Cyprus Black
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.12.11 10:31:00 -
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I already see a lot of problems...Lady Hestia wrote:Hi everyone,
I've been playing EVE on and off for a long time. Quite a few years. I started out mining, then continued to mine, had other accounts to do missions, etc, then I maxed out all of my mining, refining, etc.
Then, at some point I decided that two of my accounts would have battleships, and I'd run L4's with them. When I tried to do that, I found that neither ship could survive long enough in L4's to complete the mission before it expired. I spent some time training skills, a few months, and when I returned the results were not much different. It takes quite a lot longer than "a few months" to be proficient with a battleship.
Lady Hestia wrote:I even spent some time in Red vs Blue only to find the disorganized outfit to be a complete waste of time. What were you expecting? RvB is all about newbies getting their feet wet in PvP. Of course it's going to be disorganized.
Lady Hestia wrote:I stopped playing for a while, and now that I have come back, a friend who is not that bright is trying to get me to join a big corp he is in. We're going to null sec to do operations there, but so much has already ****ed me up already. Bolded and underlined the parts that are relevant. Nullsec is garbage, plain and simple. I know those kids out there think they're super tough PvP'ers when they blob up and all, but it really sucks out there.
Lady Hestia wrote:My friend insisted I sell my hulk because I wouldn't need it, as I was going to fight rats in null sec. I protested, but eventually caved and agreed. Then him and I tried to do L4's and I constantly had to leave just like I always did, and even after playing with my fits, it still seems impossible. Now, other people are telling me I should have not sold my hulk so I can mine stuff in null sec. Pro tip: There will always be someone telling you what you should or should not have done. Always. Captain Hindsight has many sidekicks.
One of the first things you need to learn about this game is that nobody knows everything about this game, that includes the Devs. You're going to have to dust off your bullsh*t-o-meter and use it often.
Lady Hestia wrote:I don't know what to do, really. When I started playing years ago I was always worried that you needed years worth of skills to do anything in this game, and people always reassured me. And yet, I am not so sure.
At 16Mil SP I don't feel like my difficulty is justified. I use PYFA, EVEMON, even Battleclinic to find fits, and yet somehow my game is so difficult.
What advice can you guys lend to me? Naturally, I am happy to answer any questions you guys might have.
You don't need years worth of skillpoints to do what you want in this game. You need to specialize. It sounds like you've been spreading your skillpoints across a wide variety of skills, essentially becoming a "Jack of all Trades, Master of None", except you're kinda terrible at all trades, so to speak.
Flying a battleship properly requires a LOT of specialized skill training. Flying a frigate properly requires only a few specialized skills trained. Judging by what you've told us so far, you're very far away from flying a battleship properly and you have no business being in one. Harsh, but someone should've told you by now.
The real question is what do YOU want to do? Not what everyone else recommends you do or don't do. You pay your monthly fee to play this game, so the decision is up to you. Do you really want to live in nullsec? Do you really want to give up mining? Do you really want to run L4 missions? What ingame goal(s) do you have?
I'll share mine with you. I decided early on that I want to be able to fly all ships of all races and use all weapons. That was four years ago. Now I can fly all T1/2/3 ships and their respective T2 weapons effectively. My industry skills are sorely lacking, but I reached my goal. My other goal was to give EVERYTHING in EvE an honest try. I'm almost done with that goal as I've tried just about everything except faction warfare and incursions.
Right now I'm tooling around with the new mining frigates, the Venture. I'm loving it as it's the perfect little ship to go mining in lowsec. Is it profitable to do so? A little, but it's the danger aspect which I enjoy. Mining Jaspet in the backyard of a large pirate alliance makes me chuckle a little.
The point being find something you enjoy doing. It doesn't have to be profitable or efficient, just enjoyable.
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