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jschweg Arran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-10-21 00:25:54 UTC
So I love this game, but I'm starting to feel like I have no idea what I'm supposed to do now. I've been playing for about 100 hours, I've got pretty good money coming in, but I've just been doing the mission grind in high sec space. Problem is that mission grinding is getting boring, it doesn't really have that much of a point once you have a disposable bankroll, and the level 3/4's are not much of a challenge with my battlecruiser.

I decided, well factional warfare looks like fun. I built a PVP Hurricane only to have it blown up in 8 seconds flat by a gatecamp. Whatever, not a big deal, but it just seems like everyone else knows how to play this game so well and its so hard to move to the next step.

I'm not complaining, but just looking for advice on how to move into things like PVP and branch out to other parts of the game that involve other players. I'm just getting frustrated with building expensive ships and getting completely spanked within a blink of an eye. At least if I could get a few kills and then get spanked I'd feel like I was making progress lol.

Help!
Solecist Project
#2 - 2014-10-21 00:26:38 UTC
GO NORTH.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#3 - 2014-10-21 00:28:26 UTC
Stay in factional warfare, specialize on frigates and invest a battleship worth of ISK into a swarm of t1 frigates. Get to know people and blow up while having fun. Enjoy your first killmails on the shooting side.

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Archibald Thistlewaite III
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Miners
#4 - 2014-10-21 00:29:34 UTC
Go West, Life is peaceful there
Go West, In the open air
Go West, Baby you and me
Go West, This is our destiny
Go West, Sun in wintertime
Go West, We will do just fine
Go West, Where the skies are blue
Go West, this is what we're gonna do

GO WEST!

User of 'Bumblefck's Luscious & Luminous Mustachio Wax'
jschweg Arran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2014-10-21 00:36:45 UTC
Abrazzar wrote:
Stay in factional warfare, specialize on frigates and invest a battleship worth of ISK into a swarm of t1 frigates. Get to know people and blow up while having fun. Enjoy your first killmails on the shooting side.


I think that might be my next plan. I figure if I buy 30 Rifters I'm bound to kill SOMETHING before they all get blown up in a 2 hour period lol
Ncc 1709
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Fraternity.
#6 - 2014-10-21 00:40:57 UTC
rifters are kinda crap these days
go for a breacher
LUMINOUS SPIRIT
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2014-10-21 00:48:37 UTC
jschweg Arran wrote:
So I love this game, but I'm starting to feel like I have no idea what I'm supposed to do now. I've been playing for about 100 hours, I've got pretty good money coming in, but I've just been doing the mission grind in high sec space. Problem is that mission grinding is getting boring, it doesn't really have that much of a point once you have a disposable bankroll, and the level 3/4's are not much of a challenge with my battlecruiser.

I decided, well factional warfare looks like fun. I built a PVP Hurricane only to have it blown up in 8 seconds flat by a gatecamp. Whatever, not a big deal, but it just seems like everyone else knows how to play this game so well and its so hard to move to the next step.

I'm not complaining, but just looking for advice on how to move into things like PVP and branch out to other parts of the game that involve other players. I'm just getting frustrated with building expensive ships and getting completely spanked within a blink of an eye. At least if I could get a few kills and then get spanked I'd feel like I was making progress lol.

Help!


first step is join a factional warfare pvp corp.

plenty advertise recruitment here on the forums in the recruitment section.
Slymah
DorpCorp
#8 - 2014-10-21 00:52:48 UTC
You'll learn more by joining a helpful FW/PvP corp than just throwing ships into destruction.

Roll around with them for a while and ask tons of questions. If you want to go back to soloing that's fine but at least you'll kinda know whats going on at that point.

imho
Derrick Miles
Death Rabbit Ky Oneida
#9 - 2014-10-21 01:17:44 UTC
Other than joining a FW corp that is helpful towards new players I'd recommend checking out RvB. A perpetual war in highsec that has a focus on helping new players learn pvp could be a good way for you to pick up the mechanics before heading out on your own or into FW again.
Mijou Star
ICE is Coming to EVE
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2014-10-21 02:58:43 UTC
jschweg Arran wrote:
Abrazzar wrote:
Stay in factional warfare, specialize on frigates and invest a battleship worth of ISK into a swarm of t1 frigates. Get to know people and blow up while having fun. Enjoy your first killmails on the shooting side.


I think that might be my next plan. I figure if I buy 30 Rifters I'm bound to kill SOMETHING before they all get blown up in a 2 hour period lol


Had the same thought... but half way into my fights i keep making stupid decisions and dying.
Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#11 - 2014-10-21 05:21:42 UTC
Step 1: Join General Tso's.
Step 2: PvP with us.
Step 3: Profit.

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#12 - 2014-10-21 06:43:40 UTC
Yarda Black
The Black Redemption
#13 - 2014-10-21 08:20:04 UTC
jschweg Arran wrote:
branch out to other parts of the game that involve other players.


How about a corp thats not a NPC one?


jschweg Arran wrote:
I'm just getting frustrated with building expensive ships and getting completely spanked within a blink of an eye. At least if I could get a few kills and then get spanked I'd feel like I was making progress


Don't undock what you can't afford to lose. Go cheaper until these "expensive" ships matter less.

Your rifter plan sounds good btw
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#14 - 2014-10-21 08:24:47 UTC
What Yarda said.

Find a good pvp focussed Corp that is active in your timezone and go have fun. You'll learn a lot from experienced people around you and the social side of the game adds more depth to your time online (imho).
Steve WingYip
Doomheim
#15 - 2014-10-21 08:29:31 UTC
Solecist Project wrote:
GO NORTH.


No, that's runescape :)
Solecist Project
#16 - 2014-10-21 08:57:35 UTC
Steve WingYip wrote:
Solecist Project wrote:
GO NORTH.


No, that's runescape :)
No, that's literally every textadventure.

No idea what runescape is.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Schmata Bastanold
In Boobiez We Trust
#17 - 2014-10-21 13:01:41 UTC
Ncc 1709 wrote:
rifters are kinda crap these days
go for a breacher


Oh god, no... Not this dual tank abomination :)
Probably the only equally annoying ship in Eve is falcon.

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Zappity
New Eden Tank Testing Services
#18 - 2014-10-21 13:10:13 UTC
All good above. I used to recommend RvB but too many high SP characters playing station games these days. Go lowsec, join a FW or pirate corp, focus on frigates and dessies. Get FRAPS to more easily learn from your mistakes. Or read my thread. LOTS of mistakes in that :)

Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec and nullsec.
Ila Dace
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2014-10-21 13:14:50 UTC
Wormholes. Find a good wormhole corp., join 'em, and start playing Eve hard mode.

If House played Eve: http://i.imgur.com/y7ShT.jpg

But in purple, I'm stunning!
Ka'Narlist
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#20 - 2014-10-21 13:21:30 UTC
jschweg Arran wrote:
but it just seems like everyone else knows how to play this game so well and its so hard to move to the next step.

Imho a lot of players don't (or they somehow get the real fun out of grinding missions or mining all day just to watch their wallet go up).


The first and most important step in getting most out of eve is to find yourself a good corp (probably not a high sec corp) and join in on their activities.
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