EVE New Citizens Q&A

Yes. However, due to skill limitations you might find it easier to do so with friends. I recommend finding a corp, even an Alpha is a valuable asset in tackle or EWAR.

Do yourself a favor and don't think of eve in terms of other games, comparisons fail miserably.

Solo in eve will leave you disappointed; find and join a corp.

Kinda dont like how everyone is saying find players to team up with, in general id prefer to be solo pirating but from all the feedback so far it seems like the only way people play this game is by teaming up with each other and ganking single targets which I guess has some fun to it but doesnt give the satisfaction of raiding alone kinda how a player would KS in league of legends.

Teaming in general just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, like if im gonna raid id prefer to do it alone and with my own ships firepower, so if i do choose to keep playing as a f2p alpha clone pirate will my time as one be wasted? Or should i look for another open pk game?

Eve is a monthly subscription game. The alpha clone thing is more of a unlimited trial than it is an actual F2P. Also as has been pointed out Eve favors group efforts over solo.

However that being said there are people who have great success solo. It just almost never happens without lots of experience and in Eve experience means lost ships.

Here is a link that I link often:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1hwoFYA_k&t=156s


It is a video of a very experienced player on a very low skill point alt. This gives you an idea of what is possible. However keep in mind that what he is doing is only possible with a very in depth understanding of the game. It takes not only know how to fight but knowing when to fight and also a metric ass ton of situational awareness.

But if you are willing to take enough punches to the face and keep getting back up for more then eventually you could be as good or better than the likes of suitonia.

So what is possible and what is fun for you might be one in the same or they might be very different. Eve is a sandbox and a true MMO. It has as many different "right ways" to play it as it has people playing it. I'm not really sure how to advise if it will fit your playstyle or not.

If you can let go of expectations taught to you by other games you will have a much better chance of enjoying Eve. Hope this post helps. Regardless have fun and welcome to Eve.

Reason being, eve is big, lots to know.

Two days with a switched on player can be worth nearly two weeks of solo trial and error.
You can go do your solo thing, believe me you can,
you can punch well above your weight if you know how.

Our point is , that know how will be considerably easier to come by with an established group

You can definitely do that as an Alpha player.
It will be (very) hard, but it is doable.

And unfortunately, you won't be able to completely escape from the spreadsheets (or basic math and economic understanding at the very least).

PvP and economics go hand in hand here.

note: most "good" PvPers dabble in industry or trading to fund their activities.


Okay... so... the reason that people tell you to team up with others is because, for the time being, you don't know anything.

You probably do not know all of the ships.
You probably do not know how to properly fit ships.
You probably do not know how to guesstimate a ship fit based on the ship type, the visual movements, what weapons it uses.

You probably do not know the mechanics.
You probably do not know how to manipulate the mechanics.
You probably do not know how to formulate tactics and ship fits to manipulate the mechanics.

As a relative newbie in EVE... you are learning.
And it is much easier and cheaper to learn with/from others than it is to research and experiment on your own without context for any of the information you are absorbing.

Once you learn the "tricks of the trade" you can set out on your own and cause mayhem as you please.


Do note that this is all strictly my opinion. >_>


Also... drop the comparisons with other games.
EVE is less League of Legends and more Starcraft in the sense that it is more about tactics and using the correct equipment, in the right ways, at the right times.
And even then... Starcraft is not a good comparison as the "terrain," equipment, and gameplay is very different.

Eve is a "slow" game. You can't rush anything. And you can't expect players here to behave like those in contemporary games.
If you do so as a newbie, you will be backhanded by veterans using their greater experience and resources. if you do so as a veteran, you will be chewed apart by rookies in "basic equipment" that have planned out their attack.


And do understand that while YOU want a "fight fair," your opponent may not feel the same and won't limit themselves to such e-bushido.

Whatever is available to you here, is available to everyone else... and vice versa.


Based on your responses thus far... I am leaning towards (and I don't say this often) "find another game."

This is nothing to feel bad about.

EVE is not for everyone.

It is primarily a game about interaction between players, playstyles, mentalities, and economies... for better and worse.
(see also: EVE is all about PvP in a "grand" sense... not just one)

This is not a "strap yerself inta a ship an spam dat **** until yer skills improve!" kind of game.


If you do not like to team up with others, sure. You can do that.
Simply understand that the two other guys over there that teamed up... they are going to have more "power" than you. After all, from a mechanical perspective they are "solo players" that just happen to be working towards the same goal.

But you are not an alpha (trial) account

Despite what most of the others have said, you can indeed play this game solo and you don't have to join a player made corporation if you don't want to.

I suggest doing some Google Research and check out info guides pertaining to solo pirating in Eve. Some of the content may be a bit dated but I'm sure most of the info will still be viable. If all you really want to do is small scale solo PvP action, you might want to consider doing Faction Warfare content in Eve.

I think the first aspect for beginner pirates is mission invasion and exploration site invasion doing Ninja Salvaging. Google it. That will allow you to make some ISK and give you time to continuing gathering information for a pirating career while training up the appropriate skills.

If you plan on Suicide Ganking Industrial ships in High Sec space then you'll need to have another player with you to collect the loot since your ship will be destroyed by Concord NPC's, whether you successfully gank the Industrial ship or not.

In my opinion a true Pirate roams low security looking for loot filled ships to attack and carefully selects his targets with the intention of surviving. Suicide Ganking in High Sec is like modern day Terrorists, they have no intention of surviving the attack.

Anyway, good luck to you.


DMC

That's how I started in my early days, was very educational, great fun ang good ISK.

And while you google already, look up "Mission Baiting" too. Once you know what you are doing (and if your target does not, but HS missioners often don't), you can start getting awesome cruiser and battlecruiser kills in tiny Alpha frigates.

I'm currently training a character to be my solo in the deepest, dankest, most manure smelling piece of real estate in eve...low sec, oh that alphabet character will have so many misadventures in low sec.