I'm actually avoiding flying battleships - it takes an awful lot of skills to get them good, and only a good battleship pilot will stand a chance against those damn tech II (and now tech III) cruisers.

Learning to use large tech II turrets, missiles, and drones, while also having a good tank and cap management takes a very long time - I'm looking at 100 or so days on my 14M SP combat character and over 200 days for my 13M SP general character....!

So, yeah, cruisers are the way to go for combat...

I'll be back later - got to go shopping, etc, etc

Quote Originally Posted by 'Souca',index.php?page=Thread&postID=190241#post19 0241
I'm willing to move my operation to anywhere if there is some good 0.5 mining and easy access to 0.3 for eventual moon mining.
I know it's easy for me but Heimatar/Rens (or nearby) has high and low sec areas nearby. Hisec mining out of Abudban, Dammalin, Alkgur, Osoggur ranges from 05. to 08 and it's only a few jumps to Amamake, Auga, Siseide (0.3-0.4) and with links to a few other regions close by - Derelik, Metropolis, Devoid, Sinq Liaison, and The Bleak Lands.

I've got approx 12+ toons based in that area and I'll be cycling through them over the next year or so, keeping one or two accounts active at any one time.