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MoNkeE

MoNkeE

MoNkeE

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Hey all,

I'm downloading the trial for EVE online as we (well, I) speak. I'll be dipping my toe into the universe along with a friend - but we're both EVE virgins.

Would anyone here be kind enough to lay out a few basic things for us to know? I've played a lot of WoW, but fancy something different :)

-RaZ
 
Complete the tutorials. They're astoundingly long and quite boring, but stick with it. The game will seem amazingly unfriendly for the first week, again, stick with it. It takes a bit to get its claws into you but when it bites it bites hard. :)
 
played the trial, did really get the hang of it.

till like the last few days then wham, you suddenly start to get the hang of things, you start to make better cash, do better missions, get bigger ships, better weapons, bigger enemies, just FORCES you to buy the dam game lol, seriously thou, ace game, just sorting skills out for my rupture and then taking my baby out for a run soon *fingers crossed*
 
Been playing since Valentines day 2004 :D it has an extremely steep learning curve, but there's so much depth to the game. Empire space then low security (0.4>0.1) space and 0.0 space are like different games altogether.

As has been said, do all the tutorials, and have a look on the Eve-O offical forums, and the FAQ's etc and if any question ask in here, the resident Eve players will help out :)
 
Once you get the basics, and understand the skill training, I would really suggest you do the learning skills first as tempting as it may seem to learn other skills. The learning skills are boring but if you can get them upto to lvl 3-4 they will speed up your learning for all other skills.

Look at getting the following learning skills to start with:

Analytical Mind = Intelligence increase per lvl
Instant Recall = Memory increase per lvl
Iron Will = Willpower increase per lvl
Learning = 2% learning bonus per lvl
Spacial Awareness = Perception increase per lvl

Learning these early on saves you time in the long run. :)
 
Cascadia said:
played the trial, did really get the hang of it.

till like the last few days then wham, you suddenly start to get the hang of things, you start to make better cash, do better missions, get bigger ships, better weapons, bigger enemies, just FORCES you to buy the dam game lol, seriously thou, ace game, just sorting skills out for my rupture and then taking my baby out for a run soon *fingers crossed*
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that is EXACTLY how i was, its insane, spent the first week thinking that it was a waste of time and so boring and then all of a sudden i just clicked and now im addicted! its fantastic, hope you and your mate enjoy it as much as i do!

matt
 
its great fun but as said defo worth doing the tutorial, its boring as hell but worth it. Really depends what kind of char you want tho, mission whore... trader... bounty hunter (probably not the best option with a new char)

my advice, always keep something training (if somethings going to end when your asleep train something else then come back to the short one during your waking hours)

taken some time off eve while im in the states but when i get back battleship lvl5 will be done after a huge 42 days :p

fRostiE
 
I cancelled my subs after 1 month. Just did nothing for me. The skills training is a good idea but you still need money and its just the same old grind may as well play everquest and enjoy the grind.

Maybe it would be different in a corp where money isnt so much an issue, but id quite fancy being a pirate but im not waiting 18 months to get the skills I need.
 
tbh, let other people do the grind, and take their money from them. hey presto no more grind!
 
Indeed, what I used to do was find a 0.4 soemwhere, go in a cheap frigate with all T1 stuff (rifter rules the roost for T1 frigates :P) then if you get killed, you then have kill rights. Then hunt him down in empire, wait for him to be in a hauler full of local hull expanders (personal experience) kill him loot his stuff, sell it make ISK :)
 
huddy said:
Once you get the basics, and understand the skill training, I would really suggest you do the learning skills first as tempting as it may seem to learn other skills. The learning skills are boring but if you can get them upto to lvl 3-4 they will speed up your learning for all other skills.

Look at getting the following learning skills to start with:

Analytical Mind = Intelligence increase per lvl
Instant Recall = Memory increase per lvl
Iron Will = Willpower increase per lvl
Learning = 2% learning bonus per lvl
Spacial Awareness = Perception increase per lvl

Learning these early on saves you time in the long run.
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I did this and it was extreemly boring but then again, i had played eve before and new what I was getting into and knew i was in for the long run, I would suggest not to do them in the trial time because you might not get into and would have spent 14 days putting yourself off eve because you couldnt fly anything decent.

Do some lvl 1 missions and get some moneys up, once you get about 5million you can buy a Industrial ship and turn that 5mill into 25 mill in no time by trading, buy low > haul > sell high.

Give me a shout on xfire :)
 
VaderDSL said:
Indeed, what I used to do was find a 0.4 soemwhere, go in a cheap frigate with all T1 stuff (rifter rules the roost for T1 frigates :P) then if you get killed, you then have kill rights. Then hunt him down in empire, wait for him to be in a hauler full of local hull expanders (personal experience) kill him loot his stuff, sell it make ISK :)
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Well that was another part of the game. Was a bit too cerebral for me at times, gave me a damn headache playing it. :p
 
VaderDSL said:
Indeed, what I used to do was find a 0.4 soemwhere, go in a cheap frigate with all T1 stuff (rifter rules the roost for T1 frigates :P) then if you get killed, you then have kill rights. Then hunt him down in empire, wait for him to be in a hauler full of local hull expanders (personal experience) kill him loot his stuff, sell it make ISK :)
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rifters good, but punisher takes more of a beating.
 
VaderDSL said:
Aye definitely, I used to use my punisher on my second account, but I dont have any Amarr skills on my main :)
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to be honest, Jags or Wolf *** in frig size.
 
Thing is vent your char has the SP to go after people in 0.0 :p

us newbies would get shot up pretty fast

hence why i spam missions.
 
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