EVE New Citizens Q&A

Relativity dumb question I know but I can't seem to find the answers to some of the more specific questions I have. I tried googling everything but still am left clueless. Should I just ask a **** tone of questions in the help channel and the forums? (Not spamming of course). Should I dig deeper when looking things up?

An example of a question is How do I pick an agent for security missions? I know how to use the agent finder and I know how the general mechanics work of standings. But when I pick one, what type of system? what corporation? what security status? are they a good agent? do they pay you more/less than other agents of the same level?

Another example would be how do I not get killed performing various tasks in low? Or how do I pick a system to live in?

Stuff like that. Details.

Please help my primitive way of learning. :(

Search for loyalty point store on Google, pick an item there that gives you good isk per point and then mission for them in the lowest security system you dare to

Going into a bit more detail as I was on my phone earlier:

Go into the market ingame and look up all the faction modules and see which ones are selling for a lot (republic fleet 10mn afterburner and federation navy magnetic field stabilizer for example)

Then go to this website http://www.ellatha.com/eve/LP_Stores.asp

find which corp supplies the item (always best to find the corp that sells the blueprint rather than the item as you will profit more this way)

Then use the agent finder to find the agent with that corp in a location convenient to you, the lower security system the higher the rewards.


The above guide is tailored towards getting the maximum profit for missioning, if you're missioning for other reasons (such as standing increases) please tell us and we can direct you to how you can achieve that as well.

Tips on low sec:

Learnhow to dscan,combat probe, make safespots get your pod out and keep it cheap for the first while

This.

If you're trying to PVE in lowsec, safespots will help keep you alive tremendously. Dscan is kind of tricky, "defensive" d-scan is fairly easy. Just use the wide angle max range scan every once in a while, and keep an eye out for other people's combat probes, especially if you're in a safespot. If you see combats, jump around your safespots repeatedly to shake em off, leave system, or dock up. Or fight them .

You may or may not have come across it already, but here is a good write up on living in lowsec with more detailed information.

He has a more detailed guide on D-Scanning in the article index as well. The whole blog is worth a read honestly, though it's very PvP focused. Then again, eve if you don't plan on fighting, knowing how PvPers function and think will help keep you alive (mostly).


Also, I think I understand what you mean by having difficulty learning. There are certain basic questions and concepts that are easy to google fu, but sometimes you have more specific, niche questions that are better answered in conversation with a veteran. Especially in EVE. That's why the recommendation of "find a GOOD corp" is thrown around a lot. It makes learning far simpler.

Also, some questions like "what makes a good system to live in?" are going to depend entirely on your goals, even then opinions will vary.

Don't get discouraged, even vets don't know everything, it's just that kind of game. Few months back i was getting fitting advice and ended up showing a vet that the Tech II Afterburners were in fact faster than the Meta 4 variant . Good luck and welcome to EVE o7.

It's ok to ask questions here. Make a thread, ask as many questions as you have.

It's also ok to learn by doing it the "wrong" way. Go to lowsec, get killed, for example, see how it's done. Ask those who killed you for pointers how to avoid that in the future, via in-game mail. Or how they're doing it; how they found you, etc. Some of them may not reply, but a lot of them like to be helpful and will point out the finer points of PVP. Getting killed is part of the game, it's a game mechanic that they'll happily explain.

You can also google for "eve online guide about xxx", there are plenty of guides. You can read the EVE University guides, or watch the recorded video or audio of their classes. You can read the stickied post about newbie resources at the top of this forum, and click on those links for more guides.

Introduction to the Directional Scanner: http://youtu.be/WydGHvTH7NA
Core Skills: Combat Probing After Odyssey Tutorial: http://youtu.be/e5LCDbNfoo0
making a safe spot : http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sx2CFWb4kSE/Uys7aCasY9I/AAAAAAAABtQ/DS_H8JKubTk/s1600/safe+spot.png
Getting your pod out : http://evedarklord.blogspot.ie/2014/06/getting-your-pod-out.html?view=sidebar

and importantly ,

un f***ing your overview : http://evedarklord.blogspot.ie/2014/05/

Google should always be your first go to: Type "Eve Online" followed by your questions (+ 2014 to get current info). There is a ton of information available on almost every topic.

The forum search is lacking since you cannot search by title only so try this: Google "site:https://forums.eveonline.com" followed by your question keywords.

Eve University is an excellent and trustworthy resource of up to date information.

There are also video tutorials on many topics if you prefer learning that way.

Feel free to post questions, but people will be more helpful if they feel like you've put some effort into finding the answers.

You learn by doing. For example I could tell you all day long why putting your hand in a vat of boiling grease is a bad idea but you won't learn anything. Now if you were to just put that hand in the vat of boiling grease you will learn that it hurts and you probably won't do that again.

Well, it does also depends on the reason you want to run the missions.

If for ISK: The lower the security rating of the system the better they pay (a Level 4 Security agent in a 1.0 is worse then one in 0.5 - but not that much). But also look at the LP store items and their value, this gives you an idea how profitable you can cash in your LP.

If for standing: Well, pick the corp you need standings with (low trade taxes for instance for Caldari Navy >> Cheaper shopping in Jita). Or, god forbid, for a Jump Clone, pick a corp with high level agent AND stations with med-bays.

If for fun: Pick any