EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hey there.

I recently got my hands on a Hurricane and I've tried fitting it out a la several of the most-liked fits on Battleclinic. Unfortunately they're mostly fully T2 fitted, and since I've got very low overall skillpoints (obviously), thats not an option for the next weeks.

How would you fit a Hurricane for level 3 missions, if you can only use T1 stuff?

Currently I've done a few missions, and tried both 6 x ACs and 6 x Artillery (with 2 light missile launchers), and I'm running passive shield. I could handle the L3 missions I tried, but my setup just doesnt feel overwhelmingly good. Is it just simply lack of skillpoints, ie., should I go afk and come back in 3 months and then I'd rock?



For the med slots im running an invul field, 2 large shield extenders and 10MN Afterburner.
Low I got 3 Shield Power Relays, 1 Power Diagnostic System and 2 Counterbalanced Weapon Mounts.
Rig Slots: 3 x Medium Core Defens Field Purger.

How would you run a Hurricane as a newb for L3 missions?

Any suggestions welcome.

Well, your fit up sounds pretty good for starter, could be improved though. Just remember that the higher Meta Level Tech 1 modules have better attributes and are easier to fit. Of course they also cost more isk as well. Best to get T2 asap.

I used Artillery Hurricane for level 3 missions set up similar to what you have. Never had any problems with it but it was T2 fit. The best thing to remember is to train up the Core Fitting Skills asap. That will make it easier to fit up and will give easy access to most T2 modules.

There's also Hardwiring Implants that help make it easier to fit up and can also increase your ship stats. I use Slot 6 to reduce the powergrid need of shield upgrades such as Extenders, Slot 7 to increase shield capacity, Slot 9 to boost shield recharge rate and Slot 10 to boost the rate of fire on all missile launchers.

EFT is a good program to test out ship fits based on your skills. Use Battleclinic to get a rough idea for a ship fit and then build on it in EFT (Eve Fitting Tool).

Artillery is great for helping your defensive tank due to being long range. Just make sure to 'keep at range' any NPC's that get close. If some Frigates happen to close in quickly, your drones should be able to take them out.


Basic Hurricane fit.

High slots :
6x 650mm Artillery - Long range projectile ammo (+50% range)
2x Heavy Missile Launcher

Mid slots :
2x Large Shield Extender
1x Invulnerability Field
1x 10mn Afterburner

Low slots :
3x Shield Power Relay
1x Power Diagnostic System
1x Gyrostabilizer
1x Damage Control

Rigs :
1x Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer
2x Medium Core Defense Field Purger

Drones :
4x Light Scout
1x Medium Scout

Thanks a lot for the answers, very useful advice for me. Definitely grabbing EFT too, I've already messed around with EVEHQ too for skillplanning and fitting, and I really like awesome programs like that.

About the ammo though, as far as I can see, of the 3 long-range ammos (proton, nuclear and lead) none seem to have thermal damage. Is that a problem? In level 2/3s so far Ive been switching for mission specific short-range ammo, according to missions.

What types do you keep in your ship hold for long range, and do you never switch?

Thanks for the pointers. Regarding carbonized lead ammo, don't you get much lower DPS using that ? From my understanding, using fusion/plasma/emp gives much higher dps, and a lot of the baddies are "in your face" in many of the missions anyway?

I used Nuclear ammo with my arty set up until I got T2 weapons. Never really had a problem with the tank due to hardwiring implants being installed and constantly training up defensive skills first. Rarely had rats constantly in my face. Some missions will drop you right next to rat pack but usually can start getting range before the rats even aggro, just have to be attentive when you warp into the site and power away from the pack.

650mm Arty's have better tracking and faster rate of fire than 720's, also use less powergrid and CPU. For NPC's that get too close, Drones and Missiles can take care of them. I mainly try to set up an Omni Tank since I don't like having to swap out modules.

Another thing is to check out Eve Survival Mission Reports before accepting the agents mission. Proper management of the NPC spawn triggers will also help a lot, not watching the triggers can easily have you being overwhelmed by a large amount of NPC's.