Slippery Exploration Guide 🚀 Astero Fit

[@lorumerthgaming]

I really had to scan down a can with ZERO loot on camera, huh? 😆

[@tenshin111]

I'm no longer a "newbie" EVE player but I do really enjoy your content! There's always a nugget of wisdom here and there that I learn every day :)

[@lorumerthgaming]

Glad to hear it! :D

[@Montenegro651]

Totally agree!

[@andrewopenside3224]

I loved this game 10 yrs ago when i last played. I am loving it again, I don't think the reintegration would have been half as smooth without your videos! Hope to make a stream sometime. Thanks, Loru!

[@lorumerthgaming]

Yayayayayaya

[@pyey2133]

thank god a vid that isnt 40 min. straight to the point.

[@lorumerthgaming]

it's how we do

[@robmurray32]

you can double click in the probe scan window to change axis instantly makes scanning faster also helps in a busy scan window to click on the sig you want to scan

[@lorumerthgaming]

OH BABY, ima try this

[@prazo_20]

Again this is FANTASTIC work my friend

[@lorumerthgaming]

thanks so much!!

[@christiankomodo]

"Sheesh goodness gracious!" :) That is a fast ship! Great video!

[@lorumerthgaming]

Thank you friend!

[@zombiehaiku7527]

Have always struggled with exploration so have created a exploration alt who just flys on Astero. Great video.

[@lorumerthgaming]

well done friend 👏

[@ohhkennny766]

Also remember the rule of 8: The system core CANNOT spawn within 8 spaces from the start (Except middle spawn) Makes hacking easier when you know the general location of the system core

[@lorumerthgaming]

Big and correct!!

[@skyebaldwin3087]

Isn't it the rule of 6? That's what I've been told. Is there something more specific that I might not know about?

[@inspector4133]

Really like your content, and you "to the point" narratives. Much appreciated, even by someone who has played the game for years. You might think about a lower cost substitute, I use a Buzzard (Covert Ops) as my exploration fit for hunting both drones and cosmic signatures. Most of the advantages of an Astero, without the high cost. Makes affording the Sisters gear a little easier. Just requires some more skills. Again, love you vids. Keep them coming.

[@lorumerthgaming]

Glad you enjoy!! Big agree on the cheaper ship. Def work with what you got 👏

[@serndfreaky2113]

Also if you use it in Wormhole space or Null, CovOps can fit an Interdiction Nullifier, which makes you immune to Bubbles.

[@Belphcrew]

Love the content man! Keep it up. Speaking of slippery fits, would love to see a video on the ins-and-outs of ESS farming. I've seen a few videos on it but they don't have a newbro friendly version. Being a newbro myself it was difficult to piece together how best to fit with the limited ship skills/hulls I had. Not to mention how to get to null sec with filaments, how to get out with pochven filaments, and where to sell the bounty credits once back in k space.

[@lorumerthgaming]

Intriguing, I havent done an ESS content yet myself, but I will add that to the list!

[@0clear]

Use a paper-tank AB-fit Stabber. Just needlejack around until you land somewhere with a reasonable-ish ESS and off you trot. You can't cov-ops cloak it, but you *should* be able to smack a standard meta on there to cover your needlejack cooldowns after dropping a safespot. You don't need the guns or the tank - you're not trying to fight anything, you're just trying to get in and out. Once you've broken the bank, needlejack around again until you land somewhere close to home (hisec). Literally if you can sit in a Stabber you can make some good money robbing banks this way. Just make sure you're not flying anything you don't wanna lose, and it's slooooow money. But a hell of a lot of fun. Great way to spend an afternoon and a six pack. I use the stabber specifically, but any Cruiser with a solid base velocity/acceleration should work this way. You're going to mod the hell out of it with nanofibers and inertial stabilizers and such anyway.

[@0clear]

Take enough filaments for your run, though! Remember it's going to take you a few tries to get in to somewhere nearby a juicy ESS. And you're going to need a handful more to get the hell out without dragging that much cash through 50 null jumps to get home. Not to mention you're going to fire up alerts for any crew you're trying to rob -- if you needlejack out, the ones that know you're there, will have no idea where you are. You *could* also use a WH chain for this, but it's less reliable as they likely have any holes in their home systems already scanned down -- that first jump out into w-space is almost certainly going to be guarded on your way out, if they're awake. After you're through that first hole though you're a bit safer. The w-space option here is probably a bit more attractive if you're using something that can at least scan down a couple sleeper data sites as well while you're searching around.

[@JLproductions18]

Learning so much from your vids. Thanks so much.

[@lorumerthgaming]

My pleasure 😄

[@christiankomodo]

I just bought a Stratios but I don't see a Loru video about it so I will have to fit it myself, like a psychopath!

[@lorumerthgaming]

Haha yes, a Stratios vid is coming 😄

[@Rehny420]

hello there! im quiet a new playing to eve i played about 3 or 4 days and have around 300m isk made thru exploration.I am planning on buying a new ship in a few days. would i go into a worm hole with the astero? or is it too risky? and if yes are you able to do the tier 3 relic or data site with enemies? or is the ship just meant for high sec scanning?

