EVE New Citizens Q&A

Yeah. I know of people who fly really strong Frigates. I'm currently training mine to Frigate V because I find Stealth Torp/Bombers interesting. But most PVP fits are Gunships. My Missile skills are mostly at level III so I'm not sure if it's wise to switch to Gunnery. Interceptors are an option too. Any advises for this?

I ain't bothering about that CEO though. I did my part to reply nicely and apologized for my "stupid questions". Apparently he found it amusing to kick his hostility up a notch feeling superior. I blocked him and found a 10 million bounty on my head. I'm now amused he actually spent 10 million on me. Kinda made my day :)

edit: NM, question already answered.

Bounties are a sign of respect. Own it.

He won't be the last fake person you find, but there are a lot of helpful people out there as well. When you get in to PvP convo everybody that kills you and see what you could have done better. Many will laugh and say they are the king but most will actually give you constructive advice. MMOs are all about interacting with other people - that's what makes it fun!

And this forum is a great place to ask "stupid questions" as the people that hang out here understand you are new and remember what it was like to be confronted with such a steep learning curve. Unless you come in with a bad attitude or obviously have put in no effort to understand and want to be spoon-fed, you'll generally get civil and useful answers here.

There's plenty of in-game channels you can go to as well. Rookie chat is ok, but usually clogged up with "where is the veldspar???" and sometimes has bad advice. Eve Tutors is a well known channel for new player questions. J'Poll has her own channel for similar purposes. I'm always happy to answer questions in private chat or my public channel whenever I'm online as well. Use all the resources you can find, because it's a rough game to take on by yourself and it's much easier and way more fun with friends.

But remember. Don't trust anyone completely.

Unless it's Chibbra. You can trust him!
I should find some public channels. I need something to amuse me in-game when I'm just doing stuff, and it's not a chatty Local...

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Yep it's still there

Ah, here you are. ^^

Nice to see you're doing well and listen to people. ^^

Super fast lock-on? Well if you cram a Slasher full of sensor boosts then yeah, you can lock & scramble a pod easily. However, a Slasher won't hold up against gate/station turrets for very long.

Alternative is common: Pick a frigate/cruiser with a lot of mid-slots and cram it full of remote sensor boosts, scripted for lock times, and use it too jack up someone else's lock timer. Y'know, someone in a bigger ship that actually can soak those defense guns easily.

Because the booster ship is never actually "officially" participating in combat (they'll go yellow for aiding a criminal, but that's it) then the auto-turrets won't engage them. After all, they're not actually attacking you, now are they?

Just in case you were wondering how this is done.

Now that I learnt more about the game, yes it's a fast lock-on, but my bad piloting skills at that point contributed too. Haha. He's flying an Incursus and he's one of the top PVP players as well. If it's now, I'll at least be more confident that when I can't tank the damage, I'll at least be able to navigate away safely :)

I have Eve university's public channel open at all times. People there are freindly and know a lot about the game. They have been a great help for me so far.