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So frustrated by such an early mission.
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Grakulus Silmaril
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2011-12-27 01:28:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Grakulus Silmaril
Hi,
I have just spent a fruitless couple of hours trying to do a simple tutorial and am just about ready to give up on it. The mission is Gravimetric Site Scanning. I am told to do a scan with core scanning probes to find a Proof of Discovery : Gravimetric.

I have found four anomaly sites and got the capsules there but they are all teh same : Proof of Discovery Anomilies. I was given a passkey which the agent told me would grant me access to the next room "wherever that is - no clues again). Whenever I pick up a Proof of Discovery Anomaly it tells me to return to the agent, however when I do so the quest can't be completed because I dont have Proof of Discovery : Gravimetric I have no more probes, no clues as to where else to go and I've just spent a fruitless evening trying to work out a simple tutorial mission. Is EVE always going to be like this? Any tips would be appreciated.

I'd quit the mission but when I do the agent tells me I'll never get another mission out of him. The game seems to conspire to frustrate at every turn.
Divinity Reach
Doomheim
#2 - 2011-12-27 02:05:55 UTC
Grakulus, welcome.

Regarding your issues, if you right-click on your active probes or click the white "Recover Active Probes" button in the scanner interface, you can re-use your probes. Remember, they need to be loaded into your core probe launcher module like other forms of ammunition; when you recover them, they will be placed in your cargo hold.

If I remember correctly, there are a number of training anomalies and signatures that you will have to access throughout your Exploration tutorial series. Anomalies are combat-related areas whereas signatures are various sites, including gravimetric sites; your tutorials will take you to each of these sites. You need to look for a site that is marked as being gravimetric. It will be one of the other three training areas. If you neglected to recover your probes, you can purchase them on the market. They are roughly 8,000 ISK, so you will be able to afford them regardless of your status in the various tutorial series.

While the New Player Experience was overhauled a few years ago, EVE remains a highly complicated game with an infamous learning curve. It will require patience, and it will require some personal networking on your part. The forums are a good resource for information and troubleshooting, but the Rookie and Corp channels are invaluable resources; you will be able to find support and insight from the helpful players in those channels. With numerous mission-related questions or issues, you can search for resources related to them. The Exploration mission series is, if I remember correctly, covered on EVElopedia, and many combat-related missions can be researched at sites such as eve-survival.

I hope that address your questions and concerns. Feel free to contact me in-game, and I would be happy to problem-solve with you. I remember having trouble with the Exploration tutorial series, myself, so I can empathize with your frustration.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#3 - 2011-12-27 07:05:05 UTC
Try this

The Drake is a Lie
Ettu Brute II
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2011-12-27 08:37:27 UTC
Or this.
malaire
#5 - 2011-12-27 09:31:01 UTC  |  Edited by: malaire
The mission where you just need to find cosmic anomaly using onboard scanner is completely different from following missions where you need to use probe launcher and probes to find other kind of places.

So first make sure you are actually using probes and not just onboard scanner. Also sites are often located near celestial objects (planets, moons, ...) so start scanning near one of the planets and if you don't find anything move your probe(s) to next planet and try again.

Exploration Career Agent missions can be hardest of them all if you don't "get it". Check the tutorial video linked earlier in this thread for some advice.

New to EVE? Don't forget to read: The Manual * The Wiki * The Career Options * and everything else
Grakulus Silmaril
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2011-12-27 10:35:21 UTC
Thank you for the help folks. I do appreciate it. I was pretty frustrated last night as the whole new-player experience has become so disappointing for me. I would really really like to enjoy the game but EVE seems to conspire at every turn to ensure that I don't get comfy.

I managed to crack the mission late last night. Thanks for the links. I managed to clumsily set ranges on my probes, re-scan etc for about half an hour until I got a signature at 100%. It felt like a struggle, not a game, and it was not explained at all within the game tutorial itself. Even basics of managing my character and her equipment seem impenetrable. I'm left unsure what equipment is on board, or left behind, or available. I havn't found a vendor yet either. Do they even exist?

A couple of days into a new MMORPG and I have seen no new view, interacted with no player and fought no combat that was more involved than target then click fire at a dot in the distance. I'm so disappointed. I want to enjoy it as I'd love to have a big space game in my life again but at the moment it just seems like hard work.

Rant over - thanks for your patience and help by the way.
malaire
#7 - 2011-12-27 11:01:05 UTC  |  Edited by: malaire
Grakulus Silmaril wrote:
I havn't found a vendor yet either. Do they even exist?

Most items in EVE are not sold by NPC vendors but by other players. Check Market button on left and browse different items to see where those items are currently being sold.

Also many many things about EVE are not explained within game, which is why you really need to use other sources to learn, like EVElopedia. (There is good reason why game includes web browser. Big smile)

Grakulus Silmaril wrote:
A couple of days into a new MMORPG and I have seen no new view, interacted with no player and fought no combat that was more involved than target then click fire at a dot in the distance. I'm so disappointed. I want to enjoy it as I'd love to have a big space game in my life again but at the moment it just seems like hard work.


Learning EVE does take some work. EVE is just so vast. For example ISK the guide, a free PDF which explains many things about EVE is over 400 pages long. And youtube tutorial How to Survive EVE Online which only covers new player tutorials is over 7 hours long. (Followup tutorials are 8 hours total.)

Not to forget the famous EVE learning curve. Roll

New to EVE? Don't forget to read: The Manual * The Wiki * The Career Options * and everything else
Fracture Antollare
TEMPCO CORP
#8 - 2011-12-29 22:56:47 UTC
Grakulus Silmaril wrote:
Hi,
I have just spent a fruitless couple of hours trying to do a simple tutorial and am just about ready to give up on it. The mission is Gravimetric Site Scanning. I am told to do a scan with core scanning probes to find a Proof of Discovery : Gravimetric.


I want to commiserate with you - while doing this on my first toon, it took me the better part of half an hour to figure out. Now, having come back to it with my first alt, I was able to scan and bookmark all 4 of the sites in under 5 minutes. Watching the tutorials that people have put up on Youtube are invaluable.

Personally I think that CCP could add some sort of animation feature using the ingame browser and illustrate parts of the new player experience better than the popup hints can.