Ships & Modules

The Scorpion is an electronic warfare ship, it's one of the few battleships not at all suitable for PvE.

I suggest re-learning the ropes on a smaller ship class - rookie mistakes are expensive in a battleship, and battleships are vulnerable to getting swarmed by smaller (even NPC) ships now.

What ship exactly should depend on your skills. What races and weapon types are your strengths (or least weak )? Have you seen the Battlecruisers skill?

Did you want to PvE in highsec missions, or did you have something else in mind?

Ok, and let say re-learning with the big ship but staying in 0.5 or above, can this be a good option?

I am Caldari. My most developped gunnery skills are Hybrid Turret IIRC

Drones skills very high. I have heavy combat drones in my Scorpion. I LOVE drones 

Battlecruiser skill? I need to verify, I cant remember. The ship I used a lot before the Scorpion was a Thorax. Cant remember what class it is.

As for PvE, ultimatly going into lowsec territories, to encounter stronger NPC and maybe discover good salvaging opportunities? For now, that’s pretty much the plan.

all Battlecruisers should be able to run lvl 3 missions

there is always a risk of being attacked, especially if you are a miner (see minerbumping.com). that said, as long as you stay in hisec, do not step on anybody's toes and fly ships that can't drop anything too expensive, you are generally safe. nobody will attack a T2 equipped battlecruiser and be blown up by space police just for the lulz.

If you want to fly something that uses drones/hybrids then Gallente is probably the better race in terms of ships for you right now, though you have the Scorpion Navy Issue and the Rattlesnake which use the Caldari Battleship skill. They do however use missiles so your hybrids won't be very useful there.

I would very much recommend training up the skills for Battlecruisers/Destroyers plus all racial cruisers to 3 to get the most out of it when the summer expansion hits, and starting out in sub-battleship sized ships is probably best when you haven't been around for that long. There has been improvements to the NPC AI, they now switch targets and go for your drones quite often.

The Thorax you used to fly is a Gallente Cruiser, and starting out with a cruiser to get a feel for the game again might be a good idea. Battlecruisers are somewhat forgiving as well, though Battleships are a coffin if fitted or flown incorrectly.

Would advice you to dig some in the dev blogs from the latest year at least, as CCP has rebalanced a lot in the game during this period and covered most of the improvements in detail there.

Highsec is 0.5 and up to 1.0. While you're technically "safe" there someone might decide to gank you, either for fun or if your ship has modules or cargo valuable enough for a gank. While lvl 1-3 missions don't give all that much money, relearning the ropes is highly recommended before you move on to lvl 4's where you can make a decent amount of isk. Once you've gotten into a Battleship down the line, joining into Incursions might be a good step for more isk/hour. (Incursions are PvE activities you group up with certain fleet layouts and fight against the Sansha where they invade space, which can be anywhere in EVE except wormholes.)

With so many changes since you last played I can just recommend you to try things out, and figure out more about what's your thing somewhere down the line when you got the feel for the game back.

Lastly,
Good Luck!

Since you capitalized your love for drones (and I totally agree with the sentiment ) my advice would be to try a Vexor then graduate to a Myrmidon which for various sentimental reasons is my favorite ship in the game. I've been away for a year plus and just got back a few days ago, but i remember the Myrm taught me how to fit a ship for PVE.

And don't undock with something you can't afford to lose.

I'm relearning how to play too. Last night i quick fitted a Rifter and went ratting in 0.8 space and it was wonderful.

Thanks a lot for all this info.

Not sure if im correct, but back then in 2003, the battlecruiser class was not existant isint? The step after having a cruiser was to get a battleship. Am I wrong?

So right now I'm traning the required skills for those battlecruiser. I will then get one of the ship suggested, one with a large drone cargo.

Cheers!

You have to be careful using drones in missions right now because npcs will attack them as soon as they are out.

They can still be used but more micromanage is required.

Myrmidon just got a buff that make viable the use of sentries in it and with the right support modules they can kill frigates with no problem.

Concentrate on Dessies and Cruisers, T2 fits. Those will suit just about any activity in high sec excluding some L3 missions and L4 missions. Get your core skills solid before diving into battleships. If you have the ISK look into faction or pirate cruisers: they can handle more than your basic T1 hulls can.

Adn fredfredbug4's comments are valid here, too...