Hello! Im linking you my starter guide for SP and fittings. This is applicable if youre going to shield tank.

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might make another basic build for armor tanking soon.

you have nice AR skills. That is good, even if you aren't using the adv or proto ar.

Figure out which militia medium suit you like best, and go from there. From what I can tell the militia medium suits are balanced to basically have every slot filled pretty easy (including nades, sidearm, equipment) with the basic version of everything. Leftover CPU means you can use militia versions to save a bit of isk.

For this purpose and for doing anything in general, get 1 skill point only into the following skills

armor upgrades
shield upgrades
armor repair
armor plates
shield extension
shield regulation
nanocircuitry (saves cpu and gives you 2 instead of 1)
drop uplink (saves cpu and gives you 2 instead of 1)
repair tool (optional, saves a bit of cpu, same performance)
dropsuit engineering
dropsuit electronics
handheld weapon upgrades
submachinegun operations
grenadier

once you'll decide what suit you want to use, you'll focus more on shield or armor. If you're interested in hacking and speed, that tends to lean slightly more towards minmatar suits, as the minmatar logi suit gets a hacking bonus and minmatar suits have higher base speed than comparable suits of other races (also minmatar assault and minmatar logi both require minmatar medium suit 3). There is also a hacking skill that unlocks codebreaker modules, but the skill itself improves your hacking speed period, however, I wouldn't make this too high a priority as its gated by dropsuit core upgrades 3 or 4, which is a lot of SP for not much gain for a new player.

Again, I highly recommend using militia suits with militia/basic mods/weapons until you decide which suit you like. Then i would go straight for the assault version as its slightly better than the medium suit and costs less, but requires more of a SP investment. Also, you won't be fitting a GEK or a Duvolle AR on those militia suits unless you like empty slots (this is a no-no) and expensive deaths. Cheap militia suits/fits are quite effective and you don't have to worry about dying at all really.

Lastly, gallente assault gets a slight bonus to using hybrid weapons, which includes assault rifles and sniper rifles.

armor upgrades: +5% to total armor per skill level
shield upgrades: +5% to total shield per skill level

Those two will give you a bit more health.


Dropsuit electronics: +5% to total CPU
Dropsuit engineering: +5% to total Power Grid

When you donGÇÖt have enough CPU or Power Grid to fit what you want to fit on your suit, these skills can give you more to play with. Keep in mind that you may be able to free up CPU/Power Grid by upgrading Militia items, or downgrading Advanced/Proto items to Basic, as Basic items use the least amount of CPU and Power Grid. There is also the option of equipping low slot items that increase CPU or Power Grid. (This is usually an interim measure because there are usually better things to put in your low slots.)


I generally recommend equipping an Armour repair in one of your low slots to regenerate your armour between battles. Even if you shield tank, your armour gives you that buffer when your shields go down to run for cover. Without an armour repair that buffer may not be there for you the second time your shields go down. (Requires the Armor repair skill.)

DonGÇÖt bother putting points into Dropsuits until you have your Dropsuit Upgrades and Weapon skills to a reasonable level. Your AR skills seem fairly solid.

for an idea of how much sp it takes, when i got my respec i spent 4.68 mill on proto cal logi, complex shield enhancers and complex armor plates. it is a horrible idea as a beginner to spec into everything in the beginning, do not do this. it is essential to know what you want before you get it, and how it will affect your game play. skilling into the armor and shield upgrades first is a great idea because you get more hp and no side affects, increasing your survival time. there are many cases when in a fight you will end it with having 0/0 shield/armor and even running millitia gear having those basics can give you proto gear stats. i like what i did with my respec and how the tanking works out, im able to have over 1100 hp, thats only 100 less then my old heavy proto. the proto cal logi is a good suit, since you want speed and hack speed, since those are low slot i sugest 3 speed mods(forgot the name) and a code breaker, then in the high slots you can place shield enhancers. this will give you a very fast suit and have over 500 hp in just shields. if you are still looking for a corp you can apply to PXRXO. we are the largest corporation in dust. make sure to write a little about yourself reqs to get in: be over 18, have a mic