EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi!

Ive just started playing with one of my friends and we are totally hooked. I really like the depth in this game, me and my friend just sit and discuss everything while we go through the different tutorials together.

I have not played any other MMO´s like WOW and such, and have never liked it cause of the learning curve and the aweful and rude people playing them. But im really happily surprised by the community here and all the helpful players in EVE, really, thank you! I feel really welcome here and it feels like no question is to small or to stupid (Y)

I just cant grasp this skill queue thingy, even though i had people describing to me in the rookie chat. Some of my books i cant rightckick and start level 1, even though my friend can, all i can do is "inject skill". when i do this, it dissapears. i tried drag and drop, but it dissapears. did i loose the opportunity to train this skill and have to buy it again? Some people said that you only could queue 24h skills, but ive had over 2 days in queue before? and my friend can train even he has more than 24h in his queue? i really dont get it, if someone could explain :)

And is there a good overview of how to see wich skills i have learned or is the best view in the character sheet?

Thanks in advance for the answer and thanks again to all you helpful people!

Well, don't know about the "inject skillbook" and "train to level 1" issue, I know it's there, but don't know the reason.

When you inject a skillbook it's like reading it.
After you inject the skillbook it will show up in your list of skills in the skillqueue manager. So they don't disappear, they just move to another window =), no need to buy it a 2nd time.

EDIT:

Steve beat me to the issue, unknown to me. You see, even after 2 years of playing you still learn.

"injecting" a skill simply puts it into your characters skill base but does not start training it.

You did not lose it .. it's forever attatched to your character with a skill setting of 0 (zero). You can start training it whenever you like.

As for the skill queue, you can have multiple skills in the queue as long as your longest skill "Start" time is within the 24 hour limit.

Sooo.. if you want to train any skill that has a total training time of less than 24 hours you can set that skill to train before any skill with a total training time greater than 24 hours. Once the first skill is finished it will start in on the longer skill.

I'm sure someone else can explain it better lol. It's a simple concept but I suck at explanations!



Yes people in EVE are vastly nicer than most MMOs for a few reasons. One server means you cannot escape your characters reputation! It is also very unforgiving, people are friendly out of necessity .. without friends to help you in this game you are doomed.

*Remember this - In most MMOs, scamming, cheating, lying, stealing, and total anihilation is either frowned on or restricted. In EVE this behavior is perfectly acceptable! Beware of everyone you meet in game. This does NOT mean they are mean people, in most cases the person that just burned your face off will also give you good tips *after* he robs you silly.

I'm pretty new too so I hope this is good advice, but I've been using the cert planner as a road map, and it's very helpful. The first thing I'd suggest is training your Core Competency Basic cert, because most of what you'll want to do builds from that. The skill planner in EveMon is really helpful when you can't add anything to the skill queue. Just check that list to see what's next when you get notified that you have free room.


I'm almost positive it starts where it left off, but as long as you're within 24 hours I'd just move it to the bottom of the queue.

Really nicely described, i actually think i get it :P

As for the people in Eve, i get the behavior, its just the rudeness i hate sooo much, been playing League of legends for a long time and all you people who have played it knows what i meen when im talking about rage, blaming and yelling and lack of helping.

And i think it has a lot to do with the type of game EVE seems to be, i dont think that kind of people play this game (too young and lack of committing?), maybe im wrong though, but thats what it seems to me.

To access your skill queue:

Method one:
1. Click on your portrait at the top left of the Necom (menu bar).
2. Click on Skills.
3. Click on the skill tab (others: History, Settings).
4. Click on Open Training Queue at the top right of the skills tab.

Method two:
1. Double-click on the skill training progress bar under your portrait at the top left of the Neocom.

Note: I think by default the checkbox "Skills that fit within the queue's timeframe" is checked. I recommend un-checking it. I also recommend "Show all skills" on the skill settings tab.

You can put more than 24 hours of skills in the queue if the last skill is longer.

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

Clarification... Eve has no learning curve, it's a cliff and if you fall off you will die

We have the best players in the world... if you get kepsploded convo the gankers and politely ask what you did wrong and they'll be more than happy to help you and give you good advice

Also.... some skill need other skills to be trained to a certain level before you can inject and train them

If your unable to inject a skill book, check on the required tab on what skill your missing.

Oh please, stop spreading the myth of the Cliff.

The only hard part of the game is learning to read.

Actually the "hard" part is to unlearn what WOW, EQ2 and all the other MMOs have taught you.