EVE New Citizens Q&A

Ok Here's the deal. I'm interested in making an alt using the current power of two promotion.. since i'm a new player myself and my short term goal for my main is mission running/PvE, i need some advice on where my alt would perform.

Other thing, I can log both char at the same time using my pc and my laptop, i know we can multi instance eve (cmiiw) but it's more convenient.

My first thought would be to use the alt as a support/damage dealer while I tank . if that's the case which weapon to use? missile? turret or laser. as you can see I'll run mission for gallente. preferably if the support also fit for remote armor rep and/or loot and salvage.

thx before

It is important to remember that you're not just getting a second account, but three more character slots. Since you want to do PvE with your main, consider training a PvE support character. He/she could train to fly a noctus for salvaging your missions, freighter/transport ship for moving your loot and other goodies around, and a covert ops ship for scanning down exploration sites and wormholes; flavor to taste. There are many other things this character could do, like skills for refining/reprocessing mission loot, trade skills, manufacturing/ research, etc. After you get your PvE support character trained up, you could switch to training another combat character, perhaps with a focus on PvP; RvB alts are always fun and not expensive to fund either.

Use the certificates Evemon suggests as a guide; you can usually get by with much less, but it is easier to have a list of skills you can prune away instead of trying to build a skill-plan from scratch.

Give your alt every advantage you can, train up cybernetics IV first and put in a set of +4 implants (or even cybernetics V and +5s); use the three remaps you are given at the beginning wisely.

I'm with J'Poll. Getting alts when you have to ask someone else what you need to do with them is a senseless waste of money. You might eventually need an alt, but you'll know when that time is.

The fantastic thing about EVE and having an alt is that the possible uses you can have for it are endless. You are not bound to one purpose.

My advice is to experiment with what other pilot's have suggested. Find out what works best for you and go from there. Many pilot's have upward of 5 alts, myself included, all performing different roles.

Good Luck!

I have found that T2 sentry support alts are much easier to manage. For missions against Serpentis, Blood Raiders and Drones I have an alt flying a T2 megapulse Oracle: it's pretty hard to top the DPS of that ship. For everything else I have an alt flying a T2 sentry Gila. I use the Gila because that fits in the Orca with my Basilisk and Scimitar. If you're not planning on chasing Incursions around the galaxy, you could use a T2 sentry Dominix.

Just be aware that you don't own the alts, they own you.