The New EVE: Apocrypha

Making a 'home base' based on agent locations is a fairly poor decision IMO, but I'm not familiar with gallente agents; maybe all three agents are high quality. Regardless, try not to get 'bound' to a single location. Learning the different systems and their quirks is an important part of the game. Training to fly Iteron Vs will help keep your current base of operations mobile as you'll be able to carry everything with you.

Be very careful on your first L3 mission.. with the increase in rewards comes an increase in difficulty. You'll need to start thinking about fitting guns that hit hard enough, but also a way to take care of smaller frigates that will still be around. Drones will be key.

My actual home base (if ya wanna call it that, heh) is at Dodixie. Thats where I keep most of my good stuff. In Aunia however, all I have there is my Salvage Cat and my current mission runner, the Thorax and unsold loot.

Right now, I have Iteron III trained up. With 3 cargohold 2's, it can handle 119,121m3. For the time being, its more than enough to carry all my loot as well as several ships.

Im looking forward to tonight (no work tomorrow :) ), Im going to warp on over to the closest L3 agent and give it a go. Ive already had some L2's that dished out a few BC's at me in my Thorax. They were easy kills, but im sure L3's will have their AI's bumped up a bit more, so I will be cautious, thanks :) Ive also got Drones 5 trained, so no problem there, I just need to bump that up a bit more so I can use Tier 2 drones.

I keep leaving and coming back to this game, never have a corp or friends to play with or anything to keep me interested though I enjoy the core of the game.

I have a 4mil SP character with a triple CCC geddon but it gets boring to play by myself and not be involved in pvp.

Not sure what a "triple CCC geddon" is and im sorry to say, I am not doing PvP at this point yet otherwise I would ask you to join me, however, Ive heard lots of good things about the Blue vs. Red thats going on. Perhaps you can look into that? I hear all are welcome to join, from newbies to vets. :)
 
does this blue vs red involve heavy pentalies for someone who is still trying to learn a game yet has expensive equipment that they dont want to lose?

Triple CCC geddon = super fast capacitor recharging laser death. CCC is the rigs, i forget what it stands for because i havn't played in a year.
 
does this blue vs red involve heavy pentalies for someone who is still trying to learn a game yet has expensive equipment that they dont want to lose?

Simple mantra to live for Eve PVP: Don't fly what you cannot afford to lose. I'm assuming thats what you mean by penalties?

Some more info on the Red VS Blue:
http://www.eve-tribune.com/index.php?no=4_40&page=2

EDIT: Also learned a hard lesson yesterday: When flying a frigate class ship, make sure that whoever or wherever you're warping to is not near a smart bomb equipped ship:
http://www.lf-eve.com/lfakb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=21518
 
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WOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I completed my first L3 mission and I didnt die, hehe.

Did the whole thing in my L2 fitted Thorax (I HAD to give it a shot and see what I was up against). I only had to warp out 3 times. 2 of those times was because I ran out of ammo, I grossly underestimated the amount I would need. The only other time I had to warp out due to damage was because the 4th gate warped me right into 4 or 5 of those missle silo things. Those cut right thru me pretty darn quick, but I took out 3 of them before I had to warp out, so coming back to only one silo in that area was a cinch.

Some of those BC's had some powerful missiles shooting at me, but at 35km away, they werent doing much dmg. I only had to use my armor hardeners for those silos, all the rest of the time they were never used.

The mission was called Angel Extravaganza!!!!!! SOLOED BABY!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!!!!!!!

I didnt bother with the bonus room. I had read there were battleships in there and I was pushing my luck far enough doing this mission in a Thorax, so I didnt even try for the battleships, heh. Can ya blame me, hehe. I can sleep good tonight now.....errrr.....I mean sleep good this morning, LOL!!!!!
 
Don't take PVE/Mission ship into PVP. 3x CCC's aren't much use on a geddon in normal (non-pos/cap) PVP, just slap a Heavy Cap Booster instead (and some 44mil cheaper)- you'll be dead or the laughing victor before cap becomes issue.

for RvB newbs I would reccomend..

1) Find a cruiser fit that costs 5-6mil including hull and a frigate fit that costs 1mil.
2) Mission hard for a week.
3) Buy 10 crusiers & frigates fully fitted (using buy orders through in mission week will help here)
4) Distrubute 3 of each around likely combat zones/systems & rest in whatever base system is.
5) Join up Insure, pew pew, kill, die, have fun.... profit....?!


Moving ships and stuff is tricky when in a war, preparation is the key here.
 
