EVE New Citizens Q&A

'Fly what you can afford to lose'

Experience, learn and enjoy.

I ran level 3 missions in NPC null sec space on a two month old alt solo several years ago. So I can say from experience that your skill points won't hold you back. Especially since you have an entire alliance behind you and blue space to operate in which I did not have.

As far as not understanding sov mechanics you don't have to. Not everyone in the Alliance needs to fully understand sov mechanics or even understand them at all. There are people that live in null and never take part in sov warfare. If you are in a sov holding Alliance then you will probably learn the mechanics eventually. For now just fly what you can afford to loose repeatedly in defense fleets eventually you'll get it.

If you wanted to be a sov warfare master I'm sure there is some stuff you could read up on or videos that you could watch but honestly it's all changing so even the vets are having to relearn it. In that sense you're lack of knowledge isn't putting you behind anyone, they are brand new mechanics.

As far as the rest of null there are plenty of guides on how to master the various professional choices that are open to you in null also you have Alliance chat and corp chat to talk and see what others are doing.

At the end of the day the only way you can really know something is through experience so you'll have to just try and learn and then try better and learn more etc...

Some people go to null to have fights and blazes of glory, but the majority switch their home there and then expect to use the space like a home - exploit the local PVE resources, and otherwise participate (at will, and for fun) in the various roaming ops and other PVP events that the alliance organizes. One of the main points of being in an alliance is that they have organized events happening, which you can attend, or not.

Null space can be safer than high sec if there are no wars. It's a complaint that you've probably seen on the forums a lot. If there's an alliance war and a different alliance is intent on destroying everything you have and kicking you out, then yea, there will be constant PVP action and expectations that everyone will help defend their stuff. But otherwise it's pretty safe; you have the odd pirates coming through every now and then looking for kills, and you have the advantage that they are red and you'll likely get warnings on the intel channels and see them coming from several solar systems away. Unlike high sec, where the attackers are neutral and suicide you out of nowhere.

There are no school stations, so the one thing you may need is skillbooks. Otherwise, you should be able to find all the common ships and most of the common T2 and T1 modules, albeit at a higher price. If you need something and it's not there, figure out what the channels are for requesting it, because typically the market gets supplied by the alliance's jump freighters / logistics people, and they probably won't mind adding a couple of your uncommon modules or ships to the regular transport schedules. Or just fly what's available and make do.

Inties are *very* useful in null, as are stealth bombers (for their ability to use covops cloak).

I'd focus on getting those skills trained up straight away as they will enable you to have a lot more flexibility early on.

Other than that. just try to keep open to opportunities to try new stuff. Learn something new every day, eh?

Helps to have lots of friends, mentors, to participate, and ask lots of questions!

Some nulsec rookie-friendly corp examples:
* Pandemic Horde
* Karma Fleet
there are many others too!

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