EVE General Discussion

its the forums, you are assumed to be stupid by all posters here until proven otherwise. after all, you posted here...

In any case for solo level 4 one should be able to reasonably fit all modules on their ship Tech 2 before attempting. If you do not have tech 2 guns, it'll be a slow and painful grind. Also I heard somewhere that a good level for solo level 4 is a combination of 1000 DPS or damage absorbed per second combined.

What I am wondering is if I have a BS and sub-par skills for L4's , then what should I be doing with what I have?

Also, I laugh out loud at the idea that I am lying for sake of politics. Consult the amount of posts I have.

Lol the accusations are funny to me. I'm really surprised to hear them, but I guess it makes sense. This is the first character I ever made, but for a long time I did not play with her. I played on other characters and even other accounts. I don't claim that I am a veteran since 2007, I only claim that I've been interested in EVE since then. Other characters on the account have a fair share of training in themselves, and I only come back to this character because of her prime mining skills.

Trust me, I am no "3 year vet", If I had some class-act I would not be here asking for help.

Thanks, though to those who have helped, I do feel a lot better.

first, stop focusing solely on Skiloints as being the measure of what you can and cant do in this game -whats much more important is your OWN understanding of what you can and cant do. Skill points only limit what ships you can fly and what modules you can use. Understanding what ships and modules you need to complete a mission, go mining, gank a freighter or tackle a supercarrier is they key point here. I know that the difference may not be immediately apparent but Im suggesting the emphasis needs to be on you learning the game, not solely on accumulating skillpoints.

Your friend is right, you wont want to mine in null with a hulk. The problem you have is that youve put skillpoints into hulk and mining modules, which means you have way less than 16m SP in ships and modules that are usefull for non mining activities. That, combined with the fact that you come and go in the game means you dont have the experience of a 3 year player.

seriously, I'd take Grath Telkins advice and look at joining a noob friendly corp like TEST ( actually Goonswarm is very noob friendly, but will scam everything you own unless you are a member of Something Awfull, so unless you know what SA is, dont) However, also be aware that TEST also have a similar requirement and if they ask you for a "Security Deposit" or offer to move all your stuff to Null before you join the corp, youre being scammed and you should learn how to join corps in this allaince properly. If you have any sort of PvP experience and a security rating of somewhere negative, Sniggwaffe is alse a good pirate corp

Hi Lady Hestia, although I'm neither an expert on Maelstroms or Minmatar setups, I noticed some issues you might want to take into consideration.

Low slots: I would switch a Gyro for a Damage Control II to get better resists and thus more EHP.

Mid slots: You should switch to t2 shield hardeners asap and I would recommend to use 3 of them. For example for Guristas you would fit 2 kin, 1 therm (always check your enemy before entering a mission and fit hardeners accordingly). Consider dropping your AB; you rarely need it in L4s (except for convenience).

High Slots: You fitted Autocannons which are used for close range (probably that's why you have the AB). When I run L4s I usually fight at ranges between 40 and 80km (except for Mercenaries and Frigates, of course). Maybe fitting Artillery Cannons is worth a try (maybe someone with more experience using a Mael in L4s could comment on this).

Rigs: Considering that projectile weapons don't really need much cap to operate I assume that you fitted the cap rigs to sustain your shield booster. I think I would try a mix of rigs that enhance tracking (to increase damage done by artillery vs. smaller targets) and perhaps shield extenders to give you more buffer and rely on the cap booster to sustain the shield booster.

Drones: Personally I use Hobgoblins to help me fight off frigates as I can hit anything else just fine. They have the advantage of being smaller, so you could bring replacements.

So I suppose you are fighting Guristas?
Guristas deal Kin and Therm damage, you should use both a kinetic and a thermal hardener. Use an additional invulnerability field (t2 if possible) and you will already have a pretty decent tank.