The mission was called Angel Extravaganza!!!!!! SOLOED BABY!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOTTTT!!!!!!!!!

I didnt bother with the bonus room. I had read there were battleships in there and I was pushing my luck far enough doing this mission in a Thorax, so I didnt even try for the battleships, heh. Can ya blame me, hehe. I can sleep good tonight now.....errrr.....I mean sleep good this morning, LOL!!!!!

Yup, pretty rough mission, good job. Does some havoc on my drake also, but it's tanked to the point where I didn't have to warp out. I do, however, share your feelings on the bonus room. I heard that there is some really good loot out there, but the fact that they were all sitting in the pocket at the same distance out, I didn't want to be aggro'd by them all at the same time.
 
Right now, I have Iteron III trained up. With 3 cargohold 2's, it can handle 119,121m3. For the time being, its more than enough to carry all my loot as well as several ships.

Aw christ, and here I am sitting at 19,031m3 in a Badger Mark II and using 100x secure containers to fit an extra 2,000m3 in. :eek: :rolleyes: :( [edit 2] After looking in EFT, there's no way in hell you're > 100k in an Iteron III.

[edit] Seconding a gj on AE--I got that as my first L3 and it took almost 6 hours to clear in a rail fit Moa. 2nd time around in a Rokh and the bonus room gave me nothing exciting. If you want to be really nice to someone (that you trust) you can share the bonus room/loot. The tag to get in isn't consumed on the L3 version of AE and they're fairly cheap on the market.
 
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Aw christ, and here I am sitting at 19,031m3 in a Badger Mark II and using 100x secure containers to fit an extra 2,000m3 in. :eek: :rolleyes: :( [edit 2] After looking in EFT, there's no way in hell you're > 100k in an Iteron III.

It definitely takes something like an Orca or a freighter to get to that size cargohold. I'm pretty sure SAW meant 11,912.1m3 or something like that.
 
I'm looking forward to the day when I can drop a billion on a Charon and move everything in one trip. The 'alt promo' (6 months @ $49.95) is extremely tempting.
 
If you need stuff moved in hisec, let me know, for an [H]'er I can certainly come up with some reasonable fee. I have 864k m3 cargohold available.
 
Aw christ, and here I am sitting at 19,031m3 in a Badger Mark II and using 100x secure containers to fit an extra 2,000m3 in. :eek: :rolleyes: :( [edit 2] After looking in EFT, there's no way in hell you're > 100k in an Iteron III.

[edit] Seconding a gj on AE--I got that as my first L3 and it took almost 6 hours to clear in a rail fit Moa. 2nd time around in a Rokh and the bonus room gave me nothing exciting. If you want to be really nice to someone (that you trust) you can share the bonus room/loot. The tag to get in isn't consumed on the L3 version of AE and they're fairly cheap on the market.

Sorry bout the miss-information on my Ity. I get the numbers confused alot when Im not actually looking at them. Silentcoercion is spot on with the numbers. What I got mixed up was the m3 and how much I can actually carry. I used my Ity back a few months ago for transport of goods and ore for trading from one system to another. When I would transport ore or something similar in size, I was able to carry 119,121 UNITS of that particular item. Sorry bout the confusion.

It definitely takes something like an Orca or a freighter to get to that size cargohold. I'm pretty sure SAW meant 11,912.1m3 or something like that.

Thanks for clearing that up. In my defense ( :) ) it has been 2 months or more since I used my Ity for hauling goods. However, I can say I was indeed able to carry 2 or 3 ships inside it (repackaged of course) along with some other stuff as I was moving from one system to another.

On another note.....

In case you guys are curious what I have my Thorax fitted with....

5 - 200mm Compressed Coil Guns - Tungsten Federation Faction Charges/Iridium

1 - 10mn Afterburner
2 - Cap Rechargers II

2 - Mag Stabs II
1 - N Type Kinetic Armor Hardener
1 - N Type Thermic Armor Hardener
1 - Damage Control Unit II

Rigs - 3 of them, dont recall what they are called, but one is for extra Drone range, another for Extra Dmg from Turrets and the last one gives me a slight increase to my shields recharge time.

Drones -
3 Vespas <---- IMO, they kick ass
2 Hobgoblins <---which got murdered very fast, so when I warped out to heal up, I added in 2 more Vespas.

