EVE New Citizens Q&A

I wanted to share an observation before I lose the perspective of being a new player.

Defining success in Eve can be a stumbling block for those of us who are new players.

There is no end goal, no mission to complete, no boss to defeat, no skill level to achieve, no amount of in-game currency that says… “you’ve made it… game over”. In addition, it is very difficult to measure one player against another. For example, you could have a 5 year old market trader, worth billions of ISK, decide to visit a different region. So, he hops in his shuttle and promptly gets blown out of the sky by a 2 week old pirate with barely enough ISK to buy a replacement ship. Who is the better player?


Your success in Eve must be measured against your own ambitions.


I’ve found there are three steps to success in Eve.

1. Decide what you want to do.
2. Figure out how to do it.
3. Do it.


As I've played the last few months I've taken those 3 steps over and over. It's been fun.

Congratulations to CCP and the Eve Community for the creation of and vigilance in maintaining a great piece of virtual reality.

Much more could be added to this topic and I struggled to keep it new player friendly. I did try searching for something specific along these lines, but the idea was always mixed in with other topics and never simply stated. My apologies if this has been stated before. Just hoping this helps someone new to the game.

I do have to agree, also if someone stets a bar and achieves it there is then the challenge of keeping it with all the other players nipping at their heels. This is a dynamic system and no one will stay at the top forever.

Exactly what I tell new players on my stream. It really can make or break your experience with Eve.

This is why I just roll my eyes whenever the tryhad ~ELITEPVPERS~ go on about killboards and fits and all that nonsense.

If you're doing what you want to do and accomplishing what you want to accomplish, you've won, even if someone blows your ship up.

EDIT:

OP will go far with his mindset.

Great OP!

This is not only good for noobs to read, but also any player that is getting bored with the game.

not true. 3 months in the beginning means nothing. unless you both choose to train the exact same skills and do the exact same. More important then a few 100k skillpoints will be what you do with the skills and how much time you dedicate to Eve.

A lot of eve playing takes place out of space. Reading, learning, researching things about the game. This can also be a trap
when you spend lots of time trying to learn stuff from guides on the web. Just read the basics and then jump into it. You
quickly learn stuff by doing it. I remember I spent so much time looking at PI guides reading and researching, spreadsheeting.
I could have made millions in the wasted time. no need for fancy PI installation planner tools and spreadsheets. this example
applies to many activities in eve. Learning by doing and then at some point maybe read some more to increase efficiency.

If you play the game better you will have more success with ISK/kills/achievements whatever then a 3 year old casual player character who still does not know how to do things properly in Eve.

I fully agree, Eve is what you make of it. If people expect quest characters on the map with a big sign floating above their
head "talk to this guy" they should go play wow. Sandboxes rule.