EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi!
My brother and I just started EvE. So far we are having fun, the boatload of complexity is really nice.

We are both more interested in PvE than PvP and want to work together. Due to limited time available we have timeframes of about 2 hours together to play.

I did research a bit about possible professions that would work well for two capsuleers. One common mention was Exploration - one scans the site and brings Relic and Data Analyzing, the other takes care of the rats. But as of Odyssee (sp?) there are no more rats in relic and data sites, right? That leaves us with combat sites and maybe a "lab" in gas sites.
Is this still viable? Or ist the amount of combat sites simply too small to be worth the time ? (our Fighter would have to wait for the scan and then maybe its not a combat site... )

What other Professions would you recommend? I think mining is not our way of "playing".

Thanks!

Cheers

My wife and i often play together.

We rat and mission together. Sometimes i am escort for her low sec mining story line missions.

When ratting, she will be logi while i am DPS for Sleepers, otherwise we just both bring DPS. Its fun. We started the SoE arc but found it too easy and a bit boring.

We have even done a 2 ship roam one or twice.

DED sites are a good idea to co-op too. You have to scan them down and kill the rats inside, and they might have a good faction spawn at the end. If it drops anything good just sell it and share the ISK. Exploration together can be more profitable because you can scan out the system for any data/relic sites while the combat ship rats, then get 1 pilot in a combat site while the other switches ships. Burn some salvagers over all those grids and you'll clear out entire systems together.

Hi everyone!

Thank you. The reassurance this will still work (though a bit adapted like in wormholes or one goes ratting while the other scans and you "team up" for combat sites) is much appreciated. I like exploration the most (at least for now ;) ) and my brother is intend on getting a drone carrier cruiser / battlecruiser, so it seems to work out i guess.

The other ideas (trading together or doing missions duo) are also much appreciated! We will definitely have a look into that!

The switching of ships that Inxentas Ultramar brought up: Do I understand that correctly that I (the one with the scanning frig) will scan the site down and my brother with his combat ship will warp to that site while i head back and change into a combat fitted ship?

Would it be worthwile for me to get a second account for salvaging (and maybe some production later on?) ? I thought i could follow my brother around while he rats and clear up the wrecks in those combat sites? Would such an account be able to pay for itself via plex after say, 6 months ? (given our small time tables...)
Or would it suffice to skill salvaging and get into a noctis with my exploration char? Like, do the sites last long enough to head back to station and change ships (again) into a dedicated salvage ship?

Thank you again, you guys have been most helpful!

Alright, thanks for the tipps! I thought using a Noctis was already the best way to salvage. But the good thing about EvE is you never stop learning.

Do the wrecks in complexes and anomalies stay for 2h as well? If so, then i might as well train my exploration char for salvaging.

Basicly yeah. He can start working on it right away. You might also consider scanning everything down first, whatever works best for you and your buddy. The prime principle being simply to cover more ground together and complete sites/missions/whatever, faster. Works wonders for your standings and sec stat too.

Thank you again for the much appreciated answers. Things are becoming clearer and clearer.

The idea to scan everything down (and bookmark each signature i guess) and then begin clearing the sites is something i never thought of before. We will try that, definitely decreases time consumed for changing ships. Though we risk that someone else might clear the sites (or at least one ) in the time i need to scan them down. Guess it depends on the situation (amount of other players, their ships etc. ) .

And Iria Ahrens, you are right, I asked specifically for PvE. Though the hint about WHs is still appreciated, as we do not plan to stick to High Sec PvE forever. We just want to get a start and train some skills, make some money and get used to EvE. Our plan definitely involves moving to LoSec sooner or later. If we did not want to PvP ever, EvE might be the wrong game, as far as I understood. That is why we work with safe spots and dscan in HighSec, just to get used to it.

Thank you all!

Yeah, I think I saw somewhere here one guy boasting how cool he was getting "filthy reach incursioner" into "partner program" doing some hard L4 mission and then blow him. You can try this Keno Skir offer but rather do not join his corp, cause if you do, he can kill you even in high sec whithout concord responce. Than you can discuss what is scamming in eve and what is noble break of trust.

Hello again,
I am absolutely amazed by the helfpulness of you. Thanks a lot!
We will look into the fleet skills asap our own skills have reached a sufficient level. I cannot scan down most sites right now and hacking and archaeology are way too low right now, same goes for salvaging. But as soon as these skills have a "good enough" level, we will look into it.

We are grateful for the offer of Keno Skir, but we just yesterday found a nice corporation, who does help us and gives advice. We even made some sites together yesterday. So I think we are quite good set for now.

Thank you!
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Are you sure.

Last time I had someone go suspect on grid with me my drones did not engage (and are set to aggressive).

Agressive Drones will only shoot a person/NPC that starts to actively engaging you while the drones are out.
Agressive drones wont pull you into PvP without an order from you.

Passive drones are like kids, you have to tell them waht to do every single time over and over.