Need to know whats best to put on that ship of yours both low-end and high-end skills? Ask away.

Raven

Don't have it yet, but I want to be skill and equipment prepared.

That was me.

OMEN - PvE
x4 Focused Medium Beam/Pulse
x1 10MN AB, x1 Web/Recharger, x1 Recharger/Battery
x2 NPC-Specific Hardeners, x2 Small Rep II, x1 Heatsink/Relay

OMEN - PvP
x4 Focused Medium Whatevers
x1 Sensor Booster, x1 Target Painter/Tracking, x1 Web/Recharger
x3 Heatsink II, x1 Energized Adaptive II, x1 Small Rep II

Is it better to go for a ORE mining barge, or one of the Cruiser classes etc.

I've got 9mill to play with currently.

Hmm, Cruisers are probably best for beginners.

Kewl. Will have to start working towards the skills required

As for the Raven setup, heres a setup for the average user:


High:
4x Siege Launchers
2x Cruise Launchers
2x Heavy Nosferatu

Med:
2x Large Shield Boosters (Named or Tech2)
1x EMP Hardener
1x Thermal Hardener
1x Kinetic Hardener
1x Shield Boost Amp

Low:
3x Power Diagnostics
2x Balistic Controls


Named equipment where possible. TECH2 ofcourse, is bloody hard to afford - But great to use.

Also you can setup the Raven for ULTIMATE Offense, but have very limited defense:

High:
6x Siege Launchers
2x Medium Nosferatu

Med:
1x 100mn MWD
1x Scrambler
4x Sensor Dampeners

Fill the lowslots with ballistic controls.

The Raven is the king at tanking, and since the patch it's no longer viable to use EW on it - So the above setups work in PVP too, but there is a whole ton of setups we can cover if you like.

Got a new Frigate.
A Caldari Griffin.

Once I get lvl3 Frigate, I'll grab a Merlin.
Then upgrade some, and work towards a Cruiser.

Ah. The Griffin is a nice EW frigate. Its only drawback is that is suffers from the same terrible capacitor that all Caldari frigates do.

Yeah I found that. Though its hardly a major issue when I'm outfitted with a missile, rocket launcher and a 125mm rail gun.

I still have that Kestrel if you want it. Just have to get yourself out to Allamotte to pick ut up.

Nah, I've already bought a Merlin. Its just sitting there waiting for me to get Lvl 3 frigate.

Thanks anyway though.

Just picked up a nice Caldari Cormorant Destroyer.

Don't spose you've got a ship sertup for it?

Rails and a launcher. Probably two 150s, the rest 125s. Lead ammo in the 125s, Thorium ammo in the 150s.
Afterburner, Small shield booster, 2 cap rechargers.
Hybrid damage mod.
(Not sure if that will all fit)