Missions & Complexes

You need to figure out what you want to do. There are corps that will take you and teach you, I think this can be fun for a new player because without that you may get bored and quit. If you dont want to play with others and want to make money you need to learn exploration or missions or both and do both.

I just recommend joining the recruit channel and getting in a corp that can teach you some stuff. Especially experience PVP in huge and small scale. Any decent corp worth the name will teach a new person and even provide some resources. A noob with a fast frig and tackle gear can be worth a 50 million SP pilot.

FW missions are Low Sec you need to look at the agent finder or just go to low sec or Nour and start there. I would recommend learning missions from high security agents first but jump in by all means.

Exploration Almanac

This blog is a bit outdated, but will give you general idea of exploration as mini profession. and some decent ISK ofc.

This game is a sandbox, you have to figure out what you want to do with it on your own as there is no story other than the ones the players make. That said, mission running is the standard way to start out as it allows you to test out the various ships and mods in a relatively safe environment while also making isk.

So with that said, the agents vary from lvl1 to lvl5 as you've probably noticed at this point. To gain access to higher lvl agents, you must increase your corp or faction standings. Corp standings are increased by simply running missions for that particular corp (ie caldari navy). Faction standings are normally increased by running storyline missions. They are storyline in name only, they are simply special missions you get every 16 normal missions that when completed, give you a faction standing increase in addition to a corp standing increase.

The quickest way to work your standings up is to pick a corp and plow through the missions, going up the levels as they become available. You will get plenty of storyline missions along the way so as long as you do them, you should be in a position to start at lvl3-4 missions for any other corp within that faction after a few weeks. In fact that faction's allies will also raise their standings with you too. So you will have access to better agents with amarr empire as well if you run missions for caldari.

As for the missions themselves, lvl1's are meant for frigates, lvl2's for cruisers, lvl3's for BC's and lvl4's for BS's. This is for non-FW missions however. FW missions are designed to be run with stealth bombers at everything beyond lvl1. There are also only around 15-20 different missions at any given level. So yes, it's very repetitive. You will memorize them all and they will become nothing more than an easy way to farm isk pretty soon.

So where's the action? All around you. Everyone that isn't an ally in low or null sec is hostile. Even in high sec people war dec each other often for no reason other than a laugh. Since you've joined FW, you are effectively in a permanent war dec with all members of the gallente and minmatar militias. This includes both npc and player corps. Incidentally, it also includes me since my corp is a member of the minmatar militia.

The only trouble with someone as new as you seeking action is you're going to die horribly and often. This isn't because of a lack of SP or isk, it's a lack of experience. Of course, there is only one way to fix that problem, go out and die horribly until you figure out how not to. I think my first trip into low sec was within 24 hours of creating my character. It was a short trip. I never had any regrets though, went back and did it again the next day with similar results. Eventually I figured things out.

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Dam you mxzf!

Welcome to Eve.

Evelopedia has a lot of information and Guides available. Evelopedia and goggle are your 2 best friends with info pertaining to this game.

Anything you want as long as it isn't mining with the expectation of making decent ISK. If you want to mine for fun by all means, but just putting it out there right now, it's the worst paying task in the game and the mcjob of EVE.

to the op: forget missions, get a rifter and join a null sec alliance for stupid fun that is more exciting than shooting rats, a task down syndrome children are capable of doing

There are lots and lots of options in the "What next?" department. What best suits you will depend on your resources and what you enjoy doing.

Your resources will include the 'money' you have to buy stuff (isk earned ingame or via PLEX purchase) and, as others have noted, whether you're a solo character or the member of a group of alts. What you enjoy doing is probably more important, and may well be different today to what it will be tomorrow.

Your original posting refers to income so I assume that is a factor that you're considering in your plans. You also mention losing a couple of stealth bombers at gate camps - suggesting that it would be worthwhile getting some more exposure to that area of eve.

Some of the many possibilities, for your consideration:
- Go run missions in lowsec / nullsec. Not a huge income change. Mission running is much more 'interesting' with everyone else in the system also trying to kill you. Gives you more experience in surviving lowsec / nullsec. A variation on this would be to run the pirate epic arc mission series to get some more nullsec experience. Can be done with small batches of time.
- Go run some incursions. Decent income. Need to travel. An 'extension' of mission running with some new skills and the requirement for group efforts to profit well. Good skills (logi or high-end DPS) and equipment needed to reliably get decent fleet invites. Can get tedious after a while, but this is often countered by some of the 'characters' you meet in fleets. Can be done in small batches of time, although some level of commitment usually attractive to FCs.
- W-space. Good income. Not for everyone. Very different to empire life. Lots of new skills and experiences. You will die, it's just a matter of how often. Go it on your own (prolly not so easy for just one toon but fine for a small group of alts semi-solo ... up to C4 as your experience mounts) or join a w-space corp. Usually requires effort and dedication so may not suit someone with only small batches of time.
- Exploration in lowsec / nullsec. Can make for a decent, if unpredictable, income. Need specialised skills and equipment. Able to get more experience in lowsec / nullsec. Can be done in small batches of time ... just logoff where you are when done (ensuring any aggro timers have expired) and resume there next session.
- Join a nullsec PvP corp. This is what I did at a similar stage to you, so I am a bit biased here. Some new skillbook priorities, and lots of new experiences. Some aspects are boring and some are a helluva lot of fun. You should be able to get thru most any gate-camp in a stealth bomber, so there's obviously stuff there for you to learn. Usually requires a degree of commitment and may not suit someone with only small unreliable batches of time available ... but some nullsec groups are more layback than others. There are some Aussie PvP groups active in Curse, and most probably in other areas.
- Faction warfare. Some people enjoy it but it's not something I have ever done.
- Join a hisec PvP corp. RvB is a nice way to get some practical PvP experience without terribly expensive losses. Then there is also Eve University and Agony unleashed, both providing excellent ‘intro’ PvP facilities. Alternatively you have hisec wardec corps. I have often been tempted to try the latter for a while, to learn more about that area of eve, but haven't yet made the plunge. RvB can work with small batches of time but wardec corp may seek more commitment. You can also come-and-go as you wish with RvB.
- Do something completely different. Mining, research, manufacturing, PI, trading ... or something outside of game dynamics like somer, competitions, professional guide development etc. I’m not recommending these, but have done them all and found them useful to provide variety. Although PI still tops my list of the most tedious and boring thing to do in eve, I am very happy with what has recently happened to the price of wetware mainframes, and the several thousand units I hauled out of w-space and stored a few months ago.

There's a whole universe of options out there. Not all will be attractive to you, and some may be beyond your skillset ... but there's a lot to choose from. Good luck.

Trading probably has the lowest skill ceiling if you want a diversion that isn't going to occupy your skill queue for months on end.

But seriously, don't.