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Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.20 14:02:00 -
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Ok today i thought i was onto a good exploration site in 0.4, lace looked empty and i was so close to clearing the area, all of a sudden 3 other played blasted me and my ****** caracal into a million bits lol, rather annoying i was hoping they'd take pity on me, as am only a lowly noob. Anyway the 1st thing i have done is upgrade my clone and am heading back to where my little selection of puny ships are.
Now because of my shifts at work etc i am still on lvl 2 missions and not very rich (50mil) my sole source of income at the minute is mining/missions/salvage. i have 3 options to me and this is where i need the advice.
a. use an already owned puny ship, kestral or merlin i think i have both b. buy and fit another caracal c. skip the caracal and buy and fit a drake
also need to keep out of lowsec for now lol........a hard lesson learned |
Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.22 16:09:00 -
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Shenra Twrin wrote:read ur thread get rembered my old times then i was newbi ...
Will sent u a drake later
cool i look forward to hearing from you. |
Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.26 09:34:00 -
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Shenra Twrin wrote:Hope you like your new Drake :)
thank you very much your generosity was more than expected |
Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.26 23:26:00 -
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once again the level of help and advice is off the scale, many thanks |
Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.28 20:38:00 -
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Zack Evans wrote:Start by joining a real corp.
? perhaps you can define a real corp for me |
Mr Chili Palmer
Elite Industries Ltd Second Sun Rising
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Posted - 2012.01.29 20:47:00 -
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Soldarius wrote:OP, just want to say you are doing it right. Getting out there and trying it is the best way to learn how it works. Choosing an inexpensive T1 cruiser for your first excursion into losec was the right thing to do. Also, the Caracal is an excellent cruiser. With skills, it can take out a lot of ships that you wouldn't ordinarily try for.
Most of the advice given above is spot on. I also would not take the drake out to losec if I could not easily replace it with isk on hand. Save it for the hisec missions. Most folks won't bother suicide ganking it. Once you have your core fitting, missile, and shield tanking skills up, then you can consider tryng it. I would also recommend going with some trusty brosefs.
Your best friend in hostile k-space is not so much the d-scan, but local. D-scan is a good supplement. But won't tell you anything if they are in a cloaky recon or bomber. If you see anyone that is not blue to you in local, assume they want to kill you, and prepare to gtfo. That means actively aligned to either station, POS, or a safespot. I would also recommend you learn cloaking and fit at least a prototype cloak in your utility high-slot (for the Drake). Yes, that will gimp your lock time. But for PvE, that is not an issue.
On the Caracal, don't bother with a cloak. Its just not worth it.
cheers buddy and everyone else too |
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