# Learning to Survive **URL:** \ **Category:** Known Space\ **Created:** [June 17, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/learning-to-survive/167758 "2019-06-17T11:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Nora\_Maldoran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nora_maldoran/32/399985_2.png) [@Nora\_Maldoran](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nora_Maldoran)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/learning-to-survive/167758/3 "2019-06-17T19:26:03Z")
A gun on an Astero? What do you leave out? The cloak or your Core Probe Launcher? Do you plan to do uncloaked exploration? That would be a waste of this hull, in my opinion. The Astero without the ability to warp cloaked… sounds not like something to strive for. > [@T\_ral\_Vsengne](#): > > - Where is the best place/way to start with basics weapons practice (did the intro missions but that’s it). Combat Anomalies, PvE. To learn the ropes. > [@T\_ral\_Vsengne](#): > > - Would like to be able to play scenarios where I’m ambushed, to simulate what would happen whilst hacking, or run into a WH gate ambush I won’t be the same if you do this with a friend on the test server, but probably as close as you will get. But consider this: Someone who is ambushing you while you are hacking thinks he has at least as decent chance to kill you. So you will _exclusively_ end up in situations where you are in a worse position to fight than your attacker. I recommend to read in this thread: > [@Exploration Astero - Sites + PVP Fitting (with mobile depot)](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/exploration-astero-sites-pvp-fitting-with-mobile-depot/92442): > > Hi guys, I read in several topics that many people like to use 2 fits for the Astero. One fit for scanning and doing the sites and the other one to kill other exploration ships in the sites. Switch will be done by mobile depot. This is my scanning/site fit. I am doing Sleeper Caches with it, thats why the rep and boost in armor. Damage Control II 200mm Steel Plates II Prototype Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane I Small Armor Repairer II 5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Data Analyzer II R… > [@T\_ral\_Vsengne](#): > > - Scenarios where I could use and practice with Drones Combat Anomalies is the answer again. An Astero can probably do nearly all of the ones you find in highsec - if you use drones and stay at range to the NPCs. You don’t want to brawl with an Astero in pve, usually. > [@T\_ral\_Vsengne](#): > > - Suggestions on Augments that I might consider to help me in these situations Augments? You mean Implants? > [@T\_ral\_Vsengne](#): > > - Finally, what skills I might consider adding, incrementing (Current Skills levels below). Cloaking IV, so you can use a Covert Ops Cloaking Device II that will allow you to warp cloaked. Train those as high as you like. These are skills that will benefit nearly every ship in the game: [The Magic 14 - EVE University Wiki](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Magic_14) --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/learning-to-survive/167758)._