Aside from being warped right in the middle of those missle silos, my ship never got past 60% dmg to my shields. Alot of their missiles kept missing and that shield recharge rig really came in handy as it healed up my shields fairly quickly, so it was like...Id get hit with a few volleys of missiles and most of that dmg was cleared up by the time I would get hit with another volley.

I kept my distance from the rats. I would start shooting them at about 47km and then inch closer to about 25km. By the time I would get to 25km, they would be damaged enough that I let the drones finish them off while I started pluggin away at another rat, turn 180degrees, hit the gas and keep them at about a 30km range, give or take. Worked out pretty well.

The mission did take quite some time to complete though. I wasnt keeping track, but it had to have been at least 3 hours, cause when I went back to get the loot from the 1st wave, they were all gone, so I either went past that 2 hour mark and they disappeared or they got Ninja'ed. My guess is, my 2 hour time limit passed. Oh yeah, just remembered, I had to have had this mission done inside of 3 hours cause the bonus reward was only granted if turned in completed within 3 hours and change.

Was a cool mission though, much more challenging than the L2's. In total, including the mission payout, bonus, loot and bounties was about 10mil, give or take <---it was wayyy late (early depending on how ya look at it) and I was in a hurry due to the shut down warnings CCP gives.
 
Just completed my 2nd and 3rd L3 missions. No problems and still in my Thorax :) I plan on either getting the Myrmidon or Brutix soon though.

Was looking at the Tier 2 drones earlier and I noticed they didnt do any more dmg than the tier 1 drones yet I need Level 5 on the scout drones to get them. Is it worth the time to train them up anyways?
 
T2 drones are better in almost every way that counts ( Damage, speed, HP - in that order)

Base stats... Warrior II Damage Modifier 1.56 x vs Warrior I Damage Modifier 1.3 x
So although base damage is the same, modifier is larger ===> hits harder. (warrior II's are also lot faster for inty eating)

The specilisation skill that applies to the T2 drones also adds a good bite. EFT and EVEMON both show the difference.

For PVE it could get expensive if you don't manage aggro correctly, PvP T2 is pretty much standard/needed.


** edit and its Tech II, not Tier II . Tier generally refers to the different class in same ship group. eg Tier 1 BattleCruiser (ferox, prophecy, cyclone) is mostly worse than a Tier 2 BC ( Drake, Harbinger, Hurricane) - not sure about Gall, prob the Myrm considered tier 2?
 
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In case you guys are curious what I have my Thorax fitted with....

5 - 200mm Compressed Coil Guns - Tungsten Federation Faction Charges/Iridium

1 - 10mn Afterburner
2 - Cap Rechargers II

2 - Mag Stabs II
1 - N Type Kinetic Armor Hardener
1 - N Type Thermic Armor Hardener
1 - Damage Control Unit II

Rigs - 3 of them, dont recall what they are called, but one is for extra Drone range, another for Extra Dmg from Turrets and the last one gives me a slight increase to my shields recharge time.

I'm not sure of your skills, particularly cap management, but you should be cap stable (or nearly so) without the cap rechargers. The Gallente ships are 'properly' fit with armor tanks but with L2/L3 missioning you can be flexible (hence not going into armor when you mission.) If you want to live risky like that, this should fit depending on your skills:

Mark 1 Generator Reactor Control Unit
4x Magstab II

10MN AB
Medium Shield Extender
Medium Shield Booster

5x 200mm Compressed Coil

You'd only use the shield booster if you get into trouble, or fit something else there

When you get your Brutix--I mean, when you get your Myrmidon, ;) you're going to have some good options. Myrmidon has 1 more low and mid slot, more grid, way more cap, more drones and 10% drone damage per level. The Brutix gets a little more CPU, an additional high slot and a 5% hybrid bonus.

With my skills (assuming I had Gallente cruiser 3) this fit is cap stable and should be able to tank a lot of damage.

[Myrmidon]

3x Armor hardeners (mission specific)
Damage Control II
2x Medium Armor reppers

10MN Afterburner I
4x Cap rechargers

5x Heavy Neutron Blasters (AM charges)
Drone Link Augmentor I (+20k range, requires Scout Drone Operation IV)

Rigs: 3x CCC (Capacitor Control Circuit I)

Drones:
Hobgoblin I x5
Hammerhead I x5

Basically, sit back and let the drones take care of the little stuff and move in for the biggies. The blasters have an extremely short range but they deal good damage.

As a matter of fact, as soon as I get Electronics Upgrades V I'm going to get into one of these. Great ship.

