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5 advices every new guy should follow.

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The Honest Abe
Rocket-Propelled Laser Sharks
#1 - 2014-09-27 16:48:32 UTC
I bet you have them. Come on, spit it out.
Priscilla Project
Doomheim
#2 - 2014-09-27 16:52:21 UTC
Don't trust a guy who calls himself "honest".
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Paranoid Loyd
#3 - 2014-09-27 16:53:24 UTC
Don't fly what you can't afford to lose (this includes the contents of your cargo)
There is no honor in EVE.
If you get mad over space pixels, you are the one who has issues, not the person that caused you to get mad.
Play against the character not the person sitting at the keyboard.
Tears are more glorious when you let them flow naturally instead of trying to extract them.

"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix

Fix the Prospect!
Analeesa
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2014-09-27 16:53:31 UTC
Priscilla Project wrote:
Don't trust anyone.

FTFY
Marc Durant
#5 - 2014-09-27 16:54:56 UTC
Don't mine, it's the best way to never make it past the trial.

Yes, yes I am. Thanks for noticing.
Priscilla Project
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-09-27 16:55:18 UTC
Analeesa wrote:
Priscilla Project wrote:
Don't trust anyone.

FTFY
This isn't actually true at all.
If it was the case, there would be no game.
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Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#7 - 2014-09-27 16:59:26 UTC
Try things, find what you love and then do that but dont be afraid to do other things as well as sooner or later the CCP nerf hammer WILL fall on your beloved.

Grow, evolve, adapt.

Remember it IS just a game.

Make friends, the more the better.

Dont be afraid to fail, especially early as you try new things.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#8 - 2014-09-27 17:05:07 UTC
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#9 - 2014-09-27 17:08:48 UTC
If someone says “don't do X before you have Y”, punch them in the throat so they stop saying things — it's far kinder than they deserve, but hey, sometimes you just have to be generous.

Also, see sig.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#10 - 2014-09-27 17:11:16 UTC
1. Be patient... this is a "process game." The only goals out there are those you set for yourself and it takes quite some time before you become even 90% comfortable doing things.

2. Talk with others and show a good attitude... even if you do not want to or have good reason to. This is a game after all. You are here to have fun and sometimes you have to learn and connect with others to have more fun (or better protect the fun you desire).

3. Learn the basics of PvP, PvE, and industry... even if you have no interest in any of them. They all affect each other in some way and no one is immune.

4. Understand that this is a multiplayer sandbox. This means that you can do whatever you want in the game... but other players can do the same thing... even if it runs counter to your goals and objectives.

5. Nothing is guaranteed in EVE. I am no more guaranteed to kill you than you are in avoiding me killing you. Likewise, I am no more guaranteed to get a "fair price" from you than you are in selling me stuff at an "unfair price."
The trick is to stack the odds in your favor whenever and however you can (see Point #3).

How did you Veterans start?
Rowells
Blackwater USA Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#11 - 2014-09-27 17:23:32 UTC
1. Have fun. Contrary to popular belief, Eve is in fact just a game.
Aqriue
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2014-09-27 17:30:45 UTC
1. Don't trust anybody, not even your corp or the new guy invited. Stay on friendly terms, but be more neighborly instead of family (aka look after them, but don't get invested)
2. Only supply yourself with what you can afford, take what you need even if its from others (aka don't fly bling, but get it from the local convenience kill-shop ships that asplode on undock)
3. Expect to lose, a lot.
4. Clones, keep them updated
5. Block is your friend, use and abuse like a red headed step child in populated systems; close chat tab in trade hubs (cause we all need to read another anti-America or BLAH-BLAH-YADA-YADA wishful fix to highsec while you whiney carebear risk adverse trigger pullers are in highsec discussing it; irony meet kettle...cause if you are in highsec asking for another nerf for the carebear you are a carebear just as much as the one you complain about...supply locally from null/low or shut up about highsec risk adverse people you can still shoot at with CONCORD willing to shove a broom stick sideways where it won't be comfortable when you fire).
Iain Cariaba
#13 - 2014-09-27 17:30:58 UTC
Only two things.

1. That guy in local without the blue or green tag is most likely out to get you.
2. That guy in local with the blue or green tag is just less likely out to get you.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#14 - 2014-09-27 17:34:39 UTC
EFT lies, do not trust it for anything more than seeing if your fit fits.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#15 - 2014-09-27 17:41:54 UTC
Don't give away anything you expect to get back.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Silky Cyno
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-09-27 17:48:52 UTC
Never post in GD

Everything in Jita local is a scam

Only trust your alt

Use 2 accounts or more

Buy a battle bucket to pee in, when your in fleet fights.
Renegade Heart
Doomheim
#17 - 2014-09-27 17:54:18 UTC
Don't mistake high sec for safe space Twisted
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#18 - 2014-09-27 19:01:02 UTC
Silky Cyno wrote:
Only Never trust your alt
FTFY

Alts are sneaky, you think you have them under control, and then they empty the corp wallet.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

New Player FAQ

Feyd's Survival Pack
La Rynx
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#19 - 2014-09-27 19:07:24 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Ezwal
*Snip* Removed reply to a deleted post. ISD Ezwal.

1) do not fly what you cant effort to lose.
2) not everyone is your friend. you have to be wary of your ingame friends.
3) Join a corp, better join a corp with experience.
4) always be on your guard.
5) if something sounds to good to be true, it isn't.

Atomic Virulent : "You can't spell DOUCHE. without CODE."
Priscilla Project
Doomheim
#20 - 2014-09-27 20:30:56 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Ezwal
La Rynx wrote:
*Snip* Removed reply to a deleted post. ISD Ezwal.

1) do not fly what you cant effort to lose.
2) not everyone is your friend. you have to be wary of your ingame friends.
3) Join a corp, better join a corp with experience.
4) always be on your guard.
5) if something sounds to good to be true, it isn't.

Five is meant right, but written wrongly.

If something sounds too good to be true, then it is. (too good to be true)

Thought I point that out.
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