EVE New Citizens Q&A

Isanamo's a quiet 0.6 Caldari mining system. It's also close to Jita for shopping and other systems for missions. Two jumps from low security space as well.

You don't want trouble? Watch your back and try there.

IMHO this ^ right here is your main problem. Most other MMOs are all pretty much the same. They are all progression games. As long as you stick with them and do the PvE and grind your way to max level and grind your way up to or near "best in slot gear" you will do alright.

Eve is older than pretty much all of those other games so did not have to struggle with comparing it's self to them as they weren't even around yet. As such Eve is a very different MMO. This is not a PvE game. This is not a game where you grind levels or gear. This is a game that is all about two things: what you know and who you know.

I will link my obligitory Suitonia link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1hwoFYA_k&t=1s

The above link is a video of an experienced PvP pilot, solo roaming and pwning on a days old alt. This video pretty much proves that Eve is not a game about skill points or "gear" as he is flying a very low skill point character in very cheaply fit T1 ships.

There is a saying in eve that if you ever find yourself in a fair fight then something went horribly wrong on both sides. There is no queable regulated content in Eve and that is by design. You pick a fight with a small gang that you have out numbered and out gunned and they can instantly multiply their numbers in seconds. You can go from a 5 on 3 to a 5 on 30 in a matter of seconds. Of course you can do the same, so in that sense it's fair.

If you are looking for a game that is fair and / or decent then Eve is not the game for you. There are no fair fights in Eve and dirty play is not only allowed but encouraged.

If you want to enjoy Eve then I recommend that you drop all expectation that have been programmed into you by other games and come to Eve with fresh eyes and try out Eve for Eve. Don't play it as if it were like those other progression based MMOs with queable, fixed and balanced content because Eve has none of that.

If you insist on playing Eve as if it were those other MMOs then you will likely have a miserable time. If you can get used to learning from each loss and you enjoy challenge and can get used to the idea that ships are disposable tools very similar to ammo then you might enjoy Eve.

Eve is like all MMO's in that you must accept that you alone do not control the events that have an impact upon you.

There are a couple of factors which have changed from when you played last;

The "Can Flipping" trick is a thing but it is not the same, where at the time if a player flipped your can they became hostile to your entire corporation meaning that any member could engage them but limited only to alliance and corp members, the mechanic has now changed and now gives what is called a suspect timer, this allows any player in the game to engage the "Suspect".

War Decs are still a thing but you could find a corp that has a standing arrangement with one of the hi sec merc groups to protect and not dec your corp or join a smaller corp with good activity levels and stick to quieter areas of space away from main trade hubs and busy traffic routes that are often traveled buy the more aggressive players.

Look in the recruitment threads for mining corps that are recruiting and speak to their recruiters, tap them up for advice even if you don't join their corps because it will be more contextual and most likely up to date.

There are quiet systems out there, I have an alt I run hi sec and low sec combat and relic/data sites with and I have a few systems that I always check because they are usually very quiet and less likely to have been farmed, the same applies to belts.

It would seem like you want to come back to Eve but that you are concerned about the same almost rejection like feeling of the last time, what I would suggest is; train the basic mining skills on that F2P character you created, chat in NPC corp chat and find a nice quiet place to mine, watch local and set your standings to known ganking corps/alliances so that if they come in local you can see them and dock for the brief time before they get bored.

Nothing ventured is nothing gained, you may only confirm your concerns at the cost of a little time, conversely you may discover the game you want, accepting it for all of it's risks and rewards.

Either way best of luck and fly safe.

First off:
Thank you and you vfw friends for your military service.
Empyrion is a fun game in either mode and you can change settings to your liking.
Eve is ok but the broken record of pushing buttons and only being in a ship is boring.
Get creative try empyrion again, build, hunt, grow food or just mine.