By the way, your cruiser can hit harder than my Ferox (BC). :::weeps:::
 
I broke down and subbed to a second account. What would be the most beneficial career to train for? I'm thinking mining and then industry. (Anyone have a free working Dell 2405? I'll pay shipping. ;) )
 
Imho mining is a total waste of time. Search this thread for some replies I made to essentially the same question where I went into touching on market subjects instead.
 
I used to love getting lost in this game and forgetting about everything else. Too bad I don't have as much free time anymore (less than usual). I look forward to re-subbing in the future, though!
 
Imho mining is a total waste of time. Search this thread for some replies I made to essentially the same question where I went into touching on market subjects instead.

This one?

Who cares as long as (s)he puts out?

you cyber? :eek: :D

I found what you're talking about and it's got me thinking about EVE and human nature, namely, that trading (like EVE in general) takes a considerable amount of time upfront to learn--finding trends and sweet spots in the case of training. Further, people are typically lazy and put forth the minimum effort to achieve a goal and those willing to take advantage of that fact are in for a good time. It's like you said, people are lazy and will pay more for convenience.

My wife's cousin works in the mortgage/real estate business and told me at one point that people come to him for mortgages and don't shop around for a better deal. I basically said 'WFT, google it' and he replied that people can't be bothered to take even that simple step, and that's with a major investment that takes years to pay off if at all.

So... While I generally view EVE players as more mature, tenacious and intelligent than the average gamer (save the Amarr :p ) this principle would still apply to a greater extent and I can follow your suggestion after finishing up with this longassed wall of text.

Bonus points for fairly easy skill requirements so I can crosstrain something else.

[cliffs] It's a secret.
 
Imho mining is a total waste of time. Search this thread for some replies I made to essentially the same question where I went into touching on market subjects instead.

I don't mine at all, but I do reprocess loot to get mats so I can manufacture my own ammo and T1 pvp parts. Some people ask why I do that, and my answer is always "There is nothing fun about mining for me. However, if you ask me to sit cloaked while you mine, I'll be more than happy to oblige."
 
I don't mine at all, but I do reprocess loot to get mats so I can manufacture my own ammo and T1 pvp parts. Some people ask why I do that, and my answer is always "There is nothing fun about mining for me. However, if you ask me to sit cloaked while you mine, I'll be more than happy to oblige."

Watching bait in low-sec is quite enjoyable, especially in stealth bombers. :) Get 4-6 Stealth Bombers together and sit 80-100k off the target... yeah, it's as fun as your imagination allows. :) Guy pops in, engages target and all the stealth bombers pop out of cloak and fire. Most people can't align quick enough and get OWNED in one good volley. Of course if it has a good tank it'll probably take out the miner first... but that's why they're called "bait". :)
 
T2 drones are better in almost every way that counts ( Damage, speed, HP - in that order)

For PVE it could get expensive if you don't manage aggro correctly, PvP T2 is pretty much standard/needed.


** edit and its Tech II, not Tier II .

Thanks for the clarification on that. You'd think after 7+ months of playing, my EVE lingo would be better. For some strange reason though, when Im not in the game, I have the damnedest time remembering what things are called. Its like I go blank sitting here trying to talk about stuff in EVE. I dunno.....drugs maybe, HAHA!!! (or lack thereof ;))

How does one "manage aggro correctly"?

The way Ive been doing my missions lately is....I send 5 drones to what is seemingly the toughest ship to kill. While they break down that ships shields and armor, I pick off all the easy rats as I can usually kill them with 1-3 volleys. Once they are taken care of, I help out my drones if they havent already killed the toughy.

I'm not sure of your skills, particularly cap management.............

By the way, your cruiser can hit harder than my Ferox (BC). :::weeps:::

Here are my skills as of 1 minute ago :D (currently training Hybrid Weapons to Level 4 atm, why I didnt do this earlier in the previous months....I dunno, to busy bouncing around raising other skills I guess, heh).

