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* Focus- A key to Eve is getting a skill, or set of skills, trained up to level 4 or 5. Level 4 is typically a 20% bonus over no skill - with 3 or 4 overlapping skills you may have a 40-50% advantage (or disadvantage).

* Learn to fly a ship well, meaning figure out what it is designed for and train the skills & learn the gear that makes it fly well. The skills and technique you learn then transfers to your next ship. All ships (other than noob) have a role to play so you'll be back in this hull - understand it. And it is more fun doing something well.

* ~~Checkout~~ the fits for each race on the front page of the Uniwiki (lower section of main page) - these are great general purpose fits. Then go to the Uni Forum and look at other fits. Tip: Use Advanced Search, Keyword= {Shipname}, Search in Forums 'PVP | PVE Ship Loadouts', Search Within 'Topic Titles Only', Display Results as 'Topics'. This gives you a list of excellent discussions for the ship you're interested in and WHY the fits are what they are with alternatives.

* Check out the fits for each race on the front page of the Uniwiki (lower section of main page) - these are great general purpose fits. Then go to the Uni Forum and look at other fits. Tip: Use Advanced Search, Keyword= {Shipname}, Search in Forums 'PVP | PVE Ship Loadouts', Search Within 'Topic Titles Only', Display Results as 'Topics'. This gives you a list of excellent discussions for the ship you're interested in and WHY the fits are what they are with alternatives.

* Get your defensive skills up - these work across every hull you fly. Great offense is useless if you're into hull damage in seconds. The easiest way to do this is use Certificates and get your Core & Defense skills to Standard. Then branch off into other areas of interest. Read up on armor vs shield tanking and understand when each is appropriate (start with what a ship is designed for).

* When missioning go to Missions.e-uni chat ~~window~~ and ask if anyone has a spider or locust fleet you can join. ~~Its~~ fun and you learn with no pressure how to participate in fleets and share in the work and reward. This gives you access to much higher reward agents and ISK potential than solo.

* When missioning, go to Missions.e-uni chat and ask if anyone has a spider or locust fleet you can join. These fleets are fun and you learn with no pressure how to participate in fleets and share in the work and reward. This gives you access to much higher reward agents and ISK potential than solo missioning.

* Just like learning a ship, learn the weapon systems you like. If you're into drones and drone boats train up the related skils. The weapon system will be much better in accuracy, damage and distance with the appropriate skills. For example with Drones, train up Drone V first. Don't stop at 4, that fifth drone is 25% more damage and Drones V is a prerequisite for Drone Interfacing and Sharpshooting. Get those next along with Drone Durability and Navigation to 3 or 4. You'll be far more ~~efective~~ and have more fun! If you focus you can quickly get excellent skills - if you jump around between drones, lasers, projectiles, and turrets you'll stay basic or average for a long time (and be frustrated in PvE and PvP).

* Just like learning a ship, learn the weapon systems you like. If you're into drones and drone boats train up the related skils. The weapon system will be much better in accuracy, damage and distance with the appropriate skills. For example with Drones, train up Drone V first. Don't stop at 4, that fifth drone is 25% more damage and Drones V is a prerequisite for Drone Interfacing and Sharpshooting. Get those next along with Drone Durability and Navigation to 3 or 4. You'll be far more effective and have more fun! If you focus you can quickly get excellent skills - if you jump around between drones, lasers, projectiles, and turrets you'll stay basic or average for a long time (and be frustrated in PvE and PvP).

* During e-Uni wars and/or lockdowns consider training up an Alt character for a specialty; mining, hauling, trading, PI. You can do this with your primary but with an Alt when your primary can't (or you don't want to) fly your Alt can. Your Alt doesn't have to be (usually isn't) in the Uni, so it can fly when your main character can't.

* During e-Uni wars and/or lockdowns, consider training up an Alt character for a specialty; mining, hauling, trading, PI. You can do this with your primary but with an Alt when your primary can't (or you don't want to) fly, your Alt can. Your Alt doesn't have to be (and usually isn't) in the Uni, so it can fly when your main character can't.

* Get and use EveMon (for planning your skill training) and EVE Fitting Tool (EFT) (for planning your ship fits).

* Really explore the Uni wiki and forum. It is simply amazing the breadth and depth of info fellow Unistas have put here. A lot of true labors of love here.

