EVE New Citizens Q&A

Well of course im not going to broadcast my plans on my main. But I am going to rob a corporation blind that is the one aspect of this game I truely want to experience. If only I could get more than the money that would be even better, I want EVERYTHING!

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Only your rookie ship is given back in case it's blown up. All other ships are not given back, but you can insure yourself and most of the ship's value is returned to you. Insurance costs money, but I can not recommend it enough to new players. Select the platinum option to ensure maximum payout in case your ship is gone. Please note, if you are Concorded, you get nothing as a refund. So don't attack playes that are not red.

If you don't want to mine or manufacture, then it will take some time. Lv 1 and Lv 2 missions have a minimal payout, but just stick with it. A very good way to generate some form of income is to make sure you salvage your wrecks. It really starts to kick in once you are doing level 3's. But everyone has to start somehow. Expect to be able to do Lv 3's in a battlecruiser in about 1-2 months depending on your game-time.



No, you should join a corp that fits your status. Don't join players who are in a different phase of the game. Join a corp that suits your needs. The best way is to open up the Corporation tab and fill in the aspects of the game that you prefer most. Select search and corps that are recruiting and meet your needs will turn up. I do recommend you to speak with its recruiters before you apply to join.

In terms of PvP (if that's what you want), I'd suggest joining up with the red vs. blue player corps. They are player corps that have an endless war going with each another. It's main aim is to provide PvP experience to those players in frigates and cruisers. This should be something you would probably like. More information can be found here.

Skill-wise, you trail experienced players by at least 50 million SP. Does that make you lose all the time? Nope. A 2 million SP player can take down a 50 million SP player. It simply depends on which skills each player has learned. And industrialist who has no skills in PvP is going to lose from a new PvP player. Even if that player is just in a frigate.



Not entirely correct. A lot of players will have around 1-5 billion in cash, but I expect many to be below the billion ISK threshold. If you save up most of your generated ISK, then I expect you ro acquire that billion ISK within 6 months.

As far as the community is concerned, it varies. Yes, a lot of players new to this game will see that EvE is scam-heaven. A lot of things that are eligible for bans and punishments in other mmos are not in EvE. The game has loads of idiots out there, but I expect the vast majority of the players to be just like you and me. Normal people who come online and just do their thing, minding their own business. There are players who definitely will help you if you do not understand something within the game. There are also some players who like to troll the forums or channels and you should just block those (right click on player, and block).

Your friend was an idiot for not explaining you the rules in high-sec. You can not just shoot anybody you want to without consequences. As I said before, join up with the Red Federation or Blue Republic if you want to learn PvP. There are fleets going against each other almost every day I hear. Lots of hostile targets to shoot at.

To conclude, do not expect that you can into the bigger ships within a week. It just doesn't work like that. I can promise you that you will be able to fly a decent ship (battlecruiser) within a month. And once you acquired that, ISK should increase a lot more as the loot will not only be better but the items from salvaging will be too (from Lv 3 and especially Lv 4).

Another thing for you to look at is Planetary Interaction. It allows you to set up bases on six planets in total that can produce items for you. It requires some skills, so if this is your thing, expect that you will not be as good in pvp as these are completely different skills than say... shield management for PvP/PvE. You can find more on this here.

And lastly, the SoE epic arc. This is a long chain of PvE missions that you can do which will generate some good income. Most of it is doable in a frigate or destroyer, with only the last boss being a challenge. Just ask around in local or in your corp if you have found a nice group of players. A cruiser is already better in the last mission, but a decent battlecruiser destroys the boss easily. Please talk to Sister Alitura in the Arnon system to get the chain started. It's specifically designed with you in mind: the new player and its a chain that lasts 50 missions sending you throughout the entire 4 major empires.

There is a lot more in EvE than you might expect. Don't give up so easily. Join a corp that suits your needs. Don't go out in 0.0 sec unless you really want to. Right now, you should just learn the game and remain in high-sec (0.5-1.0 systems) for the time being.

Good luck and welcome to EvE.

As far as corp theft, have a gander at this: Linky

If someone invited you to corp and then made fun of you when you refused to go out, they were probably just scamming you anyway. Especially if they were charging you a fee to join corp.

How to be competitive? Specialize. As a newbie, specialized in frigate roles. And group up. Most pvp is in player skills not character skills. Mods can balance fights, ex. use more EW. A cheap tracker disruptor can eliminate any paper advantage a gun ship ship has over you. They will still have their player skills, and that is really the key.

Oh, and bigger is not better. Players have used their newbie ships to take out battlecruisers. Again, this is due to player skills. You have to fly that newbie ship very carefully to win a fight like that. Learning to close the range while minimizing your transversal is key.

A good corp will reim your lost ships in combat, so it makes it easy to pvp. But you want to have at least one profession down to buy lots of frigates.

There is something unsettling about seeing Goonswarm in a list of educational organizations.

On second thought - forget EVE University, that's the small time. You obviously want to know how to do big things. Go straight to Goonswarm. Find a Goonswarm Recruitment guy. Sure, it may cost you to join, but they will teach you about large-scale theft. You get what you pay for, get the best learning on theft you can!

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