EVE New Citizens Q&A

As an older player who doesn't have a lot of game time myself, I think you should seriously consider joining a corp. You don't need any skills to contribute to a corporation - you contribute every time you log in, every time you comment in corp chat, every time you undock. Some corporations need people with particular skills, and that's fine, but many of the best corporations in the game do not.

Since your gametime is limited, the best thing to do is find a corporation that has ongoing, easily accessible fun content at all hours of the day. I'm just coming back to the game after a long break so I don't know as much about the current landscape as some of the folks about to post below me, but I can tell you that my own corp, Pandemic Horde fits the bill. We live in nullsec and at any given time there are usually at least a couple hundred of us logged in doing pretty much any activity EVE has to offer. Plus, we accept everyone who applies and somehow that seems to be working out for us. There are some other great corporations out there for quickly accessible content too. RvB is great if you just want quick and dirty undock-pewpew action 24/7. Karmafleet as I understand it is kind of like Horde but on the losing team, EVE University is good if you want to have content in various types of space and meanwhile take classes on how to play EVE good. If you enjoy blowing people up when they least expect it you could take up suicide ganking and join CODE.

There are plenty of options. I'd recommend you pick one and run off with it. You can always change your mind later.

Corps today arent as demanding as they were back in 2008. Even the non renter alliances have corps that take newbros( thats what we call newbies now). There are some still around that want you to clock in and out like its a job you pay to work, but that fad has mostly went away. If you log in for a few hours a week you will probably be fine.


On the technical side there have been a lot of changes since 2008, but thats likely not relevant to you since you probably remember almost nothing about eve in 2008. If you do you should probably forget it and start over as it probably not correct anyway. Enjoy relearning the game!


Also thank you for proving that you never quit Eve, you just go AFK for various lengths of time.

the game has changed a hell of alot since 2008, there has been so much going on and so many things implemented to keep the game interesting.

it all depends on what you want to do but as i am sure you remember and will quickly learn, your not safe in high sec and never assume you are, i will also say that training is alot less intensive then it used to be, you no longer have to skill to be able to train skills efficiently, jump clones are still around but normal clones are not.

there are player made citadels that can be found in system that act like NPC stations ( can be blown up however ).

wormholes leading to endless amounts of space to explore are now a thing.

exploration data, relic and combat sites are there for your enjoyment.

incursions - mainly highsec run by elite groups ( you can train up into logi fairly quickly and earn a bucketload of isk )

null sec is as insecure as always, forever changing, if you like that side of things pick a corp make some friends and just learn from those that know.

you can of course always get into industry and mining, the process may of been made easier but its still much of a muchness.

hope you find what makes eve fun for you, explore, read up on what might interest you and have fun.

all the best.

Flash o7

Buy skill injectors and watch that skill queue whittle down to nothing.

Welcome back!

You have so much stuff that will be new to you! Cool!

Just play around with the game and try out various playstyles. Figure out what you enjoy doing and find people to do that with. Eve is a sandbox and in that respect very much like a playground full of kids just looking to do something together. Most corps don't have lots of requirements or things that they need from players.

Also you can be helpful and participate even with low skill points. Most corps that have skill point requirements mostly do that to reduce disposable spy alts on free trial accounts not because they actually want you to have the skills.