For me my first t2 ship i got was a t2 hauler. The Crane and Bustard best train ever I use both ships to this day.
8 Likes
I went the “other” direction and would have to say it was a cruiser. Fun times wd’ing the null blocks.
1 Like
It was a Paladin for me.
1 Like
I think it was a Hound. I did not do much with it but it was a nice intro to covert cloaks.
Ishkur
Mr Epeen 
2 Likes
Damm! That was a long haul. You must have maxed out some others to get there?
Same the crane got me into more cloaky ships. I eventually tried out the tengu but it wasn’t for me. I like a ship that’s awesome at 1-2 things rather a ship that’s “meh” at everything.
Cerberus. I started the game when the Drake era started to emerge . I already had the t2 heavy missiles and t2 shield tank , then Apocrypha hit the server and I trained caldari cruiser 5 to get the Tengu . Along with that , I unlocked Cerberus also … Eagle too , but did not had the weapon system for it trained.
1 Like
First T2 ships I ever unlocked were Caldari T2 cruisers, but the first T2 ship I ever flew I think was Hecate (its T3 but whatever)
Must have been the Hawk in my case according to zKill.
Vengeance, which I lovingly called Black Sunshine.
I had such good times with it back before crimewatch changes and can flipping with aggression to only the corp or individual still existed.
1 Like
The buzzard and the manticore.
The manticore really kickstarted my career as an explorer hunter (the astero didn’t yet exist back then.)
An Impel - the Amarrian Deep Space Transport (gold brick with a large hold).
I was doing my manufacturing in Eram (T2 modules and stuff) while sourcing and selling in Hek (three jumps). I grew to the point where I was needing a larger capacity hauler and something that was a better bet for more expensive cargo.
When I moved down to Amarr I liquidated what I could, put a Frog order in for some and loaded my Impel for the trip. Amarr is home now, but I remember Eram with fondness.
Impels are probably the most common T2 ship I still regularly fly - I’m a manufacturer at heart. That and a travel fitted interceptor for moving things like datacores and BPCs around for invention runs.
1 Like
Pilgrim / Curse
It was back in the days when Nosferatus on any ship could still leach cap from targets regardless of your own capacitor and the target´s capacitor levels. Also sensor dampeners were very effective on a curse back then.
Anchor Bubble → Wait for target → lock targets → orbit outside of locking range (because of dampeners) + leach all the capacitor → “Yarrrr”
1 Like
A sleipnir.
I remember grinding up isk in my hurricane fleet issue, looking at a command ship, and thinking “someday.” Of course, I rapidly figured out that battleships and level 4 missions have much better isk/hr, but after I got my battleship skills in order I swung back around and got a command ship I don’t need.
Buzzard.
It was Gallente but I can’t recall if it was assault frigate or covert ops
Damnation then Redeemer.
Anathema (amarr covops), which opened up the game more for me, then the Purifier (and still love both)
2 Likes
mine would be covert ops (helios). i used the money from exploration to buy more sp and train for other ships
2 Likes