EVE New Citizens Q&A

I hope this gets advertised well. As a new player, I did not know there were such things as Dev blogs for a couple of months.

I have to agree with this. It was certainly more than a year after joining that I started using the forums (the version prior to this) and a significant number of people I encounter don't know forums or dev blogs exist. They certainly don't have a shortcut to dev posts like a lot of us on here frequently do.

I think the most powerful choice would be to add a "faked" mailing list that flashes the neocom like a mail, and shows up in the mailing lists tab, but is just a glorified RSS.

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Great article Falcon!


And if all else fails... pray. Undock in faith that thee shall find thy way.

Can I suggest linking in one of the PI guides in the official newb resources?

I'm partial to Sun-Tzu Rollard's guide, although there might be a little bias there (I paid him to write it, because I wanted robotics supply to increase). IMO it is still an excellent guide.

What should be done to attract new players to the game and have not left the old players! You've got to remember what happened good for the past 8 years that I play - 6 years ago, came the epic and grandiose updates with wormholes, came t3 ships, planetary production, and what's next for the past 4-5 - years? Then do not go anything epic, there are a few new ships, modules and everything! Where are the people who stood at the origins of EVE where these cosmic poets, whose perverted mind (in a good sense of the term) could come up with that! Where did they go? I still wonder how it was clearly worked out and balanced and as diverse! But back to the facts - nothing good epic and interesting does not go over the past few years! Line drops gradually at best standing still! CCP are carrying out attempts to remake all the old, well-balanced, under the guise of a new, and if it happens, a lot of old players will leave the game! But the old players in the ground and attract new pilots in EVE! To avoid this, it is necessary to enter the ССP itself rule - do not destroy the old and new complement the game (insert your brains, not alter, the fact that someone came up with for a long time and came up with very good)! It will not fall online and attract new players! Lists several steps that should make the management of EVAs in my opinion:
1) so, do not break and do not kill all the old, in order to save what is - players online! Simply add the game new and interesting!
2) an introductory training for new players, should be in the style of exciting missions, for example - the pilot, need your help to fight off the attack in such an NPC that system .. or a pilot, your help is needed in the extraction of ore in such the system, and so on .. - including the course of action that much press as warp, customized overview (many old players still can not adjust themselves overview)) and so on! It is necessary to attend the NPC character animation that explains it all voice and arrows showing where that clicking!
3) I remember the days when the Titans were a mighty Doomsday, when after the shock of two titans, survived only 20-30% of the capsules from the fleet! Maybe it's time to get it back in the game + that is now being developed for the new titans? Let the guys would get their rusty Titans and entertained?) But to the fun was not permanent, so you can activate the Doomsday is only 1-2 times a week! Price of fun too high - titan costs more than 120 billion of isk, and the smart naval commander will always be able to catch him!
4) make a new great Star's death, more than Titan many times, for example as a film in the Star Wars
5) skillsinjektor - dangerous thing, can lead to imbalance of the game - it is better to do that the player can pour 1-2 million per month skills, otherwise everyone will soon fly on Titan)
6) it is time to start developing stations interiors, as in the old game Freelancer or new Starscitizen! Place there are shops where you can buy clothes, to modify weapons and so on! Place where bars where you can buy drugs, boosters, taking occasional jobs, just thump with friends) and so on! Add a casino there - let the players will play there cards with each other or against the CCP) or put on the roulette table)! Also, there could be bet on the pilots participating in any competition or on ships 1 vs 1 or without the ships!
7) the ship for the pilot - house! Drawing cabins, interior compartments of the ships themselves, the game in the first person - it is high time it was done! And in the ship's cabin can be placed, something like video conferencing, screen news, a detailed map, and in the engine compartment of the motor to adjust the additional possibility of manually - in Starscitizen go in this direction!
8) It is high time to put into the game Galactic competition by region, and the winners of each other, in order to determine the best player and the best group of players, with the live broadcast of this!
9) DUST transferred to EVA!
10) the ability to land on the planet and driving on the planets, robots (assistants, guards, scouts, spies), missions on the planets - Starscitizen already doing it! Why not make a cosmic planetary Battlefield? Or should we wait when it will make someone else, and then catch up?)
While this is all my idea, the article will be edited with the availability of new ideas!
PS sorry - google translate make translate! original post - https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6408195#post6408195

Ran out of space in previous post. But I covered major points where I consider EvE to be a pain in the...

So I also want to explain where I manage to find majority of the information right now.
For me this should highlight the scale of the problem EvE has, with being accepting towards new players.
It's not about cold-harsh universe where you can be blasted at any given second. No. This part is the most awesome thing about whole game.
It's about not having to go through same frustration you'd get with Zork. Or majority of MUDs through putty client.

At the moment, by far, the most reliable sources of information/knowledge are:
1. Other players. Although trust issues arise here naturally. Good to have friends. Consider some people start the game solo and Rookie Help is frequently overflowing with messages.
2. As much as I hate to admit, reddit.
3. 4chan EvE general threads
4. Wingspan videos and Feyd blog with his kill-it-forward program (nowhere else can you find such decent description of how security system actually works and how to exploit combat mechanics to your advantage and not be afraid to engage fat targets if you are prepared. Should also be mandatory for each carebear in terms of "How to stay safe")
5. random google stuff
6. EveUni webpage
7. Ingame item information tab although some of them fail completely at explaining what given item does. Take ECM drones as example. Light ECM Drone. that's it. Looking at it's attributes you also cannot conclude what the hell it does. Shame on you CCP for releasing something like this into the game :<

Now look at this list and see how much of information a newbro can get from in-game. Past most core concepts, almost none.
And by far, the worst thing that's missing from in-game, is... WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO IN THE DAMNED GAME!
Long time ago I stumbled upon this image http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/eve-wtd.jpg
And it at least shows you a map of things you could do. Based on that newbros can investigate further concepts that appeal to them. Something like this should be in game. Really.