The *Official* Eve Online Thread
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Yea I have tried a re-installation and cleared the cache (in fact thats how i got this problem) the first one was entering the game and then freezing and found a 'fix' by clearing the cache and now iv got this one. It's Bt that is the isp, and its Bt I have at my parents house and it works fine :S
Right can anyone explain how to use Scan Probes properly for Exploration & Hidden Belt Locating?
I've trained the skills I need to use the Scanner Probe Launcher and have found a couple of confusing guides. So, say I want to look for hidden belts in Isinokka.
So I warp to Planet I or the closest planet to the centre of the sector. Drop a Multispectral Frequency Probe and in my Ship Scanner I tell it to search for Cosmic Anomaly and Cosmic Signature? Then I leave it to run, and at the end if it's found anything then I need to switch to a Gravimetric probe to locate them?
It's bloody confusing!
I've trained the skills I need to use the Scanner Probe Launcher and have found a couple of confusing guides. So, say I want to look for hidden belts in Isinokka.
So I warp to Planet I or the closest planet to the centre of the sector. Drop a Multispectral Frequency Probe and in my Ship Scanner I tell it to search for Cosmic Anomaly and Cosmic Signature? Then I leave it to run, and at the end if it's found anything then I need to switch to a Gravimetric probe to locate them?
It's bloody confusing!
It's handy to consult the solar system map too, especially when your trying to pinpoint a site. Its a pain that you cant launch a probe in the radius of another without changing session, just make sure you bookmark before you do
Over 3 bill ide say but i am no expert
have a look at the character sell forums to look for any silimar characters. Or Possibly post on the forums with that character info to see what people will bid.It's handy to consult the solar system map too, especially when your trying to pinpoint a site. Its a pain that you cant launch a probe in the radius of another without changing session, just make sure you bookmark before you do
Using F11 is very useful for probing things out.
Over 3 bill ide say but i am no expert
Ta, I'm getting there, slowly
Surprised nobody has mentioned this. Eve is coming to Steam.
EVE Online, the award winning massively multiplayer online (MMO) game from CCP, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts worldwide.
To celebrate the launch of Steam's first massively multiplayer online game offering, a special 21-day trial period for EVE will be available, free of charge, to all Steam gamers. Steam gamers will also save $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.
EVE Online is a leader in online gaming technology, hosting hundreds of thousands of players in the same persistent universe. The latest of the EVE Online expansions, which are always free for players, introduces a graphic update of gargantuan proportions and a host of new gameplay features. Every ship, station, and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring sights.
EVE Online, the award winning massively multiplayer online (MMO) game from CCP, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts worldwide.
To celebrate the launch of Steam's first massively multiplayer online game offering, a special 21-day trial period for EVE will be available, free of charge, to all Steam gamers. Steam gamers will also save $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.
EVE Online is a leader in online gaming technology, hosting hundreds of thousands of players in the same persistent universe. The latest of the EVE Online expansions, which are always free for players, introduces a graphic update of gargantuan proportions and a host of new gameplay features. Every ship, station, and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring sights.
The price of stuff in Eve is somewhat depressing. I realise that it's a buyers market and prices are "what the market is willing to bear" (like real life) but seeing items that are only slightly better than Tech 2 for ridiculously high prices is getting me down a bit.
I've just finished building up my Drake - all Tech 2 parts with the exception of the missile launchers (Arbalest). Figured I would see how much it would cost to upgrade my T2 Invuln Fields to Faction ones (not even Officer - those are even more insanely priced).... market rate seems to be 270m+ for a Dread Guristas Invulnerability Field (the resist difference is 37.5% vs 30% (Invuln 2) - so not huge). I can't reconcile buying something that probably costs more than my entire ship with fittings even if I did have that amount of ISK spare - which I don't.
Either I'm missing a trick and people are making vast amounts of ISK running missions, or the incumbent upper-class who have been playing the game for years are the ones setting the prices this high.
