EVE New Citizens Q&A

Maybe so, but it's also revealing. He preferred to play solo, as I do sometimes, however the game is designed apparently specifically to not really allow that, at least to be efficient or maybe done over the long term. He could innocently be doing something in an area, a person ask him to do something, he either declines, or doesn't answer, and then the other person may kill him, since all actions are apparently interpreted as hostile.

It reminded me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ws_APXilE

His IRL arguement is that people are "innocent until proven guilty", at least that is what it is supposed to be...EVE's mentality appears to be the exact opposite..hostile until otherwise....I can in some ways understand that too.

I can really appreciate what EVE wants to do...I really do, although I may sound to the contrary.

I have no problems with joining a Corp, however, it's not something i want to do right now. At this point, I prefer to explore, mine, build some of the blueprints that I had gotten when I bought some packages on Steam, and understand the basics. I'm of 0 use to a corp I feel right now with the limited assets I have access too. No weapons to outfit anything, etc. etc. How can I put this....I'd like the base WoW type of experience...right now at least, later, I'll definitely look at other avenues and corps, but for now, i'd like to scan, probe, find mines / sites / things, go there, etc...the WoW type of questing / instance, or at least as close to that as EVE will allow. : D

So, if I want to at least have that for now, I'm guessing I'm scanning those systems that show up in red, then, if I find an ore anomaly I can jump into a miner and go to it? Basically I'd jump from system to system doing this? That's really my question right now. I'll jump into a Heron I setup to scan, send some probes to a system and find an ore site...is there anything I need to do to mark that down, or once scanned to 100%, I can go back to my hangar, get into a mining ship, then go back to that spot and mine, or do I need to jump there right away with the heron and use that to mine? That's what I'm a little confused about.

That's what i'd like to do for now to at least get a handle on things. Last night I completed the Advance military mission, got the ship that gives you, although I can't use it just yet, although by the time I get home from work I should be able to as I have a 3 day skill queue trained up!

Once I get to a certain point, I'll investigate some corps, right now though, I prefer to putz around alone while I'm getting acclimated.

Baby steps.

right, but a player that doesn't really know what's going on isn't good content apart from being a chew toy for vets and I doubt of much use to a corp.

I'd prefer to join one when I know what's going on, and feel that I can contribute, beyond being a target in target practice.

Is this PVP or PvE?

that's the approach I usually will take with MMO's and the approach I want to take with EVE. With Warcraft, I did the same thing. Made sure I knew the basics, however, EVE has a ton more going on, and honestly, I'd rather learn by doing than reading up resources online, unless I absolutely need to.

I don't want to join a corp, ask a ton of questions, then get booted.

Thanks for answering my 'red scan' question. I'm still in the noob area and have a few of the tutorial agent missions left. Once I complete them, then I'm probably going to start scanning the red icons in the area and explore them.

Which?

Without getting into the whole "everything you do in EVE is PVP" argument, exploration is PVE(with a dash of PVP with pirates hunting you in low/null sec while hacking) while Faction Warfare is almost exclusively PVP, with a dash of PVE.

I've been playing "solo" for six years, so let me give you some advice.

It sounds like you have the right attitude to enjoy this game.

If you're playing in High Sec systems then you can definitely play more casually and play solo more easily, but you'll "earn" less ISK. Since ISK is the means by which you buy ships, modules, and other toys in the game, you may find yourself wanting to venture into Low Sec to make more ISK more quickly (unless you want to "buy" your ISK with real money, which means purchasing a PLEX, then selling it in-game to another player for several hundred million ISK).

Playing in Low Sec will force you to learn new tactics to avoid getting killed, so it becomes a whole new game, and a more difficult one. You'll have to slow down and think more carefully about every move you make, what modules to fit, etc.

The same goes for Null Sec and wormhole systems. The tactics you use in Low Sec for traveling from gate to gate, hauling, engaging in PvP, managing planetary colonies, exploring, etc. will need to be adjusted for each of those types of systems. Each type of system becomes more challenging to survive and thrive in, but you also get more freedom to engage in combat against other players.

But in the end, all that matters is whether you're having fun playing with your internet spaceships. Take the game at your own pace and in your own way.

If you need any advice feel free to send me an email in game. Or if you're thinking of going into low sec and you don't have a corp to help scout ahead, let me know and I'll provide some scouting support, because you will get ganked at those low sec gates. Maybe not the first or second time, but it will happen. That's for sure.

This kind of thing does not often happen in this game. I've been playing this game since 2009 and in many ways still feel like a newbie. You will find most players in this game falling all over themselves to help new players. This game has a huge learning curve. We all know it and we all went through it and all of us vets have a long list of players that helped us out along the way and are looking to pay it forward.

Yes if you ask every single question that comes to your mind every 5 seconds it might get old but if you at least try stuff out enough to ask a half way intelligent question other players will be more than happy to help out. And if you are asking to many questions that are too easy for you to figure out on your own then someone will, in most cases, usually inform you that you should be at least giving things a effort first.

My example is a guy that posted in the NC Q&A about a week ago wondering why he could only use one gas harvester at a time when the skill description clearly states:


In the above situation I told the player to atleast read the skills description first. And even in that situation I was not pissed that he asked. It's just that when a player asks me a question I would much rather teach them how to find the answers themselves than just answer if for them. My guess is that's the goal of most vets looking to help. They don't want to just help you in this one situation. They would much rather give you tools that you can use over and over again. Well at least that's how I see it, I can't speak for others.

So if you enjoy playing alone don't let me tell you how to play your game. However if you or any other newer player reading this is playing solo because you feel like you'd be a burden to other players then I just want to say that is an attitude taught to you by WoW due to WoW mechanics and it has no place in this game. I say this as a player that came to Eve from WoW with that attitude and found my game experience much improved once I got rid of it.