EVE New Citizens Q&A

Shayla's post is full of great information including the above quote but I felt it was worth mentioning that sometimes the scrambling rats are the triggers so you can get yourself into trouble if you continue to always shoot them first without question.

This is more of a level 4 mission thing but I figured I'd post it here so that you get used to looking for triggers now.

There are quite a few mistakes here:

- The Vexor does have a 5% Damage bonus to hybrids per skill level
(The Navy version is the one that does not get a damage bonus to hybrids)

- Not fitting a propulsion module, while going with short range guns will result in you not being able to apply a lot of your damage (not fitting a propulsion module on a ship that is fitted for long range, will make it impossible to keep range to your target and will allow them to get in orbit around you, which again will negativly effect the ability to apply damage)
-> Fitting some kind of propulsion module (I am gonna include Micro Jump drives in this) is improtant in order to position yourself for optimal damage application.
-> On top of that a propulsion module can often safe your life, being able to to mitigate damage by getting under the enemies guns, or simply increasing the range to a big group of targets can make the difference in being able to tank the incoming damage or getting utterly destroyed.
-> Distance to your target can also become very important in missions against blood raiders, especially on higher levels as you will very often face ships with neutralizers and if you do not have a cap injector or gimp your fitting with a crazy high cap recharge rate, a propulsion module will make a very big difference. The last thing you want to happen is getting webbed, warp disrupted and neuted at the same time.

- If your main weapons are drones, it makes very little sense to use spare med slots to boost the damage application of your guns, you want to boost the ability to apply damage with your main weapon.

-> Tracking computers don´t make a lot of sense on that fitting. If you Focus on drone damage, it would be a lot better to fit drone navigation computers or omnidirectional tracking links in order to enable drones to cover the distance between targets faster and / or be able to apply their damage better. (personally I would go for drone navigation computers, tracking is not much of a problem as long as you select the right drone for the singly types of targets as in light drones for frigs and destroyers and medium drones for cruiser sized ships. However if at some later point you get to use a ship with decent sentry drone damage, the omnidiractional tracking links will help a lot)

Thank you Jennifer Starblaze for pointing out my error on the bonus to hybrid turrets.


For a ship that relies on their turrets for primary damage I would agree with this, but we are not talking about a ship that relies on it's turrets for damage are we. Propulsion modules suck cap like kids eat candy on Halloween and for a low skills pilot that usually means only being able to use them occasionally so they have cap to run their tank, as such any real advantages they may offer become almost irrelevant.


Even when answering questions situational awareness if critical and you seem to fail at that with this section of your post. Even with a propulsion module a Vexor is not going to be able to get UNDER the guns, or outrun the damage from the the frigate and Destroyer class vessels that dominate the NPC ranks in a level 2 mission so fitting to try and accomplish this is wasting a slot that would be better suited to increasing tank against damage you cannot out run or get under.


Being webbed, warp disrupted or neuted are extremely rare in a level 2 mission, I will not say that it never happens, what I will say is that since starting this game in 2009 I have never seen it. Based on this wasting a slot fitting to avoid or deal with something you may never run into is not the most intelligent thing to do. But then you choose to ignore the notes after the fit where I clearly stated that IF the OP wanted it they could replace a tracking computer with a propulsion module. OH and WHEN we get to those higher level mission where being webbed, war disrpupted or neuted are a thing we can always adjust the recommendations to match, this goes back to that situational awareness thingy.


This one falls to personal preference and goes to damage application. In my experience the tracking computers offer more in the way of improving damage application as a whole than the Omnis do. All of the light drones have more than sufficient speed and tracking to easily and reliably hit the NPC found in level 2 missions. But again if the omni is preferred then by all means use that instead.


Again personal preference. I get far better results (faster mission completion times) using the tracking computers than I ever did using the omni's or navigation computers. Light drones with no aides are perfectly suited to level 2 missions and as such the omnis and nav comps add very little from a practical perspective. Yes on paper orr looking at them in a fit tool it seems they would be the obvious choice, however in the real game world most of the theoretical improvement seen on paper/fit tool simply never materializes.