Ships & Modules

I can not emphsise what many of the posters before me have said. Fly what you can afford to lose and pratice in cheap ships before you buy an expensive one.

There is a reason that some frigates cost more than most cruisers, and some cruisers cost more than most battleships, and so on and so forth. You should use that price as a guage. If a frigate costs as much as a cruiser, that means that you should not be tryng to fly that frigate until you are flying crusers of that price range. The frigate is not expensive just to rob your wallet. It is priced at that level because it is considered to be about as capable as the like-priced cruisers.

I know when you are new ot the game you want to get in the nice and shiney ships. Thats what modivates many of us to keep playing. However, listen to the vets here and just wait. The ships will nto be taken out of the game. They will be there when you are not only better able to afford them, but appreciate their abilities as well.

Lots of good experienced people here.

Not telling anyone the path they should take but..
Try getting the engineering/support skills and tanking skills up first, then work on the turrents.
If there is a problem fitting proper tank and turrent, then it's just blaster bait.

I can fly faction very well with my skills, but I still fly a Rifter and have alot of fun.
And if I lose it, I'm only out a few hundrend thousand, and still have fun.
(I buy them by the dozen.. )

But, in the end, the pilots call and how much ISK one wants to spend.

Good luck.