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Returning to Eve - new character or not?
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Haritoni
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-08-28 11:02:45 UTC
Can I have a little bit of advice?

I played Eve back in 2005-6 and am looking to start up again.

I realise that LOTS has changed since I played last, but wondered if people think it would be better to continue with my existing character, or restart with a new character?

On one hand, my existing characters probably have more stuff/skills than a new character would have, but on the other hand, the stuff they have is probably horribly outdated by now...

Thoughts?
Sinari Galdrin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-08-28 11:05:46 UTC
Ah, and Haritoni was a character which I made during a brief retry a few years ago, this one (Sinari) was my primary character back when I played a lot, so would be the one I'd keep, if any.
Moneta Curran
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-08-28 11:08:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Moneta Curran
Unless you have an overwhelming desire to retrain fitting skills or utterly tarnished the reputation of your previous character, I can see no reason to ever restart. Except for hacking, I can't easily think of a skill that is not viable anymore today.
Lancezh
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-08-28 11:16:52 UTC
Moneta Curran wrote:
Unless you have an overwhelming desire to retrain fitting skills or utterly tarnished the reputation of your previous character, I can see no reason to ever restart. Except for hacking, I can't easily think of a skill that is not viable anymore today.


Black Market Trading \o/
Lancezh
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-08-28 11:17:51 UTC
But seriously. Don't start over... add your character to Eveboard.com and maybe share the skills you have so people can give you tips. If you had Learning Skills you even have no freely allocatable Skillpoints. So... dont start over =)
Sinari Galdrin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-08-28 11:28:10 UTC
OK, I'll keep the character then - he was reasonably law abiding AFAIR.

I suppose even if the stuff he has is a bit rubbish nowadays, it's still better than a totally new character would have.

I think the thing I was worried about was that other people may have expectations from an '8 year old character' that won't be quite valid...
Jove Death
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-08-28 11:32:23 UTC
Sinari Galdrin wrote:
OK, I'll keep the character then - he was reasonably law abiding AFAIR.

I suppose even if the stuff he has is a bit rubbish nowadays, it's still better than a totally new character would have.

I think the thing I was worried about was that other people may have expectations from an '8 year old character' that won't be quite valid...


becareful what you trash. You may find somthing fitted to a ship that it worth quite a bit now due to module changes etc. Check the market before you trash it and if it doesnt show on the market or in contracts you have yourself a nice little earnerLol

Quoting "you will die" in EvE is fail Chars dont die in EvE. Unless you have a heart attack eek.
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#8 - 2013-08-28 11:33:00 UTC
Keep your old character, he probably has a bunch of free SP to spend.

Oh god.
Sgt Doakes XD
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-08-28 11:41:47 UTC
Keep your old character, he probably has wayyy better skills than a new one.
Ruskarn Andedare
Lion Investments
#10 - 2013-08-28 11:45:46 UTC
Why waste the character's skill training, you can always go and do the new player tutorials to get your skills back up to speed
Sinari Galdrin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-08-28 12:11:51 UTC
Yeah, I'll need to do the tutorials... I have forgotten pretty much everything!

Is there any way to get a free/cheap 'rookie ship' so I can risk that while re-learning rather than the cruiser I was flying when I quit... I'll probably want to work quickly up through frigate etc while keeping my cruiser in standby for when I'm confident enough to start using it again.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-08-28 12:44:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Solstice Project
You get a free noobship at every station you dock in your pod,
as long as you don't have a ship there already.

These ships can be fit regularly and have their own bonuses. (except rigs)
Don't underestimate them.
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#13 - 2013-08-28 13:16:31 UTC
Starting a new toon will be a complete waste of SP and cash you spent to get said SP...

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Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-08-28 13:19:24 UTC
Haritoni wrote:
Can I have a little bit of advice?

I played Eve back in 2005-6 and am looking to start up again.

I realise that LOTS has changed since I played last, but wondered if people think it would be better to continue with my existing character, or restart with a new character?

On one hand, my existing characters probably have more stuff/skills than a new character would have, but on the other hand, the stuff they have is probably horribly outdated by now...

Thoughts?



If I could do it over again I wouldn't pick a toon with a name starting with 'F'. Reroll and pick a toon name starting with Z. Just sayin.

Would you like to know more?
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#15 - 2013-08-28 13:25:41 UTC
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen wrote:
Haritoni wrote:
Can I have a little bit of advice?

I played Eve back in 2005-6 and am looking to start up again.

I realise that LOTS has changed since I played last, but wondered if people think it would be better to continue with my existing character, or restart with a new character?

On one hand, my existing characters probably have more stuff/skills than a new character would have, but on the other hand, the stuff they have is probably horribly outdated by now...

Thoughts?



If I could do it over again I wouldn't pick a toon with a name starting with 'F'. Reroll and pick a toon name starting with Z. Just sayin.

Rolling a character starting with "F" is ALOT better then starting one with "A" but, in all major fleet engagements I've almost never been primary...

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Louise Beethoven
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2013-08-28 13:52:05 UTC
Sinari Galdrin wrote:
OK, I'll keep the character then - he was reasonably law abiding AFAIR.

Thankfully it's not too late to fix this sad turn of events
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#17 - 2013-08-28 14:51:27 UTC
Sinari Galdrin wrote:

I think the thing I was worried about was that other people may have expectations from an '8 year old character' that won't be quite valid...


Don't worry about it. I've got a 2 year old alt that I'm passing off as a complete newbie that just returned to the game. People will believe anything.

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Stahl Rise
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-08-28 15:09:25 UTC
Sinari Galdrin wrote:

I think the thing I was worried about was that other people may have expectations from an '8 year old character' that won't be quite valid...


Expectation is that thing one should learn to ignore in EVE
Lugalbandak
Doomheim
#19 - 2013-08-28 15:39:18 UTC
i had that situation before also , i deleted and started fresh with the knowhow how to train (it was my first account and skills all over the place)

but that just silly me , keep de account im sure you can use some of its base core skills

The police horse is the only animal in the world that haz his male genitals on his back
Eraza
Fuzzyness Enterprizes
#20 - 2013-08-28 17:32:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Eraza
as many have said, starting a new char means you need to train a lot of skills you remember taking for granted.
if you have forgotten how to play, i actually reccomend doing the tutorial missions, especially the profession training ones,
the tutorial used to be ****, but it's MUCH better now then 8 years ago

also, check EVERYTHING your old char had, some "micro" modules, and a few named versions of regular items no longer drop for some reason, and are thus worth quite a bit of money,
micro smartbombs are several million each, named autotargeters are effortless to fit, and IMPOSSIBLE to find, but common enough back then so your old char might have some

if you are lucky enough to have been using "harvester" mining drones back then, they are now worth 120m EACH :)

EDIT: even if you feel like starting "fresh", new chars start with basically nothing in skills, so no matter what you did with your old char, it WILL save you training time somewhere
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