Wormholes

There are a great many empty holes up here, I would say you need a minimum 10 or so people in your active TZ to start from but you will want to grow that figure to be better able to PVP with others around you. Its worth noting that there is many 5-10man corps (alts) that don't get evicted for lack of it being worthwhile so don't be concerned about that unless you go C6. The C6 guys will evict farmers they see.

Don't be scared and make the leap its fun up here.

Pulsar works for that too! Just sucks if you want to fly an armour ship ever again ;)

I lived in a C5->C4 with a small corp for a while before joining Frozen Dawn. No one in their right minds would have invaded that hole to take it over, and since we did PvP, we were not targeted for farmer removal either.

All in all, less juicy c5's are very much doable for small corps seeking to upgrade from lower classes, and those pesky c4bears need someone to gank them every now and then anyways, so a c4 static serves the charitable function of making the safest class of wormholes a little less safe.

I can effectively run in a C5 with as few as 4 people, and if I'm feeling really agressive can do it with just one person. All that is needed to complete a C5 is 1 offgrid booster, 1 carrier, and 2 high dps battleships (I used mach's). Sites are very slow this way though, and I would take this as a minimum standard. I have also in the past successfully run sites with 3 RR rattlesnakes (in the very distant past).

If you have 5 people available, each with 1 character, you can effectively run sites in your home WH in RR tengu's or something similar. If you are using a capital, you can run sites with a carrier + 2 BS's, allowing you to run sites even if people cannot log on. Of course, the more the better, and the faster you can complete the sites, and the less risk you are in.

-Arazel

Ah..don't pay him any attention..come on down and we'll show you a good time!

I do agree with them though, it looks like a c5 is where you will want to call home. And as corbex said, some guys just want the fights, so if you have 2 or 4 or however many, I can't speak for all, but most of us would honor that. There is a cool sense of comradery in c6-c6 whs even among other alliances. Just know, if you come over..you better ****, or get of the pot.

Yes pls come to C6 it is all safe for farmers

you need to take aharm off your list of people who wont fight in a pulsar.

Those Bitten. guys pull of some epic pulsar fleets from what I've seen on their KB in recent months.

Depends on what you want really, most people are going to say c5 for a number of reasons. With the size of your corp I'd have to agree with them.

C5 / C6 PVE sites can be done with more or less the same number of people, although c5s are more friendly to less skilled pilots in less optimal ships.

C5s are pretty easy to hide out in, theres a large number of them. There is no perfect way to avoid an eviction in WH space (barring a c1 with a deathstar setup maybe).

As others have said, you can minimize your eviction risk by doing a few things. In Order of importance
1) Most Importantly don't be an asshat. WH Space has a good thing going with the playerbase, no matter how horrid your system is, if you **** someone off they will come knocking.

2) Your static. Capitals can't move out or in through a c1 / c2 / c3 / c4 wormhole. For example if you live in a c5 - static c4, they cannot use your own static against you for capitals, so ingressing / egressing is a more logistical nightmare than usual.

3) Have an annoying effect in your system. Blackholes are garbage to live in / do ops in. CVs are garbage to invade, especially if you build up a large carrier fleet. Wolf Rayets used to be bad, maybe some people still think they are.

4) Don't make yourself an easy target. Use a large, well defended POS. If you have a small pos with 15 capitals floating in the shields it will get shot.

C6 black holes never get evicted.