FoH guide to EVE Online

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Originally Posted by gavinrad

So I'm looking to get into a corp that doesn't mind the fact that I'm currently working 65-70 hours a week and thus have very limited playtime. I don't mind some light pvp, but I'm really looking to learn construction. I've got an invite to a lowsec booster production/cap ship building corp that I'm thinking about taking, I'm just not sure.

in EvE - is my character if anyone has suggestions for what to train to next btw. I'm storing up some decent money by afk-ish veldspar mining in high-sec, and I really don't know what to do next

I don't know a thing about industry : ] If I were you, I'd join that corp, and if you want light PvP you can probably hop on the Factional Warfare train in a couple of weeks when Empyrean Age is released.

[Tooken]

Looking to open my account again but I'm strapped for cash. Trading my CoD4 key for a Game Time Card. If anyone is interested PM me. ^_^

[Gryeyes]

Originally Posted by gavinrad

So I've been waiting to get into Eve University, but since it is so trivial to maintain a wardec in carebear space, Privateers has kept one for a couple months, which means EU isn't currently accepting applications. Very frustrating, and there's a good chance that I'm just going to cancel again.

Go solo and read a bunch of guides while you grind some isk/standing doing missions. After you have a vague idea how to play join some random nuberish corp.

[Galgor]

Bad, inebriated decision. Shouldn't be on the boards. My apologies.

[gavinrad]

So what's my safest option for ratting in 0.0 out of the following list: Drake, Raven, Cerberus, Eagle?

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Originally Posted by gavinrad

So what's my safest option for ratting in 0.0 out of the following list: Drake, Raven, Cerberus, Eagle?

A Raven, if you're even a little concerned about cost. Independent damage types with battleship-level DPS, relatively cheap (since it insures), and it can fight off most any normal solo gank ship if you have a neut.

[Kazgrim]

cerb. best ninja ratting ships are vagabonds and ishtars, just fit a cloak.

[bonanno]

trying the trial once more.... sexy Khanid inc. pew pew.

[p0wl]

Originally Posted by bonanno

trying the trial once more.... sexy Khanid inc. pew pew.

I'm trying the game out once again as well. I'm liking it a lot more this time around.

If anyone is going to play the trial, you get 21 days free if you go through steam as opposed to the 14 days from the official website. Also, steam sells the game for $14.95 instead of $20.

I haven't read much of this thread at all, so I'm not exactly sure what I should be training heh. Even though I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I'm having a great time.

[bonanno]

Originally Posted by p0wl

I'm trying the game out once again as well. I'm liking it a lot more this time around.

If anyone is going to play the trial, you get 21 days free if you go through steam as opposed to the 14 days from the official website. Also, steam sells the game for $14.95 instead of $20.

I haven't read much of this thread at all, so I'm not exactly sure what I should be training heh. Even though I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, I'm having a great time.

learning skills (+int/mem/stats to start off) But, I personally also went for science 3/cybernetics so that i could throw in the implants that I kept getting from doing missions.

[Bizanich]

Originally Posted by bonanno

learning skills (+int/mem/stats to start off) But, I personally also went for science 3/cybernetics so that i could throw in the implants that I kept getting from doing missions.

If you already plan to play for a long time, yes, learning skills.

If you are trying to see if you like the game, though, don't take them too high. Get fun skills so you can use new toys.

The only reason I survived the DO LEARNING TIL BASE ARE LEVEL 5, ADVANCED 4! month or two of hell was I had two characters and had one do learning while I used the other.

It's super boring if you just do learnings.

[p0wl]

Thanks for the advice guys. I've got learning and iron will up to 3. I've basically been training my other skills as I need them.

What ship do you recommend for lowbies? I bought a Merlin to replace my Ibis and it seems to be working out so far. I have two railguns and two missle launchers, but I have to keep everything else offline while all of my weapons are active. I wish it had more power, but I completely dominate all the NPC's in my path. It's really fun, can't wait to pilot the bigger ships.

I had one of those volunteer guides contact me today, he was extremely helpful. I didn't even bother making a clone until he explained exactly what they did lol.

[Kais[]]

you can increase your ships powergrid, cpu, and capacitor (both max, and regen) through skills. engineering, electronics, energy management, energy systems operation....respectively. 5% boost per level. you buy skill books off of the market, and learn them by right click>train skill once you have it in a cargo hold. browse around the market window to see what you can get. There are skills that boost every facet of the game.

[Kais[]]

also, join the "foh" channel in game. there should be some really helpful folks in there that just might toss you some isk too

[Fog]

Originally Posted by p0wl

Thanks for the advice guys. I've got learning and iron will up to 3. I've basically been training my other skills as I need them.

What ship do you recommend for lowbies? I bought a Merlin to replace my Ibis and it seems to be working out so far. I have two railguns and two missle launchers, but I have to keep everything else offline while all of my weapons are active. I wish it had more power, but I completely dominate all the NPC's in my path. It's really fun, can't wait to pilot the bigger ships.

A Merlin is about the best you can do for a Caldari frigate, it's a pretty nice piece of work. You might want to look at the different sizes of guns (75mm, 125mm, 150mm are all "small" and will fit on a frigate.) The smaller ones take much, much less powergrid and CPU. They're a small damage downgrade and a moderate range downgrade, but you might find it useful to drop down to them so that you can online an afterburner or something. Your call.

If you buy the "Destroyers" skillbook and train it one or two levels, you should be able to get in a Cormorant, which is like your Merlin but with a ton of guns and more powergrid. It's a little heftier and slower but they are fairly cheap and take almost no extra training, so you might find them entertaining for a change of pace.

Either your Merlin or a Cormorant should really eat through level 1 mission NPCs, as you've discovered. Level 2s are tougher -- you'll be able to do some, but others will do more damage than you can handle. For higher missions, you'll need to train bigger ships.

The next step up is a cruiser. The biggest requirement skillwise is Caldari (or whatever race) Frigate IV, which might take two or three days training or so. You'll also need to train medium guns and/or heavy missiles, which are cruiser-sized weaponry (but that should be quick and cheap skills.) Which cruiser you get depends on whether you prefer guns or missiles. A Caracal is very missile-specialized, and a Moa has mostly guns with maybe one or two missile launchers. Both will be sufficient for missions, so it's a matter of taste. (Of course, you could train a different race instead, if that's your taste.)

When you get a cruiser, you might also want to train drone skills, because they will have a drone bay with space for one or two.

P.S. Like Kais mentioned, there are a billion skills you don't start with. Some have prerequisites (like the cruiser skills, which require frigate level IV) but some you probably already have the prereqs for. I strongly suggest you just open up the market and browse through the categories and descriptions. You'll probably find a lot of cheap ones that will help you out, and you can just buy them and train them to level 1 or 2 for a nice and relatively quick benefit. 90% of skillbooks are sold on the market by NPCs in unlimited quantities at "school" and "academy" stations all over the place, so don't buy them at rip-off prices from players if you can help it