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Kiera Enaka
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-07-08 21:41:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Kiera Enaka
Hello everyone

I have just finished the tutorial and started doing the specialization tutorials, almost done with military and afterwards I will be moving on to one of the science tutorials.

However I got few questions.

What skills should I start to learn?

What would be a good idea to do while playing?

Should I join a group/clan?

How do I meet people/get friends in the game?

Wish to help with something that I didn't ask for, give me guides, or just talk, feel free to private message me.
Magnus Orly
Crucial Contribution
#2 - 2014-07-08 21:48:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Magnus Orly
Personally I didn't like too many tutorials and missions....at least not soloing missions. If I'm gonna solo stuff it better be trading or industry stuff.

But thats the good part of EVE. You are basically free to do what you want. I would recomend trying out many things and learning many things...thats what I did and still try to do. (I know most players will tell you to do one thing and concentrate on that thing...but yeah...again...you choose.)

The guides on the EVE wiki where a great help to me and just do searches on youtube also.

For me any game is a multiplayer game so I kind of try to talk or preferably co-op with other people.

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BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-07-08 22:01:40 UTC
At the start, train fitting and capacitor skills such as Power Grid Management, CPU Management, Weapon Upgrades, Shield Upgrades, Capacitor Management, and Warp Drive Operation. Get some levels in Evasive Maneuvering and Spaceship command. These skills will transfer to almost any role you choose in eve. (well except for maybe weapon/sheild upgrades). After these are 3 or 4, move on to either industry/trade skills, or if you plan on being a combat pilot, t2 tanking skills.

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Velicitia
XS Tech
#4 - 2014-07-08 22:06:17 UTC
Kiera Enaka wrote:


What skills should I start to learn?


Honestly, depends on what you find fun. Somewhere around here is a great chart of "stuff to do in eve". If your not sure yet, you can never go wrong with the core skills (cpu management, power grid management, capacitor management)

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What would be a good idea to do while playing?


Something that sounds fun. The tutorials are a pretty decent cross section of some things you can try, though they won't cover all the things.

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Should I join a group/clan?


Sure, but do some homework first. There's a great post (sticky? ) about how to go about weeding out the bad ones in this forum.

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How do I meet people/get friends in the game?


Say hi in local ... look at recruiting corps ... talk to the guys who killed you (it happens) calmly (I.e. don't whine or rage).

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#5 - 2014-07-08 22:57:12 UTC
Pick a "career" and by that I mean just any combination of things you wanna do.

Then from there look at what ships you wanna fly to make that happen, read the traits and see which ones best suit it and get advice from other players.

After you pick a ship you look up the mastery, do each mastery in a row, dont go right for mastery 3 until you have mastery 1 and 2 first so that way you have a balanced progression for that ship.

If your career is something not as much spent in a ship like trade or manufacture than just look up those certificates individually in the character sheet.

As for people I suggest you join us in "Help Chat - Reloaded", we offer a neat place to hang out and the older players like myself can help you learn things.

Besides that, if you're a real girl I suggest WGoE:Public, stands for Women Gamers of EVE, the public channel is for everyone but with a voice chat interview you can get into the girls only room. It's nice if you wanna hide from the sausage fest you'll have in most other chats XD

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Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-07-08 23:41:27 UTC
Try pvp asap.

If you don't hate it, you'll love it!

Joining Red v Blue is probably the easiest/fastest way for a newbie to just give it a try.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#7 - 2014-07-08 23:58:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Kiera Enaka wrote:
What skills should I start to learn?

There are no certain paths in EVE.

A good guide:
Newbie Skill Plan 2.2: Kronos Edition

There is also The Interbus Ship Identification System (ISIS) and ship masteries (recommendations only).

You really need to choose skills for yourself that help improve your current gameplay. Only you can decide what you need to train.

I strongly recommend avoiding training skills with the express intent of being able to do something sometime in the future, as those skills won't benefit you today as much.

Skill training should be a natural progression / gradual improvement in abilities over time. There is no need to max your skill levels like experience levels in other games. You can jump into PvP with about an hour of training (for warp disruption).

