EVE New Citizens Q&A

Alright, I'm about three days in. So far I pretty much focused on getting all the skills that took 5-11M, some that took a couple hours, but mostly the small ones, and ones i needed for certain things. People told me to go for core compotency and I am doing that. Any others that no matter what I decide, pirate, miner, PVP, ect, are good to have?

On top of that, how do you take a large sum of cash and turn it into more?

Basically, someone gave me 300M at random. There was no senders name, message, or anything. I just got it. Logged in and saw it.

I'm already down to 290M, having bought a nice ship, some nice skill books(Trying up Gallente Cruisers now, going for Battleships after that, ect.)

I know everyone must ask how to make money in EVE. I know there's a ton of guides and methods. But I am asking, besides player scamming, is there anyway I can take this huge sum(for me at least, it is a huge sum), of money and use it as a starter fund to generate more revenue, rather than just slowly spending it?

I feel like if I just spend it all and run out, I'd probably quit the game because I'd be used to just never worrying about money and that seems to be a big part of EVE - worrying about money. So I wanted to, right from the get go, use this money to make more money and not keep spending it needlessly.

Thanks.

Just so you don't have to bother clicking through my profile, here is a direct link to my Character Sheet.

https://gate.eveonline.com/Profile/Maxx%20Kilbride/CharacterSheet

Hmm, it says Player Donation, but no name.

Not to mention much more agile and fun to fly :).


It all comes down to what YOU want to do in eve.
Isk isn't everything. If you're mindlessly grinding for isk, with no real use for it. Then there's no point.

You've got to give yourself a focus, a project, and a goal.
The focus is how you make isk, the project is what keeps you busy in eve (gathering blueprints, exploring sites, pvp), the goal is what you work towards, what you ultimately wish to accomplish. (this can be making a corporation, go living in nullsec, be the most competitive trader in a certain region, etc)

As for skills to train, this might help:

http://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=896803#post896803

Exact investment would depend on your interests and career path.

Generic good investments :

- Skillbooks
- Jump clones
- +3 implants
- A good hauler
- A personal corp (to avoid tax)
- Whatever equipment you need, to do whatever career choice you choose

Isk is generally not a problem, if you are paying for a subscription.

If you want to play "free" expect to spend large amounts of time doing boring schit to earn 500m a month.

There are very, very few truly passive income sources.

Data cores used to be good, not anymore. They're still passive, but low income now.
Planetary Interaction is fairly passive, moderate income in highsec, better in low, good in null and WH space.

If I were in your shoes, I'd use the money on skill books, +3 implants and leave the rest for when you start wanting slightly more expensive ships.

Yeah, a friend said he'd give me money for all +4 Implants, but I don't need them for like two weeks as I have the booster from my pack, I have 30 in all Attributes. So I don't need them right now. I have been focusing on the Essential skills as well.

As for the above post, I am new, and it seems I somehow got into said sec.

That said, just because it's a Sandbox, why do players kill for no reason? I've played plenty of other Sandbox games and the number of people who kill just because they can is usually low.

It saddens me that EVE is like this.

Just minding my own business.

Some ppl see hunting other players and selling the stuff they drop as the quickiest way to get ISK. But usually it happens in low sec zones on the ways to trade hubs or in 0.0. Where chances are to get fat loot. But you seems to fall into other , more rare scenario. This Rakkanar dude is a freak, who kills newbees just because he can. I checked his kill board... And the fact, that "he bragged about killing" you, just mean, that he is a looser in RL, who comes to EVE to raise his selfesteem in low way. Just ignore system he is hunting in and keep going. There are numerous sites, that will help you find out systems with such campers.

I received no warning at a gate. Nothing. My mission took me there and there was no bold red text telling to expect something new like usual.

The game should have a pop up for the first time you enter low sec, going "Warning: You are entering a dangerous zone, ect ect"

I can totally assure you, it did not. I received no such warning - I didn't even know I was entering Low sec space. Nothing popped up and I certainly wouldn't have disabled such an option.