EVE New Citizens Q&A

Don't mine it.

You need a tiny amount of Zydrine, buy it from the market. (right click the BP -> show info. Click the (i) to the right of the Zydrine entry and then click the "View market details" button at the bottom, and buy just the amount you need.)
Part of the industry career is learning to deal with the market, buying and selling. Take this as the first lesson.

You'll probably lose your ship. Not because of skills, but because you don't know what to watch for (everything) and you'll probably hit the wrong keys and die (I did).

Finish the career agents, maybe the SoE arc, then, with some ISK in the bank, take cheap ships to lowsec (or nullsec) and lose them.
Just not this early while you're still learning what key is warp, what key is stop and what that weird symbol on the overview is.

For the Sisters of Eve Arc, go to the system Arnon, dock at the Sisters of Eve station there, and speak to the epic arc agent Sister Alitura

I believe you will get a Tormentor for free from one of the other career agents. I'd advice using that one to complete this mission instantly.

Low-sec is relatively safe if you stick near the gates until you sort things out - things to look for:
.4 security
Few people
Many belts (helps for when you get attacked, just jump to another belt and keep digging)
Things optional but beneficial:
One or more neutral or friendly citadels you can jump to as a safe point
More than two gates out (3-4 is good)
Wormhole (if you can scan; only should be used in a 'I need to be anywhere but here' situation)

You'll also want to have a fast ship so you can warp to reference points like planets and fly in a straight line a ways (as a safe spot from players, as they won't be able to find you if you're not near a planet)

Eve is a deep game. I used to always want to source all of my own mats in "crafting" in other games. In Eve manufacturing is much more like an industrial process than crafting. You can run around and gather all of your own mats but it is not efficient.

You will eventually wind up finding your niche in this game. You will at that point stick mostly to the things that you enjoy doing and leaving other activities to other players.

In this example specifically you are probably better off just mining what is available to you now and selling excess ore / minerals that you have to buy what you don't. Or even just buying the end product that you need and figuring how to make the isk to "afford" it as a separate consideration.

In the end this is a game you should probably focus on what is more fun.

Also early on learning is probably the most valuable thing that you can do with your in game time so you may want to take learning experience into consideration from the perspective of them brining valuable experience.

Seconded, lowsec mining is major hassle with safety and hauling issues for minimal gains.

Hello and welcome to Eve,

Elena Thiesant & mkint both gave very good advice, following their suggestions will definitely help you quickly get familiar with the game.

Good luck and may you have a long and rewarding career here in Eve.



DMC

Hello. I was recruited by an Amarr corporation in which the leader initially seemed to be nice. However, I'm finding that he is rather rude in manners and rather crude in leading the team. He has given me free ships (two Ventures) to mine and he is also asking me to attend training sessions, though. His lessons are not the best (learning by myself seems to be more helpful) and he would often throw sarcastic remarks because of asking simple questions (which is, to me, unfamiliar since I'm still learning the basics). He initially asked me to jump to Yehnifi VI (or was it IV) and set it my home station. I was rather reluctant as first as this was very suspicious, but I did it anyway. I'm now considering quitting the corporation, but as a new player, I'm rather afraid of the chances that he might be able to hunt me down (although unrealistic since I do not own anything valuable). So is it safe to leave the corporation? I believe that he might be using new players for whatever reasons.

Also, if I jump to Gallente, will I be hunt down since I am now in an Amarr corporation and these two factions are different? I also have various items in the stations (Yehnifi and Conoban] which are probably worth some value to new players. I have did a bit of researching and it seems that the manual way is to transport them one by one (which will take me ages) or by using a special service? I'm rather intrigued in using the service; I'm not sure, however, if my ISK is enough to use this service (nearly 4m). Or is it better to just leave the items be there? Another thing is, I don't know how to use the service at all....

I'm very thankful for all the supportive responses and helpful tips from the other forumers as well. Thank you so much, once again.

Okay, then I am leaving the corp. Like what kind of retribution, though?

UPDATE: I was shot down by a Federation Navy First Sergeant while auto-piloting to Gallente... Why?