EVE New Citizens Q&A

The later method would probably be as good as any for getting started.

If you wanna look into things more try using DOTLAN maps to get a better idea of which systems have action and how much of it.

The problem with using a frigate to pvp in low sec is that in most of it there aren't any targets for a frigate.

As in all no-FW regions most of the fights will happen on a gate or station (as no-one mines or rats in low sec) you need to be ready to take gate guns. Frigates just can't handle them.

You can try to look for blinky pirates, but most of them will be able to handle a frigate.

In the faction warfare areas you will find a lot more people in small ships and away from any gate or station guns, however with the state of FW right now, most of them will be either in ceptors / bombers running missions, or in pirate / navy frigates looking for a fight.

There's still quite a lot of rifters looking for a fight so it would be a good place to start.

My current homebase is located in Dodixie and when I have time for a little fun (which unfortunately is hard to manage these days) I set destination to Hevrice and just go there in my rifter. This sector and other in the neighborhood is where Tuskers hung out and if you stay on their radars long enough usually somebody will come out to greet you :)

It is true that most of ships you can see there can be defficult to take with a rifter or any other frig and what is worse pilots are experienced but if you want to learn you should take lessons from the best not from mediocre.

For good lowsec frigate combat, look no further than static DED sites (1/10 or 2/10). These are sites which you can spot on your overview and warp to without any scanning. Because DEDs offer some nice loot drops such as faction afterburners and faction ship blueprints, they are often camped or watched by players willing to fight for the opportunity of farming the site.

The important thing to know about DEDs is that they have acceleration gates which will only allow certain categories of ships through (if i remember correctly DED 1s only allow frigate class ships (T1 / T2 / Faction all included) through the gates and DED 2s allow frigs and destroyers).

In other words, if you pick the right class of DED (i.e. DED 1 or 2) and can get through the first acceleration gate (which is sometimes camped by bigger ships) you are guaranteed not to have a decloaking falcon / rapier / blob appear next to you because the gate will only allow smaller ships through. This makes for a very "arena" type of pvp experience and is a good place to start.

I found a lot of fights travelling from DED to DED through lowsec. Of course an additional benifit is that if the site is not camped / has not been farmed recently you might well pick up a faction drop and could earn some decent isk or improve your fitting.

You can find DED sites either by taking a look on something like Ombey's 2d Maps (also useful for determining lowsec pockets) or Dotlan. I prefer Ombeys simply because they are printable and I like holding a physical piece of paper when navigating.

You should remember however that the average frigate that you find at a lowsec DED isn't really that "average". Expect decent pvp pilots, usually in faction fit faction frigates who know how to use the site, warp mechanics and gates to their advantage. Usually you can get a pretty darn good fight out of them and if you manage to kill them, you will likely get one or two valuable pieces of loot.

Regarding lowsec generally, don't believe all the negative hype about the lack of targets for frigate pilots in lowsec. It simply isn't true. There are plenty of targets for frigates in lowsec. Sure, you won't be able to engage neutral targets on gates, but then again, there are plenty of non-neutral targets in lowsec. In addition, despite what some people might say, there are in fact people ratting, mining, hauling and mission running in lowsec - you just have to be patient enough to find them.

Good luck!

I'll throw in behind join RvB. All the frigate teeth cutting you need, then after that head out for the real stuff.

If you have your heart set on pirating, I would again suggest finding some newbie friendly pirate corps (they do exist) you'll have the option to solo, but also the fleet roams will see you getting more action against targets you'd not normally be able to handle.

Finally FW is worth a look, there are solo frigate fights out there, and if your lucky, you'll get the jump on the mission leeching bears, as well as finding fights outside of the usual Station/Gate situation.

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This is closer to true, however, if you know what your doing you can just stay away from said people and ask for a 1v1 in a frig. Frigs won't catch you on gates, so moving around in a frig is a good idea if you want to look for fights. Larger ships WILL get caught by gatecamps, with frigs you might survive.

Also, you should get in a corp with some experience on this stuff. If you don't, you will probably not understand why you are losing fights and what you need to do to fix it (you will lose, don't worry, its a learning process at first).