EVE New Citizens Q&A

I mean after just finishing all of the Career Agents.

Is Faction Warfare Militias a logical next step?

or is it something you would want to hold off on?

Can you use a warp disruptor/scrambler and a microwarp drive ?

If so, you are ready to dive into FW. Especially if you can find a corp to teach you.

I suggest you start plexing and avoid combat for a short period while you skill up. Focus on one race and one weapon system at first so you can get up to par asap. then you can broaden out.

There is a lot to learn regarding situational awareness and lowsec survival. So maybe a couple of weeks doing that would be time well spent before you start taking fights.

Plus you should have a very healthy bank roll by then!

And x up for a few fleets as they happen in Militia chat. You wont have much impact, but will learn loads and get your first few kills!

This is all the info you need:
http://www.gamerchick.net/2013/01/the-beginners-guide-to-faction-war.html

avoid pvp like the plague. As far as I can see its nothing but instant deaths against people who are so much better than you (damn tech 2)!

Hold off untill you have 10m SP or so. Atleast at that level you might have a chance.

eve kill disagrees with you

http://eve-kill.net/?a=pilot_detail&plt_id=1675337

My EVE kill disgrees with you...

http://kane.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=9977480
http://kane.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=8600172

Just because you are bad does not mean others are. If you know how to use your ship even a person at that time like myself with t1 guns can kill older players.

Frigate pvp is fast, but YOU have no chance to react because you don't know how to play.

Uhm actually frigate warfare is very viable and needed. I run a T1 condor with pretty basic fits with my corp and i run as a tackle. Your making one of the big mistakes of EVE, bigger is not always better my friend. Now yes i know im comparing my small fleet exp to a solo but still. Get in a big BS and get jumped by a Frig fleet and you'll see how hard it is to hit those suckers.

NOW having said that i do also see where your coming from where a decent amount of SP is handy, 10m i think is a bit over kill though as that will take quite a few months to achieve and its best to get your feet wet early on so your better customed to it when you start flying high isk hulls and fits

I had a brief dip into FW the other week at about 1mill skill points, I didn't join a faction war corp as I just wanted to have a nose at it without committing to it long term (and annoying ppl by joining a corp just to quit a couple days later).

I lost a few ships, and a couple pods, but see it as by far the most beneficial experience I've had in EvE so far. I learnt a hell of a lot about navigating low sec and staying safe. Most of it had to do with gate camps (if there's a blinky red about don't go through, don't warp to 0 etc.), using d-scan and being aware of your surroundings, and mostly how to bravely run away, GTFO and save your ass. I also learned that doing really dumb things is... errrr ... really dumb, like spending ten minutes with the browser open setting up your overview while undocked, or asking nooby questions in local by mistake instead of rookie chat.

To put Paul Otichoda's comments in a more helpful way, don't expect to get any solo kills, if you want kills on your board you probably have to join a corp and/or fleet. Your not going to get a fair fight, a group of 3 t2s (I had problems with a group of Russian guys) are not gunna look at your t1 and think, ahhhhh bless, it just wouldn't be fair to kick the crap out of that guy (although I'm sure you probably know this). Even 1v1 in the same ship the opponent is highly likely to have a lot more experience than you in combat, so its still not really fair and the odds are stacked against you.

Despite that, like I said above, I learned so much more in those 10 or so hours playing than I could of ever done reading any guides, I even went two whole evenings without getting killed. I was delighted with myself. I'm currently waiting a couple days to get the min SP required to join a "PvP training corp" I feel having someone on voice comm is just going to be so much more helpful watching youtube/reading guides.

Give it a go OP, whats the worst that could happen? You lose a bit of imaginary space money, decide you don't like it and go do something else.

Just my 2 cents from a fellow newb.