EVE New Citizens Q&A

You can google "eve careers" for a list of possible things to do; here's CCP's 55 MB PDF showing most of them. But, honestly, it's a list of gameplay options, like listing all the moves that chess pieces can take; it's not the game. Try, see what you like, but don't expect any single activity to remain interesting forever.

Details about spaceships and modules have changed; you'll probably need to read up on the various current recommended fittings. Even some of the activities have changed a bit; it's not a themepark MMO, but CCP seems to be trying to introduce various periodic events, to keep people interested and busy. But I'd say that the majority of the game is still in the "herding cats" part, playing with a group of people. If you don't want to herd, then just be a regular cat, but EVE is still better in groups than it is solo.

As far as your characters, CCP has introduced the skill extraction / skill injection system, so you could possibly "round off" your characters even better, depending on what skills are prerequisites (you can't extract prerequisites). You could make some money getting rid of some skills, or you can also spend A LOT adding some skills (instantly). If you're ok with spending money on PLEX to get ISK, use that, otherwise consider whether you really want the alt, and if not, you can make some ISK extracting some of the skills and selling the points. I'd keep the main; 100 million skillpoints is 5 years of training, very expensive to rebuild if you try to do it with skill injectors.

Anyway, trying to find out what would be fun for you is like being your server at a restaurant; it's just simpler for you to read the menu (linked above), and figure it out yourself.

Hello and welcome back to Eve.

Yeah, a lot has changed in the game compared to 5 years ago. Most of those changes were done within the past couple of years. Way too much to actually list so I suggest doing a google search on topics that are relevant to your game play situation.

Since you use to do w-hole action, I suggest doing exploration solo. That would be a viable career since you have a busy life and can only play a couple of hours at a time.

To keep that from getting boring, I suggest mixing it up with some mission running for Event Agents such as Cosmos and Epic Arcs. They have a great story, some good rewards and the missions are a bit tougher than regular missions. Cosmos Agents can only be completed once in the life of the character and Epic Arcs can be completed every 90 days. For more info you can google search for guides.

I hope you have a longer and more rewarding career this time around.



DMC

I've run a wormhole operation in the past and also ran the null sec division of my corp when we were deep in null. Both took up a lot of my time and were more like jobs than a game so I know where you are coming from.

However null sec and wormholes can still be fun. Just don't be the guy running things. Log in, go have some fun, log out.

there are plenty of group activities in this game that don't require you to spend large amounts of time managing people and the movement of stuff. Just look around for the right group and don't be afraid to try different things.

Thank you so much for the thoughtful responses to my completely vague question!

I really do appreciate it and remember why I liked this community. Thanks for welcoming me back.

I think I will be a “regular cat” this time around, as you put it Memphis.
I have a tendency to be the guy who steps up, then gets buried in work. I’ll avoid that this time around.
Several good ideas here.

And you can sell skills now?! That’s crazy talk Mind blown.

I doubt I’ll need Amarr Carrier 5 or Caldari Dreadnaught anymore. I might take advantage of this.

I think I’ll stick one of my alts in a large PVP alliance to learn the ropes without any real responsibility and take my time figuring out what to do with my main.

For the moment I need to make some ISK so couple specific questions concerning the high-sec options:

- Cosmos missions where around in 2006 when I started playing have they been updated?

- Epic arcs are just a series of normal missions, but with better rewards right?

- As far as wormhole stuff goes. I was a pro but I’m kind of lost now. I couldn’t find my way back to my old home in WH space if my life depended on it! Could anyone point me in the direction of a guide? Specifically I’m curious about identifying the content on the other end (to determine if I can handle it or not). I recall the NPCs we fought in wormhole space were not the kind of thing one could do solo or even in a small fleet.

they already do friend, on their mains.

As I mentioned I lived deep in WH space, so combo of challenging PVE with PVP - all large fleet stuff.
That's the only thing I'm done with - large operations and mission grinding.
I've not nothing against HISEC or LOW - I did it all. I'm glad to see the rivalry is alive and well though.

As far as I understand it cosmos missions have not changed since '06

The level 4 epic arcs can have individual missions within them that are very challenging and could cost you a BS if you don't read up on them first. Beyond that they pay well, have very good faction standing increase and can often be done in a manner to leave you with little to no negative hit from opposing factions.

Sleeper AI has been moved to other areas of the game. So no longer are mission rats locked onto one character and incursion rats are basically sleepers in high sec.

You can solo C1 and C2 rats. C3 and up you will need friends. However Wormholes have gotten so popular and busy that you will probably want to always bring friends.

I'm laughing and crying at the same time. I remember asking this exact same question in 2009.




Pretty much. They're worth doing, I particularly recommend the pirate epic arcs that take you out to NPC null and are designed to be run in frigate-class ships. They're awesome.

If you're looking for something you can jump into right away that can make you some isk, and offer potential PVP opportunities all in very discrete chunks of time, I can't recommend Blood Raider Gauntlets enough. They're small combat sites that appear as beacons right on your overview in all types of space and are part of a limited time event running for another week or so. Each one contains some webbing frigate NPCs, some stronger than usual cruiser NPCs, and a Battlecruiser boss at the end. The BC always drops an event-related booster and a cosmetic item. Currently market value for the loot is averaging around 25m I'd say, which isn't a ton, but you can do a site in less than 15 minutes easily. More like 5 minutes if you bring the right ship and are on your game.

Now, I don't really recommend doing them in high sec, since the competition is very stiff and there are lots of people waiting to run in and snag the loot at the last second after you've done all the work of killing the rats. Instead, try running them in low sec (or even null/wspace). Make sure you fit a warp disruptor and you will almost certainly find a fight eventually. And it will probably be a solo fight even!

Right at this moment in time, contesting Gauntlets in LS has injected a whole bunch of new solo-PVP into the game and it's awesome.