EVE New Citizens Q&A

I just subbed a couple of days ago (hi everyone) after a 2 wk. trial but only a few hours of that used, so I have zero idea what I'm doing. Meanwhile I've been reading, reading, reading to try and lessen the learning curve, and have seen so many Disillusioned-I-Quit posts from people who've seemingly played quite awhile and I just don't get it.

I can see quitting for various reasons: time management problems, frustration with the learning curve/yourself and your own inabilities, eventual boredom, lack of money, and yes, even personal conflict with the politics of the game, but what I don't understand is quitting because the game proved itself to be what it was when you signed on. In a game that's remarkably complex it's the one aspect that seems so simple and transparent.

I have no idea what I want to do or be yet and I won't be surprised if I rage or pittykitty when I get scammed, betrayed, podded repeatedly, etc. but I see this game essentially as an rpg for every person who plays it. Even if you spend your time trading out of game, you're playing that role. You can play the role of a benevolent and helpful pilot who aspires to elevate and educate, you can play the role of the biggest as*hat who ever walked the face of the earth, you can play it as anything in between, or even both simultaneously. It's the wild wild west and the civil war and a a social experiment and a sandbox and an mmorpg and a rpg and and a fps all in one.

What keeps me enthralled with the whole idea of this game isn't even the gameplay, it's the people behind it and the notion that the turd who pods me and laffs is just as likely to be somebody I become good pals with after I dry my tears as he is to become my mortal enemy. The troll who talks exclusively memespeak may just as easily be a lawyer with a wife and 4 kids, and the acerbic, feminist-leaning activist may be a basement dwelling neckbeard with special needs. I've never seen an online game or environment with the level of intelligence or complexity or variety of this one, and I'm not talking about gameplay, I'm talking about the players themselves.

The way I see it is, I've (hopefully) set myself up to win no matter if/when/why I ever decide to stop playing so long as I don't forget why I loved it when I signed up. I spent my few first trial days logging, standing in CQs, staring into space like a catatonic, being completely overwhelmed, and logging off. I play on a Mac and none of my keys work for the game. I missed earning the extra isk for completing a mission within 2 hours because I couldn't find the asteroid belt. My skill queue probably makes zero sense whatsoever.

I've spent days reading up on strategy and it all looks like this to me:

"Fit your jsodef with a giejpr and two F235 fjeies and warp to Maowojdje. From there, invest in some tzrqt lasers and gate to Obidijw and join a HNWQ with a view to swkwhing your stpqxe jjeurwowk sogorkejwhwjusi. Simples".

And I love this game already. What is wrong with me? i'm a female too, and I thought about hiding it but eff that, and if I ever alt-up they'll be female as well. Now if I could just find the skill book the NPC agent swears is in my P&P folder. Even the agents lie!

Yeah, after careful review I've decided that's def the way to go.

No Mad Pls, I'll still you in bad ways.

The novelty will wear quick. :)

Nice one on taking the fearless approach to being a girl :D

Next time you're on join these two channels: "wgoe=public" and "EVE tutors"

WGoE stands for Women Gamers of EVE, the public one is where you can hang out and request interview with an admin to get into the girls only one. I hang around in the public one :3

EVE Tutors is a helping community sort of chat where a collection of newbs and vets can hang out and help each other. Much more casual environment than the official help channels, more personal too as people get to know you :D

I'll prove you worng, just watch me.


Thanks a lot!

True, time to just dive in and learn through doing. it looks like yes, I should join a corp. for awhile. I did try downloading the Vivox but I got an incompatibility error. Will try again. Thanks for all the help guys.

Do you mean the voice thing from the EVEGate website? I wouldn't worry about it, not many corps use in-game voice anyway.

More likely you'll want teamspeak 3 or mumble.

The tutors chat as a teamspeak we use on occasion and WgoE intervirews are done in voice chat, usually something like TS too :D

Don't forget to drunkt in the jekd and use the ploates to binkle the stinkle.



...and noone ever really quits they just take a break then they come back to remember why they left. If you look through the "Hi, I tried this game X years ago and didn't like it but want to give it another shot...what should I do" threads you find these are the same people with the "RAAAAGGGEEE I QUITS" threads from years ago.

If you have a girl's voice use it to rob lonely neckbeards. Shake whatcha mama gave ya.

Yep, maybe I'll even get a new toaster out of it.




Oh, I know, it's just like other forums x 1000 but interesting nevertheless^^. Thanks!