FULL GUIDE To Fitting ANY Explorer For YOUR Needs!! || EVE Online

[@cap8476]

Loved the way this guy teaches. Almost every video I've seen has been more, gey memorize these things to put in this ship and you win. But this is awesome. Love how it takes you through the process of fitting and more how to fit rather than what to fit. I've got 20hr or so in the game and it's been hard finding tutorials that I actually understand. Feel like I really got the hang of it now.

[@captainbenzie]

Really glad you're enjoying!!

[@jockboy6773]

I see a lot of people using and suggesting inertia stabs but no-one mentions that they increase your sig radius making it quicker for others to lock you and then scram you….I prefer the nano fibre internal structures for exploration (yes they reduce ehp but - as Benzie says forget tank it will never be enough to save you) as they improve agility without making you easier to lock by hunters.

[@captainbenzie]

Correct. To be fair, if you can hit a 2s align time, you can have the signature radius of a station and still be uncatchable. At 3s, even large it requires a perfect server tick lock.

[@brianchristopher8843]

I usually use atleast one stab and one nano. The two together help a significant ammount with align time without blowing up the signature. I go for the Ole run away and scream technique when I'm in explo ships. If someone even has a chance to start locking you you have already screwed up.

[@M5onster]

Captain B, I'm pretty new to eve, about 4 months in, and I really enjoy exploring. I just skilled into a Buzzard. This video is FANTASTIC! It helped me make sense of all the fitting options and pro/cons of each. Your videos really help a new player manage the learning curve. Keep up the great work!

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome aboard! Glad I could help!!

[@Ricemuncher17]

Dude thanks so much! I've just started playing (like 1 week) and no joke, I made like 70 mil from a single wormhole site! Did this in my Probe and literally took only 30 minutes! Awesome vid!

[@wolfmoz2232]

You still playing? Fly Safe

[@morkyork6675]

Very comprehensive exploration vid! One small extra tip I'd like to add for folks is to also train Spaceship Command to at least 4, all the way to 5 eventually. Gives you 2% agility per level which might not sound like much, but sometimes is just enough difference to get your align time an entire second faster depending on the build (i.e. An Astero build I have went from 2.02 to 1.98). Cheers!

[@captainbenzie]

Great tip!

[@davidrobertson9174]

As someone who used to play EVE since the very beginning, I recently rejoined and realised I've forgotten an awful lot. Your videos have been a huge asset in helping me find my feet! It looks like CCP has also taken the new player experience seriously and seems a lot more friendly than it used to be!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad you're enjoying my content and welcome home!! o7

[@davidrobertson9174]

@captainbenzie I joined the discord but didn't see anywhere obvious to apply for membership. Granted I was trying to stay alive at the time (irl and on Eve). What do I need to do?

[@danmontie6367]

Even someone like me, who has been dropping probes since we built our own, can learn from your videos. Thank you!

[@captainbenzie]

Glad to help!

[@Decoy887]

I was watching your videos last night while learning the “perch” method in wormholes and some members of your team destroyed me 😂 What irony in it! They sent a email saying to not be discouraged, great group you have. Keep up the great videos, I’ve learned a lot from them!

[@captainbenzie]

That is awesome! Glad you're enjoying!!

[@AluinKali]

lol I just got back from a 10 year hiatus and I appreciated the skill points very much indeed. On this note thanks for all the amazing videos. Your backlog is an incredible recourse to get back in the game even though our teste in ship design couldn’t be further apart. Golden fleet4life! No but seriously thanks for everything.

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome back! Really glad I could help!!

[@brianchristopher8843]

#rooksandkings

[@2cents483]

Noob-less-than-a-month here. Great videos thanks. Started as Gallente, but love the Probe. Bought it slightly overpriced and almost lost it on day one trying to fight off intruders! Then I watched your videos in fitting these ships to RUN. Lol . Thanks again!

[@captainbenzie]

Great to hear! And glad you're having fun!

