EVE New Citizens Q&A

Well. I have couple of options for you.


1. EVE Tutors. Community channel with lots of helpful people you can "annoy" with all your questions. They do have a Teamspeak3 server too for helping new players.

Channel: EVE Tutors.

2. My own channel. I don't mind helping new players whenever I have the time (which is usually always when I'm logged in). Keep in mind, less populated and I can't vouch for activity being high outside my own timezone (EU time).

See my bio for name (or when in game, for a link to channel).

Ah, a new minion to collect my trail of broken drones mission after mission
j/k you would find it boring and quit in two days.
Better than just being one persons cargo-hold-slave-trade-commodity (those are neat but not as good as exotic dancers), maybe you might be interested in eve university? Anyway, from what you mentioned, they came to mind. I've never been directly connected to them myself, but they have a good rep.

Yeah they do that: Mentors

If you are interested in PvP another way to get a mentor is to throw together a frigate and go to low-sec. Go from belt to belt and engage the first person you see.

You'll lose of course... but if you open a conversation with your killer and ask what you did wrong (you always will do something wrong) you will almost always get an good response. If you don't, it is no big deal. Just try again with someone else.

If you frequent the same areas and challenge the same people over and over again then sooner or later someone will pick you up and bring you into their group. When that happens watch and listen to what everyone else does. They will teach you things and you will grow.


The only issue with this method is that it is "trial and error" and a little bit expensive for newbies. You will feel a little bad for dying so much... but if you see it as a "means to an end" then it isn't so bad. Just remember to fully insure every ship you fly.

Yeah, like speaking for myself, I run lvl4 security combat missions in high sec until I burn out. Then I jump into a cov-ops cloaked explorer and go to more dangerous places until I burn out. Then I have an alt trained for faction wars, until I burn out. Then the cycle starts over every month or two while I work to finish off yet another training plan. I don't do everything, don't know everything, play rather rogue skilled and at odd times as I can. Fly frigs to T3 cruisers to BS's, from missile boats to black-ops to various haulers. Doesn't even scratch the surface of what this game offers.

The game is so big at this point, it would probably be easiest to learn by just finding something you think fits your play style, then doing it. When you get there, you will find other players doing the same thing as you. Those are the ones that will help you out the most. imo eve university is a good place to start, but years down the line you will probably still not be close to having done all things doable in this game.

Another vote for EVE uni. It might take some time to get in, but its worth it.

It would also be worth mentioning that there is no "fast track to success" in EVE. What makes a player successful depends on your personal goals and achievements, not what someone else considers success.
A mentor can tell you everything you want, but you still have to actually learn to do it, and while a certain level of "hand holding" is good, it will also disable you in the long run since you wont know how to operate/think on your own and come up with your own goals.

So, ask for help, but dont become dependent on your mentor(s). Do research on your own as well, find the things you want to try (not what someone tells you to try), and find people who has experience in those areas and take what they say as suggestions, not as "rules".

To add to this.

If you go out and look for a corporation, read this guide:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=245333&find=unread

It will help a lot with the search.

Correct

That's a first for me.

The corporation the character is now a member off is reserved for "dead" characters. You can also show info on him and you will see that it says the character cant be found (at least on EVE gate).