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This game is perfect for me

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Amela Blade
Menace 2 Sobriety
#1 - 2012-06-01 09:26:32 UTC
I think I have finally found the one MMO that is right for me! Big smile

With the hours I work, it has always been hard to be able to keep up with a lot of MMO's that I have tried but this one is perfect. Even during the hours when I am offline I am still progressing in the game and all I need to worry about is filling in my skill que enough to when I will be online again. I have always had problems where I feel like I'm falling behind the gaming community in the MMO I was playing because of my work schedule, but not with this game.

I have also received nothing but acceptance and help within this community and I have all of you to thank for that. Usually a person who is new to an MMO will get ridiculed and turned down from any group or help he/she requests.

In the 4 days I have been playing I have only been able to put in about 12 hours worth of game time. I still haven't finished all the tutorials, however, I am almost done with my first full Certificate in core training. (I think it is called the Core competence basic, the one that you need about 5 other Certificates to complete), Anyway, I have had a lot of fun so far, I just hope to get into some more PVP action soon, but I think I need to learn a few more things before I go get myself blown up in the sandbox somewhere.

Hope to see some of you around the Galaxy! P
Forum Clone 77777
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-06-01 10:04:28 UTC
You put in 3 hours a day? Thats more than most people, lol.

Anyway, one thing is liking the skillqueue/skill progress, another thing entirely is liking EVE.
But if youre having fun, then youre having fun, which is a good thing!
ISD Etetia
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-06-01 10:44:14 UTC
Welcome aboard!

I love these kind of posts from new players, it is great to see that EVE Online can still reach out to new people.
May you have a wonderful time, and blow up alot of pretty spaceships.

Enjoy!

ISD Etetia

Commander

ISD STAR / CCL Affiliate
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#4 - 2012-06-01 10:47:26 UTC
Welcome to EVE!

I agree about the skill system, it suits people with real lives well.

Learn the basics of ship handling and game mechanics, but don't hold out for too long- only way to learn to survive and blow others up is by flying out there and doing it.

Start looking for a good corp when you feel you are ready leave the cradle.

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#5 - 2012-06-01 10:48:37 UTC
Hate to tell you mate ... but you're playing EVE wrong Blink. You're supposed to be bragging that you haven't logged in in 6 weeks, and still were able to get {stuff} done.

Seriously though, glad to hear you're liking the game so far ... just remember to keep a level head (ESPECIALLY when shooting at someone else's space pixels), and you'll go far.

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Luis Graca
#6 - 2012-06-01 10:49:06 UTC
Welcome, let just tell you 2 thing

1º 2 hour of game play is nothing Example

2º Be careful the community can be has friendly as cruel

Good game
Lyric Lahnder
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-06-01 13:49:43 UTC
Luis Graca wrote:
2º Be careful the community can be has friendly as cruel


The community is both Friendly and cruel. I've found it has more to do with how you react to their cruelty that will effect your time here the most.

When something terrible is orchestrated upon you if you can laugh it off and see the true comedy in what has just happened you could end up with a group of friends for life.

Once you can fly a tech II frigate if your still interested in pvp please see us.



Noir. and Noir Academy are recruiting apply at www.noirmercs.com I Noir Academy: 60 days old must be able to fly at least one tech II frigate. I Noir. Recruits: 4:1 k/d ratio and can fly tech II cruisers.
Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#8 - 2012-06-01 14:37:49 UTC
Don't worry about getting blown up. Just fly cheap stuff and dive into it.
Have fun !
Rahmiro
Dark Venture Corporation
Kitchen Sinkhole
#9 - 2012-06-01 14:45:02 UTC
Welcome aboard.

I never seen these people in my life. I don't recognize them Your Honor
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#10 - 2012-06-01 15:46:06 UTC

Glad you're enjoying the game....

You don't need a lot of skillpoints (SP) to get into PvP. You can start small, using frigates....

Suggested Reading:
Rifter Drifter PvP Guide
-- written by Wensley, might want to read his blog too: Rifter Drifter Blog

I suggest taking Agony's PvP Basic Class... It teaches many fundementals of PvP, and has quite a fun roam.
PvP Enrollment Thread
Agony's Wiki has lots of information too

If you are looking for a pewpew corp that accepts young players, check out
Red vs Blue
I'm sure there are some faction warfare corps that would be good too...
Horace Nancyball
The Whiskers of Kurvi-Tasch
#11 - 2012-06-01 15:49:23 UTC
I think if more people looking for a new game cruised these boards they would quickly identify what sets this game apart from all others. The community. You can have the best game in the world but a poor community will make it fail eventually. A lot of people have been put off in the past by the old "learning curve" meme and the thought this is just spreadsheet analysis. However you rarely hear anyone who has ever played this game say anything bad about it. And that includes ex players. Oh and the alliance tournament? Consider running it on mainstream TV. It has to be one of the highlights of the year.
Amela Blade
Menace 2 Sobriety
#12 - 2012-06-02 05:26:47 UTC
Thank you all for the helpful links and welcomes! Big smile

While I was out with friends last night I was still able to complete the last skills i needed to finish that certificate, which I thought was pretty cool lol. Im really enjoying the skill system to this game so far. I do have two quick questions though if someone would not mind answering them.

