EVE New Citizens Q&A

Plenty of new player groups ready to help out a new pilot (plug: including one I run myself, drop me a line for more info if interested), but ultimately being a sandbox, it is entirely up to you where you want to go in this game.

I have a few tips I recommend to new players looking to get into the game:

1) Forget 99% of what you've learned in other MMOs.

2) Complete the tutorial, thoroughly. Don't skim through it like other MMOs, or else you're making it 100x harder to get over the learning curve.

3) When tutorial missions complete, don't ask yourself "What am I supposed to do now?". Instead, ask "What do I want to do now?" Asking yourself this question can make a MAJOR difference in how you approach the game for the future.

4) When you answer #3, research a bit into what you decided to do and go after it.

5) Look at joining a corporation. There are tons of corporations that will help new players, and finding people that have the same interests in you in the game can also make a world of difference. Filter by career paths, play times, areas of occupation, etc to find what works best for you.

6) Don't let other bring you down. A lost ship to a suicide gank, or because you made a wrong turn into low sec when you weren't ready isn't a total loss. Majority of Eve players are friendly and helpful. If you get ganked, ask the guy that blew your ship up how he found you, how you could've escaped, etc. Learn from mistakes.

7) Don't ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER undock what you can't afford to lose.

hahaha honestly i was like "this sounds cool" not even realizing what it had meant. i was planning of leaving that as soon as i got on tonight.

From what i've seen i need to join some kind of player corp probably suited for newer players like me like Tyrendian had suggested.

No worry, loss is part of EvE, ships are disposables ... keep it cheap, watch your wallet, don't go all-in and you'll be fine and mistakes (which are a necessity to learn) don't hurt.

Welcome to EvE, be curious, be brave, be open minded.

One common early goal is to get money. It's always necessary one way or another, so at some point it will need to be integrated into your plan and patterns. Maybe now, maybe not yet. But when you do, here's some basic orientation tips:

You can either get money from players(such as via trade), or by extracting it from the game itself(mission rewards, loyalty points, bounties). It's easy to focus on the latter at the expense of the former when you're new, but keep both in mind.

As an example, you've blown up some NPC pirates, and picked up a bit of anonymous-looking loot from it. Side note: If you don't know what it is, you don't need it. Better to get ISK out of it. Moving on...

You could try shipping that loot to a nearby trade hub - in the systems of Amarr, Jita, or Rens for example. These are stations where players congregate to sell bulk product to one-another.

You will see that when you go to sell the stuff in your hold, you have two basic options: Sell now to a pre-existing player buy-order, or post it up for sale as a sell-order. Player buyers are looking to get items cheaper than if he bought it from a player who's got their item listed right now, so you consider taking the more profitable route. Create a sell order for each of your items. Note the cheapest price in the current station, and make it slightly cheaper than that. This ensures that the next individual coming by will buy yours, resulting in perhaps 50% more isk gained than if you sold it immediately.

This process isn't always the most time(and therefore money-) efficient, but as a knowledge-gaining exercise, it's time well spent.

The takeaway here is that there's not really any NPC vendors to offload your junk to, who magically turn it to bits of gold like in other games. Rather, you've got only other people to deal with. It's a microcosm of the rest of Eve, in a way. ;)

Personally, once I became comfortable with the market, it's behaviors, and peoples' behaviors, I made all my income via trading on the side while I pursue other interests. I found it far more engaging than shooting at NPCs.

So, yep, just another one of the things to check out as you get your feet wet in Eve. Keep reading about what's out there, and good luck.

Senpai! Senpai notice me!! Teach me your ways!

I want to make use of this product/service!

Don't worry about that too much.
You can get back up to 6 per day in no time if you set your mind to it.

Do the tutorials, theyre a big boost to your knowledge and sill give you some ships. Hit me up game, I'll gladly help you learn

Well uhh, that's my ways. Not really sure what else I could do beyond explaining my routine.

If you wanna make use of our service then drop me or Savi a line like anyone can!

Though you ain't no new pilot ... so I dunno what you want but no kinky business, okay?