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 * Focus- A key to Eve is getting a skill, or set of skills, trained up to level 4 or 5. Level 4 is typically a 20% bonus over no skill - with 3 or 4 overlapping skills you may have a 40-50% advantage (or disadvantage).
 * Learn to fly a ship well, meaning figure out what it is designed for and train the skills & learn the gear that makes it fly well. The skills and technique you learn then transfers to your next ship. All ships (other than noob) have a role to play so you'll be back in this hull - understand it. And it is more fun doing something well.
-* Checkout the fits for each race on the front page of the Uniwiki (lower section of main page) - these are great general purpose fits. Then go to the Uni Forum and look at other fits. Tip: Use Advanced Search, Keyword= {Shipname}, Search in Forums 'PVP | PVE Ship Loadouts', Search Within 'Topic Titles Only', Display Results as 'Topics'. This gives you a list of excellent discussions for the ship you're interested in and WHY the fits are what they are with alternatives.
+* Check out the fits for each race on the front page of the Uniwiki (lower section of main page) - these are great general purpose fits. Then go to the Uni Forum and look at other fits. Tip: Use Advanced Search, Keyword= {Shipname}, Search in Forums 'PVP | PVE Ship Loadouts', Search Within 'Topic Titles Only', Display Results as 'Topics'. This gives you a list of excellent discussions for the ship you're interested in and WHY the fits are what they are with alternatives.
 * Get your defensive skills up - these work across every hull you fly. Great offense is useless if you're into hull damage in seconds. The easiest way to do this is use Certificates and get your Core & Defense skills to Standard. Then branch off into other areas of interest. Read up on armor vs shield tanking and understand when each is appropriate (start with what a ship is designed for).
-* When missioning go to Missions.e-uni chat window and ask if anyone has a spider or locust fleet you can join. Its fun and you learn with no pressure how to participate in fleets and share in the work and reward. This gives you access to much higher reward agents and ISK potential than solo.
+* When missioning, go to Missions.e-uni chat and ask if anyone has a spider or locust fleet you can join. These fleets are fun and you learn with no pressure how to participate in fleets and share in the work and reward. This gives you access to much higher reward agents and ISK potential than solo missioning.
-* Just like learning a ship, learn the weapon systems you like. If you're into drones and drone boats train up the related skils. The weapon system will be much better in accuracy, damage and distance with the appropriate skills. For example with Drones, train up Drone V first. Don't stop at 4, that fifth drone is 25% more damage and Drones V is a prerequisite for Drone Interfacing and Sharpshooting. Get those next along with Drone Durability and Navigation to 3 or 4. You'll be far more efective and have more fun! If you focus you can quickly get excellent skills - if you jump around between drones, lasers, projectiles, and turrets you'll stay basic or average for a long time (and be frustrated in PvE and PvP).
+* Just like learning a ship, learn the weapon systems you like. If you're into drones and drone boats train up the related skils. The weapon system will be much better in accuracy, damage and distance with the appropriate skills. For example with Drones, train up Drone V first. Don't stop at 4, that fifth drone is 25% more damage and Drones V is a prerequisite for Drone Interfacing and Sharpshooting. Get those next along with Drone Durability and Navigation to 3 or 4. You'll be far more effective and have more fun! If you focus you can quickly get excellent skills - if you jump around between drones, lasers, projectiles, and turrets you'll stay basic or average for a long time (and be frustrated in PvE and PvP).
-* During e-Uni wars and/or lockdowns consider training up an Alt character for a specialty; mining, hauling, trading, PI. You can do this with your primary but with an Alt when your primary can't (or you don't want to) fly your Alt can. Your Alt doesn't have to be (usually isn't) in the Uni, so it can fly when your main character can't.
+* During e-Uni wars and/or lockdowns, consider training up an Alt character for a specialty; mining, hauling, trading, PI. You can do this with your primary but with an Alt when your primary can't (or you don't want to) fly, your Alt can. Your Alt doesn't have to be (and usually isn't) in the Uni, so it can fly when your main character can't.
 * Get and use EveMon (for planning your skill training) and EVE Fitting Tool (EFT) (for planning your ship fits).
 * Really explore the Uni wiki and forum. It is simply amazing the breadth and depth of info fellow Unistas have put here. A lot of true labors of love here.