The game itself I'm enjoying, but it's similarities to real life economy are becoming a bit of a grind.
I've just finished building up my Drake - all Tech 2 parts with the exception of the missile launchers (Arbalest). Figured I would see how much it would cost to upgrade my T2 Invuln Fields to Faction ones (not even Officer - those are even more insanely priced).... market rate seems to be 270m+ for a Dread Guristas Invulnerability Field (the resist difference is 37.5% vs 30% (Invuln 2) - so not huge). I can't reconcile buying something that probably costs more than my entire ship with fittings even if I did have that amount of ISK spare - which I don't.
Either I'm missing a trick and people are making vast amounts of ISK running missions, or the incumbent upper-class who have been playing the game for years are the ones setting the prices this high.
The game itself I'm enjoying, but it's similarities to real life economy are becoming a bit of a grind.
I have tried Eve once and I just couldn't get into it, I got lost during the tutorial and couldn't seem to regroup so to speak and carry on.
I loved the idea of the game, the look but i think I spoilt it for myself.
Is it realistic to start to play the game now and enjoy it?
I loved the idea of the game, the look but i think I spoilt it for myself.
Is it realistic to start to play the game now and enjoy it?
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Is there any chat channels you guys have that I could join? I logged in last night after a years worth of resting to find myself still in my old corp 
and I didn't know anyone lol.
and I didn't know anyone lol.Is there any chat channels you guys have that I could join? I logged in last night after a years worth of resting to find myself still in my old corp
"OcUK"
Speaking of chat channels... I think I should expand into that market...
My game crashed during the tutorial and it took me about 4 days to actually get an answer on what I needed to do next because it didn't carry on properly when I re-entered the game. I'm still not even 100% sure that I finished the tutorial, or whether I've missed out on anything because of it (e.g. faction increase, etc). I've heard you get at least 1 free ship (Condor?) and other things from 10-part missions, but I have/had no clue where they were or who to speak to because the tutorial never told me!
As crap as Star Wars Galaxies is nowadays the tutorial part of the game lasts for a long time and is very explicit about what you need to do for each part. With Eve it seems you're shown how to shoot a ship and mine a roid then sent off on your merry way to get can-flipped, gate ganked, lofty-scammed or any of the multitude of high-sec empire grief tactics that CCP seem to have no problem with.
why should ccp have a problem with any of that?
Well, all I'm saying is that its a very rough learning curve for newbies. I've not played a game (especially a MMORPG) which has such a brutal attitude towards newbies. I would've assumed that there would be safe havens for newbies (e.g. <7 day characters or whatever), or maybe more info in the tutorials about player pirates, etc.
It doesn't bother me what goes on because I did quite a bit of offline reading on the forums, etc about the various scams and tricks that go on specifically so I wouldn't get caught out, but others might not be so fortunate nor expect to have to know about the mechanics of the "lofty gang trick", etc.
It doesn't bother me what goes on because I did quite a bit of offline reading on the forums, etc about the various scams and tricks that go on specifically so I wouldn't get caught out, but others might not be so fortunate nor expect to have to know about the mechanics of the "lofty gang trick", etc.
If you're less than 7 days old, what could you possibly have by your own accord that would warrant someone hi-sec ganking you?
people don't do it to nick your stuff they just do it to be *****.
The amount of people in the 1.0 starter systems that will warp to the training areas nick the tag and put it in there own can labbled "Tags in here, ok to grab it" and then shoot the guy that took it. while there in a AF or Cruiser or something.
This.
People will do it "just cos". There are plenty of threads on the official forums where people have asked "what went wrong", and typically mentioned newbie ships with nothing of value at all. The game encourages this behaviour by not outlawing it (by design) - I appreciate high-sec doesn't mean you're immune from attack, but you would've thought that newbies would be protected a little bit more.
Faction and Officer mods are toys for fat cat carebears who enjoy running missions 5% faster... or capital pilots.
