EVE New Citizens Q&A

Well congratulations and welcome! Just remember, not matter what, having fun should be your number 1 priority! I hope you stick around!

Oh, I know it's going to happen now & again...and probably a fairly common occurrence. I don't mind a bit, hell it can be fun now and again if running with the right group of people (ie: having fun, not necessarily having to win every time). I've never been able to get into FPS games where it's nothing but PVP. I tend to bore of them pretty quickly...and get annoyed/frustrated when you get put in a match against spawn campers and there is nothing else in the game to do. There appears to be quite a lot to this game beyond just the ship vs ship battles, which is what I find intriguing. If you run into a spawn camper, you can go and do something else for a while.

I'm coming from Guild Wars 2 as my primary MMO experience (been playing that pretty much since launch), where I tend to bounce around between both the PvP & PvE aspects of the game. Having options to work on/towards depending on what kind of mood I'm in is nice and can likely keep me around for a while. And before you say it...yes I'm aware this isn't GW2.

Remember that if you're unable to defend yourself or your assets you can always pay those of us who can to do it for you *cough*.

Welcome aboard.

EVE is what you make of it and the relationships you'll form. Fly well, and have fun!

Azda Ja's post was right on the money. If you understand that Eve is nothing like all those other MMOs and come to it with an open mind you'll probably like it. If you try to play Eve as if it were those other MMO's you'll have a rough time with Eve. I'm willing to be that Eve has a much higher retention rate with people who have played few or no other MMOs than those that have played many or most others.

I also can't play FPS games and am not a fan of PvP. I'm been playing Eve on and off but mostly on since 2009. While I admit I don't know any other players as averse to PvP as myself I've met others that don't care for it all that much or are indifferent to it. So while we may be the minority here you can play this game and have fun as a non-PvP type.

I actually think this game has a lot for the non-competitive types. The stuff that you build in this game is actually needed and gets used. There are also plenty of activites for cooperative group efforts in this game.

Just keep in mind that the vast majority of the conent in this game is player created. If you are looking for some awesome solo PvE game with lots of solo PvE content and some challenging well balanced, structured group PvE then Eve is not the game for you.

My playstyle is very different than yours but feel free to drop me an in game mail if you have any questions, even if it's a while down the road.

I have an science/industry alt and one thing I can share is how very passive and click-intensive it is.

Once you have the necessary skills and materials, you just click and set the invention queue, click and set the manufacturing queue, then log in again later when both are finished to sell your products at the market and start the process all over again.

I'd advise having another career that you can do alongside it as your main form of activity when actually logged in like mining, mission running, exploring or pvp.

Maybe even station or region trading, since part of making a profit in invention/manufacturing is doing lots and lots of market research. Might as well benefit from all the legwork you'll need to do.

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