EVE New Citizens Q&A

That's probably a good thing. This whole section is designed for newbie questions that may seem obvious to more experienced players.


Anyway, the type of ship you want depends strongly on what skillset you want to have and what type of PVE you're doing (There's a lot more than just missions). Caldari has two distinct ship lines - missileboats (Kestrel, Caracal, Drake, Raven, etc.) and hybrid gunboats (Merlin, Cormorant, Moa, Ferox, Rokh). Things like level 2 missions and 3/10 exploration complexes will be best done in a t1 cruiser, so your good options would be the Moa and Caracal. Which of those two would be best depends on your skillset and whether you have trained/would rather train for hybrid turrets or missiles.

Strictly speaking the caracal is probably a bit easier to use for a beginner, but it's not like the moa will have too many problems either.



When looking up fits on battleclinic, note the purpose. I'm guessing that the sniper fit you looked up was for PVP. PVP and PVE fits are usually rather different.

Well it's relatively self-explanatory. You want shield tanking skills and hybrid weapon skills...and you'll want drone skills as you move into the higher ship classes too.

As a general rule, when you view the info page of a ship, there will be a "recommended certifications" tab. This is basically just a list of skills you should probably have to fly the ship properly. They aren't always relevant in all circumstances (the Moa recommends the active shield tanking certification, but in PvP they are usually buffer tanked), but will generally point you in the right direction.

There are about 50 Moas sold per day in Jita. There are about 200 Caracals sold per day in Jita.

You wont get an reply for your request because you intend to doing something silly.

There is no reason why one would want to shoot NPCs with a Moa. The Rokh is pretty much at the end of the list as well. Mining in a Rokh can be done but it drives you crazy. You whole plan is quite sound if you want to be inefficient at any single step.

Mining is a way to gain minerals. Shooting NPCs is a way to generate money (it's quite close to Chinese Tea Money).

Neither has a meaning in itself (you can't die by starving nor do you need to save up for your pension). So what you should do depends on what your goals are. If you don't state those, nobody can give you a meaningful answer.

You can make decent money (or it would be pointless to have NPCs that hand over ISK after exploding). Lots of money will most likely be out of your reach. Rich is relative after all. We can't be all rich.



You either want to PvP or you want "later" both at the same time doesn't work well. Further PvP is something that can happen to you as soon as you undock, no matter if you look for it or not. If you make yourself a target somebody will come sooner then later to shoot you. Knowing how to hunt folk helps a lot when you need to get away. There will be war in summer.

Incursions are about to get nerfed and require quite a few SP to be of any use. When you got the skills to take part the change (that was not revealed in detail yet) will have happend.

For shooting NPCs Caracal->Drake->Raven|Tengu|Golem works well if you don't understand how turrets work. If you do, well, as it seams nobody is whining about the Paladin, so it's probably overpowered. That would mean Maller->Harbinger->Apoc->Paladin.

All of that should have been told to you by your corp mates. Or did you not join any proper corp yet?

Generally you'll probably want railguns in the highs, an afterburner and a basic shield tank (shield booster + resist mods based on the type of rats you're fighting), maybe with a damage control and magnetic field stabilizers in the lows. I can't come up with a specific fit at the moment as I'm short on time but it's not too complicated



Caldari hybrid ships have never been that bad, and that was before the hybrid buff.

I don't see Rokh here. I'm not sure what it means. Is it good for PvP only or is it a junk that nobody uses?

Rokh is used in large fleets mostly, though I've seen them in Incusrions as well.

Caldari PvE though is easierst following the missile path Caracal, Drake (Raven/Tengu) Scorpion Navy Isue Caldari Navy Raven/ Golem.

As a relatively new player myself I do not have great experience of fleet battles. But in general Blasters seem no to be prioritized in larger engangements of fleets.

They most often see use in ganks and roams in Hi and Lo afaik.

If you want to do fleet battles the best thing you can do is to find a corporation which actually takes part in such endeavors and ask them for advice what they need in their fleet.