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Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-05-14 16:01:18 UTC
Hey just bought EVE and I havea few questions (which will proabably grow)

Can I change the way my avatar looks after I already decided everything?

What skills should I star training as a general course?

And I didnt have time yet to do the whole tutorial, will do by tomorrow, but just wanted to ask anyway: do you have any general advice for new players about something that the tutorial may not cover?

thanks for everything,

Hope this game will be fun
Staxed
Femboi Fan Club
#2 - 2012-05-14 16:22:43 UTC
read over the stickies in this forum...all of your questions have been answered many, many times.

This one in particular, and the links within it: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=6310
Lyron-Baktos
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-05-14 17:51:46 UTC
You can do minor changes to your avatar but can't change your race, name, gender etc etc. Regarding skills, while there are a few general skills that are good no matter what profession you choose, I would try to decide fairly quickly what you want to do.
gfldex
#4 - 2012-05-14 19:53:48 UTC
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
What skills should I star training as a general course?


As there is no general course you wont get any answer for that. Even if you pick one profession (note the lack of a better word), we would easily look at a list of 50 odd skills. It wont free you from understanding what skills are for. There is on advice that applies in general. Pick something and stick to it unless it gives you the urge need to not hit the undock button (unless you are a station trader ofc). If you skill left, right and center you wont be good at anything for years.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
do you have any general advice for new players about something that the tutorial may not cover?


Make friends that undock with you. It can greatly increase you success rate (unless you are a station trader ofc).

If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#5 - 2012-05-14 19:55:41 UTC
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
Hey just bought EVE and I havea few questions (which will proabably grow)

Can I change the way my avatar looks after I already decided everything?

You can change everything but basic bone/body structure (which includes gender, race, etc). This means you can change eyes, hair, clothes, body modifications (tattoos, piercings, scars, implants, etc), and some other things.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
What skills should I star training as a general course?

Whatever you want. A nice show of what you can do in Eve is this graph: http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/

If you give us more details on what you want to do, we can give you more details on what to do to make it happen.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:

And I didnt have time yet to do the whole tutorial, will do by tomorrow, but just wanted to ask anyway: do you have any general advice for new players about something that the tutorial may not cover?

There is a TON of basic advice that the tutorial does not cover. Some things off the top of my head:


  1. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose (classic Eve saying). Note that it's what you "can't afford to lose", not what you "can't afford to replace". You can fly expensive stuff so long as you're at peace with it going boom.
  2. If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong, or you should be doing something else.
  3. Hisec is not 100% safe.
  4. Eve is a social game. Join a corp ASAP, preferably a newbie-friendly one who doesn't mind teaching you the basics.
  5. Very few things in Eve are "fair". The trick is to get them to be unfair in your favor.
  6. Past a certain point, high skill points only mean more choices, not meaningful extra performance. The "skill ceiling" is pretty low for most ships (at least, compared to the years and years people play Eve).
  7. Corollary: doing things "right" is often more important than having more SP than the other guy.


There are many other things, but others can probably help there too.

Welcome to Eve!

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Peri Simone
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-05-14 22:57:27 UTC
Great advice above. I'd add that for a brand new player, the Core Competency - Basic certificate skills aren't a bad place to start.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#7 - 2012-05-15 00:42:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-05-15 07:01:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Palandiell Chanlin
k thanks, just a few more questions:

1) I think my microphone plug in my pc is damaged. Does it matter if I dont have a headset?

2) I bought my game in German, yet I am fluent in english. Should I change the language? (which I heard was possible)

3) Where and how do I find a noob friendly corporation? and how does things work with switching beteween different ones?

4) got the EVEmon for my character, but it says skillqueue information not avaible. how do I get the EVEmon to access it?
Desmont McCallock
#9 - 2012-05-15 09:41:31 UTC
On the page where you created the CAK (Customizable API Key) make sure that you have checked the appropriate check-boxes for EVEMon to access the said data.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-05-15 11:01:16 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
k thanks, just a few more questions:

1) I think my microphone plug in my pc is damaged. Does it matter if I dont have a headset?

2) I bought my game in German, yet I am fluent in english. Should I change the language? (which I heard was possible)

3) Where and how do I find a noob friendly corporation? and how does things work with switching beteween different ones?

4) got the EVEmon for my character, but it says skillqueue information not avaible. how do I get the EVEmon to access it?



A:

1) That totally depends on the corporation you join, and what you do in EVE. Some corps are heavily on the use of voice comms, some are okay if you can only listen to voice comms only, some don't use them at all. Also mining and basic PvE (missions and ratting) can be done without voice comms while for instance with Incursions and PvP voice comms usually are mandatory to work properly (saying something while clicking stuff is quicker then having to move to chat and type in stuff).

2) No idea here sorry. Dutch so got the English install

3) You will be looking for Newb friendly corp, not a noob friendly corp (Here is the difference, top is Newb while bottom is Noob). You can find corporations using: Forums (Corp and Alliance recruitment part), use the in game search engine or join the following chat channel: Recruitment (loads of advert spammers in there). I also like to point out the following Forum-post to read through, it's a great guide to players looking for a corporation and what to pay attention too.

