EVE General Discussion

If you decide to start learning in Nyx's then lots.

If you decide to start learning in T1 frigs, then not much.

I'd imagine, if you're flying frigs\cruisers then between 5-60mil per ship. Depending on what it is and how often you die.

I'd say about 100-200mil, by the time you REALLY get the hang of it. That's T1 frig hulls, fittings, clones, and the like.

1 large phased plasma costs more than a fully fit Rifter?

It's not so much the money, it's the experience your paying for. You can expect to dish out 45m to fit T1 cruisers respectively (T2).
Frigates I would assume like 15m. Battlecruisers will set you back around 90m. Battleships around 160-260m

Honestly, if your in empire I recommend you go to war with a similarly large corp becauase low sec will **** your face.

Only Machariels called "zZxX_P1r4t3_XxZz" will dare fight you.

OK so let's be honest, it is not impossible to teach yourself to PVP or FC, but it is extremely hard. The whole ten years of learning that someone else mentioned is a valid point but bear in mind PVP constantly evolves from people who do things differently and not just follow the 10 years we have done it this way thing.

However, expect to lose a lot in the sort term at least, putting an isk value on this is impossible as there is no information on the ships you plan to use, the frequency of ops and the number of pilots.

Experience is the key to overcoming initial obstacles in PVP I would actually recommend trying to recruit an experienced FC or doing as I did when I started out - take month long "holidays" from the corp in PVP focused alliances to learn from their pilots and FCs.

Use the test server as well to get cheap practice, you will often find people on there who will help you understand what went right or wrong.

I beleive most complicated FCing in EVE are incursion fleets (because there you actually have responsibility unlike in PvP where you'll lose ships anyway). Join incursion communities, train to incursion FC, earn some ISK in the process to sponsor your future endeavors, then join RvB for few weeks, then FW. Most likely you'll have profit in this scheme.

In all honesty, that is a very broad question.

Attacking others or defending? It does make a difference.

While attacking, you pick the targets so you won't be trying to pick on packs of T2's & BC's while flying cheap fit rifters and the like.

While fending off attacks, they will come at you with what they feel can beat you so trying to plan on "flying cheap" against opponents that will know you're trying this ...

FC = Fleet Commander. I take it you're not talking about 250 member crews but a small handful of folks, perhaps even just yourself with 1 or 2 alts.

Again, this will make a difference in costs and what you should be looking at with respect to planning.

Generic advice "fly cheap to avoid costly losses" but specifics will require a tad more detail to help you plan and determine costs.