Let go of the AB. You do not have the skills yet to fit and run one without gimping your whole ship /capacitor.
Instead of the CCC rigs try some Projectile metastasis thingies that increase your falloff. Now you won't even really need your AB any more, since your guns will reach out to about 50 km.

And as stated by Mr. Blackshell, always use short range ammo with ACs (Fusion, EMP or Phased Plasma). Against Guristas, Phased Plasma would be best.

Instead of the Hammerheads, have some flights of light drones (Hobgoblins or Warriors).. you only need the drones to take care of fast tackling frigs, light drones are more efficient against frigs.

I've taken all of this into consideration and learned a lot already. Thanks a lot for the advice and tips. I feel much better about my situation with the game. I've met lots of awesome people so far too, who have helped me a lot in-game. Thanks again!

I am a little confused at some of the odd comments here which are typed as if I claimed to be a hot shot 3 year veteran. Again, what sense would that make if I am here asking for help? I am not complaining about EVE, I am admitting my own misunderstanding. Strange you are! =P

If you want, you are welcome to give more advice, but just know that my fit has been updated:

[Maelstrom, Maelstrom Current]

Capacitor Flux Coil II
Capacitor Flux Coil II
Republic Fleet Gyrostabilizer
Tracking Enhancer II
Tracking Enhancer II

Pith X-Type X-Large Shield Booster
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Thermic Dissipation Field II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Pith C-Type Shield Boost Amplifier

800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L
800mm Heavy 'Scout' Repeating Artillery I, Fusion L

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I

I already see a lot of problems...It takes quite a lot longer than "a few months" to be proficient with a battleship.
What were you expecting? RvB is all about newbies getting their feet wet in PvP. Of course it's going to be disorganized.
Bolded and underlined the parts that are relevant. Nullsec is garbage, plain and simple. I know those kids out there think they're super tough PvP'ers when they blob up and all, but it really sucks out there.
Pro tip: There will always be someone telling you what you should or should not have done. Always. Captain Hindsight has many sidekicks.

One of the first things you need to learn about this game is that nobody knows everything about this game, that includes the Devs. You're going to have to dust off your bullsh*t-o-meter and use it often.
You don't need years worth of skillpoints to do what you want in this game. You need to specialize. It sounds like you've been spreading your skillpoints across a wide variety of skills, essentially becoming a "Jack of all Trades, Master of None", except you're kinda terrible at all trades, so to speak.

Flying a battleship properly requires a LOT of specialized skill training. Flying a frigate properly requires only a few specialized skills trained. Judging by what you've told us so far, you're very far away from flying a battleship properly and you have no business being in one. Harsh, but someone should've told you by now.

The real question is what do YOU want to do? Not what everyone else recommends you do or don't do. You pay your monthly fee to play this game, so the decision is up to you. Do you really want to live in nullsec? Do you really want to give up mining? Do you really want to run L4 missions? What ingame goal(s) do you have?

I'll share mine with you. I decided early on that I want to be able to fly all ships of all races and use all weapons. That was four years ago. Now I can fly all T1/2/3 ships and their respective T2 weapons effectively. My industry skills are sorely lacking, but I reached my goal. My other goal was to give EVERYTHING in EvE an honest try. I'm almost done with that goal as I've tried just about everything except faction warfare and incursions.

Right now I'm tooling around with the new mining frigates, the Venture. I'm loving it as it's the perfect little ship to go mining in lowsec. Is it profitable to do so? A little, but it's the danger aspect which I enjoy. Mining Jaspet in the backyard of a large pirate alliance makes me chuckle a little.

The point being find something you enjoy doing. It doesn't have to be profitable or efficient, just enjoyable.

may be handy if you link ur char sheet from eve board so people can look at ur skills and give yasome better hints to see what ya need to learn/skil higher

I don't remember being rude or off topic. I can't say I'm fond of trying to help people only to see my post/time erased. I don't troll people asking for help and only occasionally joke around. It might have not been my most helpful but was sincere as far as I recall.