As for switching corporations. It's possible to switch corporations, if you have roles in a corp you have to cancel them and wait 24h after that, if you don't have roles you can instantly join another corp. Keep in mind though, if you have 40 corps in your history (publicly available) in just 3 months, loads of recruiters will turn you down as you are either a corp-hopper or a possible spy/griever.

4) EVEmon needs an API to work. These can be found here, make sure the API have no expiry date and includes at least your skill info. *Personally I have 1 API that has everything ticked and use it for EVEMON, EFT, EVEHQ and other stuff that is Private, for every other thing I have to hand out an API I make a new separate one just to be sure*

Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy

Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded

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Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-05-15 20:43:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Palandiell Chanlin
I just saw a cargo where I could open and take items out. it was unguarded, but it said that if I would take it, that the slade corporation would hunt me. a) would it affect my status in high sec zones if I stole items? and would the corporation notice that I took it, or if I were sneeky, could I just take it?

and due to an error of myself, I have two copies of freedom of operations paper or waht ever it is called. does this item have any use or can I throw it away?

right now I am just doing the intro missions to each job one can do at the local academy. some people told me though that a newb should spend some weeks at the university. what is the university? and where would it be?

I am having an issue: I cant pull my stuff from my cargo, into my hangar I know how to open the ship cargo, but I dont know where to open the station hangar to drop the stuff. I know how to open the inventroy, but that doesnt help at all since it only says what you own. what am I doing wrong?
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#12 - 2012-05-15 21:18:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
I just saw a cargo where I could open and take items out. it was unguarded, but it said that if I would take it, that the slade corporation would hunt me. a) would it affect my status in high sec zones if I stole items? and would the corporation notice that I took it, or if I were sneeky, could I just take it?

You will be flagged a thief for 15 minutes. Anyone in the corp you stole from can choose to attack you during that time. You cannot attack them until they attack you first.

Beware of bait, and that many jetcans are used with the intent of starting consensual hisec PvP.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
and due to an error of myself, I have two copies of freedom of operations paper or waht ever it is called. does this item have any use or can I throw it away?

Sell it. If it cannot be sold, or isn't worth the effort to sell, you can simply right-click and trash it.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
right now I am just doing the intro missions to each job one can do at the local academy. some people told me though that a newb should spend some weeks at the university. what is the university? and where would it be?

http://www.eveuniversity.org/

The uniWiki also has a wealth of info, as does EVElopedia.

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
I am having an issue: I cant pull my stuff from my cargo, into my hangar I know how to open the ship cargo, but I dont know where to open the station hangar to drop the stuff. I know how to open the inventroy, but that doesnt help at all since it only says what you own. what am I doing wrong?

Look for the button on the Neocom (vertical menu bar on the left).

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Neocom

With the default keyboard mapping, the shortcut is : ALT N
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Keyboard_Controls
Easy Target
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-05-15 21:19:18 UTC
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
I just saw a cargo where I could open and take items out. it was unguarded, but it said that if I would take it, that the slade corporation would hunt me. a) would it affect my status in high sec zones if I stole items? and would the corporation notice that I took it, or if I were sneeky, could I just take it?


The corporation dont get notified as such, but you do appear on overview as a "flashy red" so are free to target and shoot due to your theft. I assume in local channel as well you appear as a valid target to the corp as well.
The kill rights on you last 15 minutes. So yes, you could steal, dock and then wait 15 mins
You can look in the wreck / can freely, it is only when you take anything do you get the timer

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
and due to an error of myself, I have two copies of freedom of operations paper or waht ever it is called. does this item have any use or can I throw it away?


They have no practical use, no harm in keeping them, no harm in scrapping them

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
right now I am just doing the intro missions to each job one can do at the local academy. some people told me though that a newb should spend some weeks at the university. what is the university? and where would it be?


Eve-University is a player run organisation that acts like a university. Teaching you various aspects of the game. There are various organisations that offer this service, as well as newb friendly corps, but Eve-University are one of the bigger ones

Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
I am having an issue: I cant pull my stuff from my cargo, into my hangar I know how to open the ship cargo, but I dont know where to open the station hangar to drop the stuff. I know how to open the inventroy, but that doesnt help at all since it only says what you own. what am I doing wrong?


On the left hand side of your screen when docked you will have two buttons at the bottom. One opens your ship hangar, the other opens you items hangar
malaire
#14 - 2012-05-16 06:08:44 UTC
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
4) got the EVEmon for my character, but it says skillqueue information not avaible. how do I get the EVEmon to access it?

You might need to wait until your account is 3 days old before you can use API.

New to EVE? Don't forget to read: The Manual * The Wiki * The Career Options * and everything else
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#15 - 2012-05-16 07:40:22 UTC
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
Hey just bought EVE and I havea few questions (which will proabably grow)

Can I change the way my avatar looks after I already decided everything?

What skills should I star training as a general course?

