EVE New Citizens Q&A

The 3rd party programs you were using were probably EVEMON and EVE FITTING TOOL. There is another one that combines the funtionality of both called EVEHQ.

I'm sorry that you've lost touch with your previous corp and I would suggest finding another good corp to play the game wiht soon. As far as finding the tutorials you just have to open your help menu ingame and click the button labeled career agents. This will open up a second window and the tutorial agent, set destination and redo the tutorials.

Welcome back to the game and I really hope that you find a good group of players to enjoy your time with, it really is the community that makes this game so much fun.

Gerrick

EVE isn't very easy to get into and the feeling of being lost is very normal. Realise though that "being lost" is what makes this MMO stand apart from most others and that you can look at it in two ways: "halp I'm drowning" or "wow, so much to do and learn. COOL!", both are just a mindset. As silly as it sounds, ENJOY the fact that this game makes you feel lost as it means there's so much to explore and do. Read guides, try different things, don't set too many goals, especially not unrealistic ones or think too far ahead. Sample stuff, try things that take effort, don't just follow the same old thing you've been doing in other MMO's: grind to a set out goal.

The programs you're looking for are EVEmon and EFT, there are indeed other options but these two (to me at least) are the easier to get into and most focussed on your current needs.

Also have a look here, showing you a bunch of things to do in EVE, don't stay in your comfort zone.

If missions bore you then don't do them, it really is as simple as that. You don't HAVE to do missions at all, you don't have to grind. There's many ways to make money in EVE and isk isn't all that important anyway. Find stuff that's FUN to do, preferably things which are new to you and take effort and time to figure out and make happen.

Check the link in my sig, those guides might be helpful to you.

Having skimmed through all replies I will try to give my point.

First of all Welcome back to EVE online.

The 2 programs you likely used before are EVEMON and EFT (EVE Fitting Tool) like mentioned (and linked before)

The bad reviews and posts on the old forums regarding EVE and CCP were all connected to Monocle-gate.
During the launch of Incarna CCP made a couple of "mistakes". They included a new store (NEX-store) where you can buy vanity stuff for real money (or ingame stuff if you are rich). The whole walking in stations (WiS) was a big mistake as all it did was unlock a part of the station where your space-barbie could walk around solo and all it actually did was overheat a lot of GPUs of players. People where already mad about CCP testing their new Carbon engine they actually build for World of Darkness on EVE and that they didn't focus on the actualy Flying in Space (FiS). Then the final act happened with a leaked memo from CCP stating that they were thinking of including Microtransactions into the game where people with RL money could buy better stuff.

What happened was a really hot summer, people started to move to the main trade hubs and shoot the monuments outside of the station (An act that doesn't get you concordokkend) and a lot of people actually unsubbed.

CCP saw they made a mistake and actually fixed it with the Crucible expansion.

As for your old corps, they likely moved on in the time you were offline. Best suggestion, try too find a new corps to join and make new friends, while in the same time try to get into touch with some old friends and have a nice chat with them.

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Also, you stated that running mission all day is boring. My point is (like Liam) then don't do it. EVE is a sandbox, EVE isn't like WoW, EVE isn't like SWTOR, EVE is just....EVE. You can do anything you want, whenever you want.

I started out as a miner. Still like to do it but even I think it gets boring quite quickly. So what I do is hop into my Drake for some missions. After those get boring, I just go out in PvP ship and shoot others. I just do whatever I like to do at any given moment. And so my advice is, just do what you want to do. There are no boundaries, and people saying: I need xx SP / I need to fly xxx Ship before I can PvP don't know how EVE works. Any character can PvP, your SP, ISK and experience only change what ship you can use in PvP. A 2 week old character can actually act as a tackler in PvP fleets while the more experienced guys provide the raw firepower to kill enemies. Size and SP doesn't matter in EVE as much as others might think.

Someone posted this a while ago and I really like what he said: Your wallet, ships and Skillpoints are just tools, they help you do whatever you want. And even tools break from time to time (ships get destroyed, wallet will go down by buying stuff, etc).

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This this this. I just resubbed after a 2 year hiatus and am feeling overwhelmed trying to relearn the old stuff and learn the new stuff. But boy am I oddly enjoying feeling overwhelmed.

Part of what made Eve fun for me the first time was all that effort that went into getting my head around everything the game has to offer and figuring out what my Eve was. My first go-round it took me 6 months before finally settling into a groove. This time I have a better idea where I want to go with the game but I'm still not ruling anything out. (Well, not true ... I'm ruling out missioning).

So I say enjoy it and be patient. Expect to change your mind 5 times and to start 10 different skill plans. The crazy complexity and all the meta-gaming is what makes Eve so special. And yeah, really spend some time looking for a good corp because that will ultimately go a long way towards helping you settle down towards a focused plan.