EVE General Discussion

Well if you're afraid of doing something in a video game, there's not much hope for you and you should probably just k

Serious answer: how about you start up a corporation, send me fifty million, and then I start a war against it? Within a week, you'll either get over your fears, or go play something more fun. It's win-win for all of us.

More serious answer: it's just a game, dude. Stop being afraid of it and just go out and do stuff.

When I went to null I took only what i needed there and left my hisec mission infrastructure intact. A lot of people decide to take everything and then whine how they lost it all on the way in. So only take what you need and then accumulate more while there, leave your hisec stuff in place. It is good to have something to fall back on.

Forum ate my post. Just take a bunch of T1 frigates into lowsec and attack anything you see.

If you like to Exploration then I would reccomend doing C1 C2 wormholes from highsec or "daytripping" as some call it, with good flying you can do a C1 in an assault fright, have cleared sites in a Retribution and Enyo.

There is alot to learn with scanning and WH mechanics (no local, WH ship bonuses etc) but I found that most people left me alone in WH space if I was in an AF so it was a good way to start before I moved up to Battlecruisers.

Also would be well timed with the new scanning changes

What do you want to do in nullsec?

Get a Frigate and go to Low Sec. Learn to use the Directional Scanner and hunt prey. The rush you get with your first kill will be amazing as well as addicting. Frigs are cheap and great learning tools for getting combat experience. Hell even ransom your prey (turn a profit and always honor the ransom) and soon you'll forget Null Sec, laugh that you ever lived in High, and will wonder what the hell you ever did before becoming a dirty Pirate.

Trust Me.

I started out in NPC null with a stealth bomber and a condor along with assorted modules and bubbles.
If you want to start totally from scratch, find a system near medical facilites (for your clone when you die), refinery and production slots.
Then, fly in a mining venture (will also be handy for slipping through gatecamps on the way) with some basic BPOs in the hold.
Although pretty crappy compared to everything else, you can mine minerals and recycle dropped modules to build your own frigs and so on.
The BPOs will cost you anywhere from 5-20M depending on what you choose to bring.

And yes, I know that a meta 0 slasher suxxorz, but an industrial or pod trapped in a bubble WILL die eventually.
When you lose your meta 0 frig, it won't really matter.

Just my 2 cents.

EDIT:
You can probe down mag sites in null, then speed tank most of the rats while you hack the cans. Even if you don't get them all, before the incoming DPS is too much, you can still make a fair amount, so that's a nice side business when you find one.

This. If you need tips and someone to show you the basics, beep me in game, well set up a meeting.


Learn in lowsec and after you know what youre doing, try null

You'll never make it with just your pod.

If you just want to day trip, then pack up a cov-ops and get to it.

Remember to jump to a different clone first....maybe no implants at all?

If you make it to where you want to go, spend a day dicking around out there, but don't get podded, then jump clone back to empire. Then you can go back anytime you like without running the gauntlet again..

This.

Try to find a corp before you move to null that is happy to take you in and you have similar interests. I know we, as a corp, spend time moving people from highsec down into null. Often you'll find there's a wormhole that can be taken as a short cut and you'll have access to intel channels to identify choke points and hostile systems (gate camps). Moving stuff down shouldn't be an issue as many corps have jump freighter services.

Null isn't all that scary either. I had a similar experience to you with highsec and essentially became bored. Having moved to null, I couldn't think of anything worse than going back to high. There's always something to do down here with either pvp, pve (anoms, ded sites), industry (mining and manufacture) and a whole heap of exploration. Other than in PvP, it's rare to lose a ship unless you're just being careless or just plain unlucky.