EVE New Citizens Q&A

I started EVE online less than a week ago because I have been tired of the clicheed MMORPG meta gameplay grind for gear-wait for expac-grind for better gear than you grinded for so you can grind for better gear.
Now, I can't help but notice that my head is overloaded everytime I try to play due to the sheer amount of information that you have to absorb when you are starting out....
I was wondering if this is natural for every person that started out EVE or is it just me? I have read all the new player guides but still find myself being shocked at the starting curve of EVE compared to the traditional MMORPG...
I'm really digging the game at the moment but after a session I feel tired

Thanks in advance for any additional imputs you guys may give :)

You are not alone.

But really, just take it one thing at a time. You don't have to learn everything about everything all at once. Decide what you are interested in, do some research on the topic, and try it out. Ask a lot of questions and you'll usually get decent answers. I've met people that have been playing for years and still have no idea how to modify their overview window! We're all learning together :)

Edit; Someone beat me with the link

Honestly if a new player comes and tells me that they find EVE "easy" and have little to no questions because they feel they have figured everything out within the first week i assume they will be gone by the first month.

The basic idea of EVE might be simple, but players who actually try to get into and understand the game will soon realize there is a lot more too it then "Lock and shoot that red thing on overview".

My only advice for you is really that you are patient.
Ask questions, then double check the information your giving, and then triple check it just to make sure you received accurate information

As time goes on you will feel more comfortable with what your doing, and the basics of the game, and at that point you can start looking into the other aspects of the game that might not have seemed that interesting when you first started out.
But be prepared for the fact that you most likely will never feel like you know "everything". Most EVE players will know the basics from most play styles and professions, but i think even 10 year old vets still finds them self in situations that are new to them, or receive information that they had no knowledge about before

I got into it from another streamer who is now on hiatus from the game. A lot of the learning curve I dealt with through stubbornness and wanting to actually give the game a shot. Rather than the normal, do trial > not understand > quit that I tried in the past.

As far as learning, don't try to learn everything all at once. You'll fry your brain. Focus on the things you like/want to do. Read up on it, go find user created tutorials, best practices, etc. Once you get that down, read up on another facet you're interested in.

Forgetting everything you know about MMOs really helps clear your head and helps you take in the information a little better. As compared to trying to relate anything you learn here to another MMO, because EVE isn't like any other MMO.

The learning clif image never gets old!

The learning cliff is a LOT better than it used to be. Players keep comming out and creating offline content, DEVs keep improving the tutorial and interface, tiericide, etc, removing arbitrary differences. Eve UNI and and other corps are dedicated to helping newbies get the game. The help channel is always open and busy. Although there are a few people that are in help because they want to ridicule newbies :(

The main thing to watch out for is timeliness of any information you get. In EVE the game is constantly changing, so what was true a few years ago is often no longer true. So if an information page is undated, verify it somewhere else, if it is dated more than a year ago or mentions a specific expansion that is not current, check it again.

Help is usually better than local for asking for advice. In Help if someone gives you bad or outdated advice, someone else will usually speak up. Not so in local. Players might be snickering when the local helpful dude advises you to use alt-f4 to improve your warp speed.

lolwat

Weirdest "How I got into EVE" reason, ever.

One of my guildmates in WoW was talking about it on ventrilo. It sounded amazing, so the next day me and 3 other guildies made trial accounts and joined our friend on eve to try it out. He had played for a couple months so he was able to show us all the basics. Mining (before mining ships), basic combat, hunting people down with the directional scan. It was oh so frustrating those first few months. Especially when I tried to engage in pvp or do mission running in low sec (back when there were no level 4's in high sec) But through many friendly players, and even more ship losses I slowly learned the ropes and a few tricks to better my chances.

Haven't touched WoW in years, and I'm the only one left of the group of WoW guildies that came along with me, but I still love it.

I read a lot about eve before and after i started the game. Sometimes it became so overwhelming but that is what i like about this game. l like learning and a game must be so detailed for me to play. If it is something like a tetris like just put something upon another or like those others tons of mmos killing meaninglessly creatures over and over, i dont have fun. Lots of people will tell you the same about this game that sometimes reading about eve is more fun than playing eve. And i started playing eve because of X3 games since they were the games i liked most back at the time. I searched an online version for them and i came across with an even better one Eve Online.

Ps i really liked that learning curve image :)

I came to eve in 2010, after leaving FFXI (played it for 6 years or so). I had left FFXI for FFXIV but quickly realized it was garbage. I didn't want to return ti FFXI so I gave EVE a try and fell in love with it within minutes. I been here ever since, with multiple chars. I love the ruthlessness of EVE, and will only leave when the servers shutdown.

I try out nearly every MMO and back in 2009 myself and a friend who played SecondLife were chatting about EVE and decided to try it. I was hooked right away but during the first go-around I couldn't settle on one or two things and eventually left in frustration. I came back earlier this year and have a better appreciation of focusing on one thing at a time (per toon) and the importance of developing skills.

I'm also not concerned about getting killed this time and have a PvP toon so I can do some of the killing too. It's a nice balance that will keep me in here for a long time.

Cliffs -- focus on one thing at a time until you get comfortable (like everyone else ITT says).