Ships & Modules

Before you start judging me and this topic, this is an alt i am using. Reason being that i prefer to keep this discusion private (to my corporation i mean).

I have 15 million SP combat pilot and i covered a lot of things the game has to offer for a small corporation.

I am getting closer to the point where i can fly what i want to fly well, and must decide what i am going to plan next. Despite not being totally new to eve, The life in 0.0, sovereignity, POS management, Super capital ships are things i didn't look into at first simply because i was way to young to even think about it. I am still months or years from being ready to fly a titan, but i might aswell plan things well ahead.

I'll admit it, i am very interested in capital ships. I very well aware that a dread or titan are nothing more than siege weapons, only effective to defend a POS against other capital ships, or to take down a POS itself. I am also aware of the genreral limitations : needs a lot of logistic to actually move, no docking, the protection of a POS,....

All and all, this isn't something a small corporation can afford, and given the fact that 0.0 is very new corporation unfriendly, i think that the only way i can ever fly one of those ships without getting blown up after 5 minutes is to to join a well established Null sec corporation.

From my understanding... if i want to fly a titan or a dread , i need to join a corporation/alliance that can protect it and actually use it. I don't think coming to a recruitment center and say "Hey, i can fly a titan. Can i join in?" will get me anywhere.

Making plans for a T3 cruiser, or a BS is easy. I can't say the same for super capital ships. So i am asking to those who actually fly dreads or titans in eve :


- How do i even prepare for this? (outside of skill training that is, that i can do on my own)

- How i am suppose to approach a corp to offer my services as a super capital pilot?

- Should i join a 0.0 corp that needs Caps before i even begin the training (They require to fly lower class ships anyway)? Or should i approach those corps only when i am ready to fly the big boat?

- Outside of what i already stated about the requirements and limits of flying a titan. What other things must i be perpared for if i choose this path?

- What kind of support am i to expect from a 0.0 corp? Sure i can save billions of isks over time, but can i expect a corp some material or financial support to build the ship?

- On the same note, what will the said corp expect from me? I don't know like... am i suppose to stay x hours online a day, will i get called on my cellphone at 4 AM to get my guns ready?

- Last but not least. Is that goal achievable for a non-veterant in the first place? Provided that invest the time and effort in it. Are 0.0 based corporations still looking for new dread/titan pilots at all?

- How do you super capital ships pilots got there in the first place? Any tips?

Yes... I like big badass looking ships, i want to fly one for the good of my corporation, and i am not ashamed to say this is one of my goals in eve.

Replies from caps pilots, 0.0 vets will be most appreciated, but i am more than open to everyone's opinion on the matter.

Titans and dreads are strategical assets. You have (shouldn't have) no solo uses for them. Dreads can be used by non-vet pilots but i'd recommend against Titans not only because a non-skilled pilot might **** up with using it and lose it, but losing a titan deals a blow to your alliance credibility in the political scenario of the game.

Specially if you're a small alliance.


So getting a titan should be a need before a goal. Don't get a titan if you don't need one.

Don't know man, DRF loses titans often and it's just replaced via bot isk the next hour.

if you want a supercap, be prepared to have to manage starbases and multiple accounts. get another account with the min skills to hold whatever ship you fly if its a supercap, this is so that you can switch corps without losing your ship in epic failure. also, alt corps for those characters wouldn't hurt either.

also, alts for cyno chains, freighters for fuel or whatever else... im missing a lot, but theres more to flying a supercap than a single pilot.

also as mentioned above you're going to need a lot of money and a lot of regular income.

Did i say i am ready? I think not. That doesn't mean i can't inform myself even if i can't fly one before months or years of SP training. The 15 Million SP statement isn't to say that i am ready to fly a super, it's just to say that i am not a week old toon that says "i want to fly a Titan". I Know the basics about eve, and that's what i wanted to say there.

Not exactly. There are 80m SP players who lived all of their lives in high-sec, low sec and some null space who knows nothing about titans.

yep, and am one of them .. er... Ignorants about titans i mean... not the 80m sp part.

Let's just say that i wanted to avoid comments like "big dosn't mean better", "a frigate can me more usefull", "You can't use one solo" ect... I already know these. Still, people seem to keep hammering my head with them.

double post

- How do i even prepare for this?

1. Get a carrier. and learn to fly it in pvp without dying, including jump drive use, docking games, etc.
2. Become trusted in a 0.0 pvp corp.
3. Earn massive amounts of isk.
4. Train/buy a perfect SP char.

- How i am suppose to approach a corp to offer my services as a super capital pilot?

Just apply. Cap pilots are always in demand.

- Should i join a 0.0 corp that needs Caps before i even begin the training (They require to fly lower class ships anyway)? Or should i approach those corps only when i am ready to fly the big boat?

Now. Prove yourself in subcaps, learn 0.0 culture, gain trust/respect. Move into a cap and do the same.

- Outside of what i already stated about the requirements and limits of flying a titan. What other things must i be perpared for if i choose this path?
a year's worth of training and 1 bil will put you in a dread/carrier. That's your goal. Titan is a 3 year goal.

[b]- What kind of support am i to expect from a 0.0 corp? Sure i can save billions of isks over time, but can i expect a corp some material or financial support to build the ship?
Most corps have a cap replacement/building program. Ask around on your corp of choice.

- On the same note, what will the said corp expect from me? I don't know like... am i suppose to stay x hours online a day, will i get called on my cellphone at 4 AM to get my guns ready?
Pretty much to play a lot, be completely trustworthy, etc.

- Last but not least. Is that goal achievable for a non-veterant in the first place? Provided that invest the time and effort in it. Are 0.0 based corporations still looking for new dread/titan pilots at all?
No, supercaps are well beyond your reach. Carrier is in your reach in ~6 months. Or buy an alt for ~10b.

Carrier should be your first goal tho.

Well if the NC wasnt doing that, then how would the DRF get their titans?


ouch...