EVE General Discussion

Hello

So iv'e been playing for a little over a week now. So far, I'm not impressed and am seriously considering not extending my trial. My reasons are below.

1. Starting skills are rubbish, I can still fly very little.
2. I fitted a probe with modules, went exploring, I make VERY little money in any data/relic site.
3. I literally after doing the tutorial still have virtually no idea what I'm doing.
4. Ship/modules cost far to much money. What I make from exploring/level 1,2 missions does not cover getting skills and getting new ships to do things when you die.
5. The NPC corp for me was horrible, asking questions got horrible answers or simply, i was insulted non stop.

There is literally no reason for me to keep playing, I do not make hardly any ISK for my skill level and i cannot afford to upgrade items etc.

CCP, you need to fix your game.

P.S Updated

I don't play WoW, never have, Never will, i dislike any mmo like that :)

Sounds like you have come in with a crappy attitude and so you will not get the help you are wanting. Fix your attitude instead of telling CCP to fix their game and you may get somewhere. So that is the first piece of advice for you.

Secondly, it sounds like the problem you are not making enough ISK; can I ask what exactly do you want that ISK for?

Eve isn't a game like others where you need to grind loads of ISK, you can actually do a lot with cheaper ships and modules if you know what you are doing. So the first thing is to set yourself some short term goals and work towards them.

The idea is that you are supposed to overcome your "problems" finding workarounds and being enterprising.

The biggest workaround is teaming up with other players. And the way to be very enterprising is to socialize with others.

And sure... you may not be able to fly that sexy interceptor... but the Tech 1 stuff you have access to can be fit to do similar things. This way you gain experience in doing what you want to and better focus your interests.


Like the poster above me said; get out of high-sec.

But I'll also add that the more remote areas of high-sec with smaller populations tend to have more stuff to find and pilfer through.


Hi. I have been playing the game since 2009. I have no idea what I am doing either.

But I know what I LIKE doing. And I try to do things that allow or enhance my ability to do what I like doing.


A frigate costs half a million ISK. Fitting that frigate up with basic (or prototype) mods should cost about the same. That's 1 million ISK right there.

Then get the best insurance. Now, if it explodes, you'll get back 80% of the value of the hull.

Alternatively, team up with an older player and be a sugar baby. That older player, if he/she likes you enough, will give you a STACK of frigates for free.
There is no shame in whoring a little. We have all done it at some point in our gaming careers and if it helps us achieve our goals... who really cares? The ends justifies the means here.


Yeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhh.... leave the NPC corp. It is by and large full of tardos in there.

Find a player corporation that is more in-line with your interests.




Basically... get creative.
I have seen people making ISK by selling digital artwork to various groups in the game. Or singing for groups on Teamspeak. Or by playing scout. Or tagging along on expeditions. etc. etc.

As long as you have the mentality of "this difficulty is a challenge, let's see how far I can get before falling" and keep using it... you will succeed in EVE.

i ll bite

1. In single week you figured it out how many ships are in eve ? no not rly
2. in single week you know what are data/relic sites and you know what is good ISK ?
3. in single week you done all toutorials, no freaking way
4. in single week you figured it out that modules are overpriced, if you done all tutorials you'd have more then enough skills book and ships and modules for lvl1 and lvl2 missions. And again in single week you managed to do all tutorials, did relic and data sites, nabbed into lvl1 and lvl2 missions.
5. simple not true...

Try better next time...

supplying your own ships should be the least of your problems.

Join a good corp that supplies cheap t1 frigates.

I know you're thinking to yourself:

But I want to be self-sufficient! I want to provide for myself and pave my own way!

Kid. . . . We're super rich. We've (not really me, more like THEY but I'm saying WE to convey the point) been playing this game for years. We have more isk and resources than we know what to do with.

We WANT to shower you with ships. We WANT to provide the opportunity for experiences that you'll want to tell others. Making the ships, collecting the isk and the resources, that's been the easy part. The hard part is finding the people we need to accomplish our tasks. That's where you come in. All you need to do is explain what it is what you want to do, and let us provide you the opportunity to do it. You demonstrate a willingness to learn and not suffer an emotional breakdown at the drop of a hat and you'll earn your right to continue receiving the benefit of our good will because it's mutually beneficial.

You get what you want, free ships to learn and play in; and we get what we want, people to assist us in the accomplishment of our goals.

Just take a step back, realize this isn't your every day MMO and let us help you help us.

It'll work out, you just have to swallow your pride and pledge allegiance to divine entervention

1) learn the game and choose your skills, don't run until you can walk
2) do the tutorial missions, agent missions, you make lots of isk
3) do them again, Eve takes time to learn
4) frigs, cruisers don't cost much, try using them
5) join Eve University or some other corp then

My brother started playing Eve and had made 7 Billion ISK after 2 months with no help from anyone. This game doesn't hand you anything on a plate, but will reward you for effort. It also isn't a solo game, it is an MMO where you are actually expected to interact with the other players.


tl/dr: The issue isn't with the game.

1: That's not too bad, because you will wreck a lot of ships learning to fly them. It just happens, not a lot to do about it.
2: A lot of those sites you scan down are called "Wormhole." There are shiny things on the other side, but they are dangerous.
3: This is a sandbox game. Do what you want, try things until you find something you like. You can Google around for "How do I?" type of things, but then you don't get to work out the details yourself. Playing with stuff is fun, and kind of the point of games. This one is very different from those "interactive movie" themepark games.
4: One thing everyone needs is a way to make kredits. You can mine (yawn), mission (slightly less yawn), clean up after other peoples' high-end missions (lots of scrapmetal), reprocess ore, play market games, build and sell stuff. And there's always mercenary-type stuff if you can convince someone to hire you.
5: Some NPC corps are better than others.

so I guess someone "extended" their trial account

The 2 week cerebral accelerator that is only applicable for the first 14(at least I think it's 14) days is a rather large incentive towards upgrading your trial to a paid account on day one.