EVE New Citizens Q&A

Eve is one of those don't put all of your eggs in one basket situations.

If you enjoy exploration then keep doing it. That should not however stop you from trying other stuff. It most certainly should not be the only thing that you do or are capable of doing or working on becoming proficient at.

It's possible to do everything in Eve, with the understanding that to do it all on one character will take time. Time to train the skills and try stuff to see what works for you and what doesn't.

I haven't read your other thread on exploring in detail, but I did notice that wormholes were mentioned several times. You can find unusual things in wormholes, including things you can mine that aren't normally found in hisec and losec space. Exploring for wormholes and mining stuff inside them, then bringing it back to regular space to sell is a real thing, some players specialise at doing that, There are also hacking sites inside wormholes and NPC rats to shoot and loot. Wormhole rats are among the toughest in the game so some caution with them is needed.

There are solo players and some player corps who specialise in being based in W-space and doing most of their gaming in W-space.

Here's a link to a youtube channel for an Eve player corp that specialises in W-space. They have a series of vids explaining various details about W-space. The CCP devs do change details of the game over time so some of the older W-space vids on that channel are a bit out of date now, but even those older vids still contain some useful information. Look for the vids titled WF 2.0.... for the newer ones and Wormhole Fundamentals for the older ones.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Asayanami/videos

Also there is the Eve University wiki, one of the most detailed player created wikis about Eve. Here's their intro page for wormholes. http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Wormholes There are links on the right hand side of that wiki page which take you to pages with more detailed information.

I'll also point out that there is a special W-space system called Thera which is unique. it has many permanent connections to known space in hisec, losec and nulsec, making it a good transit hub to get to many different areas of known space with minimal travel time. Of course some of those connections to known space may be camped by player groups waiting for unsuspecting players to come though and get shot. Here's the Eve-Uni page about Thera. http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Thera

Yes. Eventually.

But it will take a lot of time, or skill injectors to have one character good at many things. That is why we advise players to try many different things early, because trying doesn't have a large skill investment. After experimenting normally I'd advise specializing in whatever you like so you can maximize your income quickly. Also, once you've skilled up your career, you can then start training other skills, such as pvp.

However, there is certainly no need to do so. You could dual train exploration and mining if that makes the game more enjoyable for you. It will open up another income stream.

Solo mining is possible, you'll just never make nearly as much as a player that mines in groups. What matters is not how much isk you make relative to another player, but do you make enough isk to pay for your losses and upgrades. If you do, then it doesn't matter how much another player makes.

Not only can you do it in your down time from exploration, you can do it even when exploring. Once the factories are set up, they take a minimal amount of time to carry for and provide you a steady income while running more or less in the background.

I dipped my toe into Planetary stuff over the weekend. There is so much I can do with it to make a good amount of money. Found it really interesting as well :)