Core Skill Training Time

So I've joined Brave Newbies.  I can't say enough good things about them.  Everyone has been really nice and super helpful.  For new players I can't recommend them highly enough.  The only downside is that there isn't a lot of centralized control.  For some people this could be a good thing, but you sorta have to suit up and go out there and make your own fun.  Want to learn how to do something?  You should probably just ask.

I've also lost about 15 frigates in various fights.  The loss of the frigates doesn't bother me, but the thing that does is how critical these core skills are.  Go to your pilot info, click on certificates and look at the core skills.  Notice how they take awhile to level up?  Now go to evefit and figure out how many fits require you to have all of those skills trained.  The answer is a lot of them.  Now this kinda sucks and isn't true for all players (my miner alt doesn't need all these core skills) but for serious PvP I'm going to need to be able to fit all of the equipment I can correctly to both meet fleet doctrines and just to make myself less crappy.  So while I can still go out there and fly some PvP I'm really not going to get the most bang for my buck until I get a few more skills leveled up.  Especially if I wanted to move out of Frigates and into something a bit bigger and more stable.

So what does a new player do when faced with a week or so of training before he can fit things a bit better? Well I don't need isk, so I don't need to run missions or haul anything.  I've decided to take a speed-fit Rifter out and check out some of the sites and sounds of Eve.  http://evetravel.wordpress.com/ is the site that I'm using to plan out my course.  The first place I'm going to stop is Jita.  Since I've joined the game I've heard about Jita as if it is some massive hub of industry.  So I'm gonna go check it out in my cheap little freighter.

However the Brave Newbies have officially offered their services for sale to the higher bidder in the Fountain wars.  So my time as a space tourist might be cut short.  I intend on meeting up and firing a few rounds at whoever leadership decides needs to be shot at.  In the meantime though since I don't have to grind Isk I'm just gonna fly around and check out this huge beautiful game.  If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to post them below.

For those interested in doing the same thing this is the fit I'm using.  So far its let me travel through low and null without too much trouble.  Always try to plan a route with as few players in system as possible.

Rifter
Nanofiber Internal Structure II x 2
Overdrive Injector System II
Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters
Catalyzed Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters

200mm AutoCannon II, EMP S x 3
Rocket Launcher II, Gremlin Rocket

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