EVE New Citizens Q&A

Well took the dive earlier and had a bit of pvp and did a bit of exploration ......then lost my catalyst to being webified and warp scrambled and finally blown up lol and to be honest I kinda felt a sigh of relief that I had lost my first meaningful ship as now I know what it feels like and can move on.

I know a lot of people will say it was only a catalyst but it was the best ship I had up till now, but as I said it feels sort of good that now I have lost my best I know what it feels like.

I guess thats what I love about this game is the unpredictable nature of it, so just when you feel safe .... boom lol

Oh well need a new attack ship now for a hopefully cheap price :) any suggestions?

if you are doing PvP then I can recommend 3 cheapo ships for you:

- Incursus: slow but has a mean active tank. If you can drop right on top of someone or be where they come out of warp then you can usually outlast them in a brawl.

- Atron: fast but fragile. With normal skills you can turn this into a cheapo interceptor that can be used very effectively with others. When your skills become very good you can turn this ship into an anti-frigate gank ship.

- Tristan: this ship fits somewhere between the above two. It can't active tank like the Incursus can and it can't go at the speeds that the Atron can... but it can buffer tank better than both while dishing out solid damage. This ship also relies on drones to deal damage.

T1 frigs, very cheap
If you want EWAR, then Griffins, which every Griffin you fit should not go above 2 million ISK (so you can lose tons of those and not worry about)
Combat frigs tend to be a bit expensive (more than EWAR frigs, but still cheap) due to guns and ammo, but in general cheaper than dessies
If you spend a while with PVP, work for T2 guns first, then T2 AFs which are awesome for solo and fleets

As always and everyone say to new players: find a corp in FW space, best place to fly small ships and get lots and lots of fights

You can even get Thoraxes/Vagas/SFIs go about 3km/s+ if you do it in the right way

I haven't flown a tristan in ages, this is a completely untested fit and will have limitations with what you can engage but it should do ok with slow, short range brawler ships. Afterburner fit frigates mostly. Don't mess with other drone boats.

If you get near a web and scrambler you're a dead man. If you're going to the belts land at 50-70km. If someone lands in there with you don't get jumpy and go strait for them. Get the drones out and start establishing range...if you can see on the overview that they are faster than you...bug out fast. You want to end up orbiting around 16-17k from what I remember with the guns but just check it with your skills...the guns don't matter that much the range is more important.

There are "better" ships to use but this one should give you enough time to react and if they are scrambler fit you should be able to escape if they are winning so you don't loose a ship every time you mess up with target selection. Leave the drones when ya have to the tech I's are cheap.

Zero the Hero Tristan

Highs
2 - 75mm Rail Guns (faction Iron ammo)

Mids
1mn MWD
Long Point (warp disrupter)
Small Cap Booster (200 boosters)

Lows
Damage Control
2 - Drone damage amplifiers

Rigs
1 - CPU rig
2 - Polycarbon Engine Housing (you can play with this one just don't bother with cap recharger rigs)

warrior or hobgoblin drones


I'm no EFT warrior so I dont know the exact numbers on it but I'm sure someone will come along shortly to tell us why this is a terrible ship. Good luck