New player

[Mímir]

Here's a good loadout for a starter ship (all the gear is civilian, and a lot of ID's can use the Sabre as it it is Borderworlds technology):

Sabre VHF
2 Debilitators @ 750 m/s (anti-shield guns)
5 Flashpoints (anti-hull guns)
Nuclear Mines
Mosquito CD
Enhanced Thruster
Class 10 Shield (preferably the one that works best against Lasers)
Armor Upgrade VIII
Advanced Deep Scanner

The high refire and velocity of the Flashpoints makes aiming and hitting easier, and they don't drain a whole lot of energy either. You can use weapon groups to save energy (one group with all guns for breaking down fighter shields, one group with just the hull busters). You can type /conn when you are docked at a base to be sent to a PVP practice system, and /return when you are docked to return.

You can only use weapons/ships/ID's that are matched with one another, there is a tech chart here:

http://discoverygc.com/wiki/techcompat_table.php

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