Krinthe

Attributes
Intelligence: 19.80
Perception: 15.40
Charisma: 9.90
Willpower: 15.40
Memory: 17.60

Corporation Management
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Anchoring
Total Skillpoints in Group: 4,243

Drones
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Combat Drone Operation
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Drone Durability
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Drone Interfacing
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Drone Navigation
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Drone Sharpshooting
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Drones
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Heavy Drone Operation
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Mining Drone Operation
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Scout Drone Operation
Total Skillpoints in Group: 506,510

Electronics
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Electronic Warfare
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Electronics
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Electronics Upgrades
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Frequency Modulation
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Long Range Targeting
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Propulsion Jamming
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Sensor Linking
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Signature Analysis
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Survey
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Target Painting
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Targeting
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Weapon Disruption
Total Skillpoints in Group: 410,554

Engineering
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Energy Emission Systems
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Energy Grid Upgrades
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Energy Management
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Energy Pulse Weapons
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Energy Systems Operation
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Engineering
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Shield Compensation
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Shield Emission Systems
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Shield Management
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Shield Operation
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Shield Upgrades
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Tactical Shield Manipulation
Total Skillpoints in Group: 621,104

Gunnery
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Controlled Bursts
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Gunnery
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Medium Energy Turret
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Medium Hybrid Turret
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Medium Projectile Turret
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Motion Prediction
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Rapid Firing
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Sharpshooter
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Small Energy Turret
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Small Hybrid Turret
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Small Projectile Turret
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Surgical Strike
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Trajectory Analysis
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Weapon Upgrades
Total Skillpoints in Group: 577,855

Industry
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Ice Harvesting
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Industry
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Jaspet Processing
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Kernite Processing
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Mass Production
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Mining
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Mining Upgrades
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Omber Processing
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Plagioclase Processing
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Production Efficiency
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Pyroxeres Processing
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Refinery Efficiency
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Refining
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Scordite Processing
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Veldspar Processing
Total Skillpoints in Group: 870,715

Leadership
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Leadership
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Mining Foreman
Total Skillpoints in Group: 91,925

Learning
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Analytical Mind
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Clarity
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Eidetic Memory
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Empathy
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Instant Recall
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Iron Will
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Learning
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Logic
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Spatial Awareness
Total Skillpoints in Group: 666,040

Mechanic
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Armor Rigging
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Astronautics Rigging
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Drones Rigging
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EM Armor Compensation
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Electronic Superiority Rigging
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Energy Weapon Rigging
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Explosive Armor Compensation
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Frigate Construction
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Hull Upgrades
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Hybrid Weapon Rigging
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Jury Rigging
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Kinetic Armor Compensation
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Launcher Rigging
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Mechanic
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Projectile Weapon Rigging
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Remote Armor Repair Systems
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Remote Hull Repair Systems
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Repair Systems
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Salvaging
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Shield Rigging
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Thermic Armor Compensation
Total Skillpoints in Group: 1,058,196

Missile Launcher Operation
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Defender Missiles
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FoF Missiles
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Missile Launcher Operation
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Rockets
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Standard Missiles
Total Skillpoints in Group: 39,072

Navigation
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Acceleration Control
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Afterburner
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Evasive Maneuvering
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Fuel Conservation
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High Speed Maneuvering
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Navigation
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Warp Drive Operation
Total Skillpoints in Group: 244,092

Science
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Astrogeology
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Astrometric Acquisition
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Astrometric Rangefinding
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Astrometrics
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Biology
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Cybernetics
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Infomorph Psychology
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Laboratory Operation
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Metallurgy
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Research
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Science
Total Skillpoints in Group: 533,909

Social
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Connections
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Diplomacy
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Fast Talk
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Negotiation
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Social
Total Skillpoints in Group: 223,849

Spaceship Command
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Amarr Frigate
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Battlecruisers
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Caldari Frigate
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Destroyers
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Gallente Cruiser
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Gallente Frigate
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Gallente Industrial
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Mining Barge
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Minmatar Cruiser
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Minmatar Frigate
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Spaceship Command
Total Skillpoints in Group: 1,098,510

Trade
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Broker Relations
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Contracting
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Retail
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Trade
Total Skillpoints in Group: 28,244

Total Skillpoints: 6,974,818
Total Number of Skills: 138

Skills at Level 1: 0
Skills at Level 2: 40
Skills at Level 3: 63
Skills at Level 4: 22
Skills at Level 5: 13

Speaking of cloaking......Being a sneaky bastard is something I do have plans on doing. I hadnt quite thought about doing this with miners though as it would seem to easy since they probably are not fitted for fight back. I have had thought though of laying in wait, cloaked, by a station or jumpgate and seeing who comes thru. Scanning them down with one of those scanners which doesnt allow the other person to know they are being scanned, watching where they go and then follow/hunt them down. But first and foremost, being patient and seeing what they are up to. <---Sounds like HELLA fun to me. To hell with profit, its the hunt im after :cool:, profit comes 2nd.
 
