EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi,
I am new player in EVE. My account is still trial, so far I like the game after these 2-3 days, but I am not sure yet if I will subscribe.

Corporations don't accept trial account and I understand that. I was told that if I join the right corporation (whatever that is :) ), it will be helpful and it would take the game to another dimension, but I'm still trial.. so that will have to wait for now.
What is there for me to do in order to really get an idea of the game, considering my trial restriction? So far I finished the career agent missions, all five of them, I have just a little under 5mil ISK and a few ships.. but now what? :)

When it comes to MMO's I am more of a PVE player, I like to explore all corners of the game maps and complete even the most difficult missions.

I know there are other missions in EVE. but how can I find them? My missions for the career agents took me sometimes to other systems and there I met other agents with other missions available for me, but I ignored them. Do I now just go randomly through systems and search every station for agents and missions?

Thank you very much for reading this,
/Pedro

Especially about missions there is a separate area in this Forum at Eve Gameplay Center.

Here is a link to the EvELopia which explain a lot about the missions:
Missions Overview Site

Here is a big Flow-Chart, what you can do in EvE (career):
What to do in EvE Online

All good suggestions above. Here is one thing you can do to know the game. See the sights in rookie ships(Free). Look at the map and pick an interesting place. You might just make it. Go to low-sec. Go to null sec. Get blown up. Get pod killed. Get new clone & rookie ship(Free). Repeat. There is no fear. Best to experience this part of EVE sooner then later.

I love fearless new players.

Welcome to EVE.

There are plenty of corporations out there that do take in trial accounts. As Cara linked, use NightCrawler's guide to find the corp for you.


As for now what:

1. Go to Arnon and start the Sisters of EVE Epic Arc missions. They are still part of the 'tutorial' and also gives you a little bit of experience in the UI and a good amount of ISK.

2. After that, the world is open for you to conquer and you can do what ever you want in the sandbox.



You can be a pure PvE player. There are plenty of PvE things to do, just keep 1 simple fact in mind. EVE is a PvP game, and no matter where you are in space, people CAN shoot you. This doesn't mean it's all a slaughter fest and you can't fly around in safety, but don't expect that there will be a "no PvP" zone in EVE.

As for other missions:

In NPC controlled systems, there are NPC stations. Most of those stations have mission agents. You can pick any station and run missions from them. You don't have HAVE to move from agent to agent if you don't want it.

Basically, there are 5 level of agents (level 1 being the easiest and where you start, up to level 5 which is the hardest. Level 5 is also always in low-sec, where as level 1 - 4 are in high-sec).

And each agent just pulls missions out of a mission pool available for that agent.

Confirming that you should do stupid things in rookie ships. Shoot someone in highsec (make sure you have nothing in your cargo and no modules you want to keep fitted, and don't undock in the next 15 minutes in any ship you want to keep). Fly into low and null. Etc. Also, visit a trade hub and ask yourself 'How does THIS scam work?' every time someone talks in local.

As for PVE - there's a limited amount of PVE content, and you will get sick of it. Personally I run it only as a means to an ends (mostly to increase my security status which I 'spend' like a currency to cause mayhem).

EVE really is about player interactions. Sometimes that's spaceship combat, sometimes it's market undercutting, sometimes it's corporate infiltration and massive thefts, sometimes it's stealing all the loot from someone else's mission and trying to trashtalk them into shooting you, and sometimes it's competing with other explorers to be the first to hack into a ghost site. Single-player missioning will not give you much of a feel for the game.

Thank you all very much!
After reading this thread and the other one where someone was looking for a Sensei, I applied to Eve University. I'll see how it goes from here.
Thank you again :)

Yeah, like other people mentioned, you can easily try your hand at missioning, ratting, mining. However bear in mind that your will have very poor skills for any of the above. It gets seriously better with more skills. A 5% per level improvement may not sound like much, but the way the game is balanced, that 25% when you have level 5 skills is awesome.

Another thing you could try in a cheap ship is PvP. Bear in mind you will probably die every single time - through lack of skills, lack of combat experience, and lack of knowledge on how to fit ships properly (there are so many combinations it's amazing, but only a few combinations are considered close to "optimal"). Even so, you will notice exactly how quick EvE PVP is.

That's one of the things I love about this game - combat is very realistic in that it's usually "won" in the first couple shots or even before the fight starts, and it's (usually) over in almost the blink of an eye. Just remember if you're a newbie going to low sec try not to take the first shot on a stargate or station because the gate guns will just kill you in one shot. You need to understand a lot of different things to understand EvE PvP but it's worth it.

Basics for PvP is a prop (propulsion) mod - either a microwarp drive or an afterburner. And a "point" (a warp scrambler/disruptor) to prevent the other guy from just warping off. Read your ship description and you will notice every ship in the game gets particular bonuses. So fit your ship accordingly (ie don't put rail guns on a laser boat, etc). Bear in mind that most PvP fits also use modules that amplify damage.

Most importantly welcome to EvE and have fun!

EDIT: Oh and if you're going to PvP always make sure your clone is up to date. You can do this by clicking on the "red cross" medical facility in any station that is equipped with one.

Well, if you use buddy link to start another trial account, you can get up to 10 mio ISK without any obligations. So you will have enough money to get yourself fitted cruiser, when you will be ready for this. Dotlan map of eve have a good list of all agents, that belongs to some NPC corporation. As soon, as you will get high enough standing for this corporation, you can do more interesting security missions. Some of them will show you nice buildings, you hardly find anywhere else in EVE. Like Cafedrals etc...
Just do not start as caldary again - they are dark side.

One thing a lot of rookies miss is that EVE is a sandbox, meaning you are parachuted into the middle of a sandbox with some basic tools (like a pail and a shovel), and the rest is up to you.

This can be incredibly boring for people that don't know how to generate their own content!

As a rookie, it is really a good idea to get involved with people that know how to generate content, or where to find it.

Solution: join a corp with established players (not a corp of only rookies like yourself).

EVE University is a great teaching corp. There are other corps that accept new players too: Brave Newbies, Red Federation & Blue Republic (Red vs. Blue or "RvB") though they not teaching corps you will learn by doing, etc. Do some research (forum search + google search).

Wherever you land, realize that you don't have to stay there if you are not having fun. Remember, everything in EVE that happens to you, good or bad, is your own doing! Welcome to the sandbox!

How to find the corp that is right for you
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4009026#post4009026
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3250735#post3250735

Yes they are. I imagine getting rid of them would be like trying to kill a room full of cockroaches...