[@Travlinmo]

Foolishly what I find hard is the patience to play with fits. I appreciate your fitting discussions. I do tend to copy the ideas because I cannot be bothered... and I KNOW that gets me killed. I very much appreciate the 0 speed/non-orbit discussion and the Astero discussion. Both will go toward making my method better.

[@captainbenzie]

Experience is the most important thing. Yes, you'll lose ships, but try to figure out what happened and how you died (even reach out to the guy that killed you!) Good luck!!

[@Travlinmo]

@@captainbenzie I used to do that. I find people are less responsive these days than they were 5+ years ago. Times are a changing!

[@tylerwolf7102]

Thank you for giving me the info for the courage to go ns and wh

[@captainbenzie]

You got this! Good luck!!

[@speedbag67]

Awesome eve content! I don't know if it's the British accent or just the way you present the info... But it works for me! You got my Sub.

[@captainbenzie]

Wow, thanks! ❤️o7

[@allimakduopuis465]

Thanks for sharing these wonderfull tips ! i'm a begginer and find your video very usefull :)

[@captainbenzie]

Glad to be able to help!

[@smylingsam]

I am coming back after a long time away. Thanks for 1 million skill points!! now Im able to skill into a nice covert ops ship after I make them risky iskies ;> your video is a great help!

[@captainbenzie]

Welcome back! Glad I could help!!

[@NerdishNature]

As a pacifier enjoyer - I love this video ^^

[@captainbenzie]

I'm glad!

[@brianchristopher8843]

I've got my scanner permi-sat in a pacifier. I absolutely love it. Especially now that his cov op is trained to V.

[@radioface86]

When it comes to WHs my main go to's were the Tristan and the Astero. Excellent ships.

[@captainbenzie]

Fantastic!

[@wurstplayer]

Great guide, thanks for that! I would have two follow up questions - What is your fit if money doesn't matter? - Do you have a guide on how you create the warp-ins without a MWD? Didn't find the guide if it is there already Cheers from a fellow Cheetah pilot

[@captainbenzie]

For the first question, it depends on the ship and your skills. You can see my Cheetah fit elsewhere on this channel 😊 Regarding warp ins, if you mean a perch, I've done a video on that too!

[@darpo7257]

Nice film and very good explenations. I have one question thought, have you got a film explaining how exactly you worp from one box to another?

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you! Yup, it was released earlier this week: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_NmZWmYpdrq68

[@jaerbear7237]

Thanks for this. I’ve been hacking for a month in j space. This helped fill some of my knowledge gaps.

[@captainbenzie]

Glad it helped!

[@noqairev]

Very clear and useful explanation ❤ Is there a video from you where you explain the perch/only warp thing? Would need that😊

[@captainbenzie]

Yup, two days ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_NmZWmYpdrq68 Glad you enjoyed the video, and hope this helps!!

[@noqairev]

@@captainbenziejust perfect, thank you so much. Without your videos I would not play eve. They should be ingame :)

[@captainbenzie]

@@noqairev haha that's very kind of you to say, thank you!!

[@legendkriptor5743]

completly forgot about the virus strength rig u can install...after i got 2 of them i was able to finnaly do the event sites ^^

[@captainbenzie]

Nice!! There ya go!

[@legendkriptor5743]

@@captainbenzie glad I'm still following ur content , basically went back to eve after 10 years of break from it ;D (yes I played echoes , that's how I found ur awesome channel) relearning all the stuff is kinda fun ;) keep it up man , really enjoyung ur super positivity ✌️😊

[@lolimmune]

I know amarr explo ships are bad. But I LOVE the anathema design. So that's what I fly. Doesn't make me make less money, sure at the end of the day there is probably some defineable percentage difference. But exploration prints isk, and at the end of the day ,I'm happy and had fun, I look cool af.

