EVE New Citizens Q&A

Just thought I would take some advice before i enter the game. A brief background i started eve about 2004 did the whole alliance thing, IRON and G then moved into the whole Pirate thing, Priory, sniggerdly etc. moved into solo pirate stuff got owned a fair bit but it was fun. I was never anybody important flew under some big in game names at the time, I could lead a small gang ok but fleet stuff I was never really confident enough for that level of game play.

The above said I suspect i was starting to get bored with the game because the whole summer of rage came about. I jumped into Jita on my alt and shot at the iconic statue for a few hours and then without any further thought jumped out of game and deleted my main making a point not to return. A year or so later i picked up the game again (This character) did a little bit but realised enough time has not passed. Now a further 2 years later i think i could be up for another try. I suspect the best thing as this character has just 800k sp is to delete this character and start again as that will force me through the tutorial although eve used to be a game best learnt by the loss of a ship but clearly i will need to relearn the game both mechanics and more importantly the community.

So where to start the problem is even though this character was created two years ago it’s safe to say i have not played for 3 years, what sort of advice would you give someone like me (Other than can i have your stuff or if you give me 10 isk I will give you 20 back) What sort of new aspects to the game might appeal to someone like me, I am not asking to be spoon fed, i suspect the players know what current aspects of the game are worth investing time into and have workable mechanics and are not languishing on CCP's test bench might appeal to me. Ultimately I will take whatever ideas come and run with them.

Thanks In advance...

Thanks L'ouris

I think PvP will be my general direction, it is something that i enjoyed most in the game. I like the idea of a new corp, i had not considered that they would need to be mature, but yes somehting like that could work as i would learn along side them. Eve used to be all about who you play with more than anything else a fresh new corp with new ideas could be a good move.

I will think on that whilst i get myself back into things

Another good idea i had not considered, could be a good way to go, early in game with a perhaps a rifter (If they are still a viable early fighter)

Depending on what you find fun, the rifter went from frigate easy mode to frigate hard mode.

All viable but that ship in particular is definitely on the other end of them spectrum from when you last played.

I miss my old Rifter. SO much.

Still that Falloff bonus could be interesting, with slightly better skills and some fitting voodoo I could get one to hit out to about 20km.

The rebalance is amazing in my eyes. So many more options than during my first foray into the game. We're almost spoiled for choice at this point. OP, check out the Incursus and Tristan (my favorites so far), the Slasher is also looking awesome to me at the moment, being able to slap a Tracking Disruptor in addition to full tackle is just mean.

If you're looking for 'casual' ship to ship PvP, definitely check out faction warfare areas, lot's of traffic, and usually doesn't take long to find a fight, whether it's solo or not is another story . If you do decide to do this, I do recommend brining out a few replacements, makes it far easier and enjoyable to fight when you can just dock up and reship ASAP.

Welcome back, and I hope you find a niche for yourself again, cheers. o7

I had the pleasure of spending some time with Ombey in 0.0, he was the first pilot that i could remember anyway use a T2 fitted rifter for chaining the rats in 0.0 belts. basically for ratting in non secured systems the rifter was the best way to go quick to get away if local got hostile and could deal enough damage to take the rats down.

but as others have said it was always overpowered the goto ship for pvp..

Aaah not another one of those....



What to do?


Simple, find something you have fun doing, do that.


It IS as simple as that.


And wow, is Summer of Rage already 3 years ago...I'm getting old.

As for PvP options, check my signature, it lists a couple of public roam channels.

If there are roams that match your schedule, just give them a try.