I'm pretty new to EVE, and I decided early on to focus on exploration as a career path; before joining any kind of corparation, I wanted to try going solo for a while. My question is this: can you roam alone in WH space and make ISK from exploration without using an alt? If so, what fits could do it? A Stealth bomber maybe?
Posted Nov 29, 2016, 3:57 PM UTC
yes you can, but depends on what you want to do whilst roaming, that will determine your ship and fit.
As you are a new player, i would recommend exploration (frigates). Should you enjoy and stick around, in time the T3 cruisers are amazing and offer the full package to stay in a WH for a while, sometimes popping out to drop & sell loot or replenish ammo or exotic dancers
Wouldn't the sleepers blow up exploration frigates?
not if you do the null-sec hacking sites that spawn inside WH's. Those dont have sleepers
Would that be any better than roaming null-sec?
Faction sites in WHs: You'll find more of them
Faction sites in Null: You have local to let you know if anyone is around
Better, i dont know.
Different, most certainly, because of the rules that apply to WH's that you dont get in Null (and vice versa).
I use a Helios everyday to scan down WH chains. It can hold one drone to help scare little newb ships or you can use an ECM drone to help get away.
Edit: I will post the fit when I get to my PC.
Yes that is very viable. There are several blogs on this. They talk about using an Orca and small pos to squat in wormholes for a few days. And how to settle more permanently. If I can find them again I'll link them
You can do this with T1 frigates, but ideally want to use an Astero or a Covops because of the hacking bonus and covops cloak.
Get into a wormhole and look for C1, C2 and C3 wormholes and look for faction relic sites. You can run faction data sites too if you want to, but these don't payout quite well.
You'll have to rely on navigation and intelligence gathering skills to make this work out for you. The covert ops cloak is an invaluable tool for these tasks.
You're basically a scout for yourself; check citadels for people inside, what corp is it, what's their main timezone, did you see any ships in system, any active forcefields, what kind of setup do their POSes have, what are their statics, are there a lot of signatures/anomalies. All this stuff (and a lot of 3rd party websites) can help you determine the threat level of any given solar system.
check citadels for people inside
Can you do this? Is there a "docked" count for citadels, or are you just suggesting to look at corp/alliance size, tz, etc?
When you're on grid with a citadel, hover over it to see a number inside square brackets like so: [12]
This number indicates how many people are docked up but this mechanic tends to glitch out sometimes.
Thanks! Somehow I hadn't learned that yet.
I make around 150-300mil a night on an alpha account scanning toon jumping through WH's and hacking/relic site running.
Stick to c1-c3 WH's, only run the relic/data sites that have a pirate name included (not the unsecured, forgotten ones)
Relic sites generally give more isk.
I'd also check out https://forums.eve-scout.com/category/5/public-lobby all these guys do is explore, and very very friendly and are full of knowledge.
I'd go with an Astero. Mobile Depot in cargo, extra fitting in cargo too. Fit for Evasion. Agile with ecm drones. Probably wont escape multiple hostiles but your chances are better evading than staying to fight that 1 or 2 guys.
http://cloakybastard.blogspot.com/ - for when you get tired of exploring and decide to start hunting.
Glad to see there are people who enjoy the stories :). Though I must add that hunting solo might be quite a different experience.
Or the more classic http://evestealthbomber.blogspot.com/