[@captainbenzie]

Amarr Explo ships aren't bad at all. The Anathema is absolutely a solid option. They all have their own unique strengths and weaknesses dependant on play style, fitting, skills etc

[@dianeradragosha9938]

The "Perch" approach is something I don't usually make any use of. The time required to move from each can, back to the perch, onto the next can takes a bit of time. Moving within a site typically takes at most a MWD cycle (10 seconds) which allows you to cover a 25-30km distance in a Cheetah, which is less time then moving back and forth towards the perch. While Perch approach could indeed be safer, a lot of sites are fairly predictable for hunters to camp and they will see you arrive and start the hack. Hence for me (in my space) it is not valuable to use the Perch tactic and I'd rather use the MWD to travel within a site. Still interesting to hear other opinions.

[@captainbenzie]

MWD usage also makes it harder to warp off if someone does decloak during your transit. Those 10s between cans are when you're very vulnerable, and a perch (at align 3s) only takes about 12s to warp to and back. To me, that's 2s extra time per can to save your ship. I've had an Astero decloak as I'm warping off. Had I been subwarp, I'd have been dead.

[@hundun5604]

Bonus tip; You can also use implants that help you with scanning.

[@captainbenzie]

True

[@countvx]

Oldschooler returning to eve. Last i played wormholes didnt exist :) Ive yet to try my first hacking, but about these implants. They come with a bonus and penalty. Are they worth it ?

[@mukha521]

Hey! Great guide! Could you please clarify if I have ship simulator showing 3.00s align time... Is it 3 or 4 ticks?

[@captainbenzie]

Exactly 3.00s is 3 ticks.

[@SolutionD]

Thanks for the million skill points!

[@captainbenzie]

Hope it helps!!

[@KingArthurFleck]

Are you rocking implants for align time because I cannot get align time below 3s even if I have the requirements for inertial damp II and all low slots are filled with same. What am I missing?? Thank you for these vids btw they are super helpful and I am very new to game compared to you veterans LOL ***EDIT*** It was evasive maneuvering, fixed it LOL

[@captainbenzie]

Nope, no implants! As you've spotted, Evasive Maneuvering is the big one!

[@TheKauff]

How do I run sites with rats? Do I take some sort of offensive capability & clear the site first, or is there a mechanic I should know about? I check Eve University before warping to any sig & have so far avoided any data or relic sites with an enemy. Am I just missing something?

[@captainbenzie]

So, you're best sticking to any site named "Central, Local, Regional, Ruined, Crumbling, Decaying" as these are sage sites. Avoid anything "Forgotten/Unsecured" as those are essentially combat sites with hackable containers. To do those, you need a combat capable vessel. I did show a Stratios that can hack one of the C5 Wormhole data sites.

[@kindredlebel9175]

​@@captainbenziethank you. This is exactly what I needed.

[@brunetmi01]

Well done and fun

[@captainbenzie]

Thank you

[@CaptainBrash]

What kind of scan strength should we be aiming for? Obviously more is better but there must be a point it's just overkill? I got killed by a Heron in a wormhole, I thought he was a fellow Heron explorer but he had guns. xD

[@captainbenzie]

The minimum to get EVERY site is 104, but there's only one site that requires that high. And yup, the good old Medium Ancillary Heron 😂

[@BigZiggy1629]

Pacifier is the god level exploration ship. Dat warp speed 😎

[@captainbenzie]

Yup! 🚀

[@KC93SE]

I just got mine about a week ago, and can now use the covert ops cloak. I just need a stable Internet connection to play with it more!

[@Shiftry87]

Quick question about the referal link. That only works on the first caracter u create on an account correct? Up untill now i have only ever used 1 caracter on my account so there would be no way to get the 1mil sp if i made a caracter on 1 of the 2 remaining slots correct. I was 1 of those that went, dude wtf where is the prop mod u gonna be stuck and getting to each can is gonna take forever. But ofc if u use a close perch to jump from to be able to warp directly to a can that wouldent matter. Exploration is easily the recommended activity i would suggest for a brand new player to start with and build up there wallet. Its also a very cheap and easy way to learn how to use wormholes to quickly move around in different areas of space and to use the D-scan to stay alive.

