EVE New Citizens Q&A

Sometimes we go in an industrial ship to buy goods, problem is there are gate camps and folks scouting for juicy industrial ships, you can get a friend to check the route if your map shows the system is red (meaning its combat active), but when you don't have a friend what do you do?

1. Bring a shuttle with me if I need to dock and check the route because of suspicious creepers in the areas, learning who is who in the game will help you greatly, anyone with a negative rating should automatically be considered a threat, and still others in frigates or destroyer should go right to the top of suspect especially if they are just "hanging around" the gate, frigates are likely scouts and tackles while destroyers are the damage dealers.

Fly safe.

Definitely so if it is bulky and cheap (low collateral).

Yup, very true, its my way of thinking, I'm a cheap skate so I tend to buy large volume cheap goods and since I'm cheap I don't want to buy a large vessel to move things, so T-1 industrial ships serve me with multiple trips if I'm up to it, otherwise I do contract when I'm lazy.

I get about 2300 with 3 cargo hold expanders on the magnate. Could be more with better amarr frig skill and even a 4th cargo hold module

You guys got me thinking....ahhh, a new role for the Athema, a cloaky hauler.

Unlike the Magnate, it only has two rig slots.

Blockade Runners are ultimately the way to go, as they are very fast and reasonably large.

However the Magnate has a very low entry barrier: Amarr Frigate 1.

I have often pondered the reason for a corporation in eve, I sometimes think its where older, more experienced and capable players would help out new players.
Alas, the futile pondering of an old man.

Wow thats a crazy ISK number, with that kind of ISK its better to go the transport ship route, but the Mag would be good enough for a cheap small fast hauler for low volume.

You can up that to ~17k with the industrial skill and with extenders.

I think it goes up higher if you add rigs, T2. Not sure what the maximum is.

Though the Badger and similar industrials warp at 4.5 AU/s and can have fast align times. The number of mid and low slots allows for good variations in fitting.