Ships & Modules

Part of the beauty (and frustration at times) of playing EVE is the leveling system; on one hand you don't have to do anything. You can pop a skill in the que and wait; technically, you don't even have to play the game to level your skill. There really is no level grind that can be found in other MMO's.

Having said that, the biggest part of EVE, is patience. If you think your drake dps is too low (it's been established by plenty of posters that it is) then it isn't going to get any better in a battleship. And if anything, you'll be an even bigger target for those on the prowl. As a player that has participated in those hunts, battleships make big, juicy targets, especially if being flown by a toon that's barely a month old.

Take everyone's advice and work on the Drake (or even switch down to a cruiser). The nice thing about the B.C. is that it uses the same sized weapon systems (with the exception of the one for each faction that uses B.S. sized turrets) and the same sized mods as the cruiser, so when training for one, you're also training for the other. While you may be able to make iskies in a battleship (which you can do in any size ship), the loss of a battleship is going to hurt your wallet more than it will help it.


Regradless, good luck!

That sounds really exciting. What are you going to train after that?

Way back when I used to fly the bigger ships as soon as I could sit/fit em. But I was just running missions and I was sitting in new ships before being able to move up a mission level. Also missions at that time were way way easier, now it would be a terrible idea.

I am finding that smaller ships are whole lot more fun (and at times more effective). Frig V and cruiser V may seem like serious slogs when you're just starting the game but these skills pay massive dividends. Same applies to the associated weapon systems to V. T2 ships are sweet, and to me, more fun than BS boats. <3 running 3's in a Jaguar and some 4's in a Vaga.

An unskilled BS in any form/activity just sounds like the most tedious thing ever.

I am not waiting to train frigs? Maybe I mistyped something, but I've been cruising around in an assault frigate for over a year. I do my lowsec wanderings (exciting for me to just wander around) in my very first Kestrel, etc. I have CovOps to IV and Interceptors to II, but only Caldari based right now, and I am not sure if I like light missiles on PVP-centric ships, or do I take my projectile skills and really go hard with Minmatar stuff.

Oh no, I use my frig all the time. And I will do either expploration or go be a professional tackler at some point, but right now I just want my PVE mission future set up so I have it there if I feel like solo mission grinding, and I wanted to get better with slow ship skills, doing stuff you typically don't worry about when your frig goes 3km/s, like aligning, the MWD warp trick, etc. And a Drake in a lot of repetitive L3s is helping me accomplish a bunch of stuff all at once. So right now, Drake L3 PVE wins.

But I'll totally be back to frig based stuff soon enough. I love the relic/data minigame and the whole exploration thing. I have all my scanning skills either at II or III and as I do with everything, will start seriously doing that stuff when they are all IV or V, but that's a side goal right now, something to do when I am bored. Right now though, I am not bored. I know to older EVE players it sounds goofy, but having all four empire factions above 5.00 so I can run all their epic arcs is my main goal in game right now and has been for a while. I still like PVE missions.

Yeah, I am not sold on guns for small and fast, but a buddy has a Blarpy he really enjoys. I'd go with my normal LM setup at first, since it's all at V now anyway, and just start goofing with that. Just pondering things. I ponder EVE more than I play it I think. =)

I'll end up being a tackler at some point, but like I said, I am not bored of PVE missions yet, and I like padding the faction, LP and ISK. And missions are easy, so for now I mission. Lots of EVE to play yet, and my overall point is I am not in any sort of hurry.