New to EVE!

Pete.Dakota

Pete.Dakota

Pete.Dakota

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I've always been interested in EVE Online. Downloading the trial over Steam now.

Any starter tips for a newbie? How rewarding is the experience after you get over the learning curve? Is it hard to become "successful" now the game is so old and has many powerful players controlling stuff?

Appreciate any thoughts.
 
Whatever you do - spend time training learning skills to start with before anything else... otherwise it gets quite frustrating later on.
 
There is an Eve thread :p But, as you've made this one..

Do the tutorials would be my main tip, don't try and gloss over things - It is a very complex game that gets more and more rewarding the more you understand it. Imo, the game is more rewarding than anything else I've ever played MMO wise (besides maybe UO) - Perhaps more so than other games, the more you put in, the more you get out. I'm quite a new player myself, ~6 months or so, and although I obviously cant fly the biggest baddest ships in the universe, I have not ever felt like I am at a huge disadvantage.

A corp is one of the most important things to do - A good corp makes or breaks the game.
 
Follow the tutorial to the letter to begin with, don't rush things. No need to get into a corp immediately either, just hanging out in the newbie corp channel you get put into is sufficient to start with. There is usually lots of players in said corp and many will be very helpful.

Eve can seem overwhelming to begin with but it doesn't have to be complex, just follow on from the tutorials and do some missions for the agent contacts to get the hang of fighting and navigating around the universe. As for skills, just basic ones at first while you work out what exactly you want to do. If by then you like what you see then find some Eve sites (the official one is as good as any) and read up on the different paths you can take in the game and what skills are needed etc. That's the thing with Eve, its the ultimate sandbox MMO, you can do whatever you want, no strict storyline/path you have to take like you do in themepark MMO's

I've been playing Eve since day one all those years ago (on and off). I keep coming back after stints with other MMO's because Eve is the only one that feels truely free, as in set your own destiny. Half of that time I played as a solo, ganking others as a pirate and also some care bear activities in hi-sec too :p The rest of the time I was in a corp and even ran my own corp at one stage. So I've seen every angle of the game and all of them have been fun.
 
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Organise the following activities in real life :

Have your best friend stab you in the back and steal all your worldly goods

Fill your car with expensive stuff, drive into the city and have someone ram it and take everything.

Find a large rock, chip away at it and carry what you break off back to your house in an eggcup, until the whole rock is gone. Have a random stranger attack you and take your eggcup on the way.

Get someone at your insurance company to laugh in your face and hand you a cheque for £10 when you claim for having your car rammed.

Eve. Cos real life just isn't mean enough ;)
 
Get yourself into a decent player run corp as soon as you can, hopefully you can adjust to the very steep learning curve and get to enjoy the game for the sandbox fun it truly is.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
good luck - your going to need it, i give you a week max before you give up.
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You working on the principle that because you couldn't hack it he won't be either too either?

It's really quite easy to pick up at the moment, just follow the tutorials and talk to people.
 
Rroff said:
Whatever you do - spend time training learning skills to start with before anything else... otherwise it gets quite frustrating later on.
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I'll double for this. At first you won't see a huge improvement, but you will when it comes to learning skills that require days of training. I made the stupid mistake of not doing my learning skills until I had Drone Interfacing 5 - if I had learning skills I would have saved 20+ days worth of training.
 
Its important to keep a balance though, imo. While of course it makes more sense to max out your learning skills first thing, it also makes the game pretty boring for a new player. Keep a balance between learning skills and training for new toys imo.
 
Stay within 1.0 and 0.8 security space until you are confident that you can handle yourself and have some basic skills.
Use agents to get your standings with factions up and earn more isk from missions. These will also give you some experience in what role you would like to play - mining, courier, pirate, bounty hunter, scientist, need i say more?
The biggest hint anyone can give is ONLY FLY A SHIP YOU CAN EASILY AFFORD TO LOSE.
 
shaggyd said:
Stay within 1.0 and 0.8 security space until you are confident that you can handle yourself and have some basic skills.
Use agents to get your standings with factions up and earn more isk from missions. These will also give you some experience in what role you would like to play - mining, courier, pirate, bounty hunter, scientist, need i say more?
The biggest hint anyone can give is ONLY FLY A SHIP YOU CAN EASILY AFFORD TO LOSE.
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Thats good advice but what must be said again is 'only fly a ship you can afford to lose' I lost my Hulk in the Hulkagheddon and it almost made me cry, however it was the best thing that happened as it made me go and do other stuff instead of paying 200 mill +isk in replacing the hulk.

Both my accounts are dormant for now, was playing too much and real life was starting to suffer because of it.
 
Hutchy said:
Prove him wrong!
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I have done! 8 days in and I'm very immersed. It's a bewilderingly daunting game; more like a galaxy-sized economic simulator with space combat thrown in. It's unlike anything I'd ever imagined a game (if you can call it that) could be.

The best thing about it is that, due to it's difficulty and complexity, the majority of players are mature adults; the "OMGLOL!1" kids kept at bay by the near-vertical learning curve.

I'll be subscribing for sure.
 
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