[@captainbenzie]

I absolutely agree! And yes, it's per account. If you have multiple characters, you can claim the 1m on any one of them.

[@Wininoid7254]

Imicus, more like I'micus. I need that on a t-shirt. Imicus rules!

[@captainbenzie]

Lmao I don't see it but everyone has their own tastes!

[@ghostyFPV]

I'm sure someone has pointed this out before, but your voice, cadence, and inflection is so similar to hbomberguy it's uncanny

[@captainbenzie]

I'll take that as a compliment!! Thank you!

[@ghostyFPV]

@@captainbenzie you should! you're both great communicators, and you're killing it with these short(er) form, engaging tutorials

[@callmeroy2172]

I have a Gnosis, and it says in the descrition that it is an exploration ship: Do you know of/recommend an exploration fit-out for the Gnosis?

[@captainbenzie]

There are some fits, but honestly you'll likely find it better to use a cheaper frigate. They're faster, cheaper... The Gnosis in exploration is a niche ship, used for things like Sleeper Caches where the ability to tank some damage is useful. Check out my video on how to fit an explorer in the meantime, should help you figure out what you need if you do want to use a Gnosis.

[@gankmarvin]

Pretty comprehensive, gg

[@captainbenzie]

Thanks!

[@yasuonoah6035]

Sorry, i still no clarify about warp disrupt, warp scumble and bubbles. Could interdiction nullifier break the warp scumble and warp disrupt? And could the warp core stabilizer immune all the scumble and disrupt? Thx

[@captainbenzie]

Interdiction Nullifiers ONLY negative interdiction spheres. Warp Core Stabilizer on its own will not break multiple points of Disruption

[@yasuonoah6035]

@@captainbenzie ok understand, thx!

[@TheEthanEdge]

so i have a magnate to scan down gas clouds and wormholes for huffing, should i still get the same skills apart from the hacking ones?

[@captainbenzie]

Basically, yes! Scanning down faster and easier will save you time.

[@TheEthanEdge]

@@captainbenzie thanks :)

[@t.r.johnson9649]

what do you mean when you said "We are warping between boxes." ? That statement lit my brain on fire

[@captainbenzie]

Check this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH_NmZWmYpdrq68

[@1wasavi]

I would argue a propmod, would be useful just to get to the hacking part faster otherwise pretty solid guide

[@captainbenzie]

Watch my video on perches. You can be faster with no prop mod and safer

[@FrankJohnson-d5v]

Speed tank it!! Nanofibers, inertia stabilizers and ons overdrive injector so you can GTFO when the sheet hits the fan. AND you can be moving very fast while scanning so that when you get probed out, the bad guy warps to where you WERE, not where you are now 😊noobs don't HAVE to die. I saw a guy in a class 3 unknown red giant system, last night, in a haron probing me out. Heron vs Imicus is a decent fight so I let him find me. But once he found me he switched to his Sabre and that's what he tried to warp to me in. I wasn't sitting still, I had the mwd on in my speed fit and he landed 60km from me. A speed tanked Imicus stands absolutely no chance vs an arty fit Sabre. A Sabre can't kill me from 60km, but just in case, I warped off laughing at him in local about how ridiculous he was to not come at me for a good fight in the heron. LOSER😂 Thumbs up capt'n Benzie 👍

[@captainbenzie]

Good tips! That said, I just prefer to not be on grid at all when they arrive 😉

[@FrankJohnson-d5v]

@captainbenzie That works too 😃 By the way, you are a big part of why I have started a return to EoL. I'm currently training an Alpha, to start, clone to max for at least a cyno alt, probably more, for my main, when I bring him back out of a 10 yr hibernation. 👍👌😃 Perhaps we will show up in the same alliance 😉 P. S. Your videos keep reminding me how good a game EvE is. Take responsibility! 🤣

[@ironmike11bravo]

have you ever done youtube videos for kingdom come

[@captainbenzie]

No

[@josephgalasso4626]

i enjoy your guides, but what would be EVEN better is if you'd post the fit in the description like everyone else does lol

[@captainbenzie]

I do in every video that actually has a fit relevant to it. This video isn't demonstrating a fit - I'm teaching you how to come up with your own fits, so it's kinda missing the point to complain that I don't include one here...

