EVE New Citizens Q&A

Disclaimer: I'm still considered by many to be 'new'

My understanding is that there is so much about the game that was never documented and the players took it upon themselves to write it down and be useable as they went.

There is soooooooo much about this game documented by players on websites and books ( I mean really, just look at all the stuff in the stickies! )

I think most players are content to let ccp devote resources to develop and feel that they can fill the niche of documentation.

There is a group that also look at mastering the game with little available documentation as a draw.

Given that most players wrote the documentation, it's almost all available 'in-game' via the browsers so they are content with the status quo.

The information you seek is acquired by talking to people.
This is a social game, be social!

As mentioned there is too much information and it is constantly changing, 3rd party resources are not updated on a consistent basis, so if CCP made these resources available in game they would be required to police the 3rd party sights or face the wrath of the player base, ain't nobody got time for that.

i see where you all are coming from and especially understand that it'd best that CCP remain focused on content and developement. I didn't recognize the fact that all the documentation on the game was player driven.

However, so as not to leave a dead horse unbeaten, I will take my question a step further


The api system used for character information was a wondrous and amazing thing when i first saw how it worked. Which means i must have been living under a rock till i started playing eve as i now see that api's are used all over the place, and i still don't fully know what they can and can't be used for. That aside, I must ask if it would be an extensive amount of work to set a template for player documentation and ask that if anyone wishes to have public data be displayed via tooltip in game, that they match this template and provide a general access api?
Thereby allowing players to seek and acquire the information they want shown from the web, as well as placing full responsibility for the maintenance and accuracy of that information with the independent parties.

...I may yet again, be talking out of my ass on this one :P

Best bet is to join a corp that has ppl who are sorta experienced in whatever it is you're into ATM. Reason being there is a ton of stuff/ advice, but for example what works for a drake tank won't work on a domi... Or stuff like that with mining. Or whatever. Good corp will have ppl into what you're into and not shove "only fly drakes blah blah blah" which is supposed to be a metaphor for all the advice on the internets. Great resource for sure but it can be very overwhelming... Ppl can help better or at least tell you when what you're reading is pre inferno or some such. Least that was my experience.

This, partially.

EVE has the in game browser. Nothing is stopping people from going to google to find something without even leaving the game.

The only addition I could think of that would be nice is adding a small thing to the NPE to make new capsuleers aware of the forums - specifically this part, where they can ask questions and/or find lots of information.


To have all kinds of guides and spreadsheets integrated in the game means CCP has to make free manpower to maintain them and code them in properly and it also kind of defeats the whole player driven part. Now its the players who provide each other with such knowledge.

Too bad there is already an EVE wiki, that is easily accesible through the IGB and can be maintaindd and edited by the community.

Now only to find people who want to spent their fun times writing stuff on it and keeping it up to date. I am one of those vets that never undock but I rather sit in channels helping players with their own questions then editing the wiki.

Though the problem I see with depending on igb for access to info on current mission/plex is that you have to keep another window open and thereby add clutter to the screen. I was hoping more for a smoother integration of basic common use public info such as specific ship stats. Something I assumed an API sourced from player maintained databases could offer.

A good start is the the free book http://www.isktheguide.com/

but again, this info is available in a separate window. I think it would be very usefull if i could access small pieces of this info via tooltip or something similar.

That would just mean that your screen will be cluttered with tooltips. Also, who says it will clutter more, you do know you can snap windows together, on my laptop client the IGB is actually snapped to the maincl chat window (corp, alliance, some public channels). So it doesnt take up extra space on my screen and is easily accessible in case I need it.

And to some degree you can just learn about the things you do in EVE and dont need tooltips or guides for it.