Roime
Blue Republic
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Posted - 2011.11.28 09:58:00 -
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Just some random tips, that assume you do missions just as a stepping stone to real EvE, which is PvP.
1) racial frigate and cruiser skills are two of the best skills to take to level V. Your opponents will have frigate and cruiser V if flying T1 ships (and therefore have clear advantage, as the ship bonuses are dependent on the ship skill level), and level V is prerequisite for training T2 ships.
2) do small-scale regional trading in the modules you use for your ships. That means: buy stuff on buy orders (buying region-wide is the cheapest, but also means more hauling), keep what you need and sell the rest in trade hubs for nice, steady profit
3) fitting skills are really important on frigates and cruisers (Engineering, Energy Grid Upgrades, Electronics, Electronics Upgrades, Weapon Upgrades, Advanced Weapon Upgrades, Shield Upgrades), as they dictate how much powergrid and CPU you have available, and how much your modules consume. Best fittings generally require all these at V, except Advanced Weapon Upgrades which is a long train and more commonly left at IV until later.
4) use third party tools like Evemon, pyfa and EFT. They will make the whole skill tree and fitting **** much simpler to get to grips with.
5) learn to pilot manually. Player skill > character skill in EvE combat. You can overcome your low skill and equipment by being a better pilot. Use EFT or ingame show info to see what is your weapon optimal, tracking and your max speed. Zoom out so your ship is just a tiny speck, open the tactical overlayand train perceptual awareness - look where enemies are. Configure your overview to show all the velocities and learn to read them.
6) train Thermodynamics and heat **** when things get hot. Don't be afraid to take your ship to hull, pushing things to the edge is not only incredibly fun, but will also teach you your limits.
7) forget "cap stability", learn to manage your cap instead.
You can do lots of stuff in a T1 fit cruiser (I made my first billion doing 4/10s in a Vexor), just don't expect to be able to tank whole rooms at once, and think what you need to shoot first.
And yeah, read stuff. Eve University Wiki, Azual Skolls blog, Rifter Drifter's Rifter Guide are some good starting points.
Fly dangerous o7 |