EVE General Discussion

Heyo!

Bought a plex and I plan on giving away free ships to alphas in a starter system, but I need a bit of help! I'm generally good on fitting ships, but what do you thing would be the best use of a ship for an alpha?

I was thinking of making up some fitted PvP oriented frigates and PvE fitted dessies for each race (depending on who won it), whats your thoughts on those? Or should I setup a single ship as a multirole? (Or stick with two to keep roles separate)

(Also Minmatar and Amarr fitting advice would be greatly appreciated, as I prefer Caldari and Gallente)

Thanks for any advice!

Edit: Got fits already done, just need people to email me trivia question ideas!

They are getting TONS of very good frigates during the Career Agent tutorials. Maybe it would be better to buy some navy frigates and do a small competition involving learning something? :)

Thats true, forgot they can use faction frigs.

Hm, Hookbill.....medium or short range? I thinking doing this single ship then instead of two, PvP?

The point isn't the free hull, it's the fact it was fit by someone who knows roughly what they're doing. The cheapy frigs can (if built well) demonstrate the power of good fitting over blingy parts, teach rough fitting strategy like kinds of tanking setup and damage application.

It's nice to run a competition and give away a couple of shiny ships, but how many new players actually learn anything from that aside from how bad it feels to lose a 30mil frigate to a silly mistake?

I think it may be better to give the newbies cheaper and better affordable ships- that way they could easily replace them after a loss and a loss wouldn't hurt that much.

Since I only do Minmatar and Amarr stuff, how about the good old Wensley Memorial Rifter:

3x 150 mm AC I
Rocket Launcher I

Warp Scrambler I
Stasis Webifier I
Afterbruner I

Small Armor Repairer I
DCU I
200 mm Plate

Damage Rig
RoF Rig

With all meta 0, it's performance isn't exactly something to write home about , but it might still be much better than most of the fits a newbie may come up with.

Fits depend on what you're fighting, what you're fighting depends on where you are. In low sec AB fits make good sense in 0.0 you're better off with a MWD fit. Fits for newbies should probably have the least active modules possible because they're already being overloaded with information. Because of that the rocket Kestrel is probably the easiest ship to use while also being a powerhouse (scram kiting Kestrel is quite good). Other than the obvious slashers, Atrons and Executioners.

Again fit depends on location so not much point in giving some, it's probably best that if you give someone a ship/fit you also send him an evemail with the specifics of that ship and how it should be used. Also helps them to stay in contact if they have any questions.

Isnt there also some way to make a written note as a trade-able item?

Good on you helpin newbros.

Have some likes

Did a giveaway yesterday, like you, 90 in system and no one was talking and was getting rejected convos (One guy blocked me, lol) but once a couple of them nibbled, I had a bunch of them asking for it. Even made a couple of friends and helped one guy properly look for a corp that wasnt gonna scam him. I think its a combination of newbies taking in so much that they kinda ignore chat (I know i did when i started) and possibly afraid of scam stories. But I also teach them how to know what a contract scam looks like too, so I think its an overall success!

IMHO newbees need some very well tanked ships to start at least seeing what is going on instead of just pop in few seconds. Medium shild merlins, 400 mm armor plate tristans, punishers etc... Huge passive tank over dps so they will start learning about range management instead of capacitor / active tank cycles management (will be learned later on).

It is extremly frustrating to be killed not having time even to scratch the opponent. To lose ship when your enemy was in half armor is something very different from loosing the ship when your opponent is still in full shield.