And I didnt have time yet to do the whole tutorial, will do by tomorrow, but just wanted to ask anyway: do you have any general advice for new players about something that the tutorial may not cover?

thanks for everything,

Hope this game will be fun




NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!!!!

Ok I'm drunk. Sorry. Can't help it.

Good luck and remember, it will take a very long time to experience all of the content in this game. Don't rush it, but if you get bored, don't give up. There are moments in this game that will be epic and they are worth the wait.


Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-05-16 09:45:03 UTC
another question:

Doing the beginning quests and now I have a mining and a fighting ship. is it possibleto have both ships equipped? I can only right now equip the mining ship and I dont know how to switch to the other ship
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#17 - 2012-05-16 09:48:53 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
another question:

Doing the beginning quests and now I have a mining and a fighting ship. is it possibleto have both ships equipped? I can only right now equip the mining ship and I dont know how to switch to the other ship


You can assemble and fit out as many ships as you like (and your wallet allows).

Yet, obviously, you can only fly 1 ship at the time.

So you can switch ships to the one you need whenever you want (as long as that ship is located in the station you are docked in).

Ships in EVE started packed (means like real life stuff, in a box and need be build yourself). You can see if it's packed by looking in the lower right corner, if it shows a number (1, 2, 3, 5000) it's a packed ship (stack).

Right click your ship and select assemble ship, this will put the ship together to be able to sit in it.

Right click again and select activate ship, you are now sitting in the ship and will undock it once you hit the undock button.

You can also Repackage ship to make them 'small' again, keep in mind that if you put rigs on a ship and you repackage it the rigs will be destroyed, any other module fitted on the ship will be taken from it and shows up in your hangar.

Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy

Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded

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Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2012-05-16 13:47:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Palandiell Chanlin
J'Poll wrote:
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
another question:

Doing the beginning quests and now I have a mining and a fighting ship. is it possibleto have both ships equipped? I can only right now equip the mining ship and I dont know how to switch to the other ship


You can assemble and fit out as many ships as you like (and your wallet allows).

Yet, obviously, you can only fly 1 ship at the time.

So you can switch ships to the one you need whenever you want (as long as that ship is located in the station you are docked in).

Ships in EVE started packed (means like real life stuff, in a box and need be build yourself). You can see if it's packed by looking in the lower right corner, if it shows a number (1, 2, 3, 5000) it's a packed ship (stack).

Right click your ship and select assemble ship, this will put the ship together to be able to sit in it.

Right click again and select activate ship, you are now sitting in the ship and will undock it once you hit the undock button.

You can also Repackage ship to make them 'small' again, keep in mind that if you put rigs on a ship and you repackage it the rigs will be destroyed, any other module fitted on the ship will be taken from it and shows up in your hangar.



but how do I assemlbe the ship, fit the modules in it, WITHOUT activating it?

also: I need some ammunition. just want the standard antimatter ammo for the 75mm rail gun(since I dont really yet understand what type of ammo is good for which gun) but I cant find that on the market. any help?
Palandiell Chanlin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-05-17 13:41:12 UTC
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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#20 - 2012-05-17 14:14:10 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Palandiell Chanlin wrote:
another question:

Doing the beginning quests and now I have a mining and a fighting ship. is it possibleto have both ships equipped? I can only right now equip the mining ship and I dont know how to switch to the other ship


You can assemble and fit out as many ships as you like (and your wallet allows).

Yet, obviously, you can only fly 1 ship at the time.

So you can switch ships to the one you need whenever you want (as long as that ship is located in the station you are docked in).

Ships in EVE started packed (means like real life stuff, in a box and need be build yourself). You can see if it's packed by looking in the lower right corner, if it shows a number (1, 2, 3, 5000) it's a packed ship (stack).

Right click your ship and select assemble ship, this will put the ship together to be able to sit in it.

Right click again and select activate ship, you are now sitting in the ship and will undock it once you hit the undock button.

You can also Repackage ship to make them 'small' again, keep in mind that if you put rigs on a ship and you repackage it the rigs will be destroyed, any other module fitted on the ship will be taken from it and shows up in your hangar.



but how do I assemlbe the ship, fit the modules in it, WITHOUT activating it?

also: I need some ammunition. just want the standard antimatter ammo for the 75mm rail gun(since I dont really yet understand what type of ammo is good for which gun) but I cant find that on the market. any help?


You can't fit a ship without being in it.

Ammo changes several things to guns / missiles:

- Optimal range changes
- Fall off changes
- Damage types , damage amounts
- Tracking changes (for guns)

As for Antimatter Small (75mm needs small ammo) it depends if it's put on market by other players. If not, you have to move to another region and see if it's there or build your own ammo using a blueprint.
But usually ammo is generally well seeded to the market in empire, so maybe you typed it a bit wrong in the search engine. Or you changed the scope of the market (top left there is a choice between: Region - System - Station and on the bottom left there is a tick box "Only show available"). If you ahve the tickbox ticked and you select station, and not AM Small is sold in your station (but it is in another station somewhere in your region) it won't show up.

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Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded

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