EVE New Citizens Q&A

I look forward to seeing the replies to this. Should be enlightening.

Hi,

I've been playing on and off for about a month so far, but I don't get much game time each week.

I'm interested in both areas of the game, PvE and collaborative PvP. I think I will join a crop when I've finished the last tutorial and possibly Sisters of EVE arc. I was thinking EVE Uni.

I've been reading the forum and seeing the in game chat and have been expecting PvP, Null Sec, Low Sec and Wormholes to all fit into the category of instant death because I'm too new.

I'd like to fly co-op and to explore more dangerous areas, but I don't really know how to know when I'm ready/good enough.

Also, with limited time to play, I don't want to commit to a crop until I know they won't mind me dipping in and out.

What are skipploints??? *Question 6*

Some of those questions are the wrong questions, IMO, for true newbies.

Specifically, "PVP" in this game is a very broad term that encompasses a number of activities that newbies may not be familiar with. Small gang fights are different from piracy, alliance fleet ops, wormhole roaming, etc. If I can make a suggestion, describe the various kinds of PVP that are available in the game, then ask in your survey which ones the newbies would prefer, and why.

1) Are you Interested in PvP?

very much so.

2) If you are interested and have not participated in it, then why haven't you done so?

cost of replenishing ships.

2) If you are interested then what is your motivation for PvP?

fun fun fun
4) If you are not interested why not?

n/a
5) If you are not interested in PvP is there ever a circumstance where you would be willing to shell out a large amount of risk for such protection? If so, what prevents you from doing so? Trustworthiness of mercenaries, limited contract system?

n/a

6) How many skill points do you think it requires to be effective in PvP?

no idea. how long is a piece of string?

7) What kind of ship do you think is the minimum to effectively PvP?

I am flying frigates.

8) What do you think is the most important facet of PvP in eve?

fun

9) If you could have anything related to PvP within the current game mechanics, what would it be?

do not really understand the question

10) What would be your PvP goal in eve?

said it before and say it again...FUN

1) Are you Interested in PvP?

Actually, yes. Even though I am more of the PvE kind of guy in most MMORPG's I play(ed) - PvP skills are a necessity to get around and spice things up.

2) If you are interested and have not participated in it, then why haven't you done so?

ISK.

Plus, I have no idea where to start. There's so much information and all of them are contradictory. All I conclude from that is that everything is possible.
Except, the fits I assemble. Those aren't. Those are bad. Those are very bad.

I signed up for FW - but I have no idea where to start.
It doesn't help that I'm a Minmatar fan and - as irony wants it - I like to fly Minmatar only, but Minmatar FW is pretty much dead. There are hardly any fleets and the chat is a bit of a mish-mash.
Eventually I signed back out of FW without having done even a single roam - also because I'm in Rens trying to get to Lv4 Missions and everything is expensive there. I wanted to buy skillbooks not even 3 jumps away (which were -600% compared to rens) BUT Amarr had taken it over with FW so I couldn't enter any stations.

Did I mention I lack the ISK?

2) If you are interested then what is your motivation for PvP?

I presume it's fun. Better than station spinning anyway. Somehow I get the joy of mining (hah) and the usual pvE and exploration stuff. I intend to go into low some day or perhaps even WH's .. but I imagine pvP is an essential part of the game.

4) If you are not interested why not?
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5) If you are not interested in PvP is there ever a circumstance where you would be willing to shell out a large amount of risk for such protection? If so, what prevents you from doing so? Trustworthiness of mercenaries, limited contract system?

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6) How many skill points do you think it requires to be effective in PvP?

I reckon it takes more ISK than it takes skill points.

7) What kind of ship do you think is the minimum to effectively PvP?

Well, I wouldn't take a rookie ship out for it, but a simple frigate could do. (Still costs 5m for a fitted rifter, though).

8) What do you think is the most important facet of PvP in eve?

Not sure if I understand this question correctly. Being able to read what's on your screen / overview is probably one of them. Though I generally can't be too bothered with stuff like trajector-alytis stuff. How about floating still and have your opponent do all the work?

9) If you could have anything related to PvP within the current game mechanics, what would it be?

The loots.
Definitely the loots. It's ISK.
It's everything.

10) What would be your PvP goal in eve?

Killing people from my mining barge.
I'd love to fly a Hel or hel (pun not intended) even a Naglfar. Why not, right? Anyhow, I'd be glad if I could go into null or lowsec for industry without being frantic all the time.




Might mention that I've this account since 2012, but have hardly played the game. Subscribed a couple of times, but never got anywhere. Got into Providence one time due to my cousin, but no good memories from that. Wardec = stationspinning. No thanks.

These trailer video's always get me. Epic, well organized fleets that warp in, awesome explosions and stuff going on. But the blobbiness and the whole icon stuff going on on my screen is usually quite the turnoff.

Latest trailer had me once more. Hopefully I get somewhere this time.

As long as it's Minmatar.

Not when corps shower new players in isk upon joining

2 years old is newbeeish right?

1) Are you Interested in PvP?
Are you interested in blowing up spaceships in a game about blowing up spaceships?

2) If you are interested then what is your motivation for PvP?
Nothing makes me happier than seeing someone's hard earned assets blow up or get stolen.
Also, control of space territory and resources. I like to make it harder for my enemies to make isk that might go into blowing me up more effectively.

6) How many skill points do you think it requires to be effective in PvP?
In a fleet, any noob in a tackle frigate is useful. As long as you can fit a MWD, and a point.
Elite solo pvp is a different story, individual superiority requires... superior fittings and tactics.

7) What kind of ship do you think is the minimum to effectively PvP?
Velator. Rifter, Condor...

8) What do you think is the most important facet of PvP in eve?
Control of limited resources like moons, sovereignty objectives, pocos; control of access to space through gate and hole control.

9) If you could have anything related to PvP within the current game mechanics, what would it be?
Fighting in stations... Being able to kill supers that aren't logged in.

10) What would be your PvP goal in eve?
Becoming a capital fc!

OK. I've been playing again for roughly 10 months and still consider that plenty new. It takes several years to master this game.

1-Yes!
2-I am interested and have not so far as I haven't the DPS and Hulls unlocked to excel at PvP.
3-Competition and becoming a superior pilot.
4-I already said I was interested. Quit putting words in my mouth!
5-I would never pay for protection.
6- I would say effective PvP requires between 22-35 Million Skill Points.
7-T2 Frigate solo. But really it depends upon your opponent.
8-Being able to target quickly and inflict heavy damage prior to being locked yourself.
9-The ability to effectively master whatever hull I am flying and not always rely upon a single EWAR tactic.
10-The ability to blow up anyone foolish enough to attack me.

to the two posters above me

Wael Hucel-Ge

go check his killboard.
he killed a kronos with an ishkur solo.
Estimated SP: 5,564,607
joined : 2014.08.25