EVE New Citizens Q&A

That person is a misogynist arse-hole, ignore people like that; Eve is for those that can survive here, regardless of their gender.

Shah Fluffer's jazzy voice thing is an injoke, people who play other games often regard Eve players as a little weird, we often play up to that image for giggles.

PvP is competing with other players, the most common form of it is shooting other people in the face. there are plenty of other forms, some of which are classed as PvE by others. PvE is technically you vs the environment, running missions against NPCs, mining etc; most of it is designed to encourage or fund PvP, and PvP will often find you while you're doing it.

New Citizens Q&A is the place to ask any questions that you may have, in here we won't troll you unless you deserve it and a lot of the people who post answers have years of ingame experience to share with you.

WGOE is an ingame chat channel, there's a fair few ladies that play Eve and as somewhat of a minority they tend to stick together.


It was my first MMO , still here nearly 7 years later.

It was also my first MMO and four years down the line it's still my only MMO.

My only previous gaming experiences were Elite (original Commodore 64 version), Homeworld 1, Homeworld 2 and several Homeworld-based mods.

Do girls rob, steal and plunder? Do they plot schemes and betrayal? Do they stomp their enemies into the ground while cutting a throat to deal with competition?

If you can answer any of those questions with: "*beep*, yes!", this might be a girls game.

Welcome to New Eden!

EvE was my first MMO style game too, and the only one I play till today. EvE has some unique value propositions you will not find elsewhere, like one single persistent universe where all players of the world and all play styles co-exist, depend on each other and interact. Also it's a sandbox with a lot of tools but very few (artificial) rules, there is no out-of-game matchmaking, but a well balanced ship collection and environmental obstacles acting as conflict drivers.

Goodevening Tiffany.

Welcome to EVE. If you enjoy this game, say goodbye to your social life .

Now, as for helping you, just ask away. The New Player Q&A is there for that sole reason, for new players like you (and others) to ask their questions and get them answered by us.

We are mainly a bunch of friendly people who like to help and assist new players with all their questions. But keep in mind, we ARE EVE players, so if you come across us in game, be on your guard. We won't hesitate to shoot you if you make yourself a target in any way. We only play nice (well, usually) on the forums.

As for some golden tips / rules in EVE:


1. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose. This includes: Ships, modules, cargo and implants.
2. If it sounds too good to be true, it generally is. Scamming, theft, etc. are all perfectly legal in EVE.
3. When in doubt, right click it.
4. Make friends (and enemies) with people. Be social, talk to people, talk to local, get involved with groups/communities.
5. Take everything people tell you with a bucket of salt. Even us here on the forums (it's always good to cross check replies and/or wait for others to reply too).
6. Take your time.
7. ENJOY the game.
8. Take a look at the sticky posts here on the NCQA forum, there are some very very helpful guides linked in them. And I love shah's thread on how us veterans started in EVE.
9. NEVER, EVER let someone else tell you how to play this game. It's your subscription, it's your free time, use it as you see fit. There is NO way to play EVE in a wrong way.
10. If it sounds interesting, try it out. It doesn't take max skills to try something, that last level 5 of a skill only helps slightly in most cases. Trainign up to level 3 or 4 is usually more then enough to try something out decently and see if you like it. Unlike most games, EVE doesn't have classes in the way that you are stuck with it. The ship you use defines your class.
11. Ships in EVE are tools, as are the modules fitted. There is no real "Jack of all trades" ships. Pick a ship, utilize it's strengths and use it for 1 thing. Don't try to build a swiss army knife when you can have a whole toolbox with dedicated tools.
12. Don't dual tank (Shield OR armor, not both) and don't dual gun (1 type of gun, and then all of the same).
13. EVE in it's core is a PvP game (PvP = Player vs Player), thus NO place in space is safe. High-sec (1.0 - 0.5) is slightly safer then low-sec (0.1 - 0.4) and null-sec (-1.0 - 0.0). Nothing stops anybody from shooting you anywhere. Why, well "Just cause I can" is reason enough in EVE. Only in high-sec there is your EVE-Police called CONCORD, they will punish but they won't protect (like the real police too)


7 is one of the most important ones.
And of course: Ask questions.


Ask them here, ask them in game (plenty of the regulars you will see here won't mind if you EVEmail them or start a conversation with them).




And if you ever want to get into contact with your fellow female gamers, as linked above by me. Read the link and join their public chat and ask for moderators to help you get in the real channel.

Teamspeak is not a phone app. It's a program you install on your PC (though there is a smartphone app too for it).



In EVE, there is no good and bad. Each player is given a sandbox (EVE) and tools (your imagination), now go out and play.
Some people will hate other people (Grrr Goons, Grrr CODE., Grrr Russians, Grrr [insert name of player / corp / alliance / community] ) while others like them and the other way around.

It depends who you fly with, what you like to do etc. on who you will class as a "bad guy" and a "good guy".

LIke yours truely

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Ooh, the first time I spoke on comms (voice chat - Teamspeak/Ventrillo/Mumble).
You should have heard the reactions from the group there, my voice does NOT compute with the avatar in EVE

Azda, you are a scammer

I didn't mean to give away my address? I was told not to give away my address? How do I take it down?

By not my choice I meant a friend of mine basically made me try it after she reminded me I promised I would. There is a running joke that I am not good with social situations. Someone had the bright idea of making me try an online video game because I am also not technical. My guess is this is the hardest game they could think of with the most social stuff involved?

probably. lol.

Ok, to edit a post, you can go back to it, on page one, there is an "Edit" button next to the quote. Click that, then backspace through whatever you don't want to say.

As a forum courtesy, it is nice to put an "edit note" at the bottom, especially after you have already been replied to. This helps new readers who might be confused when followup posts refer to something that you said, that they didn't see in your post. This is why, usually you don't want to edit a post someone replied to. Also, editing your post doesn't edit the reply quote in someone else's post.


Example edit note:
edit - grammar and math fixes.

Anything you say online stays there forever. So someone can shift through your lifetime of posts and usually build a pretty accurate profile. Of course linking character names, and forum nicknames shouldn't be possible. But I was rudely surprised by someone I knew and hadn't spoken to in 20 years when he tracked me down to a public forum. One which I never used my name or private info.