EVE New Citizens Q&A

This game is all about the friends that you make. Rather than hiring a personal tutor I think that you'd be better off making friends. Joining a corp is only one way to do this.

There are various public channels that players have started for various reasons. Some of them are advertised and some you need to be told about or invited to. Don't be afraid to talk in local but also check out "show info" on people that you see in local. Once you do that you can do a "show info" on their corp and then their Alliance (if they have one). Sometimes either in a character's bio or a corp or alliance's description tab they will have a link a public chat channel that they have created.

In the corp recruitments ( either in game UI or sub forum ) some corps have public channels for perspective recruits. It can be a good idea to sit in several of those channels for extended periods of time. You can ask question in there and also just sit back and get a feel for what type of people are in the corp. This gives you access to vets that are typically eager to help while also giving you the opportunity to check how the people in the corp and see if you might be interested in joining. If you don't like the convos you can always leave to try a different one. Helping out perspective recruits in public chat channels can be a big part of recruiting and as a result most players in those channels are more than happy to help.

If you check the signature of some of the characters in this section of the forums you will also see some chat channels mentioned.

However you do it I think that you'll be far better off looking for friends rather than employees. It will probably be more fun for everyone involved as well as more productive.

In addition to finding corps, Lots of corps will host special classes to out-of-corp players. Agony Unleashed and Eve-Uni come to mind. Here is a sampling of Eve Uni Classes http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/EVE_University_Class_Library

Agony Unleashed https://wiki.agony-unleashed.com/index.php/PVP_Classes

This is just to get you started and make you aware just what kind of content is already out there.

Fey'd's Blog is a favorite of this subforum for being both witty and down-to-earth. It is a bit dated at times though. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=442944

How much would you be willing to pay?

I'll go against the conventional wisdom and say that I don't think that what you are suggesting is a bad idea. I'm not in your time zone, so I'm not saying this because I think I'll benefit from it.

The reality is that there are any number of very, very good Eve players who have something of value to teach. That said, there are even more who will simply take your money and give you very little more than you would have gotten from EveUni or any of the other corps that focus on helping new players.

I also think that you need to be a little clearer on what you want to do. The best teachers will all be specialists. I, for example, could teach you a great deal about frigate pvp and living in wormholes, less but still useful stuff about PI and exploration, and very little about mission running or market pvp. We all have our own skill set, and if you are paying, you want to be buying the best you can afford.

Edit: Try looking for Eve blogs. You can find mine through my signature, and you can then find others through the sidebar of my blog (and more through those blogs, etc).

You can learn a huge amount through Eve blogs, and every time I start into a new area I read all the blogs focusing on that subject that I can find. Learn from the mistakes of others, so you can make fewer of your own!

And I was just saying on another thread that Eve players are creating new careers all the time. "Paid Guides" sounds good.

It's usually pretty difficult to find a single established player to fly with and mentor you, because if they're already invested in EVE than they have things they want to do already. It's usually much easier to find a corp with multiple people willing to help you out occasionally. It helps spread out the time burden.

Another option is to make friends and join their chat channels. I generally welcome any new player to join my public channel and ask as many questions as they like. I will always answer questions to the best of my ability. I'm much less likely to drop everything and come fly with you though. I have things to do!

Finding a mentor can be nigh on impossible - I've tried & the only person who really helped me was my son.

I'm in a different time zone to you so I can't really help you.

That said, one suggestion from someone who has been part of several corps from various time zones.

I have found EU corps (especially UK ones) the most helpful when it comes to taking time with newer players.