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My First Ratting Ship
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Aivo Dresden
State War Academy
Caldari State
#41 - 2013-12-06 00:12:56 UTC
I would suggest a Vexor as well. It scales very well with your skills and once you get to the Ishtar with T2 sentries you can take on quite a bit.
Nyru Red
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2013-12-06 09:51:21 UTC
Thank you for the input :)

This morning I did the very noob thing and took my Tristan out before learning all the skills i needed, fitted with T1 gear, I just wanted to try it out haha.

I jumped to a 0.5 Sec system and warped to the nearest belt. I immediately found a couple of Rats and engaged them sending my 4 Drones in (told you I wasn't fully trained :S)

I was actually doing really well. I had almost taken the 1st Rat down when the 2nd Rat really started to damage my ship.

I managed to retrieve my drones and warp before taking too much hull damage and didn't lose any drones.

It was a very useful experience and could have been a lot worse.

Lessons learnt:
1) Don't be impatient.
2) Learn all skills before using drones.
3) Train to use T2 parts for the Tristan
Aivo Dresden
State War Academy
Caldari State
#43 - 2013-12-06 10:04:32 UTC
You could always have a go at some missions as well. The level 1 stuff is generally more forgiving. :)
Nyru Red
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#44 - 2013-12-06 10:12:11 UTC
Haha yeah I did a few missions after my almost death... Much easier haha
Soldarius
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#45 - 2013-12-06 20:13:25 UTC
I'm assuming that OP being Gallente and very new means she is in Gallente space at the moment. This means Serpentis rats.

However, at your age, going down to losec to belt rat will only get you killed. Practice in hisec first. Grab that Vexor and train drones, armor tanking, and core fitting skills like Electronics and Engineering. This will let you fit better stuff on your ship.

Belt rats give much better bounties and loot than anom rats. So find a decent .5 system with lots of belts and a station and get to it. You might even find a faction spawn and get some nice faction loot and/or a pirate faction frigate BPC.

Most lo/nul sec corps won't take someone as new as you because of the possibility of spies. Give it a couple weeks. Train core skills. Learn how to Eve. Then start looking for a corp.

http://youtu.be/YVkUvmDQ3HY
Gunter Thompson
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#46 - 2013-12-06 20:47:11 UTC
Could you post your fit?

Okay, so with the Tristan, like most drone boats, the idea is to stay away from the enemy. I'm not too sure what range you're currently able to operate them at, but try to keep the rats as far away from you as possible while still being within range. If you do not know how to manually pilot your ship, it's as easy as double clicking in space.

It would be a capacitor and energy grid sacrifice, but fitting an armor tank (Armor Repairer I) while keeping distance should be enough to hold off any high sec (.5 and up) rats.

If you're tanky enough, go ahead and get right on top of them.

If you're using Rail Guns, you probably don't want to be too close though. You want to stay fairly close to their optimal range. The closer you get the harder it is for them to track enemy targets. (The enemy's angular velocity almost always increases as they get closer.)

Happy ratting.
Nyru Red
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#47 - 2013-12-09 13:49:42 UTC
Yeah in Gallente space, and I am almost Drones V, already Scout Drones IV, then I will work on the others :) which are all around III at the moment.

Yeah I have heard no one seems to trust people they don't know, understandably so after a few stories I have heard online and from friends. So I will just keep training and soloing until I have been on Eve a little while and then join a Corp so they feel more at ease and I have the experience to actually contribute to the Corp.

It was a very basic fit, It was what pretty much what "The Spod" posted but only using the T1 versions of things.

Yeah I don't want to get close haha, and thank you :)

I have now bought my Vexor... Not to use now, but just because I had the isk (and some to spare) and wanted to start building so it was ready for when I feel confident to use it haha
Gunter Thompson
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#48 - 2013-12-12 11:54:22 UTC
Make sure to get Drone Interfacing. It's a gem.


20% drone damage increase per level.

Big smile
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