EVE New Citizens Q&A

The other thing is people say don't fly a ship you can't afford to replace - and I don't have any sort of income coming in other than the occasional mission/bounty from that mission. I need to figure out something to generate income and I don't know what that should be :(

This is a good guide when it comes to a newbie's PvP skill training, it gives one a broad base to work from so one can decide what tactics and roles the might enjoy. The plan only details combat skills, but with a bit of research into skills you'd need for exploration say, you could follow the same logic as this plan: train stuff to 3, try it out, if I like it, train to 4, when I need 5 for something else, train to 5.

So for exploration, you'd train the relevant skills to 3, this would take maybe a day or a little longer. You then give probing and exploration gameplay a shot, if you find yourself enjoying that kind of gameplay, specialize further.

Now, when ti comes to "specializing" your gameplay, and not skill queue-jitsu; I'd do more or less as I outlined above, try a bit of everything to see what it is you enjoy.

Set yourself some short term goals, in this case your longish term, overarching goal seems to be "figure out what i like". Your short term goals are therefor, trying out those activities you listed. As you rightfully pointed out, there is just a HUGE amount of stuff you can do in this game, and it can be a bit overwhelming; I'm pretty sure I saw a chart attempting to list every activity in game linked around here somewhere, and even it probably misses some potential activities.

I started EVE a second time in early July this year, I knew I wanted to PvP since it's what I fell in love with the first time around (stopped due to RL). So, my short term goals were fairly straightforward: make enough isk to buy, fit and lose 4 or 5 frigates, rinse, repeat, until I get a kill. I then added a few more goals when I realized I may need back up. Goal number 2: make a friend. I proceeded to spam the newbie corp chat until someone piped up and joined me.

Basically, just jump in and try stuff. You'll stumble, you'll fall, but then you get back up and try again with more experience than before.

Hope this helped, welcome to EVE Vaeldas, and fly dangerously.

A fair concern. From what I've heard, exploration can actually be very lucrative for a new player. Since you also want to try some PvP down the road, you can try this: Fit one of the exploration frigates for hcking and archeology sites, then go and explore through lowsec. It's supposed to e far more profitable in LS than HS, but also far more dangerous. That is actually an advantage for you here. By learning to be alert while making your ISK, you'll be developping good habits for when you decide to try out PvP.

This guide should help you get started when it comes to surviving that kind of hostile environment. Some details may be a bit out of date, but the information is still mostly valid. Also take a look at his other stuff for PvP, and D-Scan.

Excellent - and planning all the way up to the gamma skill set in that guide linked above will take 29 days - that's not bad, a month of training to learn 100 skills that will flesh out my guy.

Things are so much easier with a plan in place :D

Now to figure out scanning/exploration.

Also - I've read some guides about how you're supposed to bookmark a site for scanning then come back in a weaponized frigate - is that right or are there specific sites that do require fighting, while other sites do not?

It's also worth noting that your corp mates should be able to help you with the majority of your questions. If they can't/won't it might be time to look for a new corp.

Honestly, scamming can be a very easy way to make ISK. Lowsec pirates in particular are very easy to get ISK out of. Generally, most lowsec pirates (not in faction war space) are extremely experienced, but fairly solitary players. If you jump out to lowsec and get blown up by one, send that person a private convo asking what happened. 7/10 times that person will spend the next 30 minutes explaining the game to you, and half the time they will give you ISK for being the kind of newbie who is willing to risk lowsec when they are new to the game.

It is fairly easy to make a few hundred million ISK this way in your first week or so. EVE is filled with people who want to blow things up, but genuinely want to help new players out. That is something to exploit.

At your age it's not worth training beyond 4 unless the skill is a prerequisite for something you are training for.

I know how you feel when you say that you are feeling like you don't know what to do because there is so much to choose from.

The guides are so handy and filled with information so don't forget to research what you need. But from personal experience I don't want to link you something and wish you luck.. It was one of the things that I couldn't stand when wanting help and taking so much in. . More information at a rate I wasn't ready to absorb that I may not even understand.

Please feel free to send me a message in game if you need help. I may not be the help you need. But I ususally know how to find answers. :)

Enjoy. o/

Astero sounds right up your ally (be forewarned though, shes pricy for a newbro)

Convo me in game if you want help getting that Astero.