I recommend prioritizing skills:
1. Affect all ships. ["Core skills"]
2. Improves many ships you use a lot. ["Support skills"]
3. Improves one ship you use all the time. ["Specialization"]

Example: I'm a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none character. I accept the trade-off of versatility vs. taking me longer to reach the same level of competency as a specialist. This is not a good path for those without a lot of time and patience. However, it is a good path for those that are not in a hurry, want to try a bit of everything, and can't stick to a plan. New players are best off specializing in frigates in my opinion, as I regretted that I didn't do so earlier in my career.

Kiera Enaka wrote:
What would be a good idea to do while playing?

Watching the screen?

Kiera Enaka wrote:
Should I join a group/clan?

YES! We call them corporations and alliances (groups of corporations). [Coalitions are groups of alliances that have co-operative agreements.]

You may find EVE boring if you don't, as unlike other games, content in EVE is player generated. It is often easier to create content, or find it, with the help of others.

There are many corps oriented to rookie players, but as a general rule I don't recommend joining a corp run by rookies.

There are many training corps too, like EVE University.

If I had it to do all over again, I would have joined BRAVE alliance (see their sidebar for joining, as well as new player guides) as soon as I completed the tutorials (of course, neither tutorials nor BNI existed back when I started). BRAVE is a group of corporations, with different interests, and application requirements.

There are many other corps / alliances in EVE!

Don't forget to find one that is active in your timezone (TZ)! ["EVE Time", displayed in-game, is Iceland time = UTC]

Kiera Enaka wrote:
How do I meet people/get friends in the game?

Join a corp.

Talk to people in local. [Congratulate and be nice to people that destroy your ship, and ask them what you did wrong and how to improve.]

Post on the Forums. [Beware other forums are not always as friendly as this one.]

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Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#8 - 2014-07-09 02:06:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Sabriz Adoudel
I generally endorse the skill suggestions in the above thread, however, I would advise training Drone Interfacing to 3 earlier than the guide does (before outgrowing your beta clone), and picking up basic trading skills (Trade 3, Retail 3, Accounting 3, Broker Relations 3, Contracting 1, Daytrading 3 and all of their prerequisites) early in your career too. Every character uses the market.

I'd also train Power Grid Management 5 and CPU Management 5 early in your career (not necessarily in the first month). Your first 4 level 5 skills should almost always be Drones, PG Management, CPU Management and Weapons Upgrades, usually in that order. Drones and WU are there because they unlock powerful skills at level 5 (Drone Interfacing and Advanced Weapons Upgrades) that you should train to 3; PG/CPU management are there because they are the skills with the biggest impact on combat performance of any skills in the entire game.


As for what to do - I'm just going to let you know that if you join a player corporation, that lets you shoot your new corpmates legally in highsec. They might not like that very much, but this might open the doors to all manner of opportunities for ransoms, theft and other mischief. You can be a predator, not prey, on day 1 in EVE - don't show your rivals mercy just because they mistook you for a friend.

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Seraph Essael
Air
The Initiative.
#9 - 2014-07-09 04:41:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Seraph Essael
Are you a missile pilot or a hybrid pilot? I have some PvP Kestrels (rocket fit) and some PvP Merlins (blaster fit) to give away, so if you are looking to just fly around and learn some PvP without spending your ISK, mail me in game and I will get back to you.

I will say this, conversations will get you everywhere in this game. Say for example you lose your ship in PvP, convo the guy and tell him you're new and looking at pointers on how you could have survived / what you did wrong. Knowlegde of what you did and how to do it different could well be the difference between losing your ship and keeping it in the next engagement.

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Edit: Because no one has linked it, allow me. What to do in EvE?

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Ethikos
Doomheim
#10 - 2014-07-09 04:58:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Ethikos
First, welcome!

Second, above all else I would recommend joining a group. Seriously, a group makes EvE a hundred times more fun in my view. Some groups to try are listed below.

1. Red vs Blue: As mentioned above, they exist to fight each other. Great way to dip your toe into PvP.

2. EvE University: The entire point of this organization is to take new players and teach them the basics of EvE.

3. Brave Newbies: Part of the HERO coalition, one of the newest powers in null sec. They are very newbie friendly and are based in part on harnessing the power of the "newb". They will show you the null sec side of the game if your interested in it at all. Highly recommend diving in if you think you want to go down that path.

While you figuring that stuff out, do the Sisters of EvE mission arc. It is geared for newbies and will take you all over New Eden. It also has nice rewards for new players.

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