I agree but it is very skill intensive for the FC. If you can make small gains by picking a few ships off here and there, and then engage it's a beautiful sight. Still small gang/roam is more fun. Or Frigate fleets...omg so much fun.

I like the combination of Machariel + some type of smaller backup like falcon or pilgrim. And of course a loki booster hiding in a safespot. Can barely even be called fleet since it's only 2 pilots, but it's a very fun duo and it's very mobile and can pretty much always bail if it gets too hot.

your problem is almost certainly your autopilot settings. Go into the map and on the control panel hit the autopilot tab. unselect the option that says something like "stay away from systems in your avoid list" . If you have "safer" selected as your autopilot preset and would have to travel into low sec to avoid a system it will show destination as something like "21340957320" jumps to destination and will tell you it's unreachable.

edit: btw, I've mentioned before that I'm in a 0.0 alliance that has corps who take in members the day they start.... If you have any interest in 0.0 life let me know. there are no mission hub's in our space but there are upgraded systems for ratting/industry, and plenty of PvP options (even for day one newbros). Plus you are literally surrounded by people not only willng, but eager to help you learn the ropes. for isk we have a system that has 30+ pilots ratting 24/7 and if you can't fly a solid 0.0 ratting ship you can ALWAYS fit a destroyer for salvaging. I see newbros making 30-50 million isk per hour every day. As soon as you can fly a ratting ship you can fleet with a couple alliance mates and make twice that.

This post was edited by Reorox on Sep 4 2012 05:51am

ok mail me ingame pls,sweettooth cakeeater.
atm no time to long on for a few days possibly.
when i do i just half afk mine,while eating etc.

This post was edited by Thrust on Sep 4 2012 02:28pm

I myself am pretty new to the game. I've "played" for about 2months. Meaning I kept an active skill in my training queue most of the time. I currently am mission running level I security missions. I am flying a Maelstrom Battleship with Warrior II drones as my fighting forces for these lower level missions.

I am too new to the game to know what the game has to offer. I guess the best for me would be to find a corporation that could teach me more about my options. I am interested into Industrialism but am not sure how to dive into it. I would appreciate the help of any long-time player.

i'll eve-mail you later today.

for level one missions i would strongly recommend training destroyer a few levels and looking into a thrasher fit. they breeze through l1/l2 missions and are almost garuanteed to do them much faster than a battleship. I had a pilot in an industrial corp for a few years, i'll get in touch with them and see what i can do about getting you hooked up with some people that can help you there. a great resource to get you rolling is http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Syllabus_Library this is a link to the eve university class library. you can check out any of the links on this page and get a ton of info on many subjects.

won't let me edit.... for level 3's a hurricane should do nicely, the maelstrom is good for level 4's but you need decent support and gunnery skills as well.

Good advice but some level 3's don't let you fly battlecruisers.

ya i mine the golds