Experience so far

[Thunderer]

Discovery is not for new players. There have been attempts to rearrange PvP mechanics for learning to be made a game instead of the time-devouring stoic undertaking that it is now, but most PvP balance developers are veteran players and they have forgotten what it's like to be new. Besides that, suddenly making everything easier would depreciate all the effort they have invested to improve, they and their restlessly lobbying friends. I was once a PvP balance dev, I know a thing or two about it. Lobbying was really annoying.

Maybe try gunboats, cruisers and battlecruisers. Those are the easiest to use. You can do well in a bomber as a newbie, but you'll need wingmen. Bombers can't function alone and they are meant to fight capital ships in swarms, not fighters.

Don't try fighters unless you're a stoic with a lot of time, usable reflexes and eyesight, and a decent computer. Or unless you're a cat, like @Backo and @Wesker.

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