EVE New Citizens Q&A

So I played for EVE for the first time about 9 months ago. I played a lot for about three months. I got really into mining and even started a second account to play around with. Eventually I realized mining wasn't as exciting as I had originally thought and got distracted by other games.

I've continued reading and thinking about the EVE universe and just decided to re activate one of my accounts. I've always been intrigued by the sand box nature of the game but at the same time it is so overwhelming I don't know where to start.

Now I'm trying to decide, do I start a brand new character or continue with my mining character even though I don't necessarily intend to continue mining? Would I enjoy mining in a corporation more? If you were to start playing EVE for the first time today, where would start? I really appreciate the advice.

Mining with a group is better than solo, but it's still not the most glamorous of professions.

As to trying to figure out what to do in Eve; check this out, pick out something that sounds fun, and go for it.

Judging by the fact that they just nerfed 40-50% of the mineral supply out of existance earlier today, mining might become viable.

Just not for the next couple of weeks, I'm expecting the speculator bubble to burst soon.
But after the chaos i suspect it'll settle on a higher price than when you left.

You buy a ship, put guns on it, and go out looking for rats. For exploring you do the same thing but put a probe launcher on the ship too and probe out each system you go through looking for stuff.

As to what ships to go for, it depends on your current skills. Basic starter exploration ships are typically the Vexor and Arbitrator, or any T1 probing frig if you want to forgo the combat sites. Basic ratting ships are any ships that can deal damage (frigs and up really).

It's weird. People leave their old game because of things they don't like or as they got bored. Then they try to find a new game but are reluctant to try something "new" so effectively they pick the same game as the old one making the same mistake again. And in Case of EVE, which is nothing like other games, they then pick the same boring things to do as what drove them away from the first game :P

Mining has always been crappy income, right now due to a bunch of changes mining is fairly worthwhile but how that will stay after the market and number of miners will stabilise is impossible to know. But that's all really unimportant because MINING IS BORING AS ****! Just because mining makes a tad more isk now doesn't mean it won't bore you out of the game again,

EVE is a sandbox which means that you have options, not limitations. Do what you WANT to do, if you dislike mining don't do it, if you dislike pve grinding don't do it. Put in the effort to move out of your comfort zone and take a "risk" to find something you DO enjoy, whatever it may be. Try stuff, sample stuff, do a week of explorations, have a look at PVP, join an active corp, perhaps check out trading. It's a game, not a job and it's certainly not RL where you have to play it safe. EVE has so much to offer to the players who "dare to be bold" and it's such a boring piece of shite if you stick to the known grinding nonsense.

I mine alone and with friends. I find it intensely relaxing. I would suggest you find a nice Corp of friendly and active people.

IMHO, try everything. Buy some cheap pvp ships and fly out into lowsec. Flip a can. Jump into a wormhole. Find a trade route. Manufacture something. Do an Epic Arc. Talk to people you meet while doing these things. Shooting rocks is something you can do, but it's only one of hundreds of things you can do.

We did a few episodes of Srs Bzns that might be helpful: What to do in Eve and Corps & Ship Fitting for starters. Good luck.