EVE General Discussion

you are probably doing it right, there are just a lot of people in hisec doing sites at a very high speed, keeping them cleaned out in most systems at most times of day.

Well, two random things... first, I'm too much of a wuss to venture into lowsec by my lonesome self in a rather expensive ship that I know I'll get pwned in. Second, the Pilgrim seems rather underpowered compared to the Zealot.

I guess based on those two factors, I'm screwed and should probably not bother with exploration and should instead stick to my carebear ways of being an industrialist and manufacturer?

You do know that worm hole space (particularly C1,2,3) is far more dangerous than low sec right? Especially if your in a recon in low sec and paying any kind of attention to local.

Hsec sites are going to be fairly low profit and you will not find many of them. There are thousands of other players looking for zero risk isk just like you.

And even THEN, don't expect much from low-sec.

The REAL exploration is in nul-sec.....

My sadness to the Moon.

Oh, well. More isk for me, less for you. The Pilgrim can dance through lowsec gate camps but its clear to me that you are too much of a wuss to have any sense. You'd most likely find a way to lose a Pilgrim to a Lowsec Gatecamp...

pilgrim if i remember right can cloak while warping, so gatecamps arnt that big of a deal unless they have fast locks or lots of ships/cargo cans to decloak you

First of all, this is the wrong sub forum to post in. You want the 'Missions and Complexes' sub forum.

Secondly, anyone who tells you there is no isk in high sec exploration is wrong.


Look for high sec systems that are off the main travel routes with low population count (active ships), low amount of jumps, npc kill's, etc.

Scan at least 1/2 dozen systems and if it has exploration sites, make that a route. Do that in different areas at different times to set up a few 'Routes'. If you're not finding any sites in one route, go to another route.

Force Recon Cruiser is good for an average 'all in one' exploration ship. It has plenty of slots to fit up exploration modules as well as defensive and offensive mods. Not to mention it can also fit up Covert Ops Cloak. It can complete Radar, Mag, small anomalies, Lookout and Watch combat sites 'On the fly' without having to do a refit. For expeditions, refit the exploration mods with more defense and offense mods. Fit up a Cov Ops Cloak and a Nano-structure mod for the last stage of expedition (Low sec).

I used a Force Recon Cruiser for over a year doing high sec exploration. Very good ship for the 'Poor' explorer. For the last stage of expedition, check star map stats, make safe spots and watch local while sitting cloaked in safe spot. You have 24 hrs to get to the site listed in your journal, after making safe spots, just start the 'warp' to the expedition site and then stop your ship right away. The timer will be reset in your journal thus giving you more time to wait for local to clear out.

The trick with Covert Ops Cloak is when you jump into the low sec system, you have regular gate cloak going for 30 seconds. You can click 'Warp to 100' (planet, belt, etc,) and immediately activate the cloak. The Nano-structure mod makes the ship align and warp away very quickly and the Cov Ops cloak will engage about the same time. Basically all this is done within a second or 2, max.

Evelopedia has a lot of guides and info available. And like I said, 'Missions and Complexes' is the sub forum you want.

Good luck.

wormhole space if you have a small gruop can be fairly profitable with all the wormhole corps now moving out and leaving wh space empty ( less pvp targets for me) theyve all gone to high sec incursions ( less risk more isk) CCP does it again with risk free isk.

So yeah low sec radar sites ( mag sites less so) some of the combat sites perhaps but with radars zealot or pilgrim is good. Low sec is mostly empty only thing out there are a lot of useless sites as well

And then theres lots of empty wormholes as well

This is exactly the help I was looking for.

I also don't have a problem with traveling, I'm based near Rens and I tend to hit the 0.5's through 0.7's around it that are station-less but I've still been finding a bunch of WH's and "A Demonstration" that nearly wipes my Zealot since 20 rats aggro me at once.

I'll jump around tonight and see what I can find. I still need a little more cash for my Recon ship for the fittings but I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks again.

If you plan on remaining in High Sec, be advised that weekends are particularly busy. So expect to find much less.