EVE New Citizens Q&A

So, I'm looking forward to running some missions, and my Tristan with rails and some other stuff is carrying me through Level 1 and some Level 2 missions, but I'm gonna need a better vessel VERY soon. Any advice and fits for those vessels? Thanks in advance :)

I tried both and didn't really see a difference lol.

I just preffer staying in range and destroying everything, so I guess rails are going to be my go-to weapon. Why tank your ships up when you can just kill your enemies faster? :D

Before choosing a weapon system you must understand their pros and cons.

Hybrid guns: Incursus/Atron --> Catalyst --> Thorax --> Brutix --> Megathron
- Pro: Blasters deal facemelting damage, Railguns have very high range
- Con: Blasters are VERY short range, Railguns damage is a little anemic
- Pro: Guns deal damage instantly and cannot be destroyed as long as your ship is alive
- Con: You have to synergize your ship's fit and tactics to the gun type you are using. If you don't, the guns will be useless

Drones: Tristan/Mallus --> Algos --> Vexor --> Myrmidon --> Dominix
- Pro: You can use drones like a "swiss army knife." Deploy different types for different situations and different foes
- Con: Drones can be destroyed by hostiles (NPCs especially hate them) or left behind when you warp away
- Pro: Drones do not require any ship resources (capacitor, PG, CPU) and operate relatively independent of the ship itself, allowing you flexibility in how you fit and fly your ship
- Con: Drones require a high degree of micromanagement as they can sometimes "derp" and either switch to another target or stop engaging altogether.

As a very basic fit that will complete level 3s but that isn't so hot against other players:

Vexor, local armor tank brawler

Cost: Varies between ~13m and ~25m depending upon whether you are willing to pay the extra 12m for ~10% better performance.


High slots:
4 medium blasters. Which ones you use will depend on ISK and CPU/PG considerations. Choose guns *last* on the Vexor as they are the least important modules.
When you have skills that support them, tech 2 blasters are far superior to all of these, but they are several weeks of training.

- Cheap: Limited X Blaster I
- Medium price: Anode X Particle Cannon I
- Expensive: Modal X Particle Accelerator I

- Low CPU/PG: X = Electron
- Medium CPU/PG: X = Ion
- High CPU/PG: X = Neutron

- Ammunition: Carry Antimatter M for close range, Lead M or Thorium M for medium range, and faction versions for PVP. (Always prepare for PVP, even if your preparation is limited to an escape plan)

Mid Slots:
- 2x Stasis Webifier. This can be any of the variations, with the 2 million ISK 'Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I' being well worth the ISK, but the budget 'Patterned Stasis Web' gets the job done.
- 1x 10MN Experimental Afterburner I
- 1x Cap Recharger II

Low Slots:
- 2x Drone Damage Amplifier I or II (II is much better but you might not have the skills for it; use II if you can even if you have to downgrade guns to fit it)
- 1x Medium Armor Repairer II
- 1x Armor Thermic** Hardener II
- 1x Armor Kinetic** Hardener II

** - Buy 1 of each of the four of these modules, and fit the two that apply to the mission you are running (so against Serpentis, one of Therm and one of Kin)

If you fall under 40% armor - OVERHEAT YOUR ENTIRE BOTTOM RACK. IMMEDIATELY. Keep it overheated until you are above 75% armor or modules are at risk of burning out.

Rigs:
- 2x Medium Auxillary Nano Pump I
- 1x Medium Nanobot Accelerator I

Drones:
Heavy drones are not used here as I assume you don't have the skills necessary to make them hit smaller targets.
5 Hammerhead I (II is much better if you can use them)
5 Warrior I
5 EC-300 (can't remember exact name; it's the drone that attacks with ECM; used to escape unplanned PVP encounters)
Spare drones to fill dronebay.


Get in close, double web a target, and orbit it while blasting away. You want to keep moving with the AB on as it will cause hostiles to miss you.

Keep in mind that training armor repair skills without training capacitor skills will hurt. Every level of armor repair will speed up the cycle increasing the amount of cap you use.

I don't know if you've started getting out of the T1 weapons or not, but if you haven't, looking into Meta-class weapons can be a noticeable boost to your damage, and likewise for tank. It's generally advised to avoid faction- and meta-class ammo when running missions, due to how expensive it is (some ships are able to utilize it well, but for many, you'll burn more ISK on ammo than you'll make in bounties and rewards).

Wonderfully-enough, many of the meta-class mods are actually cheaper than their T1 counterparts, so it's less of a hit to your wallet should the unfortunate happen, too.

One of the best things about drone ships is that they can run PVE content pretty well when PVP fitted. The ability to use your highslots for energy neutralizers and still do decent damage to rats with drones is very useful if you are running missions in dangerous space, or under wardec.

Destroyers can do level 2 missions comfortably, with the exception of one mission (I think it's named 'Mission of Mercy' or something like that) that is notoriously hard for an L2.

This does not mean you can't lose a destroyer to L2 rats (my first ever ship loss was exactly this situation), just that it isn't common.