EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi

I have a few questions regarding some things in the game for which I am unable to obtain a good, direct and to the point answer by searching on google, various tutorials, guides, etc.

1. How do I transfer inventory items, ships, ISK (money) between my characters ? I read somewhere (via google, forgot where), that to do so I need to use escrow ? But I don't see anything about any escrow in the game, no clue how to access it and nothing I look at explains it to me. Or is there perhaps some other way of doing this here ? Need detailed instructions, including which buttons, menus etc. and how to get to them.

2. How do I move 3-4 ships + some misc inventory items between stations in far away systems ? Only thing I can think of is to travel back in my capsule, board a ship, load as much stuff as possible, then rinse-repeat, but that is so incredibly time consuming its kinda stupid as it would cost me an entire gaming session, possibly more, just to move some stuff. So how do I move my stuff without being already a veteran player who already has the cash, skills for a transport ship, thus has absolutely no need to move the kind of stuff that I need to move as a newbie, and do so in a timely manner that doesnt involve multiple back and forth trips across the highsec space in a capsule ?

3. Clones. I have been doing some reading and would like to start exploring the more dangerous areas of the game, using a clone without implants and a disposable (super cheap) ship. But I am unclear on the whole clones thing. Can I have multiple clones at multiple locations in the game ? Can I switch between them as I need to ? Do I have to die then pick a location to travel to in my capsule to do so ? How does this work, and again, if multiple menus and UI functions are involved, I do need instructions.


Thanks !

Transport ships aren't what you're looking for. Industrial ships are good enough for moving small loads and can be trained in a few hours. A tech 1 industrial, once rigged, can carry 30k+ cargo, which is easily enough to fit a few small ships packaged.

Your other option is to use a moving service like Red Frog and simply pay them to do it for you.

OP, If you assume more established players somehow get around the hurdle of logistics and don't have to spend entire gaming sessions moving stuff around you are in for a surprise.

I recently returned to the game and in my first week spent 90% of my time moving things around to re-situate due to my corporation moving their base of operations while I was gone.

In short, logistics is a massive component of the game and for some folks it IS the game...

I don't believe you can do station trading to other players while on a trial account.

You would be correct - they are unable to transfer isk.

http://community.eveonline.com/support/knowledge-base/article.aspx?articleId=444

Thanks for the replies guys. I did move some of the stuff I wanted and can now transfer whatever I need between my characters and I have a somewhat grasp on the jump clones and clones in general, started getting the necessary skills etc.

Still have 1 more question. Currently both my characters are Gallente, the cargo ships which are available to me are the standard Nereus and that Gallente Mining Ship from tutorial (forgot the name, the one with a bay for ore).

With these I am able to move a repackaged frigate due to cargo space limitations. So the question is, what next cargo hauling ship can I get with minimal skill and ISK investment to be able to move a packaged destroyer or other equal size ship ? I have a feeling it is a good idea to have at least 1 cargo hauler somewhere for the future.


Thanks

Any specific recommendations ? I looked around on evelopedia and other databases but they often do not list the cargo capacity stat thus I am unable to know what to go for.

Make sure you know what you are doing before setting sail with all your stuff in an Orca. Do *not* try and take shortcuts through lowsec this way, and be wary of highsec hubs, especially Hek and Jita.

Since the T1 hauler rebalance, every race is similar. They all have a smaller, faster hauler (with 15k-20k m3 hold) and a bigger, slower one (with 35k-40k m3 hold).

E.g. for Gallente, the Nereus is the small, agile one. With Expanded Cargo Hold modules in the low slots and Cargohold T1 rigs, you get 17294.9 m3 with max skills. (14527.7 with Gallente Industrial at 1.) The large one is the Iteron Mark V, with a hold of 37152 m3 at max skills. It used to be the largest T1 hauler, but now it's been put in the second place, behind the Amarr Bestower.

You need 5k m3 for a packaged Destroyer, 10k m3 for a Cruiser, 15k m3 for a Battlecruiser and 50k m3 for a Battleship.

Be careful to have enough tank for whatever you are carrying, as above 3k ISK of cargo per EHP it can become profitable for others to attack you in high-sec, even if they lose their ship to CONCORD (knows as suicide-ganks).

As it's a quick&cheap training, all my main characters have trained all four racial industrial skills to 1, so that I can fly all T1 haulers. (You never know which ones will be available on the market.)

If you want to go beyond T1 haulers, the Orca is the next step up.