[@Agnus78]

Hey L, i doubt that exploration ships should be more expensive - there is no real adventage if you fly 10M exploration frigate or 200M Astero. And exploration comes with a high risk, you literally must assume that you lose it this trip or another becouse of gate camps, bubbles, small pvp gangs. Tbh i earned a lot more isk using cheap, expendable ships like Imicus or Probe than using more expensive ones ^^ becouse they are not gank magnets and you can just prepare a lot of spare ones. And i'm more brave to lurk into riskier, potentially more profitable areas of space flying very cheap ship and having basic, dirty cheap implants. Whats the most important is to use T2 scanning modules and analyzers, these make things easier. Thx for your vids!

[@lorumerthgaming]

great points! I just enjoy blinging out my ships xD

[@nethao999]

Awesome Guide im new to the game and to your channel thank you so much for your work you helped me a lot !!

[@lorumerthgaming]

Happy to help friend! Welcome in.

[@SolutionD]

I don't know how you were able to fit 2 rigs. Always get a notification that only 1 can be fit.

[@lorumerthgaming]

depends on the size of the rigs, each rig is small or large depending

[@doctorthomYT]

Can you make a video explaining the different keys that you use? would be helpful for newbies.

[@lorumerthgaming]

a good idea 👀

[@DevonMahon]

i love your videos they help so much :D

[@lorumerthgaming]

glad you are enjoying friend!!

[@WDS-Agent211]

Good video. But the music in the outro was 🔥🔥🔥

[@lorumerthgaming]

it's how we do 😌😌

[@Brandon84J]

Make sure to explain D-scan for these a bit more. It's very important to at least give a reminder for this type of content

[@lorumerthgaming]

we have a whole vid dedicated to d scan!

[@dimbulb6443]

I’ve never been killed doing exploration, but there were attempts. Many attempts.

[@lorumerthgaming]

Exactly; if you fly safe you will do just fine 👏

[@nikolaos9175]

What is the point in adding another extra nanofib just to bring ur align time down slightly? isnt it kind of pointless considering you are already under 2 seconds? considering server tick times?

[@lorumerthgaming]

depend on your skills! use whatever gets you below 2 sec

[@kylekohl1273]

In your video you stated to “look up stuff” due to these sites having mobs that can spawn. My question is, what or how do I look up? Where do I go for that info?

[@lorumerthgaming]

this: wiki.eveuniversity.org/Main_Page a great place to start friend!

[@Limp_Daddy]

I'm still a Noob and if it wasn't for your other video, I would have thrown my computer across the room.

[@lorumerthgaming]

dont do that 😉

[@shadowofnoc5760]

Yo! I think the black glass hacking implant (Neural Lace 'Blackglass' Net Intrusion 920-40) makes the all in one analyzer apply its bonuses to both data AND relic sites, unless they changed it?

[@lorumerthgaming]

Ooooo I will look into this, well done!

[@rogerstalder7184]

why dont you see the discance on the D-scanner anyway? i remembre it shows how far they away shouldent it? its the only Way to protect yourself out there form gankers.

[@lorumerthgaming]

guide here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoLVn3uro7imnZI

[@rogerstalder7184]

@@lorumerthgaming thx ^^ need to refresh all of it. 1 year brake is just too much hehe

[@JulesHedge]

Do you have a Stratios fit for exploration?

[@lorumerthgaming]

it is on the list!

[@Montenegro651]

Hey, been out for a while, do align times below 2 seconds matter? I used to think the server connection ping was 2 seconds.

[@lorumerthgaming]

they really do, under 2 sec is extremely hard to catch

[@plastikmind]

T h a n k s !

[@lorumerthgaming]

o f c o u r s e 👏

[@JRHShadow1]

Why don't people suggest the Tech 2 Explorer ships (third of the price depending), the Astero is more of the rich mans explorer as I see it

[@lorumerthgaming]

I think primarily for the skill requirements. Astero is easier to jump into skill wise I believe.

[@BLACKBIODRAGON]

DO NOT BUY AN ASTERO! new players or Alpha clones are GANK BAIT in these ships, just by T1 exploration Hull and go to it

[@lorumerthgaming]

it's true, if youre brand new!

[@ThePooppantsman]

275 mill is cheap in eve world.

[@lorumerthgaming]

depends on where you are in your journey!

[@MrRhoidRage]

Don't think that emission rig does what you think it does

[@lorumerthgaming]

it does prolly

[@MrRhoidRage]

Maybe I just misinterpreted it as literal “scanning” as opposed to “scanning” including hacking because that particular module give virus coherence rather than any actual scanning bonuses. Love the video regardless

[@lorumerthgaming]

yayaya

[@engir63]

one and a half minutes have no idea what your doing

[@lorumerthgaming]

maybe pay more attention 😉

[@stringboom5132]

Every time I’m in a wormhole and warping to data sites there are always npc waiting for me there

[@lorumerthgaming]

for sure research the sites you are warping to, many of the WH sites have NPC guards