EVE New Citizens Q&A

Rattlesnake

Welcome back.




The only ships that use both drones and missiles are the [pirate faction] Guristas ships... and those require that you have skills in both Gallente and Caldari ships.



Start training with whichever ship-line you feel most comfortable with. If your ultimate goal is to get into Gurista ships, you're going to have to cross-train anyways.

Here is a brief overview of Gallente, Caldari, and Gurista ship traits...

Gallente:
- primarily armor tank
- very 'drone centric'
- 'specialize' in close range combat

Caldari:
- almost exclusively shield tank
- most missiles ships of any racial ship-line
- 'specialize' in Ewar (ECM) and long range engagements

Guristas:
- almost exclusively shield tank
- very 'drone centric'
- uses missiles as a secondary weapon


And yes... I do HIGHLY recommend that you find a corp to join. You can learn things that would normally take you months to learn/relearn and gain allies/connections that might serve you much later in the game.

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A long time ago... back when EVE was young...

It was possible to launch more that 5 drones. Battleships could launch somewhere in the range of 15+ light drones. But, as it turned out, with more people joining EVE and more people using drones the problem with lag began to increase. CCP devised a solution and some solutions for this solution:
- all subcapitals would be limited to 5 drones (exception, Guardian-Vexor)
- in exchange for this limitation, a new skill would be created; Drone Interfacing. At level 5, the skill would effectively DOUBLE the damage abilities of drones... making it no different than if you were to launch 10 actual drones.
- ships would now have a "bandwidth limit" for how many and what size drones they could launch... creating a clear distinction between droneboats and "other" ships (i.e. droneboats would have higher bandwidth along with larger drone bays)
- certain "drone centric" ships would get a damage and HP bonus for drones... effectively allowing droneboats to field more than 10 drones (stat-wise at least) and creating a further distinction between droneboats and "other" ships.

Aim for the Mymidon (battlecruiser). It's the most flexible droneboat you'll ever have... having passive shield fits, active armor fits, brick armor fits, gank-fits, etc, etc.

Beyond that is the Dominix (battleship) and the Ishtar (heavy assault ship (HAC)).



Just set up a skill plan, and explore. Skills only limit what you can do EFFECTIVELY... but they do no prevent you from doing stuff outright. Ask for help, ask questions, keep your guard up, and when in doubt, don't fly your 'best' equipment.



Welcome to the Sandbox (god that term is overused). Missions and other PvE content isn't really structured linearly and there is no real "endgame" (outside of what goals you set for yourself). If you want to find missions you can run and where, I HIGHLY recommend that you open up the starmap and fiddle with the filters and settings.
Moreover, much the "cool" gameplay comes almost exclusively from other players... and the rules are kept flexible enough to allow you to be "creative."

examples:
- you have joined a corporation... said corporation turns out to be filled with tards that **** you off. You know someone in the corp who moves around really expensive stuff. You find other disaffected members of your corp, gank this person, loot his wreck, fly off to a distant star system with your new buddies, and try find/fight others like yourself.

- you are a nub... you have little in the way of cashflow... you hear of "ninja salvaging" and google the term... it looks pretty lucrative... you train the relavant skills... learn the mechanics... get the basic equipment... and do it.

- someone has just stolen your stuff/blown it up. You are mad. You take names down and begin plotting your revenge. You beef up your skills, gain capital, do some recon work, establish when this person(s) are online and where they base at... then you grab a ship, warp in when they least expect it, and gank them in the ship they least want to be ganked in. Or you can pay off some mercs to get the person(s) corpse(s).

Errrr... start up what exactly? EvE is about 8 years old.

If you are referring to PvE content al la WoW, don't hold your breath. Missions are largely seen as a "means to an end" rather than an end in of themselves. The same goes for most of the other PvE content.
And this is pure conjecture... but I think the DEVs would rather spend time developing and tinkering with mechanics and content that players can use against each other rather than content that leads you through a set of stories (with a defined beginning and end) that players can "conquer" in a series of days.

Again, player on player content is where the real action is (for better or worse). The quicker you dive in the social aspect of the game the longer you'll stay.

Ahhh... mybad.

Downloads.

If Steam (the p.o.s. that it is) screws up again, try downloading the client directly.


As for the drones thing... not many people fly with logistics drones (outside of Logistics Ships and "oddball" remote-repair fleets) as the hp amounts they give is almost negligible.
And perish they thought that they can rep your own ship... won't be possible til you can target yourself.

With Caldari ships... you'll see/hear a lot of crap about them, but they have their "winning" ships just as all the other races do.
However, if you are looking for straight "tank and gank" style ships... look at the Amarr ship line.

It's perfectly alright to choose ships based on aesthetic. But understand that certain racial ship lines have certain... characteristics... that make them both good and bad in certain situations. No one ship line, much less one ship, can do "everything."

For example:
I prefer Gallente ships mostly because of the droneboats. Something about popping out a relatively independent weapon system to attack so you can focus on your own ship's survival and/or task just appeals to me.
However, I understand that drones are not really a "good" weapon system outside of small brawling engagements. So I cross-trained a bit to use Minmitar and Amarr ships which allows me to work better in "skirmishes" and "large fleet slugouts" respectively.



Ermm... yeeeeaah... the Captain's Quarters are... awesome... kinda. If you like prison cells.

Select a skill. Drag and drop. Fill the que till it exceeds 24 hours. Easy as pie.

If you're going to be away for extended periods please remember to toss a long train into your skill queue. Drone Interfacing 5 is a good choice. Sentry Drones 5 or Heavy Drones 5 are also good. Basically, anything that's "nice" but you don't feel like staring at for a month straight.

I picked Logistics 5.

Which branch? Myself I'm Navy.