exploration

[Aquila Rift]

What's some tips/tricks a newbee explorer could use?
Recommended items and ships to save up for and personal advice that would prove useful for an upcoming explorer.

[battlecattle]

-The directional scanner (alt d) is your friend, use it to watch out for potential threats.

-Sites always spawn within 5 AU of a celestial (think it's actually a little bit closer, but I forget the exact number off hand)

-While dscan is open, the solar system map will show a bubble showing the range of your dscan.

-In wormholes, it's a good idea to run a dscan on all celestials, see if there's anyone in system with you. It takes a little extra time, but it'll save your ship one day. Note that dscan won't detect cloaked folks or folks in combat recon cruisers.

---!!!ALWAYS BOOKMARK ANY WORMHOLE CONNECTION YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IMMEDIATELY!!!---

-Personally, I like to scan down and bookmark sites before warping to any of them. I just find it's more efficient to do them all at once rather than probe/hack/probe/hack/probe/hack...

-Establish a system for clearly marking bookmarks and knowing what they are at a glance. Bookmarking organization is critical for explorers. Just note that some corps have their own particular notation systems.

-Some corps use tools like siggy or tripwire for sharing information about signatures and wormhole chains

-Since the grid size was increased recently, I like to place a bookmark (at least 150 km away) as I warp in to a data/relic site as soon as I see stuff on overview. That way I can warp to and from the bookmark to the data/relic container rather than travel between the containers. It's especially useful for those more spread out sites. It also serves as a nice perch for when I'm hunting explorers, can warp right on top of them as they hack.

- T1 exploration ships are heron, magnate, imicus, and probe.

[BobDoleReigns]

Don't buy an astero, it is a noob trap and if you're using it for exploration (vs explorer hunting) you're doing it wrong... Just stay t1 until you can use the T2

[Edain]

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-The directional scanner (alt d) is your friend, use it to watch out for potential threats.

-Sites always spawn within 5 AU of a celestial (think it's actually a little bit closer, but I forget the exact number off hand)

-While dscan is open, the solar system map will show a bubble showing the range of your dscan.

-In wormholes, it's a good idea to run a dscan on all celestials, see if there's anyone in system with you. It takes a little extra time, but it'll save your ship one day. Note that dscan won't detect cloaked folks or folks in combat recon cruisers.

---!!!ALWAYS BOOKMARK ANY WORMHOLE CONNECTION YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IMMEDIATELY!!!---

-Personally, I like to scan down and bookmark sites before warping to any of them. I just find it's more efficient to do them all at once rather than probe/hack/probe/hack/probe/hack...

-Establish a system for clearly marking bookmarks and knowing what they are at a glance. Bookmarking organization is critical for explorers. Just note that some corps have their own particular notation systems.

-Some corps use tools like siggy or tripwire for sharing information about signatures and wormhole chains

-Since the grid size was increased recently, I like to place a bookmark (at least 150 km away) as I warp in to a data/relic site as soon as I see stuff on overview. That way I can warp to and from the bookmark to the data/relic container rather than travel between the containers. It's especially useful for those more spread out sites. It also serves as a nice perch for when I'm hunting explorers, can warp right on top of them as they hack.

- T1 exploration ships are heron, magnate, imicus, and probe.

If you're amarr, I actually prefer the use of the crucifier as a relic hunter, since the extra mid slot will give you room for a data scanner, relic scanner, afterburner (for reaching those far-spread sites), and anything else you might need (Cargo scanner, cap recharger)

[Arlen Tektolnes]

http://www.toptiertactics.com/21341/eve-online-exploration-guide-billions-and-billions-of-isk/