OH, don't use a drake, many HS sites will only allow a cruiser hull in.

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Lilan Kahn
The Littlest Hobos
The Whale Hunters Association
#8 - 2012-06-26 21:32:58 UTC
its a little old this guide i wrote for my corp

Plexing and you,

To help you reduce time and improve efficiency with probing.

Bulky dropping a deep space probe to start with might seam as a good idea, wrong.

What I find works best is if you drop 4 core probes and set them to 8 au, then just move your ball of proby death around each planet/planet cluster as it will catch 99.9% of all signatures.

Some say use 5, 6, 7 or 8 probes, I call it bollox only 8 probes have any merit and that’s for combat probing, I will cover in another post when I get around to it.

Once you get fit a cluster with a signature my suggestion is you move 1 probe up 1 probe down and 1 on each side so get a nice look square and a nice inner overlapping ground, but ultimately its down to what works best for you.

Once you have scanned down a system and you are planning to hunt for plexs for a longer period of time what I find to work really well is a pen and some paper, note down the system name and each signature in it, then when you come back and recheck it later all you have to do is drop a deep space probe and see if there is any new signatures and move making rescanning **** easy.

General info about how plexs behave is that once you have done one, it will generally respawn with in the same region, so the hole stupid myth about plexs are only after downtime is a load of ******* horse ****, it was true in 05 when plexs was shiny and new, today this have gotten fixed a few years ago to accommodate all time zones.

Sorry for taking longer than i promised to explain the blob when you scan and how its VERY useful, i will now try to explain it with images and some text below them as sorta step by step.

First off i drooped my load of probes at 32 au range to show the bubbles better.

image 1

it shows that most of the red cirkels edge off towards the 4th planet so lets move the probes over there and set them to 8au and see what happens.

image 2

okay so now the red bubbels are down to about 2au in size as this next picture will show, so we lower the range down to 2au and see what happens now.

image 3

okay so apparently we couldn't get them smaller this time as apparently the probes are bit off plane but that is perfectly fine, so next scan we spread them out and see what happens now, as some times you get the red cirkel of death all it means is that your near as **** and might need to move up or down 98% of the time.

image 4 showing my 5 probe search gird

image 5 showing the result as 2 particals

image 6 showing that is was a wh aka total junk
Sir Livingston
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-06-26 23:23:59 UTC
drdxie wrote:
Look under my eve for Sir livingston, he has loads of good vids on the subject

what he said ^^

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Ristlin Wakefield
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-06-27 13:25:24 UTC
drdxie wrote:
Ristlin Wakefield wrote:
PUNISHER MK9 wrote:
Newly returned to EVE have about 55 mill sp mostly in combat stuff, would like to get into some high sec low sec exploration. I have no idea how to even start or even what it really is and what skills are needed. Anyone feel like given me a briefing on exploration?


Add me to contact. When I'm in game, I'll be happy to walk you through some of the basics and share tips as you go through the tutorial.

Basic recommendations:
-Use a dedicated probing ship starting out (either the frigate or strategic cruiser with the probing subsystem)
-Use probing rigs
-Sister Core Probes


disagree..
You can probe out any hs site in a drake with a standard probe launcher and 5 probes and no scanning rigs and scanning skills to 3, And by the time you switch from your dedicated probing ship to your damage ship the site would have been run. If you can, use a tengu. I used a gila till I could get a tengu. Drone boats are good to start with as you can use your highs and mids for utility and damage will come from drones. A gila can carry and field T2 sentries. The gallenete T2 cruiser can do the same. You have a high SP hence my sugestion's, but you could try a arbitrator. Also you will want to fit a MWD as some of the radar site containers are spread far apart.
OH, don't use a drake, many HS sites will only allow a cruiser hull in.


I should've been more clear. Use scanning ship to nail down the sites, then come back with a combat ship of course.

Low-sec/null-sec exploration is where it is at. If you can use a Tengu, might as well head down there. I run exploration sites in null-sec with a Harbinger.

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