Missions & Complexes

Buzzard, Cheetah, etc. Not a Pilgrim.

Pilgrim is fine, used it myself whilst I was training up for a t3, get yourself a t3 and you can use it for exploration and plexing.

Also I can only afford one character per month but as previously stated it's only pixels, I tend now not to fly t3's whilst pissed but it doesn't matter, just start from scratch and get another. It's one of the reasons I secretly chuckle at people like Mittani who treat this as a alternative life.

If it bothers you about losing something that doesn't actually exist apart from in a game you have mental issues, go see a doctor.

Probably the second most dense argument about online gaming ever presented, If you have no passion for the pixels, stop playing.

Pixels represent time out of your life, time you may have to put in to replace them too (this is the case whether you play to play or pay to play).

If you lose that time out of your life to someone else's activity, it hurts - it's supposed to hurt, that's why EVE is the game it is, why many people love it.

Of course it's easy to lose perspective - it's a game, and a game you've chosen to play. Part of the challenge in playing a game like this is in seeing how well you can "handle" loss, how quickly you can recover your equilibrium before you've said something stupid in local that you'll regret :)

It's not necessarily sad. Below the level of conscious thought, the brain doesn't discriminate between "real" loss and "virtual" loss. That's why you get the adrenalin rush at the prospect of winning or losing pixels - that's why games matter, why people play them, because they tickle the same parts of the brain as if it were real.

Of course consciously we understand that and can override the brain's reaction, but sometimes when you're really immersed in a game in a trance state, it takes a few minutes for your conscious thinking to kick back in. This isn't "sad", it's why EVE is a good game, because it can seem real, if only now and then.

We laugh at people who are so engrossed in their game that they get really upset, but that's more a kind of machismo, akin to drug machismo. Everybody who plays EVE feels the hurt of loss - you're more or less "manly" in EVE terms if you're quick to recover, quick to regain perspective, and those who are slow to recover are laughed at. It's like how we laugh at people who can't handle their drink, or do stupid things while they're on drugs.

The point is to be really drunk or stoned or whatever, and still be able to elegantly handle yourself in life. The point in EVE is to really feel the loss like everyone else, but either pretend really well that it doesn't hurt, or recover emotional equilibrium quickly so you don't make a **** of yourself.

I don't fear losing my assets...I can rebuild them, eventually

But what I do fear is the smacktalk, the shame I feel and the laughter people use when they take you down or simply prove they are better than you at the game. It doesnt happen all the time , but the mindset of many EVE'rs reflects that: Flaunt and taunt you low empathy levels around

I've "left" several times because of that, but I accept it's part of the game

Exploration in itself is a fun pastetime, unknown treasuries always tempt me to head back

I do that aswell, but it's just the general hostility that puts me off : I want to fight your spaceship, not you. Chat, not smack

Despite my sensitvity to it, the odd interesting and nice people I meet and the memories (When I was a "baby", being part of FIX) make me stay in the game

Scanning with a cov ops is not "best." It means you have to reship, which means your target scanning area is limited.

All-in-one ships are what is best and most efficient, thus Tech 3, and specifically the Tengu. As a precursor, pilgrims are a nice way to start and get used to things.

And don't counter with "use an alt to scan, do sites in a combat character." That is not most efficient either, as that means isk is "technically" split between two characters. Real efficiency would be two all-in-one ships scanning two different regions.

I didn't say a pilgrim was comparable to a tengu. I said a pilgrim was better than just using a cov ops and switching ships when you find something.

A pilgrim can do Provisional Outpost, Outpost, 4/10, possibly 5/10 depending on faction and any radar/mags.

For a newer low-sec explorer, a pilgrim is a good choice. Cloak, decent tank, drones for damage, plenty of utility and the ability to scan down these lower end sites with lvl 3 skills, a sisters launcher and maybe a rig.

pilgrim tanks perfectly fine, it's the DPS that's the issue, bringing down a Battleship in it is a waste of time