EVE New Citizens Q&A

The best advice that I can give is that you are asking all the wrong questions and looking at this game from what I would call a flawed perspective. You sound much like I did after my first 18 hours so I will give you advice as if I were talking to an 18 hour old version of myself.

Eve is not a linear progression MMO. Eve is a sandbox. As such there is no one path nor any best path through the game. Further bigger is not always better and often can very much work against you. If you are still playing this game 10 years from now you will likely still be flying cheaply fit small and medium T! ships on a very regular basis.

Knowledge of the game trumps skill points and equipment every time in this game. So you are going to need to learn the game for multiple reasons. My main point is that this early on having a broad range of experiences to get a flavor for various aspects of the game is important.

In other words don't focus on making isk. Focus instead on having fun and figuring out what you like. You can make isk doing anything in this game so don't ask what can I do to make isk tell us what you enjoy doing and ask us how to make isk doing that.

As far as progressing into bigger ships I am going to recommend that you stick to small and medium hulls for a while and avoid larger hulls for a good long time.

My recommendation to you would be to try out the various career agents and then when you finish them do the SoE epic arc. That will give you some decent isk and get you some experience on introductory aspects to ship piloting.

Also the best ship in Eve is friendship so make friends as you will most likely want to have vets to ask questions of as you go.

I started off making ISK in relic sites and I met someone in Arnon that was interested in any DED sites I come across; and later on I could do the lower rated sites on my own.

What helped me a lot at the beginning, was removing ISK from the equation for some months (ISK from buddy program, plus PLEX). I parked that ISK on a second char located in Jita, whom I use as "banker". I only keep the ISK for daily business in Tipa's wallet and inject cash from the "bank" when needed. This prevents expensive misclicks, but more important it allows me to strictly manage expenses.

In EvE bigger is not automatically better but just a different play style; all play styles and ship sizes/types are equally important and used. Also more expensive equipment "gear" gives diminishing return on ISK, hence beside pure raw performance you need to consider cost effectiveness of your fit in regards to its purpose. If your ship is full of high priced officer or dead space mods, your ship may perform 10% better for 100x the price, and everybody and their mother is hunting you to grab your shiny loot. But even if your ship may be slightly better, winning or losing in EvE is 80% a player skill topic.

But back to your question... I would recommend doing all the career agent missions (F12) and then the Sisters of EvE epic arc in Arnon, this will provide you with learning opportunities, some nice ships and a couple million ISK. Try out everything and find what you like and then think about how to make ISK out of that, ... exploration/scanning is not a bad path.

2 Good ways for nice cash:

1: Lowsec exploration, try to go after the relic sites rather than the data sites.

2: Ninja salvaging! You can make ALOT of money doing this. Best way I do it is with a Magnate frigate with 4 warp core stabilizers, 3 salvagers, a microwarp drive, and a shield extender. I then go out to faction warfare areas in lowsec and loot the wrecks there for lots of isk (Usually about 2 mil/wreck). You learn the mechanics of lowsec well and this ship is dirt cheap if you lose it. Just mind you, if you loot a yellow wreck, you gain a suspect timer for 15 minutes where people can freely shoot you (I mean, your in lowsec, people try to kill you anyways :P mainly a worry if you go back to highsec with a timer). Tama is a good system as it is a combat hotspot. You can then use your salvagers to salvage T2 wrecks (Shows up as 'Elite wrecks') for t2 salvage which can be worth a bit (You never get suspect timers from salvaging)

If you have any other questions, feel free to mail me!

This one I would recommend if you are just going after Data and Relic sites, however there is room there to fit a salvager and carry salvage drones if you come across anything worth salvaging. If you're having difficulty hacking the sites but scanning them down isn't an issue, you can swap out one or both of the Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I's for Emission Scope Sharpener I's (for Relic / Archaeology sites) or Small Memetic Algorithm Bank I's (Data / Hacking sites).

The whole point of these cheap ships is disposability. By the time you've run one or two lowsec Relic Sites you'll be able to buy a few more and so on - so losing a few won't be so much of an issue. Also make sure you dock regularly and dump loot. You can easily find yourself carrying around 100s of millions of isk before you know it. Don't just limit yourself to lowsec though, wormhole space is infinitely more profitable and you can dip in and out from hisec at will.

If you're going after one particular type of site you can always fit cargo scanner instead of one of the hacking modules to allow you to see what's inside the cans (whether it's worth hacking) before you start.

[Magnate, noob explo]

Warp Core Stabilizer I
Warp Core Stabilizer I
Warp Core Stabilizer I
Warp Core Stabilizer I

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Data Analyzer I
Relic Analyzer I

Prototype Cloaking Device I
Core Probe Launcher I
Salvager I

Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I
Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I
[Empty Rig slot]

Salvage Drone I x5
Salvage Drone I x3

Why a Magnate? Four low slots allows four Warp Core Stabilizers. Most if the time you'll be hunted by rocket bombers and Asteros, the latter of which will usually carry 2 T2 Warp Scramblers to catch people. I hunt explorers as a hobby and to be honest if I see a Magnate I usually don't bother trying any more :)

I'd suggest using an alt if you want to scam. It does get you placed on many ignore lists.

I'm about 2 weeks old into this and I realised I am doing things I like instead of worrying about the ISK I'm making.

I started out doing lvl1 and lvl 2 security missions as some Corp members recommended it is important to get my pilot standings up. . I like pew pew so I didn't complain.. in midst of breaks I leave my venture at asteroid belts for 3 or 4 hauls for another 4million and continue... then I realised I shouldn't let the wrecks I made go to waste so I started salvaging...

Now..I'm roaming wormholes in high sec that could easily land me to a 100mil ISK hauls... but I still rotate the things I do... too much of something gets you bored...

So... I think I'd just play the game however I like. Of course I aim to reach a billion ISK in cash (not inclusive of assets ) by month end..but that's just a target to keep myself motivated.

Hit me up in game if you wanna do anything together...! Always looking for new ships. Friendships.

Scamming in newb systems is a big no-no anyway.

Buy PLEX for real money and sell it in game for around 1.2 billion. For very new player it is in my opinion best way. It will give you capital to try out a lot of things in EVE and find your own way to earn ingame currency. The way you like it. Good luck.

Look at one of the newbie friendly corps sponsored by the major power blocs like KarmaFleet and Pandemic Hoard.

They have free skillbook programs and a solid Ship Replacement Policy along with newbie 'ISK Showers' and plenty of space to set yourself up in for future riches.

Essentially, on your first big fleet you out yourself as a complete newbro and everyone in fleet sends you ISK.