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so what exactly can I do in EVE "free to play"?

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Loutro Fift
Hoplite Brigade
Ushra'Khan
#21 - 2017-01-20 03:40:32 UTC
NofriendNoLifeStilPostin wrote:
You can be fodder for paying players. No wonder they are trying to sell this sinking ship. After 15+ years only 40k online globally, probably half of them bots.

Gameplay is horrible. What would be best for the game is they fire everyone who works at CCP and give it to a competent game developer.

A griefers paradise with no meaningful way to punish them.


Sniff. Sniff. I sense the tears of butthurtedness

Did the mean ganker pilot make you cry?

OP, some people just don't know how to have fun. So blow them up!
Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2017-01-20 06:41:31 UTC
Akali Mid wrote:
Be ganked
Be scammed
Be limited
Be hopeless
Be worthless

Limited I am, didn't experience the rest. Are you sure only your clone-state is responsible for your feelings and failures?

Elite F1 pilot since YC119, incarnate of honor, integrity and tidi.
Qwerty Ernaga
Doomheim
#23 - 2017-01-20 08:56:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Qwerty Ernaga
Vex Malleus wrote:
I got pretty excited about the clone states in EVE. I even bought one of the few ships I could, being free.

But I was distressed to discover that no weapons appeared to fit the ship unless I have a sub. Is this correct? Am I missing something? Where can I see a description of what can be fitted/used for free players?

Thanks!


Use your unlimited trial to figure out if you want to play this game or not and if you decide for "yes", pay for omega (so you can actually do things without being severely crippled).
Gregorius Goldstein
Queens of the Drone Age
#24 - 2017-01-20 11:43:35 UTC
What I did: Play all four races as Alpha and train what I liked best as Omega. Guess that is more or less what Alpha is meant to be for anyway. Unlimited trial. I trained my Omega account into Drake/Gila and I still play my Alpha accounts when I want a change and fly a Trasher or Omen. The Gallente Alpha is quite good as a hauling alt too.
KnightGuard Fury
Mackies Raiders
Wild Geese.
#25 - 2017-01-20 14:34:51 UTC
actually onced your skilled up some you can fit plenty of T2 modules. just none of the T2 mods that actually make you really good in pvp
Dracones
Tarsis Inc
#26 - 2017-01-20 17:55:24 UTC
I'd agree it tends to be more like an unlimited trial than anything. Though I think the restrictions are actually a good thing for newer players. A new player that doesn't know the game really doesn't have much reason to be using(throwing away) ships and mods outside of T1 and navy.

I think it'd be nice if alphas could use battle cruisers and battleships though. T1 of those don't get much use these days by experienced pilots, it'd open up a bit more content to alphas(at least on the ratting and PvP side) and give them some longer skill trains to work on. And the loss potential involved still isn't that bad when you figure in insurance.
CCP Darwin
C C P
C C P Alliance
#27 - 2017-01-20 18:31:06 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Darwin
In general, playing as an alpha clone state character with maximum alpha skills, you can fly tech 1 frigates and cruisers of your primary race, with tech 1 weapons (plus some additional variations, such as meta and faction versions), and a range of tech 1 and 2 support modules.

You can see what modules your skills will support by right-clicking the skill in your character sheet and choosing Show Info. The "Required For" tab will let you pick a skill level and see all items that require that skill level or better.

You can also see what skills a particular item requires by opening the item's Show Info window and looking at the Requirements tab.

The Eve University Wiki (a very informative site operated by the Eve University player corporation, not CCP) recommends fits for most basic ship types and fits that do not require tech 2 weapons will often be usable on an alpha character with a short amount of training at most.

As for what you can do in a practical sense, the skills for the alpha clone state are enough to contribute for most play styles in the game. One advantage of playing as an alpha over our previous trial system is that you can subscribe when you care to and not lose your progress or access to the game if you should unsubscribe for a time.

CCP Rise spent a few weeks flying on an alpha character to see what he could accomplish in solo PvP, and presented on it at Eve Vegas last year. It's worth a look if you want to see what you can do for free.

CCP Darwin  •  Senior Software Engineer, Art & Graphics, EVE Online  •  @mark_wilkins
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