EVE New Citizens Q&A

Short answer: Try everything even if it costs you a few ships and don't join a corp right away. Try to discover what you consider to be fun, as others have said, it's a game, approach it that way.

What works for me:

I use my main to rotate between mission running (primary), exploring data and relic sights, a small bit of mining, then I either reprocess or sell the loot I find to supply extra isk and my ammunition. Being new to the game understand this rotation for you would be a long term goal. I have been playing off and on since 2006, more off than on.

I use my alts to let my hair down and go out and raise a little heck if you will. I get killed almost all the time. I use frigates to go out and challenge people or my favorite is to play hide and seek while having fun banter in local. They almost always catch me but I must say if I'm respectful to my adversary I can get an explanation of what I did wrong and actually make a few friends along the way. Of course I fund my alt operation from my main and fly cheap stuff.

Just recently I learned some new tactics to survive in low and nullsec which has opened a whole new world for me. If I decide not to pester people and use these tactics I can come across some rather serious exploration loot at data and relic sights and actually live longer in low and nullsec. I got real brave and even took my main in to nullsec and found it a pretty nice place to "hang out" and I even made it back to empire alive with no losses....this time! :)

I actually consider myself an experienced noob if that makes since because as I said, I've played since 2006 off and on but quite a bit more off than on. Being older in real life I find real life takes me away from the game quite a bit so joining a corp that has high expectations of it's members is not a good fit for me. There are several times when I have to log off mid stream as in right in the middle of a mission and won't be back in time to finish it.

I will end this ramble with try different things then whatever is the most fun for you, focus on it and enjoy!

Thank you kindly everyone.

Indeed, being a low sp frontliner leaves me the impression I will serve as a meatshield; a spunge to soak the initial damage while the remainder of a more experienced fleet goes to town on enemies.

I would much rather experience my first combat in a position where you share the battlefield with alot of equals, both friendly and hostile and RvB seems to be a prime choice.

For lowsec: most nullsec is connected to lowsec, am I right to assume so?
I downloaded and printed Ombey 2d maps yesterday and glancing at that (a big thanks to Ombey by the way for putting in such tremendous effort) I noticed null goes to null or most of the time, lowsec.

That way I should be able to get the best of both worlds, as long as I stay aware of the gatecamps that seem to frequent the borders of null- to lowsec.

Luckily my browsing of the recruitment forum yesterday had me ending up in the public chat of a friendly group of people that live in nullsec, with a mindset and playstyle that will match with mine.

I'm sticking in their channel until I have a couple - to me- mandatory things trained up and will take the plunge into the wild then.

Needless to say, I can't wait.

Perhaps RvB first, but I feel my future lies outside of highsec.

Here's my tip, coming from the "bad" side of EVE.

When thinking about your future EVE life, think outside the box. EVE doesn't limit you to a specific profession. Imagine different things you wish you could do in RL, and see if you can apply it to EVE.

Ever wanted to be a mustache twirling bad-guy? You can do it in EVE. We even have a ready supply of prey.
How about a James Bond type spy? Alliances live on information in this game, and you can sell info just as well as veldspar....
Extortion racket? You can do it. Become your own capo!
Bernie Madoff your secret role-model? Try a Ponzi scheme in EVE! Bonus: You won't go to jail!


What I'm getting at is, don't play the tutorials and go "Whelp, that's all there is, this sucks!" EVE, at it's heart, is a game about interacting with people. It just has a spaceship backdrop.

Good luck, and if you ever feel like indulging in your bad-guy side, drop me a line!

Indeed, I wont join a corp anytime soon.

I have set myself a small time-framed schedule to get what I consider the very basics before going places.

In the meantime, I read.
I read so much it's silly.
In fact I am at work now, one of my dullest weeks ever, fortunately, since I get to spend my time freely, thus googling and wiki'ing to my hearts content while at the same time inspecting and printing guides (the benefits of my workspace, high quality printing and binding of bookwerks) others have made or pointed out to me.

While I'm home, I do my SoE arc, or mine a bit while I watch PvP video's - namely Aldap and similar. That content is very informative and is played out with ships eve new players can fly.

By the time my schedule completes, I will have a fairly substantial amount of homework done and will be more prepared than I would have been otherwise.

Loller, we seem to be on a very similar page.

I intend to join a established corp, perhaps something that may prove troublesome at my age, but i'd rather stay NPC'd longer than joining a corp that's trying out management for the first time.

Luckily, corp-'resumes' of sorts can be found browsing forums, google and the like - sometimes even Wiki.

EVEmon, I recently installed that, and since my enthousiasm made me open a second account yesterday, I threw API keys and build plans in it already.
It works wonderful and even shows me how much time I can save should I decide to remap.

EVE Fitting Tool, I've read about that and it sounds like a good addition to my slowly increasing amount of resources.
If it does what I think it does it's a must-have for the likes of me.

Lastly, correct, I do not expect theory to teach me practice, but it will hold my hand when practicing my theory so to speak.
i'm learning about sensorstrength, tracking, signature radius, speed and its benefits/downsides, racial differences and ECM in all it's forms.

Once I begin actual fights, I should have a little help from my eagerness to learn.



A kind offer, and maybe I will pay a visit to your public channel, should you have one, even if it's just to say hello and thank you.

Ohh quit teasing him. You know his first PVP foray will consist of mashing F1 going "MAH GUNS MAH GUNS FIAR NOW!!!" while that little green light glows all happily in the HUD....

Early game shooting at other people: Start with suicide catalyst/destroyers in hisec against untanked barges. J/K

Good luck and good hunting! o/