Manage rat agro - your drones are weak and fragile, you are tough and strong, need to protect the little bees.

goto eve-survial read the mision guide and see what the pocket Triggers are.
warp in, shoot the trigger/whatever agresses the rat pocket. They all lock and start shooting you, you tank the incoming DPS then release drones to kill said targets. Basically you want the rats to NOT target drones, and if they are already fighting you they won't do that (mission rats are stupid, unlike Sleepers in WH's which have better AI and will switch targets & pwn drones).

Also have drones focus fire (all on one taget.. its in the right click, drone bay window) - and specify which target to engage, less risk of them roaming off and triggering a 2nd or 3rd pocket.
Note, it is frigates that web/scram, often best & quickest to dispose of these easy rats early on.

& for skillsheet stuff, just use a in-eve link to the char- rather tan that ^^ monster which for some reason I can't even see skill levels !
and yea tech/tier thingy.... just me being picky really :)

Eggrock, I skilled retriever mining alt when my corp wanted to get some mins/ore for ship & mod building, that turned to crap when we worked out wasn't as much fun as shooting stuff. Tried some 'solo' mining with a hauler alt and tbh it wasn't worth the effort - level 4 missions much more isk/hour - afk domi probably less attention than Miner/hauler too. Imo unless you go the whole hog with Hulk / Orca / 0.0 you would be better off doing anything else.

I would say look into Invention / Research if you have the time, seems to be the best 2nd account isk making venture. I was considering this lately, but cba and am now skilling a raven l4 alt instead- if you find out something good & go down that route let me know, would be interested.
 
So I quit playing earlier this year around the time the war in delve was on the decline and we ( goonswarm ) we're settling into our new home.

I had 2 accounts active, one my main ratting, battleship character who was training into amarr Hacs and was ~26 days away when amarr cruiser 5 finished a month after I quit.
and a character I had training covops for exploration had everything in my skill plan complete except energy management 5.

anyway onto my point whats all changed since after the release of apocrypha, worth trying to get back into the game? I sold all my assets off save a few out of the way items I left back in our former home before the move to deleve.
 
Amarr cruiser V =>> Whole new game. opens up some cool sht.

new patch coming soon should make 0.0 lot more interesting. the summer apoc release didn't make great deal of difference really ..sized rigs? Not sure what goons been upto , fannying about prob.
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Simple mantra to live for Eve PVP: Don't fly what you cannot afford to lose. I'm assuming thats what you mean by penalties?

Some more info on the Red VS Blue:
http://www.eve-tribune.com/index.php?no=4_40&page=2

EDIT: Also learned a hard lesson yesterday: When flying a frigate class ship, make sure that whoever or wherever you're warping to is not near a smart bomb equipped ship:
http://www.lf-eve.com/lfakb/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=21518

One of the things that prevents me from getting into this game is that I want to learn how to play from people who are good. If I went into pvp in any ship it would probably be a waste of time for me.
 
I broke down and subbed to a second account. What would be the most beneficial career to train for? I'm thinking mining and then industry. (Anyone have a free working Dell 2405? I'll pay shipping. ;) )

What's your current pilot doing? If it's combat, train a support pilot. I did that for a while and it was just silly how easily I could steamroll through any mission.
 
What's your current pilot doing? If it's combat, train a support pilot. I did that for a while and it was just silly how easily I could steamroll through any mission.

My current pilot is going to 0.0 so I'll need lots of iskies.
 
SAW, looking at your skills, it looks like you are only missing the assault ships skill to be able to pilot an Ishkur. For me, the Ishkur is the most fun ship to pilot. It will go through lvl 1 and lvl 2s like you wouldn't believe. It has great kinetic and good thermal resists, which make it good for Guristas and Serpentis sites. I have been able to run every Guristas site in high sec with it, even the Guristas Vigil, the 4/10 DED scout outpost,and the 4 BS spawn shattered life support radar site. You should try it out.
 
SAW, looking at your skills, it looks like you are only missing the assault ships skill to be able to pilot an Ishkur. For me, the Ishkur is the most fun ship to pilot. It will go through lvl 1 and lvl 2s like you wouldn't believe. It has great kinetic and good thermal resists, which make it good for Guristas and Serpentis sites. I have been able to run every Guristas site in high sec with it, even the Guristas Vigil, the 4/10 DED scout outpost,and the 4 BS spawn shattered life support radar site. You should try it out.

Yeah the Ishkur is a blast, properly fit it can manage level 3s and 4s too. It isn't fast, but it sure is a change of pace from a battleship!
 
