User:Dossoles Hunter
Repository (is that the right term?) for all the (personally) recommended weird niche fits D_H makes and how to use them effectively.
D_H is a lunatic who thinks game are fun if it tortures the players with excessive numbers and convoluted mess of incomprehensible mechanics.
The more absurd a game is, the more fun it becomes to decompile, uncovering spaghetti coding and redundant formulas that just makes everyone's life slightly harder.
Take this page as partial satire, and partial byproduct of my love toward the concept of insanity.
Alpha Theory
The Struggle
Alpha is pretty much handicapped in um... everything. You can't fly advanced ships or modules, your stats are lower, and you're kinda screwed money wise. So it is my mission to optimize moneymaking for those with the attention span of a goldfish, and this page will be dedicated to every ships I've personally tested and had a good time with even using my meager 5 mil Alpha skill with the budget of 3 mil being the cheapest, and... under 800 mil isk at worst.
You want 2 Alpha characters minimum to fly every single ships in this list. Reason being these two accs differs in missile or hybrid turret specifications. I personally cannot recommend using projectiles guns as they are very confusing to use for beginners, while I hate laser from the bottom of my heart and soul (Punisher T1 Abyss test coming soon). Caldari and Gallente ships are what I would recommend as they're the most versatile in term of application and use case, coupled with amazing ships available for Alphas especially the Pirate Faction ships.
Skill Optimization
Do NOT start with maximizing [Magic 14]. Sure they applies to practically every single ships in the game, but that doesn't mean you NEED them. Oftentimes what happens is you hit the SP cap because you maxed them to level V despite it not being required to fit a ship or if that skill upgrade only gives marginal improvement. Example, you main Shield tank, why would you level up your Armor to its maximum skill level???
Rule number 1: Level what you need
Get a ship, fit it, see what skill is required, train them all, figure out how those skills in training impacts your performance. If its an impactful improvement, then train it as high as reasonably so (especially if a new higher tier module you want unlocks at high skill level). If its a negligible improvement (+5% drone durability, often useless), then perhaps level it until it became too expensive to justify leveling it up (usually level 3 is where people stop at).
Rule number 2: Level up supporting skills
Pick a weapon system, check the skill tree for that weapon system, and train up the supporting skills for that weapon systems. They matters. Almost every problem in life is solvable with enough DPS, and this applies in EVE Online as well. Hey look... half your dps are from these weapons supporting skills. How fun... to miss one after a year playing and hitting that 5 mil SP cap.
Rule number 3: Tier 2 Weapons!!!
Tier 2 weapons are practically mandatory item you will want later on, especially for a weapon system you often use.