EVE New Citizens Q&A

Welcome to Eve.

I started recently myself, in a similiar situation to you.

My advice is head straight into whatever you wanna do. I read much material to try help me understand the game, fact is that there is no substitute for actually playing the game and putting yourself in scenarios to learn.

I enjoy pvp so i joined a FW pvp corp and haven't looked back since, i made a great choice IMO.

Apply for a good corp that focuses in the direction you wanna go.


Also, Welcome to Eve. Good luck. ;)

Having played here for 5 years (ish) I can definiately say finish the tutorial; Stay in the NPC Corps for a few months to get your feet, to learn the basics of EVE more thoroughly and as Velicitia stated: Focus on the aspect you enjoy, be it mining, ship building or mission running.

Once you have dedicated to your racial background's skill set then start broadening out into the other races. That way it will be easier to fit certain ships more easily, rather than a hodge-podge of skills that will hurt you more than they will help.



If you do have questions, fire me an in-game mail and I'll help where I can.

Enjoy yourself, if you need any advice or help send me an in game message I'll be happy to answer any questions you have :)

PJ.

First figure out the easiest and quickest way for you to make money. Eve is all about capitilism and therefore freedom to do what you want is synonymous with your ability to pay for it.

Getting your income sorted out before you join a player corp is an excellent Idea. People like to recruit a guy who can pay his own way.

Make sure that your goal is to join a player corp that is striving to achieve what you want in game. Eve is just a game, the people who play it friends and enemies is what will keep you logged in and interested.

Easy income. Trading> You will need Trading, Marketing, Procurement, Day trading, and two helpful ones are accounting, and margin trading. Make sure you check the volume of the item you want to trade, stay away from high margin low volume trades.

PI > Ill just come out and say it producing P2 takes a little more work setting up, but if you have a good network set up all you ever have to do is reset the extractor heads and haul to market for profit. Its kind of like playing farmville in space.

Datacores have been nerfed but still provide a trickle of income you really dont need to do anything for except have the science skill and the standing. Untill soundwave gives it the axe it is still there for now.

Also Faction Warfare seems to be a pretty big money maker these days, and that you will have to get into player corps to do, so you might be killing two birds with one stone.

Train for a titan.

A good plan. Not entirely necessary, since you may find that a corp will change your perspective on what you would like to do.

However, have a few plans for making money (Missions, trading, etc) ... as there will be times where you can't make the money in your "preferred way" (wardec, tired of missioning, slow markets, whatever).


Getting into PvP is pretty easy --> fit up a frigate and look for a fight

Yes, best bet is have an income stream (even if it's just L1/2 missions) to help feed your PvP needs.



It's really not. It just takes some effort.

At a very basic level, it works like this
Extractors --> these make P0 (e.g. Ionic Solutions and Aqueous Liquids)
P0 gets reacted into P1 in a basic factory --> e.g. Ionic Solutions makes Electrolytes, and Aqueous Liquids make water
P1(a) + P1(b) get reacted to make P2 in an advanced factory --> e.g. Electrolytes + Water make Coolant


Now, not all planets have the necessary components to make what you're looking for, or maybe not in decent enough quantities to warrant extracting the P0 from the same planet. So in that case, you're setting up two planets, and hauling the P1 material from one planet to another planet to make the P2 that you want to sell.

Don't fly what you can't afford to lose...twice.

Knowledge is power. The more widely known something is, the less likely anyone who does it is likely to benefit from it. Finding yourself a niche is key to being successful solo. Alternatively, you could join a corp who has already found and carved out their niche.

You can do anything, but you can't do everything. When you find what you like, specialize and do that one thing really well. There will be time enough to branch out to other fields after you find what you like.

Eve University is like a liberal arts school you can join them and learn how to do virtually anything and everything. You can go in depth into one topic or skim the surface of all topics your choice.

Then I'd say if you want to start learning to pvp at the most basic level, you could try Red Vs Blue, who are all about having low cost easy entry pvp on demand. Also with them you can still do pve stuff if you want to and you wont get podded.

After that if you want to get into more advanced pvp, you might want to consider applying to either agony unleashed or perhaps our school Noir. Academy. Most of our pvp training takes place out in null sec so there will be risk on the job and you will learn by doing.

It sounds like Talocan United might have some entry level corps if your considering to be a Wormholer. Worm holes can provide an incredibly EVE'y experience because there relatively dangerous, theres huge profit to be made in worm holes, and it involves lots of scanning and exploration.