I'm looking for a good training plan for a cov-ops alt. Does anyone have any good suggestions on it? I've been working on one myself, I'm just not sure if I'm optimising it as best as is possible.
Darina Smirayne
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It is subject to personal opinion in many ways, but here is an example I have used for a pilot to fly a Buzzard to both seek out empire war targets and for some nefarious deeds that I will not admit to even considering here.
Buzzard Ship Scanner EFT fitting
[Buzzard, CovOps Ship Scanner] Nanofiber Internal Structure II Micro Auxiliary Power Core I 1MN MicroWarpdrive II Sensor Booster II Ship Scanner II Cargo Scanner II Passive Targeter II Covert Ops Cloaking Device II Salvager I Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher, Sisters Combat Scanner Probe Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I
Buzzard Ship Scanner Training Queue (~51 days)
Race: Caldari
Bloodline: Achura
Charisma: 7.00
Intelligence: 8.00
Memory: 8.00
Perception: 8.00
Willpower: 8.00
Skill Name Cur From To Time ---------- --- ---- -- ---- [If you set willpower to 13 and intelligence to 11 through an attribute remap here, you will save 4 days total training, but I have not included that in this skill queue] Instant Recall 0 0 1 10m 25s Analytical Mind 0 0 1 9m 36s Learning 0 0 1 9m 15s Cybernetics 0 0 1 27m 13s [Buy and implant +3 implants for Intelligence, Memory, Charisma, Willpower and Perception here] Instant Recall 0 1 2 31m 42s Analytical Mind 0 1 2 30m 2s Learning 0 1 2 29m 15s Instant Recall 0 2 3 2h 42m 22s Analytical Mind 0 2 3 2h 34m 27s Learning 0 2 3 2h 30m 46s Instant Recall 0 3 4 13h 56m 48s Eidetic Memory 0 0 1 16m 4s Eidetic Memory 0 1 2 1h 11m 37s Eidetic Memory 0 2 3 6h 28m 18s Analytical Mind 0 3 4 11h 42m 55s Logic 0 0 1 14m 44s Logic 0 1 2 1h 5m 53s Logic 0 2 3 5h 58m 26s Learning 0 3 4 10h 50m 51s Empathy 0 0 1 4m 17s Iron Will 0 0 1 4m 17s Spatial Awareness 0 0 1 4m 17s Iron Will 0 1 2 19m 57s Spatial Awareness 0 1 2 19m 57s Iron Will 0 2 3 1h 52m 55s Spatial Awareness 0 2 3 1h 52m 55s Iron Will 0 3 4 10h 38m 48s Spatial Awareness 0 3 4 10h 38m 48s Focus 0 0 1 16m 56s Clarity 0 0 1 15m 5s Focus 0 1 2 1h 15m 12s Clarity 0 1 2 1h 5m 59s Focus 0 2 3 6h 46m 31s Clarity 0 2 3 5h 51m 48s Astrometrics 0 0 1 12m 51s Electronics 3 3 4 10h 38m 48s Cloaking 0 0 4 3d 5h 35m 50s Survey 0 0 3 2h 17m 9s Mechanic 2 2 3 1h 52m 54s Salvaging 0 0 1 12m 51s Astrometrics 0 1 2 59m 53s Hull Upgrades 0 0 2 48m 29s Energy Management 0 0 2 1h 12m 44s Afterburner 0 0 3 2h 17m 9s High Speed Maneuvering 0 0 3 11h 25m 51s Long Range Targeting 0 0 4 1d 1h 51m 56s Targeting 0 0 2 24m 14s Jury Rigging 0 0 1 8m 34s Caldari Frigate 2 2 5 6d 1h 30m 38s Electronics Upgrades 0 0 5 11d 2h 46m 18s Covert Ops 0 0 1 34m 17s [You can now fly the buzzard without the cloak fitted] Covert Ops 0 1 4 4d 6h 53m 30s Covert Ops 0 4 5 20d 1h 48m 48s [You can now actually fly the buzzard properly]
After completing that queue, you want to concentrate on Astrometrics (to lvl 5), Astrometrics Rangefinding (to lvl 4), Astrometrics Acquistion (to lvl 4) and Astromatrics Pinpointing (to lvl 4). This will enable more success with the scan probes.
Then concentrate on the frigate combat skills and the Salvaging, Hacking and Archaeology skills to enable you to deal with high-sec exploration sites which is a common use for newbie CovOps pilots.
NN comments
Silas Sanyasi
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I would focus on probing skills before training CovOps 5. Lvl 4 skill is enough for most applications, but scanning skills are important if you want to get warpable hits.
Darina Smirayne
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I found that lvl 4 Covert Ops was not enough for a newb CovOps pilot unless you trained all the electronics, electronics upgrades, etc. It is quicker (just) to train Covert Ops to lvl 5, then work on the normal fitting skills later. (Note for people who may be confused here: This is because Covert Ops skill level reduces the CPU requirements for cloaking devices significantly.)
I’d suggest that you use a skill planning program like EveMON (http://evemon.battleclinic.com/) and cover all your bases. First check the ship and how you’d like to fit it with Eve Fitting Tool (http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=548883) once done list out the ship fitting skills and update them on evemon.
Be sure to add fundamental skills that AREN’T mandatory like engineering, mechanics, electronics and navigation.
Finally optimise the skill queue with EveMON (optimise skilltraining) and add any necessary learning skills. Bingo.
Thanks for all the answers. I’ve been using evemon and EFT already and my training plan with a re=map, +3 implants and relevant learning skills came to 122 days. Perhaps I want to train to broadly. I’m patient though and it’s on a second account that only has a miner atm so I guess I just need to be patient.
Cheers