SAW, looking at your skills, it looks like you are only missing the assault ships skill to be able to pilot an Ishkur. For me, the Ishkur is the most fun ship to pilot. It will go through lvl 1 and lvl 2s like you wouldn't believe. It has great kinetic and good thermal resists, which make it good for Guristas and Serpentis sites. I have been able to run every Guristas site in high sec with it, even the Guristas Vigil, the 4/10 DED scout outpost,and the 4 BS spawn shattered life support radar site. You should try it out.

Yeah, a fellow [H] player has told me alot about the assault ship, Ishkur. And yeap, I can get AF trained right now if I bought the skill book. Untill recently, 3.5mil for a skill book I wasnt willing to fork over. But since ive been doing these missions, Ive been preoccupied and forgot all about it, heh.
 
One of the things that prevents me from getting into this game is that I want to learn how to play from people who are good. If I went into pvp in any ship it would probably be a waste of time for me.

I just re-read your post. The most of the people who have replied to this thread know what they are talkin about. It might have taken me a while to get to where im at in the game, but I couldnt have done it without these guys here. Ive talked to almost no one while Im playing, such as people in the CAS Corp. Idle chit chat here and there, but about 99% of what Ive learned about this game, came from right here. Thuelman, Old Pueblo, Donk, Cantonious, Eggrock and lots of others have shared LOTS of advise.

And nothing was a waste of time if you enjoyed the time spent. ;)
 
new patch coming soon should make 0.0 lot more interesting. the summer apoc release didn't make great deal of difference really ..sized rigs? Not sure what goons been upto , fannying about prob.
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dominion has some very nice updates rolling along with it. im most interested in the pirate/faction battleship upgrades... 7 neutrons on my vindicator...mmmmmm

new dominix looks really nice as well.

i just hopped into my new proteus (t3 cruiser). lots of fun that thing is. 270k EHP, 46k armor, 90% resists across the board basically, about 960dps or so. plus it maneuvers as fast as a cruiser does.

on a side note, do not even think about getting involved with invention, it is completely unprofitable. you'd be better off sitting in jita with a scanner alt in a hauler and suicide ganking haulers with candy inside of them. the fastest way that ive ever made money was through efficient pvp. find the right targets fitting deadspace/faction mods, dec them, kill them, hope for a decent drop. this passed week netted me about 1bil isk through various drops from mission running war targets.

almost killed a freighter today in high sec. unfortunately we were in a small/fast ship gang hunting someone when we saw another war target in local which shortly landed on the gate with us in an obelisk. but with the way aggro timers currently work, he was smart... he jumped into the next system after one guy pointed him and back-tackled while we jumped through and waited to tackle on the other side. he immediately hit ctrl+q and logged. 15 seconds later his freighter shows up on our overview, and about 15 seconds after that his ship disappeared right where we had it tackled and at 30% armor. very annoying game mechanic that is. if we had been able to aggro him on the other side before he closed his client, there would have been an aggro timer that would have given us 15 minutes to kill him. :sad:
 
i just hopped into my new proteus (t3 cruiser). lots of fun that thing is. 270k EHP, 46k armor, 90% resists across the board basically, about 960dps or so. plus it maneuvers as fast as a cruiser does.

That's fucked up. Next is, what, a titan with machine-gun DD, speed and sig of an inty?
 
Welp....I was just one click away from purchasing my first Battleship. Ive chosen the Myrmidon. Aside from all the different mods I can fit to it.....lets face it.....It just looks so freakin badass. Its a must buy ship.

But I stopped myself.

I had just recently went around the neighborhood buying Med. Ammo as well as some Faction Ammo and a shit load of drones along with a few modifying things for my Thorax. After subtracting the cost of the Myrmidon, I was going to be left with about 18mil isk. Thats not counting the cost of new mods, which, with the EFT fitting I made, I was using 6 of those 250mm Prototype Gauss Guns. In other words...I was going to be left being broke.....So for the time being, Im going to stick it out with doing L3's in my Thorax untill I save up enough to fit out the BC and still have some heavy change left over :)

On the bright side of things though.....I along with all the ammo n stuff, I also bought the skill book for Assault Frigs and already have it trained up to level 3.

After looking thru what the Ishkur is able to give me....Im kinda wondering how this ship is capable of doing L3's when "seemingly" it isnt all that much more powerful than a regular frig?

It has a bit of bump up in its fitting stats and better armor, but aside from that, im not seeing much of the difference.

So....what have I overlooked? I KNOW I must be missing something here....what is that something?
 
