User:Patrice macmahon/Combat Pilot Development

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Combat Pilot: Pilot who utilizes the games combat mechanics primarily for PVP or income relates activities at the exclusion of Industrial or Economic playstyles.

Patrice Macmahon (talk)

• Tentative Table of Contents*

• What is a Combat Pilot
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • Synopsis

• Your fist objectives - Developing Player skills and foundations
  • Destroyers and your first 30 days in eve
  • Rookie Skill Progression (Skill Tree Work)
  • Manual Piloting and game mechanics
  • Rookie Mission Running (Level I's and II's)
  • Rookie PVP Roles

• Next Steps - Cruisers and specialties
  • Cruiser strengths and weaknesses
  • Tanking and DPS fitting theories
  • Next Steps skill progression
  • Maximizing income from Missions
  • Introduction to Cruiser level PVP
  • Introduction to advanced Frigate level PVP

• Developing into a mid level Pilot
  • Will be the final section
  • Introduction to Battle Cruisers
  • Theory of advanced Mission Running (Blitzing, time efficiency, Effective DPS over Tank)
  • PVP Fitting Theory - Fitting Theory for balanced ships for specific roles
  • PVP Theory - Cruiser Specialty Roles
  • PVP Theory - T2 Frigate Specialty Roles
  • PVP Theory - Battle Cruisers as backbone members of fleet compositions

• Where to go from here
  • Development into a Level IV Mission runner
  • Advice on how to learn and train for the roles you want to fly
  • Summary and conclusions