EVE New Citizens Q&A

I started playing with a friend of mine, and after we both finished out separate military career agent missions we flew to a nearby system and accepted a level 1 security mission.

We fleet up and fly to the encounter and when we arrive, the guys just don't stop coming and many of them have missiles. He was able to warp to safety but I got demolished.

If you are in a fleet are missions suddenly a lot more challenging?

oh ok, thanks for responding.

Why do level 1 missions vary so dramatically? Is there a way I can tell what i'm getting my little frigate into? haha

Use the link above. It's excellent, although not always 100% accurate. It will give you enough information to keep you alive.

Make sure you have your ship fitted properly. If your fitting is bad, even amazing skills won't save you.

Small armor repairer is a good start, consider filling your other mid slots with 'cap rechargers,' They will help you run your capacitor for longer. If you are going to use blasters I would recommend you also fit a 1mn afterburner.

For your lows, I would replace the injectors with a 'Damage Control' to make your tank beefier and consier adding in either a 'tracking enhancer,' a 'magnetic field stabilizer,' or another tank mod like 'energized adaptive nano membrance.'

For missions, railguns can help your performance, a group of 150s or greater will do less damage, but allow you to avoid being right next to ships to hit. Keep an eye on 'optimal' range and try using differenet ammo types like 'Antimatter,' or 'Thorium'

Good luck!

Cruisers are also prohibitively expensive starting out when sinking a couple mil into a ship hull is a big deal.

Not all missions of a given level are created equal.

Don't know about level 1, but by far the hardest level 2 mission of them all is Mission of Mercy.

Where most level 2 missions are mostly frigates with maybe a single cruiser thrown in, and they are often separate groups, Mission of Mercy has 6 cruisers and 6 elite frigates in a single group. All other level 2 missions can be done in a destroyer (well, I did this one in a destroyer too, but that was temporary insanity, so use a cruiser).

In other missions, beware of activating triggers if you are not prepared for additional spawn.

Thanks for your helpful replies everyone.

I'll definitely be bookmarking the link that SurrenderMonkey posted.

By the way, if any new (or even veteran) pilots would like to do some missions in Essence drop me a message in-game :)