EVE New Citizens Q&A

There's a story arc aimed towards new players called the Blood-Stained Stars which is sort of an extended tutorial that will give you a bunch of skillbooks and startup cash.

Outside of that, you pretty much figure out what sounds cool to you then do it. There really isn't any sort of standard progression. Find something you want to get into and join a corp that does it.

Might give that Blood-Stained Stars arc a go :) it sounds like it gives a decent amount of startup cash. Thanks!

Do all the other tutorial missions as well while you're at it. Even the boring ones like the mining one and the probing one.

They run down all the basics of the interface and how the game mechanics work at the simplest level, so even if you're never going to do trading or whatever the two or three hours it takes to go through everything is probably worth your time. Plus, it gives your combat skills some time to train up before you head over to Arnon and start having NPCs beat on you.

Once you've finished Blood-Stained Stars and the additional 3-4 hours cursing the name of whatever Dev came up with Dagan, I'd just mess around with whatever seems interesting while looking for a corporation. Fair warning, you probably want to work out some way to make money before you start trying PvP or anything in low security space, those will get you blown up a lot and you'll want to have the cash reserve to replace lost ships.

Hmz, yet another what should I do thread. Why is there a sudden spike in these threads lately. Well here it goes:


Welcome to EVE Online, the worlds 2nd biggest sandbox (only slightly behind the Sahara Dessert).

This more or less covers it. It's a sandbox, each player gets a bucket (ship) and shovel (ISK) and is sent in. What you are doing to do with these tools is totally up to you.

Like linked before: http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/

Great overview of possible things you can do. Keep in mind you are not bound to anything, so you can start as a miner and later on decide you don't like it and move into Missions.

Also best thing to remember. EVE is paid by your money, so play it your way. Play it the way you are having fun. There are no bad decisions on what you are going to do as long as you make them (and not let someone else tell you how to play EVE).

Also:

There is NO best ship. Each ship has it's situations it's great in and each ship has it's situations where it ends in a big explosion.

There is NO best ISK making. True some things make more ISK then others, but maybe you don't like to play that part of the game. Do what you want to do, ISK is just a tool to help you do stuff.

What do I get: Depends on what you like to do. But as a starter, finish all the tutorials (AURA + 5 career agents) and do the SoE Epic arc in Arnon. These things will make you familiar with EVE. You said you already know the basics of how EVE works, I would disagree with it and think there are situations where you would be wrong 90% of the time. EVE isn't learned in a day or 2, even players who play multiple years still learn new stuff from others or their own mistakes.

Nicely put

I would recommend training up your mining skills til you can fly a hulk. Mining is one of the most rewarding and exciting professions in all of new eden.

One of the major new player corps: EVE University.

Made me laugh

Yikes.

Since when has E-Uni recruitment been less than 3 weeks? That's sure changed.

On topic: it pays to hang around and read a lot about the game. You'll start spotting things that look interesting, then you can bend your path that way.

One thing that I did when I first started out (and this is completely up to you) is that at some point soon, the Game will send you a gift of a set of implants which expire in 30 days but are designed to give you a quick/temporary boost in skill training. I turned around and sold them instead, and made a few million right off the bat.