Wormholes

Hello.

Firslty, I want to say that I have done some research on wormholes. I have had some experience with POS etc. and I have been browsing some websites;

http://eve-survival.org/wikka.php?wakka=WormholeSpace

and http://www.staticmapper.com/ which I dont know how to use yet. But looks important.

All it is I am a bit confused on a few things, also some pointers couldnt harm...I tend to do a bit of everything, combat sites (drake). Some mining, PI etc.

1; I have read that if you dont scan your entrance you stay safe'ish, how does that work exactly?
2; How do I find out how much mass is on a WH at any time so it can be collapsed etc?
3; What wormhole would be recommended for solo living first? C1, C2?
4; What sized ships can be moved INTO a C1/C2 wormhole?
5; Could I easily sustain and cover the cvosts of running a large POS?

Thanks in advance,

Lee McGee.

1) The sig won't spawn until you initiate warp, and it's your static, not any k162 coming inbound
2) You don't know exactly, but use the mass database and the stage of the hole to get a rough idea
3) C1
4) http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Wormholes
5) You can sustain it, however most of your income will go into it if you're solo in a C1

1. If you scan down the static WH but don't warp to it, it won't actually move or open. It seems that spawning the WH happens when you actually load grid. This works for all kinds of sigs in WH space, so those grav sites aren't going anywhere any time soon if you don't do anything with them. This will not prevent *incoming* WHs from connecting to your WH. C2 WH is very fluid and it's not uncommon to have inbound WHs on top of your statics.
2. Show info and experience.
3. I really like C2s because the incoming damage is really low and you can blaze through stuff with an 800 DPS Zealot before cruising the C2 Superhighway and surrounding lowsec for people to shoot.
4. C1 prevents battleships, and neither allows the passage of capitals.
5. You can run a large death star off of lackadaisical anom running in a C2. A C1 requires PI to be profitable, I think. Either way, C1/C2 your primary source of income appears to come from PI - so make sure that you find a good WH with a good planetary distribution. And then kick the poor souls out when you find it. :)

Good luck.

-Liang

Unless your really really industrious you'll probably struggle to cover the cost of a large POS in a C1. C2 is a good starting place - but the site salvage/loot can be a bit hit or miss - the base site loot is pretty low but theres a good chance of nanoribbon drops and when they do it can potentially push the amount you get up by upto almost 10x - a good site could cover the best part of a weeks POS fuel.

Staying safe (relatively speaking) comes from experience tbh - you probably won't even see the hostiles coming at first even taking precautions but you can pretty quickly work out how to minimise risks to a manageable level*. i.e. just not scanning your entrance alone isn't enough to keep you safe - you need to know if someone else has already scanned it or not as well for example.


EDIT: There are several different sites detailing the different WH links and their lifetime, mass, etc. but I tend to have this one open on a 2nd monitor most of the time I'm active in a wormhole as its fairly quick and easy to work with: http://www.ellatha.com/eve/wormholelist.asp


* For this reason I like C3s as a starting place tho the sites themselves are a bit more punishing on an inexperienced player but you don't need to do many sites to easily cover the cost of the ship(s) running them so the odd loss won't hurt.

This mentoring program i approve of.

me three

Though... I would ask a ransom for his pod first, though the big green pod of 100mil to 600mil on the KM is also nice!
I Wish there was a way to scan a Clones head for perfect ransoming.

Good info here, with a few additions.

Capitals can't enter C4s either. Just C5s and C6s.

A Large tower takes up 28800 fuel blocks in 30 days by my maths. By JITA prices right now, that puts it at: 363,425,760 ISK. If you can produce the PI materials needed, you can cut that cost in half, but that takes long term effort and discipline as if you miss one thing, thats your POS floating without a shield. I like to call them Pinata Stations. I want to get my Sweeties inside!

In terms of mass limits, check out the wormhole database. Bear in mind that the mass is the maximum and does vary +/- 10%, as does the time factor. Always assume to be cautious with masses, as people could have put something thru the hole before. Even more so if you have a highsec static. People might have moved orcas thru your hole while you're offline.

Also check out staticmapper.com, eveeye.com or wormhol.es to look up the current wormhole you're in. The last 2 automatically select your current wormhole if its trusted(click the little icon'refresh' on wormhol.es). The last one, gives you intel on the system from dotlan. last kill information, probably owners, their kill/death rates IN that hole. bear in mind that this doesnt include out of system kills.

And a little two pence by me.

Solo Wormholing is boring as sin. yes, it can make you loads of money, but you end up unable to do anything as soon as hostiles appear in your system. My advice would be to find a Wormhole Corporation to contribute to. That way, you don't have to worry about POS fuelling worries/cost, and can just focus on having fun in a wormhole, which is what its all about, right?

Oh, and not scanning the entrance is a good way to get yourself killed. Alot of the time, you're not the only one thru your system. If you live low down, you will have incoming systems show up from people looking for a way back to highsec. Even if they arent still around, it doesnt mean they didnt scan out your statics looking for a way out. We scan out every wormhole in a system before deciding to collapse the wormhole an hour later. Some might say wasted time, we like to call it being thorough. All it takes is one guy in a Cloaky T3 to come back up thru the chain towards you, and you have a problem.

Also, always do a full sweep of your system on dscan before doing anything(preferably when you log in), as you can find out whats happeneing. i know someone a year ago who logged in, got straight in a drake, warped to a site to find another drake there, completely unawares. They were both confused, and i couldnt stop laughing on comms at the time. Wasn't much of a PvPer then, or in charge, so it didnt bother me that we wasted an easy kill.

Oh, and local. Don't start talking in local if your being talked to. Alot of people see a ship on dscan and try and talk to it. If you do, you're giving away alot more than your presence. They will be able to size you up before you attack. if you're corp shows low numbers, or NPC corp, they wont hesitate to go for you. If you see any possible wormholers around. ALWAYS assume they have more intel than you. If they don't, then thats fine, but at least you were prepared for it. if they do, you just saved yourself the embarrassing killmail.

All the best, and fly safe o/

Matt