EVE New Citizens Q&A

hi I am Charlotte, my bf play EVE at home, seemingly shooting lasers on roids and he called it mining. I find this very boring and wonders how he actually keep doing it all the time.

so I googled this game and from various sources this game is not just the mining game "he" plays. so I started to play this game yesterday, hopefully blowing him up in surprise one day (he didn't know I joined the game, probably until one day he **** me off and I decided to shoot his ugly looking mining ship)

so this is the problem, although there are various guides and that AURA thingy, I still don't understand how the skill training thingy worked, as skills are obviously related to how things work, but how?

I read about modules, they are supposed to do their things like guns are shooting and plates are tanking, does it mean I can put all the things on and go ahead? I have literally no idea.

and the market. certainly things cost bucks (I think it is isk here?), how do I earn enough bucks to buy the things I needed? and no please don't say mining, I have seen enough of it.

thanks for advice in advance, please help me delivers the best surprise to an unexpected poor soul, i want him to play game like a game, not sitting there watching the fxxking monitor doing literally NOTHING. he needs to learn a lesson here

Hello.

Let's get started.


The gist of it is...

- each skill allows you to either fit or use certain ships or modules

- the higher the skill is... the more it enhances that ship or module
NOTE: ship skills give blanket enhancement for certain ship classes and racial types... but the bonuses themselves are based on and tied to the individual hulls (you have to check their info)

- certain ships, weapons, and modules utilize certain skills more than other skills... this takes time to understand so don't worry and take your time.

- to get new skills... you buy skills from stations, inject them, and then drag them into your skillque. They will train in real time... whether you are online or not.

For a more in-depth breakdown of the skill system and what it means for you... look at the link in my signature at the bottom of this post.


Pretty much... however...

- fitting a ship is more of an "mathematical art form."

- you want to focus your ship's fit towards a specific goal or tactic. If you try to fit to do multiple things, you will be operating at less than "optimal" with all of them.

- refer back to skills and ships. Certain ships have bonuses towards using certain weapons and/or modules. Check the ship info boxes to see what each ship will be "optimal" using.


Be creative. Unless it breaks the EULA (End User License Agreement) you can do almost anything to earn money. Most of it is pretty common sense, but if you have questions [about the EULA]... ask on the forums or submit a petition via the help menu.

That said... I have seen people make ISK doing...

- mercenary work: muscle for hire. Not everyone enjoys player vs player combat... some enjoy PvP excessively. And some people are willing to pay pretty pennies to wish harm on others.

- playing the market: buy low, sell high

- hauling: just as boring as mining is... but fraught with a fair bit more danger. Can be combined with "playing the market" if you are enterprising enough

- exploring: find stuff in space... hope for a good run of luck

- leading: can you herd cats effectively? Can you instill people with the urge to do things they may not want to do? You can make money this way by making others work for YOU and skimming off the top.

- missions and traditional PvE type farming: pretty standard fare in an MMO. Self explanatory.

- propagandist: yes... this is a real thing. Organizations of people will pay you to be a mouthpiece... more if you are skilled at using photo or video software.


For other ideas... check out the other link in my signature at the bottom of this post: How did you Veterans start?


edit: one last thing... really try to do the tutorials. They give quite a few rewards that can give a decent start in the beginning.

When in doubt, right-click on things to see what the options are. For example, right-clicking a skill book from tutorials would have given you "inject skill" and "train immediately to 1".

Similarly, right-clicking skills in the training window or book form and going to "info" will give you a summary of what the skill does. The only exception to this are spaceship command skills, where what the skill does varies from boat to boat and is in the _ship_ info.

Moving stuff around (e.g. moving skills in the queue into different orders, or moving items between different containers) is generally drag and drop. It's the easiest way to fit things on a ship, too.

So... right click things, and drag/drop things, and eventually you'll work most things out.

this is awesome

no you cant just put anything on any ship (well you can but its not advised) ships have specific bonuses for different things

Amarr Ships use lasers and usually armor tank
gallente use hybrid guns and usually armor tank
minmatar are the best and you should always fly minmatar (uses projectile and shield tank)
caldari uses missiles and also shield tank

these are basic some ships can work with different weapons and different tanks, but never mix different weapons and never use both armor and shield tanking on same ship.

if you skill up say a frigate, once you get that skill to lvl 3 you will unlock destroyers, if you continue to train frigates to lvl 5 you will theoretically unlock tech 2 frigates (alot more powerful than tech 1) with some additional skills.

do you intend to play for long or just to shoot your bf? if you just want to shoot your bf you should aim yourself towards a thrasher which is a winmatar destroyer, commonly used for shooting miners, these will use projectile autocannons.

if you look at ships you like the look of there is a "requirements" tab which will show you what skills are required to fly it

it looked like a skill tree is it not?

I don't know the game deep enough for a decision yet, but his dirty ship will be dead for sure. I love his facial expression when feeling pissed. I don't mind him playing a game with enthusiasm but lets face it, it should at least be an interesting and fun game to play, not farmville.

oh please go check your ingame wallet, a sensible lady like you should not worry about space bucks, at all.

the only thing I request hereof is a killmail, evemail to me when justice delivered, tears included.

Maybe he's mining only as part of a larger production/marketing playstyle? Then it might not be as boring as you think, OP. Also - to each their own, if he likes economy based gameplay - let him play it that way. Not saying "do not gank him" tho

also, obligatory Overly Attached GF meme?

I feel like you should read this as well.
You seem to be the type and it might help you come up
with a more sinister plan than simply blowing him up. ;)

Start a secret campaign of terror on him and his corporation. You have the best intel, just stroll past him while he plays and see what system/belt/anom he is in, go back to your computer, and blow him, or his corp mates up.

You can even distract him while he's in the middle of trying to defend himself. Just yell from the other side of the apartment/house:

"HONEEEEYYYY! I thought I told you to do __________!"

Just remember to alt tab out of EVE when he walks by you and your computer.