EVE New Citizens Q&A

I faced this exact question last night. There are two sides to this. First, you get 44 days if you wait till the end of the trial to upgrade. Now that said, there are a few skills that you cannot train on a trial account, In my case, I believe it was salvage. I was 7 days in when I ran across this, but I already knew I was going to subscribe, so I just went ahead and did it.

If there is nothing in the Explorer pack you absolutely need, then wait until you reach a stumbling block you cannot overcome because you are on a trial account, then subscribe.

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm sure isk won't be a problem in this game. Think I'll install the pack tonight and use my accelerator. Found a nice skill guide too, so I'm all about helping to kick start my skill training. It's gonna be a fun weekend!

some helpful advice - i wouldn't say Eve is "easy enough" just yet.

You're going to get fustrated, you're going to hate it, and you're going to want to quit.

But, the reward is worth the fustrations. You're still new so make ALL the mistakes now and learn from each one. By all means though, never give up. It will payout in the end.

Fly safe bro

Wow, really? I didn't know this. Very cool.

Agreed.

Playing EVE as we speak on the laptop while sitting in the yard.

Yes, EVE is stunning, isn't it? I'm also a fairly new EVE citizen. There are some moments that are absolutely unforgettable, like the first time you take your pod out of station to board your first ship.

And there is so much to learn. My initial focus was on basic game mechanics - what do you do to make something happen. The tutorial arcs are a great help in that regard. Do them all. You'll get some useful ships and loot in the process.

Try roaming around a bit, but stay in high-sec for at least a little while before you try the more dangerous areas. And that's the thing about the EVE universe. Danger lurks everywhere, even in the allegedly high-security areas. As others have said, the very act of undocking means that you stand a chance of getting your ship blown up, your pod destroyed and you waking up back in your station of origin. Some can handle that, some can't.

The Bloodstained Stars epic arc is a good place to continue your tutorial experience. That one takes you to each one of the four races' regions and adds a ton of experience. Not to mention more useful loot.

Do give some serious thought to joining a corp after you finish those tutorials and the epic arc. The right group will greatly enhance your learning, experience and survivability. The one I'm with offers a lot of variety and is very new-citizen friendly.

Welcome to EVE - and fly safe.

There are 3 very big organisations that are dedicated to giving new players the best start they could get in this game.

Firstly the one I am attached to: EVE University. Pain in the ass to join and there are some certain restrictions to your gameplay (nothing that really affects a brand new player mind you) but overall the one with the best infrastructure and most dedicated to teaching.

Secondly we have RvB which is actually 2 alliances that have declared mutual war on each other. You join either Red (R) or Blue (B) and you are thrown immediately into war with the opposing side. There isn't any structured teaching but there are many excellent pilots in RvB who are more than willing to impart knowledge on those who seek it.

Finally we have a relatively new Alliance that was formed to take up the niche of head-first, no questions asked, kitchen-sink PvP. Brave Newbies (now the Brave Collective alliance) has enjoyed incredible growth and success in recent months. They recruit anyone and have quite a few experienced people in leadership that take newbies through all sorts of space, with the main objective to PvP against literally anyone.

You'll see that the second two are mainly PvP focused while EVE University have classes on all aspects of eve. We also have secondary campuses that focus on low security, no security and wormhole space which i don't think the other two have officially established yet.

Even if none of the above appeal to you: I highly suggest joining a player corporation sooner rather than later :)

I have never done recruiting for EVE Uni obviously but this is what i have been told about their process. Basically you apply, fill out the forms containing some basic questions regarding your self. From there you end up in a line. I think you have to stay in their channel for this?
When you log off your spot in the line gets reset and you are remove from the queue until the next time you log in.

As an example.
If 100 people applied to join before you, but only 15 of those people are online, you will be number 15 in the queue.

Because of this its really hard to know how long it will take before its your turn, but just be patient. I have heard about it taking a couple of weeks before you get to talk to a recruiter.

And for the OP, cant believe no one has posted this yet
Welcome to EVE and i hope you will have fun!

Your attributes will not affect agent missions at all. Charisma affects some skills related to missions (Security Connections as an example), but overall there is so few skills you train that depends on charisma that most will just lower it as much as possible and spend the points elsewhere.

On top of my head skills that needs charisma.
LP/standing increase from missions.
Diplomacy skills.
Trade skills.
Corp management (i think?).

Bah now i feel embarrassed! Maybe i have just blocked them out since it took me so long to train them and not i get sick just thinking about it

Thanks for adding it in