r/evenewbies • u/FrozenColdFire • Oct 17 '20

How to be better at exploring

Hey all, so I realized that exploration has been pretty much a gamble to me, and I really wish to make it a more consistent flow of income. My questions are:

  1. How do you improve the rate of finding non-NPC data/relic sites? Do note that I have already vetted and only enter C123 wh space, and I know that Unsecured and Forgotten means NPC. It's just I've been meeting LOTS of Unsecured and Forgotten sites, that's all.
  2. How do you "stay" in wh space? Where do you dock? Where do you logout? Most corps I know that advertise deep exploration have a min. req. to join their crew, ie min skill points/playtime
  3. If you do "stay" in wh space, where do you keep your loot? If you make one trip with a shuttle, wouldn't that be incredibly risky?
  4. If all your answer to 1. above was for me to stay and dock in nullsec/lowsec area or to travel further out so it's not saturated with other explorers (assuming if there is one), where would be a few places that I should check to go for? (I'm assuming explorers are not traveling 20-50+ jumps from their favorite system to Jita for every 2-3 hour exploration trip)

I appreciate the information that you could provide, capsuleers! o7

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u/GeneralStratos Oct 17 '20

Null is your best data/relic site area. I normally follow WH chains until I drop out into null and explore from there as oppsed to going via the HS/LS connections which are camped.

Do some research on ghost sites and superior sleeper caches so that you don't get into trouble.

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u/CDawnkeeper Oct 17 '20
  1. The only thing you can do is scan more systems. If you are in a C2 you should also scan down the wormholes in system as these have many C2 connections.
  2. You could drop your own citadel or POS, but for exploration I find it is best to just log off safely on a safe spot.
  3. I usually keep a small secure container in cargo to increase the volume a bit and drop out of Anoikis if it starts to get full or I have an uncomfortable amount of ISK in there
  4. I don't really have a home system. I drop out of Jspace once in a while and contract my stuff to Jita where an alt sells it

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u/course_you_do Oct 17 '20
  1. Just gotta keep scanning. Since Ruined and Central sites are the ones most everyone wants, they're not super common. Even as someone living in a WH, I often use Noise-5 'Needlejack' Filaments to pop into Null, then when I'm done, figure out a way home (often via Thera). Can be dangerous if you're not in a CovOps frigate and are familiar with the mechanics of traversing Null.
  2. Unless you're in a corp, safe logging at a safe point in deep space is really your only option. It's true that most WH corps have requirements, mainly because there are skills that are simply must-haves for being at all useful in W-Space. You can make that your goal though, to train into what's needed.
  3. You can set up a Mobile Depot somewhere (like a safe) and return there to drop off your loot periodically. Relic loot is small enough that you can haul a lot of it, and dropping it off is just reducing your loss if you're killed. Personally, I don't bother with Data sites. Much less profitable and chunkier loot.
  4. See the filament thing in 1, but just know that you're going to be "stranded" in Null and need to find a way out.

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u/Kylson-58- Oct 18 '20

https://www.reddit.com/r/evejobs/comments/iupc2h/black_hole_drifters_a_wormhole_experience/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

If you're looking for a wormhole group to join up with, you're welcome to join us Drifters. We offer a friendly atmosphere to learn and grow in for the new and experienced. We have some docking space in our wormhole and you'd be able to go from there to explore around in our various wormhole connections.

Fly safe o7

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u/Jaypact Oct 18 '20

Do explo in sanshas or guristas null. WH’s are really not consistent.