EVE New Citizens Q&A

Ive been following this guy and he has a **** load of good advice on his website. once i decided i didnt care about dying i got out into nullsec and have started having alot more fun. You will burn out from boredom if you dont explore and go fighting like you have a pair. Its fine if you want to stay in high sec and be safe, but ill tell you when you get that first rush of your first engagement and you pop becuase your camera is zoomed all the way in , you forgot to start your damage control and never even locked the guy shooting you, you'll understand the attraction. As you get into more engaugements youll start to develop your cool and learn a mechanical set of steps to take for a given situation. Im 6 months in and only really started getting out there in the past 2 months.




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DOTLAN Great site for maps you can keep up on a second monitor if your have dual monitor capability. Good for deciding quickly which gate you want to go to next without having to bring up the starmap (thats if your free roaming and have not already plotted a roam on your autopilot)



EVE CENTRAL Place where you can view any type of module, commodity, ship ETC to compare the different prices from region to region. Your market button will only show the region your physically in so just short of flipping between alt characters that you plant in Jita, Amarr, Dodixie....the trade hubs, this is the best option for searching out that buy low, sell high senario to make isk.

EVELOPEDIA Main reference page. You can find most things in here if you have questions of what something is.

LOADOUTS You will want to get into this and check out the loadouts others have posted so you can get a good idea of how you want to fit a ship. By no means are the loadouts on here the best as a rule, but they are a good starting point and more times than not you will find a fitting for your ship that you can use.

KILLBOARD You can check out other pilots you meet in EvE. I would highly recommend this step before engaging someone. Check out the person and see his kill/loss rations. Also check his "employment history" when you bring up his profile. The first entry at the bottom will show his start date. Normally if you see someone whose a 2007 character they will have the skills and the experience to kick your ass. THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE but it is a good thing to consider. My kill/loss record is not so good right now because im learning and dont care but as i go i get better and better.


These are some of the things ive learned and so far im having a good time.

Here is a great example of how you make yourself a big target in high-sec. *Yes, that is me in my early game days*


Damn a PLEX was worth almost 2B back then!!! Sad its only 1/5 that now.

I'm amazed no one has trolled this yet :P

These are 5 rules that were given to me when I started the game about 2 years ago.


Rule 1.
Never, never, NEVER, EVER trust anyone in Goon. For any reason. Ever. NO REALLY, EVER. I'm sure there are some decent people there but dealing with them is similar to playing Russian Roulette with 5 barrels loaded.

Rule 2.
If its in Jita local, it's a scam.

Rule 3.
Dont fly what you cant afford to lose. ( as someone said earlier. Dont fly what you cant afford to lose repeatedly.)

Rule 4.
You are never really safe if you aren't docked.

Rule 5.
If your going down, take someone with you.



Eve uni and Red Vs Blue are also great places to learn. Look them up.

1. If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you may have misjudged the situation.
2. Remember: pillage, THEN burn.
3. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more, no less.
4. When the going gets tough, the tough call for titans.
5. There is no "overkill". There is only "open fire" and "reload".
6. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
8. Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste it shooting you.
9. When in doubt, F1-F8.
10. For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
11. Fair fights don't exist. There's always an edge. If you don't have it you probably think its a fair fight,

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I have played eve since 2004 I have played as a - 10 security risk player and now I am back to being a + 5 one thing I have learned in this game if you play smart you wont loose to much that you can not go on, the thing is if you become to worried about wether you are going to die in a game it is time to stop playing, I recommend finding friends you can depend on to help you build back up if every thing goes wrong and remember it is just a game peace friend.

Take it slow and make friends. Flying with friends is what makes this game enjoyable. You will learn the odds and ends through experiencing the game with people you like playing with.

When you get comfortable with the game enough to step out of your comfort zone a little check out EvE University.

If you find that living dangerously in low sec/ null is more to your liking check out Sniggwaffe. > Join Sniggwaffe (in game channel).

Get out while you can. If you are brave enough however, be prepared for a game full of scammers, griefers, and others with bad intentions just waiting for a day one noob to take advantage of.

Take a new player ship to a high population, low sec system. Undock it and watch it explode. Roam the belts, explore the nearby systems, watch it explode, alot.

Do this in many systems, do it all before you break that 900K SP mark.
Set medical clone in low sec, in systems near where you want to launch from.

The hardest part of EVE is letting go of the idea you can win. Once you do, you embrace the idea of getting better at EVE. From there it becomes more than losing noob ships but it must start with losing ships. You can't damage control if you don't understand the damage done. Losing ships isn't as severe as you think.

OP - You will die, it's just part of what makes this game exiting. Don't worry about it. Just don't quit, keep going. EVE online is awesome! No game like it. If you like pvp, look into the Red versus Blue (RvB) EVE alliance or Faction Warfare (FW). Also, DUST 514 is coming (a FPS kind of connected to/part of our EVE universe in Beta now) and is going to also be awesome! You lucked into a great time to become part of the win that is EVE online! EVE is incredibly harsh but SO much fun! Just don't quit. Welcome!

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