EVE New Citizens Q&A

If you feel like you need to ask these questions, in the new player Q&A of all places, you shouldn't be flying a capital...

Is that to say I shouldn't learn anything I don't already understand? Then perhaps a newbie should never mine because they don't know how to use a mining laser. None of that was helpful.

Another way to put it:

You are asking tank pilots "what fuel does it use" and "what kind of ammo should it have" after explaining that you want to go deer hunting in one... in Somolia.

What part of this discussion suggests I'm not actually seeking help? And frankly I'm agitated that anyone would say after more than 3 years I didn't earn my wings like everyone else.

Back to subject, I would greatly appreciate any help, and I will also keep in mind the well meant warnings listed above. What fighter skills should I have to effectively rat in null sec in a carrier, and what tonnage should they be?

Ah, don't listen to those stick-in-the muds. Surely you know how to rat, no? It's not so different with a carrier. Just check if your skills are good enough to actually be faster than with whatever you typically fly for ratting, and if so, just go ahead and do it. Make sure to fit a cyno, align out while in the site, watch local and be in the standing fleet. (there IS a standing fleet, right?)

Asking carrier questions in New Citizen's Q & A. It's such a strange thing to do it makes people wonder if you are trolling.

Hooray for $ for SP! Yeah, there's a reason the honor tank guy is still made fun of even all these years later. If you don't understand the most fundamental questions in EVE (how do I tank? What skills should I train? How do I make a loadout?) and then hop in a ship you haven't bothered learning anything about, you probably deserve the inevitable lossmail. My advice is to get back into a frigate and learn the games mechanics first. Either sell that SP back, or sit on it for a year or two until you've gained the experience you need to actually participate in end game content successfully.

carrier lvl 5
fighters lvl 5
fighter bombers lvl 5
jump drive calibration lvl 5
marauders lvl 5
all sub systems to lvl 5
once all thats done inject titan skill book and train to lvl 3

ignore the haters i got your back fam

I think the biggest misunderstanding here is that you may have posted this in the wrong channel. Even so, don't let these guys get to you. Yes, you sound like you have much to learn regarding capitals in general and should thoroughly research their usage and mechanics. If you still want to learn what skills and fitting you need, get on the singularity server and try out what works best. There's no penalty for losing one and they're all basically free.

You should do what you gotta do mate, but the vets here do have your best interests at heart.

The choice to warn you against the silly idea, or to encourage it and profit from your death is one we at NCQ&A have to make a lot. You must understand that the people who want you to do well in EvE are the ones saying "you're too new to fly carriers". The ones you need to watch out for are the ones who tell you it's a brilliant idea, since most likely they are also working on killing your new shiny at the same time as talk to you.

For the wasteman who told the regular helpers to "get bent" (Lulu), you haven't been here long enough to critique the work of actual regulars. If you had sat through the HUNDREDS of posts about what a **** game EvE is because whatever shiny got wrecked, only to discover the user had bought their way into a capital and imagined it would be death proof, you would not be so quick to condemn the extremely valid advice being dispensed by people who actually know what they're talking about.

Capitals REQUIRE experience in-game to be used with any degree of safety. If someone does not have this experience it can be assumed they bought the skills / character and SHOULD NOT be encouraged.

Think about it for just a sec Lulu, if we don't aim to help the guy we would tell him "yeah mate no problem all you need is this, this and this to IV, happy ratting". This advice would cause him to lose all his ISK and quit the game most likely same as all the others.

We're merely asserting that he should gain experience in game and not on the forums, and trying to prevent yet another rage quit as a result of upshipping WAY too fast.

Enjoy your carrier OP genuinely, none the less you ARE going to lose it due to inexperience with EvE and i hope you don't rage quit for long