"Assfrigs" as they are so lovingly called benefit from a very small sig radius meaning they take less damage from larger ships, and then also have high resists even before you add hardeners into the mix. This makes them tough little nuts to crack. They don't generally churn out a lot of DPS but they are better then regular frigs of course. Can they do some L3's? Probably, but I personaly wouldn't use one because they won't be as efficient as doing them in a BC. Time is money, there are many ways to do many things, but whatever gets those things done faster to get the ISK into your wallet is usually best.
 
Well, an AF definately wouldnt have been able to do the 2 missions I did last night. But I can see where/how they could be used.

In one of the missions I did last night, I had to warp out, heal and warp back 4 different times. The strange part was, there was only a 1/3 of the rats in this mission as there were in most of the other L3 missions I had been doing. I couldnt figure it out....untill It finally became apparent to me...

In this particular mission, there were 2, JUST 2 of those missile silos again. Mannn, those things just eat me up like an afternoon snack.

I had managed to pull the other rats out 200km from where those silos were and yet, those silos were still able to hit me with their missiles. By the time my drones and I were able to kill off just one rat, we were having to warp out so my ship didnt explode.

This was nuts....How the hell can that thing still be targeting me from such a distance. Damn silos...

I learned an important lesson last night....When a mission has you warping in on some silos...KILL THEM FIRST!!!!!!!!!

After that 4th warpout.....Thats exactly what I decided to do. So, I warped to zero on them and just tanked them till they were dead. Since I had drawn out the other rats, which included 3 BC's (Brutix's), they were over 100km away from me as I shot down the silos, so that was good. I killed them unchallenged. After the silos were destroyed....the BC's and 6 other rats were easy pickings.

Soo....Note to self.....see a silo, kill a silo FIRST!!!!!
 
On the bright side of things though.....I along with all the ammo n stuff, I also bought the skill book for Assault Frigs and already have it trained up to level 3.

After looking thru what the Ishkur is able to give me....Im kinda wondering how this ship is capable of doing L3's when "seemingly" it isnt all that much more powerful than a regular frig?

It has a bit of bump up in its fitting stats and better armor, but aside from that, im not seeing much of the difference.

So....what have I overlooked? I KNOW I must be missing something here....what is that something?

Well my post was more of an observation than a sugestion for lvl3s :eek: , sorry, should I have been a little more clear considering the current set of topics.
I agree with OldPueblo, you can run lvl 3s in it, but would be a lot faster in a BC. Its the low sig, high resists, and speed that makes it good. You also need good drone skills or the dps will be not that good.
For lvl1 and 2s, and high sec cosmic sigs/anomalies I use the Ishkur, for lvl 3s I use a BC.
If you want to try something different, try exploration in high sec Guristas/Serpentis space. I have only a MSE and a DCII for a tank on my exploration Ishkur, and it handles the sites easily.
BTW, where are you based at?
 
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I had just recently went around the neighborhood buying Med. Ammo as well as some Faction Ammo and a shit load of drones along with a few modifying things for my Thorax. After subtracting the cost of the Myrmidon, I was going to be left with about 18mil isk. Thats not counting the cost of new mods, which, with the EFT fitting I made, I was using 6 of those 250mm Prototype Gauss Guns. In other words...I was going to be left being broke.....So for the time being, Im going to stick it out with doing L3's in my Thorax untill I save up enough to fit out the BC and still have some heavy change left over :)

You know, you don't have to go THAT far for a mission running Myrmidon, right? You could easily outfit a mission capable Myrmidon for 35 mil sans mods using Tech 1 items.
 
BTW, where are you based at?

Based in Dodixie...currently running missions in Eglendeart (sp).

You know, you don't have to go THAT far for a mission running Myrmidon, right? You could easily outfit a mission capable Myrmidon for 35 mil sans mods using Tech 1 items.

Ya know...I was thinking the same thing as I was scanning the market last night. I was thinking that the Myrmidon should be able to handle itself at a closer range to the rats than what ive been doing with the Thorax and so, I could fit some Blasters onto the ship instead of railguns. I think they hit harder for more DPS than the rails do and, as you said, make the mods I have for this fitting all Tech 1 items.

The main cost with the fitting would probably be buying the guns for the ship. Im already at 27.5mil for the ship. A few well thought out mods placed here and there on the ship shouldnt cost me too much at all. I may go ahead with this plan tonight. Im anxious to see a new ship and take her out.

I do plan on doing WH space soon. Maybe do that tonight too :)
 
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