1: get a Winmatar Logi suit.

2: If you don't know what weapon you want, skill level 1 into each untl you find whic one you like. I can tell you what they are all like

Plasma (Assault) Rifle: full auto, short range, kinda fast ROF, average damage, good against any target

Rail Rifle: full auto, long range, slow ROF, high damage, good against any target

scrambler Rifle: semi auto, long range, high damage, good against armor targets, and has a overheat

Combat Rifle: burst fire, mid range, average damage, good against shield targets

Sniper: A semi auto sniper, good against armor targets

Mass Driver: semi auto grenade launcher, good against armor targets

Laser rifle: Rifle that shoots a single continuous beam until it overheats. damage builds up over time (longer you fire and longer you are on target), good against shield targets

Shotgun: a pump action shotgun, good against any target

Plasma Cannon: a launcher that fires a slow firing slug that once it hits the target, explodes. Good against any target, and is a possible AV weapon

Swarm Launcher: a launcher that fires a volley of missiles at a vehicle after you lock onto it. good against armor targets.

3: NI's and reps are always stocked with nanites, no need to go to the supply depot. And no, there's no handheld shield booster (nor will there, as last I checked, dust has stopped on production as far as new items goes, and will be put into legion instead).

4: You lose the item forever; there's no getting them back. You have to restock that entire fit (which is just a blueprint for the items that you are using) before you can use that fit again, which you can do in battle.

Cool. Great tips.

Now, some questions on why players do some of the things they do.

First, why do players in vehicles go out of their way to destroy neutral or enemy-owned items? For example, a red colored turret or Supply Depot? Especially while I am standing there trying to hack them? Actually, I CAN answer this one. They get Warpoints for destroying the object and the enemy can not use them. But it also means that our team cannot use them. There have been plenty of times where a nicely placed turret could have given our team the opportunity to shoot at enemy targets. Even flying targets! But the vehicle owners don't care and just blow the structures up. Then, when all the deployables are destroyed, our team is forced to respawn at the starting points because all the Clone Reanimation stations between the MCC spawn point and the Null cannons are gone.

Why do my team members drop explosives at my feet while I'm trying to hack a Null cannon? Explosives damage friend and foe alike. And in more than one game, an ally behind will drop an explosive and kill me while I'm trying to hack. This has happened far too often for it to be a simple accident or new player mistakes.

Why stack your deployables on top of each other? One person will drop a transport pad down in the corner. Then five others come along and put their transport pads down next to the first one. Do these things have a short lifespan and can only do so many transports before they give out or something? I could understand this behavior if that was the case. But if not, and I see one already in place, I'll find another spot to put my pad down. No need to let the enemy destroy them all at once.

Is there a report AFK (AFC "away from controller") option? A lot of people, especially those in vehicles, will drive or fly off to distant corners of the map and stay there not contributing. Flying craft do this a lot. While some of them are trying to stay out of weapon range and restore shields, others are clearly not. You get three or four people doing this and you are at a severe disadvantage.

Which is better for Minmatar Logistic suits? Enhanced the shields whether it is shield enhancers or reducing the wait time on repairs, or adding armor and the same boosts? Depending on the weapon hitting me, I'm either out all of my shields and half my health or, if the enemy has a heavy machine gun or shotgun type weapon, dead in one shot. It's very annoying to see that I am often the one to have depleted the clone reserves the most. People have been player-shunned for things like that.

Finally, since I play the medic role a lot (unless we are clearly losing, I then switch to anti-armor and take pot shots at vehicles,) I've found that a lot of the time, players do not wait to be revived. Even if I am within ten meters of someone, they'll release and not wait. I guess they're just impatient and want a fully shielded and armored clone since my current injector only restores 30% armor. I cannot get better if I cannot restore folks for points.

Finally, since I play the medic role a lot (unless we are clearly losing, I then switch to anti-armor and take pot shots at vehicles,) I've found that a lot of the time, players do not wait to be revived. Even if I am within ten meters of someone, they'll release and not wait. I guess they're just impatient and want a fully shielded and armored clone since my current injector only restores 30% armor. I cannot get better if I cannot restore folks for points.