EVE New Citizens Q&A

I recently started my EVE 14-day trial... and so far i would like to be an Explorer. Related to that I was hoping someone can give me a quick answer to a couple of noob questions.


1. Currently I am doing the tutorials. From the Explotration tutorial I received an exploration ship Imicus (i believe it is called) worth ~300k ISK. From the Advanced combat tutorial I received a Catalyst (destroyer) worth ~1M ISK. The destroyer has much more slots available in its high/mid/low power slots, whilte Navitas has only 2 in each. Apart from that the only disadvantage of the destroyer is somewhat lower CPU, slower warp speed (3 vs 6 AU/sec) and less Drone space (aopart from some small bonuses of that the sheep provides). The destroyer also has a lot more HP. So the questions related to the above:
- As a beginner explorer does it make more sense to start with the Destroyer vs. the Imicus?
- How can I upgrade to have more slots (more than 2) available for each hi/mid/low power slots on the Imicu ship?


2. Exploration.

- Does it make sense to immediately start Exploring (vs. doing missions etc) after I finish the tutorials? Would that mean that I will be predominantly relying on scanning -- looting -- selling to enjoy the game? (Plus some missions in between, while at the same time learning skills).

- Can I train/practice all Exploration careers (Archeologist, Hacker, Salvager) at once.. or should I concentrate on 1 at a time? I was thinking on starting with Arch + Salvage and eventually hacking ... but is that too much as to not allow me totrain other important skills such as engineering/electronics/navigation/ etc..

3. Skills.
- What are the skills I should train first (to what level)?

4. Game experience.
- What do I do with the loot? Sell to buy upgrades and new ships?

5. Misc.
- Does exploration work well with other professions (mining, manufacturing, etc?_
- Do Corporations reqruit Explorers? Why?
- What is moon scanning (not a cosmic anomaly or signature)


Thank you for answers

A good guide as to what to train is found here. It covers all bases with the core skills needed regardless of what you do in the game.

I'd personally refine the loot and sell off the minerals. You'd lose a little value overall as your refining skills will be low but minerals are guarenteed to sell. If you attempt to sell everything instead, you'll need to increase basic trade skills are you are limited to a number of sell orders (20 by default I think).

Navitas isn't an exploration ship, the gallente exploration ship is the imicus.
You can scan things down with imicus (its quicker at this) then come back and do the sites in a different ship. In hi sec sites though your imicus can do the hacking and archaeolgy sites fine if you fit the right mods (codebreaker, analyzer, salvager). If you find a mining site you can take in a mining ship (the navitas) or if you find a combat site bring your destroyer or a combat frig.

There is no way to change the slot layout on your ships (except tech 3 strategic cruisers).

Exploration can work with others, for example you can find mining (gravimetric) sites for miners.

Corps do recruit explorers, higher level exploration content is done best in groups

You should train the probing skills (astrometrics and its relatives) and work towards a covert ops t2 frigate for probing. For the mini professions you just need salvaging, hacking and archaeology and they shouldn't get in each others way too much.

You should just sell the loot, unless you plan on going into the manufacturing side yourself.

Moon scanning is launching survey probes at moons to see the minerals available for moon mining. Moon mining is only possible in 0.3 security and below. This information is static and often public (especially valuable moons) so there is little need for a new pilot to worry about it.

Pay someone who can haul that much, or move one by one.
You don't need to worry about your starter ships. They are worthless.

You dont! scan site, save location, go back and get necessary ship, warp to bookmark!

You sell the entrance to the wormhole for millions of ISK and leave to let other people plunder it.

Once you get your scanning skills up a bit, you can use a destroyer or a cruiser as an "all-in-one" ship. That said, the Imicus is getting substantial improvements this December to make it more viable for killing rats in profession sites. The disadvantage of an all-in-one fit is that you spend more time probing down the sites. The advantage is that you don't need to waste time running back a dozen jumps to get your combat ship.

In terms of skill priority, I'd say combat > salvage > hacking > archaeology. I rank salvage higher than hacking because you can always fit a salvager in a spare utility slot or fit a destroyer as a budget salvaging ship and clean up after missions.

In high sec space you could take pretty much anything that can spawn. For the larger foes you'll want to speed tank while the drones do their work.

By tank do you mean another player?

- how do I group with other players (is there interface)?
- is there automatic way to divide loot? or is it trust based?

[**** i have a lot to learn]

very informative thank you