[@HarenunHoppus]

Is it that rare to find data or relic sites with no hostiles? Ive lost many probes because of this.

[@captainbenzie]

You just need to know the names. Anything called "Ruined/Crumbling/Decaying" followed by a Pirate type, is a safe Relic site (ie Ruined Angel Monument) Anything called "Central/Regional/Local" followed by a pirate name, is a safe Data site (ie Central Guristas Sparking Transmitter)

[@HarenunHoppus]

@@captainbenzie thank you. I managed to bag almost 40m in my exploration today.

[@captainbenzie]

@@HarenunHoppus that's excellent! Well done!!

[@VictorSavelle]

Hey, I drive a corolla, but when I close my eyes I'm driving a ferrari

[@karos009]

ok now show me a build with a t1 expkoration to survive a lesser ghost site explosion

[@captainbenzie]

Nothing you can do to survive that 😂

[@karos009]

@@captainbenzie cant u stack enough explo rez and armor or hull to tank that 6k Explosion? bcs what i heard an porpusefully build astero can tank it. it is inpossible with T1? because one of my t1 explo have around 6.1k effective hp

[@captainbenzie]

@@karos009 if you survive the explosion, you still have all the cruisers warp in. You won't get extra loot. Hack twice and run omhot

[@karos009]

@@captainbenzie i mean i lnow how ghost site works, But 2 question what i want to be qualifyed answer for. if you please. 1 if i have more effective hp (in simulation mode) i can survive the explosion? 2 u say hack twice. its mean we can know somehow witch can will explode if u fail the hack? because i tend to only hack one and if its success it is if ist not the explosion. i dont attempt more than one hack bcs dont have cloak and usually play to safe

[@captainbenzie]

@@karos009 in Ghost Sites there's a timer before the explosion. You should always hack the unusually named box first and then one of the others if you have time, then get out. If you have enough EHP, you can survive the explosion but a fleet of quick locking, scramming cruisers warp onto grid immediately after.

[@wolfmoz2232]

Ugly ships? Dissing the Imicus is nasty😂😂😂😂

[@captainbenzie]

I mean, it is singularly awful 😂

[@wolfmoz2232]

@@captainbenzie That’s so mean. 🥲

[@captainbenzie]

@@wolfmoz2232 I mean, it's a great ship, but yeah. That aesthetic really does not do it for me 😂

[@wolfmoz2232]

@@captainbenzie Challenge accepted. „Make the Imicus sexy again!“ „ Again“ meaning - for the first time 😂. I will make skins to make you wanna never fly no other ship … ever.

[@wolfmoz2232]

@@captainbenzie I feel u brother, but I’ll still try to „priscilla“ up the damn ship into the beautiful and royal „cock in frock“ it could become. On the topic of beauty v other positive traits, let me refer you to the Hitch and his take on male looks in the discussion about male v female comedic necessity for reproductive reasons 😂

[@nicolasdesjardins9751]

yo

[@captainbenzie]

Ahoy!

[@KylVonCarstein]

Unfortunately, you're incorrect about a fundamental aspect of exploration ships here. The Imicus and Helios are beautiful ships, second only to the Astero, and that is just objective fact.

[@captainbenzie]

One man's trash is another man's treasure!!

[@Shiftry87]

I gotta agree with u there, there is just something with the smooth looking design of the Imicus and that its design is bending abit that just makes it intresting to look at. Not to mention the warp effects of the engine bells, i dont know what it is about them but everytime i´m warping i just end up zooming in and starring at those engines for some reson.