EVE New Citizens Q&A

when using implants how long do they last also a link that explains attributes. As i stated earlier i'm 63yr young total non tech savvy my main Q is on loosing a ship insured the insurance seems to cover fittings only, what about the ship. ALSO when recieving Kill Report the prompt save fitting takes u to fitting management with a prompt copy to clipboard. What is a clipboard and where would i bloody find it LOL Dohhhhhhhhh!!!

- The implants last as long as up until you get podded (your pod is killed and you die)
- Attributes make skill train a little faster. Each skill has two attributes that affect it. The higher those attributes the more skill points per hour are gained. You can see which two they are from the "Show Info" on a skill.
- Insurance only covers the ship, not the fittings or cargo.
- The clipboard is an abstract concept that represents where things that are "copied" (for copy and paste, or cut and paste) to. When you paste things they come from the clipboard. Many different applications on the same computer can use data from the most recent clipboard entry to do different things. Using the clipboard is a method to import or export fittings into and out fo the game.

They are permanent unless your "pod" (see: escape pod) is destroyed.


I don't have a link, but I will give you the gist of them.

Every skill has two attributes (a primary and secondary) that determine training speed.

The more points you have in specific attributes, the faster skills that rely on those specific attributes train up.


The difference between training skills with the minimum and maximum needed attributes points (even factored in with implants) amounts to about a month over the course of a year.

Ergo... don't see implants as a "must have" thing. They are a luxury item that will give an edge of the long haul.


Also... implants are "clone specific."
This means that if you have "extra bodies" (see: Jump Clones), the implants you have in one clone body will stay with that body.
Jump Clones have nothing to do with Medical Clones (see: clones you respawn into when your escape pod is blown to bits).


The best insurance premium you can buy will cover ~80% of the value of the hull (or more specifically, the minerals that go into making the hull).

Modules and cargo are not covered by insurance.


Another thing to keep in mind is that Tech 2, Faction, Or Tech 3 ships (see: pretty much any ship that has a colorful "tab" on the ship info icon) have terrible insurance values.

The idea is that when you buy one of these "better" ships (pro-tip: they are not always better, some have glaring weaknesses) you PAY for the extra edge they give you... both in initial cost and in ship loss.


This is a abstract computer voodoo thing.

You know how when you right-click in a text box (or any field you can type in) and select "Paste?" You are pasting from the "clipboard."

When you select "Copy" or "Cut" you are overwriting anything in the clipboard and making that your current clipboard info. Which you can then "Paste."



Also... holy hell. Someone who doesn't know copy-paste and clipboard found their way into EVE? What dark magic made this happen?

Hello,

I just got my first implants today. I found this thread pretty helpful in figuring them out. I just have to get over the fact that they look like glowing heads, that I implanted in my own head...

Welcome to the future I guess!