2 weeks in, and loving it so far.

[Mokoi]

OK, so I started playing EVE, and I have some questions specifically related to boxing, as well as maybe some tips on how to be successful outside of solo things.

Fleet setup

So, I have 10 ships right now, and my current goal is to get enough money to support them with ISK alone, and never rely on PLEX.

To do this, I have talked with some friends I have made and my Alliance I have joined as to what a good fleet setup would be for a player new to the game, but with 10 ships.

Sentry Drones. Basically, this involves one main ship that runs around painting things from ~50-100km and the 9 alts all drop their sentry drones, and assist the main, which puts out a godly amount of DPS from over 100k, and by the time anything gets in range, its pretty much dead (anomalies and asteroid belt rats anyway) The alts would all have remote shield reps on them for spider tanking with the main, or for repairing the odd drone / alt when needed.

I feel like this is a solid setup for a lot of things, but it will be pretty useless in others. I don't want to give my opinions yet on this since I am less than 2 weeks trained, with less than 1 million skill points, and I know im probably wrong on many things, so I wanted to get some of YOUR opinions for those who have 5+ accounts with some great ideas on how to run them.

Here are some of my questions:

1. Is it better to have a more flexible setup with more traditional ships rather than a pretty specific "drone alt" setup?

2. Will this setup work in PvP.. at all?

3. Would it be better to run a Logi main and let the alts do the tanking with no remote shield reps on them, but instead local shield or armor repair as well as the remote on the logi main?

4. Are 10x stealth bombers or other covert-ops style ships going to be more successful or interesting for multiboxing? if so what should I do for the 6 months it takes to train something like that lol

Any other advice you can give me on the current or new state of the game (with the new xpac only a couple of weeks away)?

[EaTCarbS]

1. Is it better to have a more flexible setup with more traditional ships rather than a pretty specific "drone alt" setup?

Yes, but you have to start somewhere, and more flexibility costs more time.

2. Will this setup work in PvP.. at all?

You'll have to rely on more than sentry drones if you're taking ships into pvp. multiboxing in pvp is about 100 times harder and more complicated.

3. Would it be better to run a Logi main and let the alts do the tanking with no remote shield reps on them, but instead local shield or armor repair as well as the remote on the logi main?

In my experience, you won't need dedicated logi unless you're running incursions. A decent local tank will be just fine, especially because the rats will switch targets (which means you'd need less tank than someone running them solo) and you'll be gunning them down fast enough.

4. Are 10x stealth bombers or other covert-ops style ships going to be more successful or interesting for multiboxing? if so what should I do for the 6 months it takes to train something like that lol

I don't run bombers myself, but it sounds like it would be a bit of fun. A black-ops fleet is one of my goals, and I always love running a cheap frig blob. Magical Merlin Mayhem squad.

Any other advice you can give me on the current or new state of the game (with the new xpac only a couple of weeks away)?

give me yer isk and get double in return.

[Mokoi]

What is an effective setup for PvP? it seems like you could bring 10 carriers and still get stomped because it just makes you a huge target..

What do people do for multiboxing PvP, and where do they go? it seems like faction warfare would be good, except I am in a corp, and I am unable to leave for it... Where should I go to find PvP which isn't 1923495023062 on 1?

[Mosg2]

I'm currently in research mode on this topic, Mokoi.

Right now I'm leaning towards 10x Dominix with sentry drones. You've got ungodly range and alpha strike (~90km), are virtually immune to ewar and the Dominix is a great tank if you fit out properly.

I'm also looking into a stealth fleet to see if it would work.

[Mokoi]

Yeah, the Domi is a great ship, but you will be sitting at station for 4 months waiting for that to train up lol. Also, the Ishtar is a better choice, IMO (which may be junk)

And since my wife and I destroyed you at Ticket to Ride, I feel justified in my choice.

[Mosg2]

In EFT it looked like you could reasonably pilot the Domi in a month. Did I do something wrong maybe?

My thought process is that you want to be in T1 Cruisers or T1 Battleships so you can keep your total fitting cost cheaper.

I looked more into any form of a stealth group and it just doesn't look feasible to me :/

It's funny, because in Georgia we always got smoked by another couple's Asian wife

[Mokoi]

Yeah, but the problem with the domi is, its so expensive anyway, you might as well get the tech II and be a bit faster, safer and more powerful. I have a 1 month training fit for the Vexor Navy issue and hurricane tackle / pointer. Thats with some tech II but still a mix.

[Mosg2]

I'm trying to think of ways to post on the Eve forums about what people think an "optimal" 10 or 15 man fleet would be and why. It seems like you want a radically different setup for doing incursions for ISK and pvp. I mean, you kind of need a tank and some remote reps to do Incursions, right?

[Mokoi]

I think for incursions, any ship larger than a carrier can serve as your tank, and a couple of Logi ships will be more than enough for healing. But maybe those who have done them can chime in

[EaTCarbS]

A new character can train and reasonably fly a domi with two months training (only 4 days just to sit in it)