These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

Skill Discussions

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Future Skill Planning
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Vyridus Ancalon
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-10-11 18:15:27 UTC
Hey all, first post here.

So, I'm just slightly a month old, and trying to familiarize myself with the intricacies of EVE.

Thing is, at 1.8M SP, I have no idea what I should aim for. Here are the skills that I've prioritized thus far (I try to train skills which are generally useful regardless of career):

ARMOR - Repair Systems, Mechanics, Hull Upgrades, 4x Specific Armor Compensations (all trained to IV)

UTILITY - Electronics, Engineering, Energy Systems Op, Energy Management, Energy Grid Upgs, Electronics Upgs (all trained to IV)

NAV - Evasive, Afterburner, Warp Op, Fuel Conservation, Acceleration Control, Navigation (currently training to IV)

DRONES - Drones, Drone Interfacing (planned)

My initial plan was to move through the standard Gallente droneboat route, from the Vexor -> Myrmidon -> Dominix and getting myself to L4 Missions ASAP for a steady stream of income. However after reading a few posts about mission completion times it seems going a gunboat route would make better time. As of current I'm still unsure but I'm leaning towards the Amarr ship progression, which would be Arbitrator/Omen -> Harbinger -> Apocalypse/Abaddon.

I understand being a month old is hardly sufficient to fully utilize ship strengths but I'd appreciate any advice on the course I should take for a sensible long term goal.

Thanks!
Ireland VonVicious
Vicious Trading Company
#2 - 2012-10-11 19:07:42 UTC
Your gallente way works well if you do any afk missioning.

You can also upgrade to navy domi or rattlesnake if you just want bigger dps.

I suggest you get every cheap skill you can plugged in and train them all to L3 to start.

Then race toward your ship of choice.
Arkadelphia
Unforetold Mania
#3 - 2012-10-15 02:31:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Arkadelphia
Depending on where you plan to run lvl4s and the rats may help you decide. Projectile and missile are nice due to freedom to choose damage types from ammo. Gallentes drone path can change damage with drones but as mentioned is slower. Amarr ships struggle in minmatar space due to angel rats having high em thermal resists...so avoid that combination.

Just from personal experience running level 4s with all four races: I found minmatar ships to be the fastest with high dps, speed and tank. Started with maelstrom and moved to faction machariel if I ever run lvl4s. Raven and domnix were to slow for my desired isk/hour...but great for popping in a movie and making some isk while your doing other things. Amarr ships I didn't use a lot in missions, but to repeat stay away from minmatar space. Probably best to use apoc or geddon in amarr space to best efficiency.