Wormholes

So my corporation is still a bit new to wormholes. I've been trying to search most things, but here's my questions :D :

1. What should the players use for personal storage for ships/modules/etc. Should we be using personal hangars?

2. Are c1's really the best place to start out or should be go for a little bit higher?

That's all i got :) thank you in advanced!

yeah for a small group the static is more important that where youlive, unless you just want pi but that gets boring real fast.

Don't do a C1 unless you have some specific reason for it. The PVE part dries up unless you have a good static.

You have 3 options. a C2, C3 or C4.

C2's are good as you have two holes, a kspace and a wormhole.
C3's are ok, but you would probably have more fun in a C2.
C4's are if you want to be left totally alone (:-).

Most C2/highsec's are taken and you tend to run into alot of wormhole divers. Lowsecs are good (good pvp, generally good chains). Your static, your aiming for a C1, C2, C3. C4's if you have good ships and logistics. but if your very small, aim for those. You can always upgrade later.

if I were you, I would aim for a C2, static low/static C3. The low gives you logistic choices and some pew and exploration, the C3 gives you rats and possible highsec entrances whenever you need it, and is not that difficult vs a C4.

As to storage. Thats more complicated. You want to use a Advanced Large Ship Assembly Array, and assign titles to people giving them access to just 1 tab of the 7 tabs available. The ALSAA gives you 19 MILLION m3 of storage. The Ship Maintenance Array gives you 20 million M3 of storage. the ALSAA you can store everything, including ships, securelishly. An orca takes up a little more than half the storage of one of these.

Store modules, ore, ships, etc in those.

would it be possible to run C4 sites comfortably in a Golem solo? Or would the frigates just screw too much with your damage, would a large imperial navy smarty be enough for the frigates?

To the OP, not knowing a ton about your corp's capabilities, the one thing you need to consider is that your corp will grow with experience so make sure you pick a hole that you will grow into:

C1: Basically a no go, even with rudimentary skills, the sites here won't pay enough, and you'll end up just farming PI and praying for random connections as your corps capabilities improve

C2: Definitely a solid choice, the biggest question here is what W space static you want. If anyone in the corp can field a T2 fit drake, you can likely handle a C3 static. If you're below that or your guys really like pvp, go for a C2 static. If you have some pilots who can fit spider tanking domi's or can fly logistics and like PvE, consider a C4.

C2's are in high demand though, so if you can't find an empty high sec, consider a low or null static as well - these holes get wandering high sec holes on a fairly regular basis, and with another static WH system the logistics aren't as bad as you'd think - especially if someone in the corp can fly a deep space transport (3 runs in a DST is enough m3 to keep one large tower fueled for a month).

C3: Living here as a small corp will likely be pretty boring - you'll be able to handle all the home sites as long as at least 1 of you can fly a drake/battleship, but you'll be dependent on wandering holes to provide other entertainment. Can be good if you're just trying to get your feet wet or are very risk averse.

C4: You'd need some pretty good logistical skills to really be safe here, and the sites are a big step up from C3's in terms of sleeper DPS, range and power. Probably not a great fit given your description.

thanks for the advice. I am thinking about getting into a C3 or C4 blackhole when the next patch goes online. Golem could be pretty amazing with the extra range and explo velocity on torpedoes

Marauders can definitely be effective in the C3/C4 environment. I know a lot of people like missiles for PvE, but I actually prefer the Paladin as a site runner of choice if you're going to use a Marauder. With just a little more than a basic T2 fit, you can get 1K DPS +, with a ~1200 DPS tank, which is easily enough to solo C3s and C4s. Plus the guns on the paladin will have a much easier time hitting cruisers than cruise missiles will. Adding a reasonable amount of bling makes things better of course.

With that kind of DPS, you're talking about 10 minute sites maximum, and while you've got a lot at risk because it's a marauder, it's considerably faster and not that much more expensive than a bling tengu/pair of RR domis etc.

That said, I agree with what Andrew said above - need to really make sure you understand the risks in deploying that kind of hardware in a C3/C4, as they are definitely vulnerable without some supporting alts/scouts.

Unless you know your corp mates in real life and truly trust them I would recommend researching roles and setup hangar tabs and SMA access appropriately such that beyond the directors/ceo no on has access to everything.

There are frequently threads about corp theft because of this.