Missions & Complexes

I had few signals which I could not scan within 30 s - 45 s. I guess you're referring to those sites. It may get hard, but you should use proper formation (I use pinpoint formation). I have all the skills to level V and I have rigs for scanner probe strength. Never had any problems to scan down the signal.

Sometimes it gets totally weird and I can't get the signal, but I think that's because sometimes I'm just not focused and/or tired. Then I just restart the probes and place them at 4 AU size and place them on the planet/celestial where the signal was at. And then with the first scan, I get ~ 23-28% and then it's easy. No clue why does this happen.



As you saw, the wormhole sites are still protected with NPCs as they're the main income from the sites. ^^ Cheetah has nothing to do against them as well ...

You can read this link up in order to see if you really want to clean wormhole sites with a Loki: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=20722. It should help you out to see what you want to do and if you want to do.

Remember: sleeper salvage is what it's worth.



Full list of wormholes: http://www.ellatha.com/eve/wormholelist.asp.



Yes, they are. Some are rated and some are not. Before you get to do some, google the combat site you've found. You may find it disturbing into going to harder DED site and getting your face rolled-over by the NPCs.

Honestly, I think you should drop the wormhole cleaning if you don't have any experience. You can get a lot more, with a lot lesser risk by just doing Data/Relic/Combat sites in LOW/NULL-sec. EDIT: if you're going to use Loki then take care on the tracking disruptor NPCs. Also, take care on the web/neut from certain sites (once again: read the site information before you go inside).

If you have drone skills , you can go for Ishtar and the Sentry drones. If not, try the Loki out and you will see how it goes. It's all about your skills, but IMHO, I like the drones the best since you don't have to worry about the ammo so you can go in some part of space and return back when you a) feel alone and got bored of it or b) you have enough in your cargo and it's time to sell stuff.

EDIT: Hopefully others can join and give you much more advices than I can.

Good luck on your journey.

Thanks to both of you.

The info is invaluable. I'll try to choose a ship and make a plan accordingly.

I never fit the warp core stabilizer. I never fit the extra HP. And why is that so? Because if someone gets you scrammed and webbed, you're dead anyway. I had a buzzard with double scram because I know that some explorers will fit at least two warp-core stabs, and some will go even for three. So, basically, scram negates one warp-core stab but it does not negate two warp-core stabs. Hence the second scram will give me 4 scram strength, while even if you have 3 warp-core stabs, it'll still be stronger. The drake either had one scram and you had one warp-core stab (EDIT: the Drake didn't even touch you; the Probe had a scram fit, hence you can not use micro-warpdrive or warp away with only one warp-core stab).

This is what I've repeated numerous times for every single explorer: if you see someone in local, don't do sites because they might be pre-scanned. Directional scan will not help you because they will not drop any probes in space. The system is silly, because it's even easier to find people inside the space if they're doing sites. I can remember I had a system with 6 Data sites and 1 Relic site but I found a guy instantly. How? If you turn on your interface, you will see where signals are. If you do one directional scanner (360 degrees) and see covert-ops on it, then he's maybe doing one of the sites. Just lower the directional scanner to 30 degrees and look at the red points in the space. Simple as that.

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Check your overview! I have no clue if that probe was cloaked or not, but if it was then he was using some kind of Prototype cloaking device which means that you had plenty of time to cycle micro-warpdrive, and then cloak your ship. If he came later on, you still had enough time, because you would see a guy on grid before he can even lock you. You should again cycle micro-warpdrive once and cloak. Whenever you approach can, check out the surrounding of a can so you know towards where you're going to "run" if someone comes on grid.

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Set up your windows in a way where your eye will not get tired. Place the overview above/below the directional scanner so you have everything on one side. Place the local list on the same side as well.

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Last thing about fitting: I would never fit warp-core stab. I would fit something for speed and agility. It'll save you a lot more times than having the warp core stabs. And that's why I like Cheetah before any other covert-ops (e.g. Helios).