EVE New Citizens Q&A

I agree with you about arbitrary number but with these rules I have yet to be ganked. I know that someday it will happend tho.

Some people like to fly with maximum safety settings.

Okay, I might have a good example on how NOT to do it

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Yes, I know it's old.
Yes, I learned

And yes, I have proof PLEX actually CAN drop on death


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Wow, 4 PLEX = 2 bil...the good old days.

The HP route is for people who expect to get caught/be a gank target, the smart route is for people who make sure they don't become a target by using cloak/mwd trick, and then the whole isk/EHP "rule" is null and void. I've hauled billions in a T1 hauler that way, it's all about how good you are at what you're doing.


To the OP, you can survive low sec just fine in a hauler if you do it right but there are some systems that you really shouldn't bother trying, Eghelende is one of those.

For more info watch these:

cloak/mwd trick
Low sec travel

All good above suggestions. Here's a Reload video.

Hauling Into Low Sec - EVE Online

We had a player in here just about a week ago that was asking for all kinds of help and advice. He ignored all of it, did mostly the opposite of what we told him and then made a ragequit post saying that this game was too hard right before he/she biomassed the toon.

I am uncertain what would make someone come to this game and try to make it something that it is not instead of playing it for what it is. I know that I probably did a lot of that early on as well, I'm not criticizing I'm just saying there is something there that I don't understand.

Regardless we see a bit of what Loyd is talking about here. People coming to this game and doing exactly what a new player should not be doing and in many cases likely because us vets told them that new players should not be doing it and then ragequit claiming the game is too hard or too steep of a learning curve when it is just them choosing the hard path.

On the competitive ------------ cooperative spectrum I think of my self as way off on the cooperative side. However we want to look at it my personality type prefers less competitive things. There is a lot of room in this game for cooperative leaning players, you just need a little more patients.

I am not complaining, i have been subbed for three years and I am happy with the game.

The ambiance on the forum is very competitive but a lot of people are enjoying the game in a more relaxed way and don't ask for nerf or changes. This is a new player forum. It is important to tell the new player that they can play the way they want as long as they don't do stupid things.

Eve is probably one of the most causual friendly mmo on the market. You give advices about competitive play, I give advice about causual play.

For what it is worth, if it hasn't been mentioned already, a Blockade Runner is nigh unstoppable in lowsec (baring pilot error, or extremely bad luck).

As for T1 Industrials, I find they are only suitable for short-haul usage in "relatively safe" environments.

Example: Used T1 Industrials for years for doing PI in w-space, where the Industrial is only warping between a POS and a POCO. If caught (happened only once to me), it isn't a major loss.

In hisec, I'd state that a T1 Industrial is just fine for moving things in-system, or short-hauls between systems (same constellation, or same region), but as soon as you want to move through regions, or worse through well-known choke-points, or even worse to major trade hubs, then a T1 Industrial is just a loss-mail waiting to happen.

The Nereus is the only Industrial known for PvP, but that's with a niche fit, and a cargo filled with cap booster charges.

Example:

[Nereus, Murderer]

Damage Control II
Corpii C-Type Small Armor Repairer
Corpii C-Type Small Armor Repairer
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II

10MN Afterburner II
Warp Scrambler II
Stasis Webifier II
Stasis Webifier II
Medium Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 800

Light Neutron Blaster II, Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Unstable Power Fluctuator I

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I


Hobgoblin II x3
Warrior II x3

Egg is always camped. There are also a lot of "bait" sells and bids placed in Egg deliberately placed to induce people to go there. If your not experienced at PvP there are plenty of other ways into losec that are much less likely to be camped 24/7 .

In terms of taking T1s into lowsec generally ( as opposed to Egg which is heavily camped) their are two main options:

1. lots of stabs and hope they do not get too many scrams on you
2. lots of nanos or istabs to align quicker and use the Cloak/MWD trick (look it up)