Adventurers looking for an action filled lifestyle have a diverse choice of careers in Eve. Depending on personal choices' or moral guidelines' they can choose to be pirates' or may be the ones to go out and slay some! For pirate hunters' the excitement of a battle is enhanced by their moral rectitude' and of course' the swelling ISK account!
Starting Off
If righteousness is more your style' then you can put on your own shiny new sheriff's badge and become a pirate hunter. To begin as a pirate hunter' you have to equip your ship with weapons that strike a decent balance between range and accuracy. Then you can head out and start hunting NPC pirates.
Stepping into low security areas' where the 'real pirates' roam around' won't be a smart idea for newbies' that part comes later when your equipment and skills are a match for the pros.
When hunting NPC pirates' make sure you keep out of range your prey' and hit him with your broadsides. Usually you will earn a decent amount of cash for your endeavors' allowing you to slowly upgrade your equipment and skills' to the point where you are ready to step into the big time.
Taking on the Big Boys
There are three tried and true ways of being a pirate hunter. First' you can wander into random jump gates' and when you emerge on the other side' you fire out all ports at every ship in sight. This is only really advisable if you are sitting in a large battlecruiser' able to withstand sizeable barrages. Of course your odds of survival can only improve if you have a few likeminded friends in tow.
The second way to go about pirate hunting is to look up current outstanding bounties' and then try to collect.
The third way involves a bit of old fashioned role playing. If you envision yourself as the savior' the white knight' or the cavalry who comes in and cleans up the town' then listen for talk of unsafe areas' or notorious systems' and then set out making them safe. The Bounties will be well rewarding!
The Backup
With a high risk lifestyle' and a high risk Universe to tread in' it's imperative that you backup your character with an up-to-date clone. Otherwise the loss of levels might put your adventures on hold for some time to come. Plus' your ship insurance can guarantee that you won't have to shift back to low grade ships once you do go down in battle. Though' insurance for a risky lifestyle like that of a pirate hunter might just be a bit on the high side but it will prove worthwhile in time.
Money Making
At the end of the tutorial and the first set of tutorial agent missions' a new player should have around 15'000 ISK. Take some of this cash and buy a cheap weapon. If your ship can handle the CPU and power costs' get 2 of them.
Next buy some good ammunition. Stats can be a bit overwhelming at first' but you will catch on eventually. Try to get ammo that does a good range of damage but also has a low negative range modifier. Antimatter ammo' for instance' does more damage than most other ammunitions but it has a -50% modification to range. It doesn't matter how much damage you do if you can't hit a target from a decent range.
Loot the cargo container. It may have something you can use' sell or recycle. Congrats on your first kill and your first bounty. The lowest level pirates are usually worth 1000 to 1500 ISK' and the loot in it can be worth twice that or even more. |