Skill Discussions

open character sheet, open certificates, open certificate planner.

look at core certificates, defence certificates, missile certificates/hybride gunnery certificates. here is a list with skills that are use full for what you are flying.


You mention Missile launchers, the Merlin is basicly a Hybride weapon ship.

Either you go for hybrides or move up to a caracal which will be more usefull for a missile pilot. Kestrell is an other option though that one is quite hard to fit to start with.


Or go full hybride and make the step to the commerant and through to the Moa.

basicly you need to make a chose as a young Caldari Pilot missiles of Hybrides, or resign in the fate of moving very slowly through the ship lines.

Missile ships -> Kestrell -> Caracal -> Drake -> Raven or Tengu -> Caldari Navy Raven.

Hybride Ships -> Merlin -> Commerant -> Moa -> Ferox -> Rokh

Missiles are a little easier to start with, you need to think less about manuevering and only at range and damage type (at first later come things like explosion signature and the like)

While it's also true that Missiles are a little better while running PvE Missions, Hybrides certainly can get the job done it just needs a little more practice or a buddy that is willing to teach you how it works.

Keep in mind that although missiles give you a fast punch, Gunnery make stepping to other races easier since they share the same support tree with Lasers, and projectile weapons, which are the main weapons of Anmar and Minmatar (Gallante use hybrides as well)

Personaly I did the missile tree as well and to me it's weakness comes at the moment you fly a drake for some time. It will teke quite some time to get in an other ship from that point (skill and money will be the issue)

keep in mind that when you want to PvP, missile battleships are not very usefull, Cruise missiles have al but no function outside PvE and Torps are only used a mass on steath bombers.

Most important have fun

[Kestrel, Level 1 Missions]
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Power Diagnostic System I

V-M15 Braced Multispectral Shield Matrix
Small C5-L Emergency Shield Overload I
Experimental 1MN Afterburner I

'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I, Trauma Light Missile
'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I, Trauma Light Missile
'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I, Trauma Light Missile
'Malkuth' Standard Missile Launcher I, Trauma Light Missile

Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I

try looking in your core certificates and look at core fitting in your character sheet, there are the skills you need to get the fitting right.

searching on starting guides on this forum might give you a direction on what to train as well.

Well, for cruisers you need the medium sized modules (frigates use the small ones) , which require even more CPU/Power Grid.

I doubt that it will be easier to fit than a frigate without the skills mentioned in the core certificates.
Also cruisers are sometimes not allowed in Level 1 missions. So you have to take the frigate again.

Another reason you get that much damage could be that you shoot the wrong targets and cause another wave of rats (that's how eve players call the npc ships).
Take a look on Eve Survival - Mission Reports and bookmark it. You will need it a lot :)
There you can see which ships to shoot and what damage you should deal and what damage they deal (So which SHIELD HARDENER (hint!) you should use)

BR Julia

You know i just did that today and now i have plenty of power to fit a shield and an afterburner with some left over. Wow it was amazing how much power that thing gave me. I shoulda bought 1 for each of my ships haha

1/ Clic on "market " icon
2/ Click on "skills"
3/ you will have a list of skills set => Corporation management, Drones, Electronics, Engineering, Gunnery, etc etc "
4/ Spend 15 minutes or 20 minutes to read the description of hte skills

5/ Hint : Electronics skill gives you more CPU, Engineering skill more powergrid. Weapon Upgrade reduces the CPU and Advanced Weapon Upgrade reduces the powergrid needed for guns and missiles . Shiel Upgrade reduces Powergrid needed for shield extenders

train Electronics and Engineering to 5, Advanced weapons Upgrade and shield upgrade to 4, this will solve your fitting issues for a long time .

Simple as that .

PS : I would not bother with the certificates stuff, just read the damn skills description, this will give you a better understanding of what to train in the long run/.