EVE General Discussion

Separate point, eve trial accounts. Free to try and the trial limitations really arent that big of a deal. Feel free to poke me, USTZ, if friend wants to see more of eve.

I stand by that to best enjoy eve, remember it is an experience, not just a game.

So ummm, it turns out that the only reason he is not willing to try eve (YET) is because he is afraid!!



Afraid that he might like the game and that he might get sort of like, addicted to it and then cant stop playing it (apprently this has happened before, lose all self control and just play the game, screw life ) ...

Well, i think i hit a brick wall with this.

Well, that is an understandable fear.

One way to help him escape this fear is to place a set goal for every time he goes to play the game, or a standard amount of time to play the game. He should make sure he adheres to that time, and he should be all set to go, adjusting what he does in that amount of time as his character's skills grow.

A while back, when I wasn't too busy, I made it my goal to accumulate close to 100 million ISK per day (since I fly in Null-Sec and run Anomalies, that basically amounts to three Havens for 40 minutes each on average). Nowadays I just run one Haven per day and then salvage the wrecks (I'm storing up for a Citadel ), after which I am finished playing for the day. My goal back then was to get enough ISK to buy PLEX to extend my play-time beyond my initial subscription (and to multi-train my one alt).

Of course, you need a good enough ship with the proper bonuses and skills trained to manage that sort of pay out in that time-frame (much less fly a Haven), and I'm still training a skill set to allow me to optimize my Haven running and make them go even faster.

As Markus Reese said, it is easy to lose track of time in the rabbit hole of the EVE Wonderland, so the best advice to give him would be to set himself a set amount of time to play the game per day (or every other day) and a set goal of what to achieve in that time frame. An hour at minimum and two hours at maximum per day should do it.