# Epic Arc Visions of Greatness **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189 "2026-06-11T21:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/grot_cavin-guang/32/501901_2.png) [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Grot_Cavin-Guang)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/1 "2026-06-11T21:54:17Z")
2/8 you have to take a NOOB ship (Merlin) with ONLY 2 guns and defeat 5 (FIVE) Catalysts and 5 Frigates??? I lasted less than 10 seconds before my ship was destroyed!!! And this is the only ship that you can take in. So any suggestions as to WHAT a NOOB can to when they are greatly overpowered in BOTH weapons and Armor ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/2 "2026-06-11T21:55:37Z")
> [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](#): > > So any suggestions as to WHAT a NOOB can to when they are greatly overpowered in BOTH weapons and Armor Leave Excretium as fast as your little warp drive will take you… ---
**Author:** ![Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/grot_cavin-guang/32/501901_2.png) [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Grot_Cavin-Guang)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/3 "2026-06-11T21:56:14Z")
LOL, funny, and TRUE but NOT helpful at all. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/4 "2026-06-11T21:58:33Z")
Seriously, get out of 1.0 space and setup shop in high-sec. I’ll even send you 50m ISK to get started (send me a message in-game). o7. ---
**Author:** ![Pure\_Capitalist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pure_capitalist/32/502764_2.png) [@Pure\_Capitalist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pure_Capitalist)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/5 "2026-06-11T22:08:44Z")
Can you have a fleet? ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/6 "2026-06-11T22:22:55Z")
> [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](#): > > 2/8 you have to take a NOOB ship (Merlin) with ONLY 2 guns and defeat 5 (FIVE) Catalysts and 5 Frigates??? I lasted less than 10 seconds before my ship was destroyed!!! And this is the only ship that you can take in. > > So any suggestions as to WHAT a NOOB can to when they are greatly overpowered in BOTH weapons and Armor did you do the career agents before attempting the epic arc?? ---
**Author:** ![Pure\_Capitalist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pure_capitalist/32/502764_2.png) [@Pure\_Capitalist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pure_Capitalist)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/7 "2026-06-11T22:32:10Z")
> [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](#): > > career agents That’s a good question. You gain experience as you go. ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/8 "2026-06-11T22:43:12Z")
The sites are overtuned atm, I would wait to do them until they are balanced right. ---
**Author:** ![Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/grot_cavin-guang/32/501901_2.png) [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Grot_Cavin-Guang)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/9 "2026-06-11T22:54:01Z")
Yes, finished them all ---
**Author:** ![Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/grot_cavin-guang/32/501901_2.png) [@Grot\_Cavin-Guang](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Grot_Cavin-Guang)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/10 "2026-06-11T22:55:36Z")
The problem, as I see it, is that the nerfed merlin which the mission says to use can only use 2 guns and is very weak against the opposition that you will face. People in chat have said that you can use a Caldari destroyer but, I havent tried it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Drosera\_Binata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/drosera_binata/32/514743_2.png) [@Drosera\_Binata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Drosera_Binata)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/11 "2026-06-12T00:12:10Z")
@Grot_Cavin-Guang you can use 3 guns, not two ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/12 "2026-06-12T00:16:27Z")
fit from eve online for soldier of fortune [Merlin, AIR Caldari Soldier of Fortune] Micro Auxiliary Power Core I Vortex Compact Magnetic Field Stabilizer Damage Control I 5MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Faint Epsilon Scoped Warp Scrambler X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier Medium Shield Extender I Limited Light Electron Blaster I Limited Light Electron Blaster I Limited Light Electron Blaster I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Small Core Defense Field Extender I Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S x1500 ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/13 "2026-06-12T00:18:49Z")
One high slot MUST be a shield repper and a mid slot for ECM ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/14 "2026-06-12T00:19:56Z")
Please don’t recommend a fit if you haven’t done the content. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Rochard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/john_rochard/32/373864_2.png) [@John\_Rochard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/John_Rochard)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/15 "2026-06-12T09:07:05Z")
From what I am reading here and both read in game chat yesterday, the Epic Arc for this new area is not scaled properly for the average 30 day rookie ( alpha or omega ). I would normally play test the area myself, unfortunately all my accounts are well over 30 days old, some of them omega, and all have skills up to and beyond 5 million points. I really don’t feel like making another account just to find out what we already know. I have been told – by the experts – that you need to either fast track your rookie or grind up to using a destroyer. Which is doable for many vets in just hours, but we are talking about people here that expect to learn the game first. To alpha rookies, with no experience in Eve Online, I simply tell them; **Avoid the Epic Arc** until you have done the following. Skill train for any destroyer class ship. You will need skills in lasers and drones as well. For the love of God, DON’T buy the ship in this system, players are selling them at outlandish prices! Leave the system in your pod and set course to Jita 4.4 to get one there. Alternately give **Mike Azariah** a shout, he might have a decent ship for you. The man hangs in Rookie Chat and gifts 30 Day Rookies free ships. I am seeing over 2 million for a Cormorant in Exordium! New players need to be told **not to do this for several weeks** , unless they plan to pay cash to _get gud_ right away. Then you are looking at more than just $20 worth of omega, you will need ISK and/or PLEX for skill injectors and augments. **Update:** I have also been informed by a new player, this is suppose to be a “simulated historic battle”? Excuse me, how does a simulator blow up your ship? I sure wouldn’t expect my ship to explode during a holographic simulation. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Dyneaux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anna_dyneaux/32/510758_2.png) [@Anna\_Dyneaux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anna_Dyneaux)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/16 "2026-06-12T09:29:26Z")
What has me confused is why they have us use the Merlin when the Kestrel lore is all about how it’s actually an old small freighter design that during the most desperate hours of the war was retooled into a small warship, at which it performed, and continues to perform, most admirably. ---
**Author:** ![Pure\_Capitalist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pure_capitalist/32/502764_2.png) [@Pure\_Capitalist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pure_Capitalist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/17 "2026-06-12T10:59:44Z")
> [@Malak\_Starfire](#): > > One high slot MUST be a shield repper 😅 😂 🤣 Show me a shield repper that fits into a high slot. > [@Malak\_Starfire](#): > > Please don’t recommend a fit If you don’t know what you’re talking about. 😅 😂 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Lucy\_Alfrir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lucy_alfrir/32/382506_2.png) [@Lucy\_Alfrir](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lucy_Alfrir)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/18 "2026-06-12T11:16:37Z")
> [@Pure\_Capitalist](#): > > Show me a shield repper that fits into a high slot. ![Icon_shield_transporter_i](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/2/a/8/2a8525c203eef0eb55500cfa772490d4b3f733e2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Pure\_Capitalist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pure_capitalist/32/502764_2.png) [@Pure\_Capitalist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pure_Capitalist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/19 "2026-06-12T11:51:58Z")
LOL. A newbie flying a merlin with 2 guns won’t have much need for a remote shield booster. But you managed to make me laugh. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Dyneaux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anna_dyneaux/32/510758_2.png) [@Anna\_Dyneaux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anna_Dyneaux)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189/20 "2026-06-12T11:57:51Z")
And yet the mission requires them to fit one. [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/epic-arc-visions-of-greatness/513189.md?page=2)