1. Now that I have finished the tutorials, I hear the next thing to do is the Sisters of EVE epic arch mission. How do I find that? No agent has pointed me in the right direction and I cant seem to find it if i search. (The only agents that seem to come up in my search are three that are in -.2 sec, I dont think I should head there yet though)

2. How do alts work? I have read people saying: "Bringing his logistics alt". Can I control two toons at one time or how does that work?

Thanks in advance
malaire
#13 - 2012-06-02 08:42:58 UTC
Amela Blade wrote:
1. Now that I have finished the tutorials, I hear the next thing to do is the Sisters of EVE epic arch mission. How do I find that? No agent has pointed me in the right direction and I cant seem to find it if i search. (The only agents that seem to come up in my search are three that are in -.2 sec, I dont think I should head there yet though)


Career Agents are supposed to refer you there, but that reference isn't really needed.

Just travel to Arnon, dock to Sisters of EVE station and talk to Sister Alitura to start the Epic Arc. It will include a lot of travelling, so dont try to take everything you have with you, just a single combat ship (frigate/destroyer).

Amela Blade wrote:
2. How do alts work? I have read people saying: "Bringing his logistics alt". Can I control two toons at one time or how does that work?

Each account can have 3 characters, but you can only control one of them at a time. Also only one of them can be training at any time, so to train any skills on alt you must first stop training on main. To switch to other char on same account, you must exit EVE and restart it. After logging in you can select which char to control.

If you want to control/train several characters at same time, you need to have several accounts, and of course pay for each of them. Then you just launch EVE several times, giving different account name / password for each. Of course your computer must be powerfull enough to support several clients running at same time.

New to EVE? Don't forget to read: The Manual * The Wiki * The Career Options * and everything else
Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
#14 - 2012-06-02 10:19:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Lost Greybeard
Amela Blade wrote:
I have also received nothing but acceptance and help within this community and I have all of you to thank for that. Usually a person who is new to an MMO will get ridiculed and turned down from any group or help he/she requests.


It's been sort of said up-thread, but just to make it absolutely explicit. There is a several-centuries old military rule that is, iirc, currently on the semi-official list of rules for the US Marines and several other places, that applies to Eve at all times:

"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."

So be friendly, have fun, be open-handed and generous to friends and acquaintances, and a good eight times in ten you'll gain an actual friend and/or ally, though sobriety is not guaranteed for the friendly folks. But even with the people you know in real life that you go out for drinks with on Fridays or whatever:

1. Never consent to a duel in a ship you wouldn't call expendable (doubly so since even legit gun tests can blow you up by _accidents_)

2. Never plan around any loans you make to anyone, for any reason, being repaid. Many times they will, but don't take that to mean that the person that paid you back the first fifty times will do it the fifty-first. Same with handing someone money to do a job for you, etc. Plan around the idea that they're going to take your money and run.

3. Never fleet with anyone in a ship unless you're even _more_ prepared to lose it than the general rule about not undocking without funds to replace.

4. Always bring your own probes into the wormhole, even if you're in a fleet of 20 and everyone else has 'em. (Can also be handy in accident situations as well as betrayal).

5. Remember that anything you put in a corp hangar, inside a POS shield that anyone else can get into, etc, is de facto a donation to your corporate wallet, don't expect the assets back.

6. Anything you read in New Citizens' Q&A is someone's honest opinion. It could be wrong, but they're playing more or less straight with you. Anything you read in any other Eve forum, public or private, is often intentionally misleading or some sort of trap.

7. When someone manages to steal or destroy something expensive of yours despite following all the above, don't sweat it too much, it happens. Hedge enough to minimize losses from your own bad luck, brain farts, etc and it won't hurt all that much.

(EDIT: I realize it maybe sounds like I'm being down on the game. I'm actually not. In my experience the people on PvP shards of MMOs are much nicer on average, because they have to actively make a choice to be nice and thus they tend to stick with it instead of just not shooting newbies because them's the rules.)