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Originally Posted by Erronius

Well, I am at about 36 hours active, though I havent played all that much - just a couple sessions. I think I am getting the hang of ship movement (go-go orbit), though I still have to fight the urge to manually move off in a direction where there isn't any actual object/point to target and move towards. If there is a way to set a point in deadspace and move there, someone let me know lol.

You can drop waypoints midwarp, the go to that waypoint. then warp from that waypoint to another spot and drop another point midwarp. THrough this you can set a place nearly anywhere in system. If your in a system a lot, its useful to have one of these as an inbetween safespot

What should I get for a generic slot fit? Being Minmater for weapon types I suppose...I'm guessing railguns/ac's and some other junk?

Yes. I equip a couple nosferatus or a nos/missleish weapon, but i mainly use missiles as a way to deal with gnat type ships that get in the way. Drones, frigates, shit like that.

I went and bought 2 [Rocket Launcher 1] just to round out the 4 high slots I had when I got the Rifter.

Worry about other stuff first. If your flying a rifter, rockets are rather a side part of your greater glory.

any suggestion for any slots appreciated, PARTICULARLY mids and lows at the moment.

I suggest lots of tanking stuff for a rifter or any frigate in missions. Your really flimsy and can come under fire from like 10 things at once. If you arent beefed up, yu'll get raped. Get armor repairs, get you the biggest armor you can fit, then a gyrostab for some more damage low. On your mids, get you an after burner, a shield booster, and a shield extender... you have 3 mid/low on rifter right? Play with afterburner and microwarp drive. They are important tools for for a mimitar like you and me. We specialize at the get up close and punch them in the face weapons, and those weapons are the best in pvp, if you fly a ship that can get in their face to do the punching. Using mwd and afterburners for this is not optional.

When should I look into getting a larger ship than a Frigate

As soon as you can afford to do it and have all the skills to do it in place. Takes roughly 10m credits to afford to do it, because you always want some left over for if you die (you will), and Skill wise i would make sure you could fit all the gear you'll need for pvp. Micro warp drives, stabilizers, gyrostabs, nanofiber, medium turrets, mechanic to 3, ect. Theres a lot of them, but they only need to be rank 2or 3~, so its not terribly long to get yourself there.

My biggest advise is dont be too afraid. In a rifter your fine to go into 0.0 space, especially if you throw a microwarp drive on. You will be fast, hard to hit and target, and basically nobody is going to bother with you unless your make yourself agressive or sit in one place too long.