EVE New Citizens Q&A

I've been playing EVE for 3 months. I just renewed for 90 days + 90 days dual character training. I created an Alt to use the DCT, but I'm not sure what to do with this character.

So far, my main character's training has focused on Exploration and Cov-Ops with the goal of joining a PVP corp.

I'm making ISK on Data and Relic sites in null sec, selling loot in Dodixie. I guess I'm leaving ISK on the table, but I don't want to spend much time playing market games. Is there any point in having a Market Alt for someone like me?

I'm not ready to commit an Alt to mining, production, research, or PI. Maybe later. Not sure what my income and expenses will be going forward.

What kind of Alt would complement an Explorer and/or PVP main character? Scouting? Hauling? Multi-role? What am I missing?

Any suggestions?

Sooooooo... ask yourself the following: What do I want to do on my alt that I do not want to do on my main?


EVE is interesting in that no specialty locks you out from another specialty. "Classes" that are used in traditional fantasy MMOs are based on ships here (or no ships at all).

You main character can literally do anything it wants as long as it has the skills to do it.


So let me give you some ideas based on what I do with my main and alt characters.


My main (ShahFluffers):
- I PvP with this character almost exclusively (near max skill with almost all sub-capital ships)
- I run missions in low-sec
- I run anomaly sites in low-sec
- I wage war and general mayhem.

My First Alt:
- I mine
- I build
- I research BPOs
- I transport ships and equipment to my main character (wherever he may be)
- I do wormhole spelunking
- The occasional suicide gank
- I run missions
- I buy from the market hubs
- I keep all "mothballed" assets on this character (he can fly almost everything, but barely)

My Second Alt (note: this alt has almost no skills)
- I spy on "people of interest"
- I do "lol-PvP" to prove a point

90 days will get you approx. 5 million SP on the alt. And 5 million SP is sufficient for: market alt + T2 transports + PI (income = 3-400 million ISK / month, minimum effort). I know you said you don't want to get into PI, but you also don't know what you want to do, so this is just a generic alt that will get you some passive income, that can haul a bit more securely than with a T1 industrial, and save you a little bit on taxes.

Some things that you can train an alt for:

lighting cynos / covert cyons. For this you'll need to train for covert ops frigates and covert cynosaral field generators.

Scouting / intel gathering / exploration. For this you'll need covert Ops frigates and scanning skills as well as covert ops cloaking device.

Market / Hauling alt. The skills needed for this depend on what you want to haul and what your market strategy is. For example very different skills are needed for station trading versus setting up lots of smaller orders at mission hubs for example.

Planetary Interaction alt. Mostly just need PI skills for this as far as I know.

Industry alt. Don't need many skills to get started on this but where you want to go with it could change things a bit. Look through production skills to get an idea of what you want to train for in that skill tree.

another option is to use that alt to try something that you don't' want to divert your main for or do something that you don't want to do on your main. An example is I once created an alt for running pirate faction missions in null sec. I did not want to destroy my main's empire standings to run pirate missions. You could also do something similar with high sec ganking or low sec ass-hattery.

90 days can get you a competent PI alt with basic hauling skills and trade. If you manage to set up in a wormhole with good planets it's enough to keep both accounts plexed.

I believe dual account training is only for the same account.

Mine is set up so that I can do basic stuff in case of a wardec, some pi, mining, a bit of hauling for my main etc.

Nothing specific, just a jack of all trades type guy to keep me going when needed.

Will use it to level my banker alt to be ready for SP extraction, plus some scanning, industry and hauling skills. This is the maximum concession I will make to the alt business in EvE - the offer is unfortunately too good to be missed.

Thanks everyone for your comments. To clarify a couple things:

1. I have one exiting account.

2. The sale was 90 days of game time + 90 days of dual character training for $38.85. The offer expired July 10. I needed to buy the game time anyway, so the DCT seems like a free bonus to me.

At this point a Market-Hauler-PI character is starting to make sense. I think I might like PI because I enjoy games like Sim City, etc.

I was thinking a Scouting Alt could work on the same account as my main Explorer/PVP character, switching back and forth between the two. Is that not a good idea? I'm not set up for dual boxing.

I expect these questions will answer themselves when I understand the game better and/or when I join the right corporation. But in the mean time I have 90 days DCT and the clock is running, so your suggestions are much appreciated.

Maybe train it for an interceptor, it makes a a decent hauler for small items like skill books. Just a thought though