EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi Everyone. We are in 2017, I'm 35 years old and this is my 2th day in EVE Online .

I have already read ISK EVE Guide and watched Eve Online Tutorial in Evocationz Adhera Youtube channel before start the game. Although learned many things, I have a million questions, hope I'm in right place.

I have started Agent missions and already earned more than 2 million isk with a little afford. I'm using Venture for mining and my poor Velator for other missions.

I know the "Never fly what you can't afford to lose" rule but I couldn't decide what should I lose at the moment. I'm sharing current market prices for some ships below. When should I buy one of them? Is there a practical formula like "Never risk more than 10% of your total wealth" etc? And which one (or something else) you recommend me for a beginner?

Atron 220.000 ISK
Incursus 288.000 ISK
Tristan 370.000 ISK

Thanks for your advice

In the phrase "don't fly what you can't afford to loose" the word "afford" is very subjective. Instead I sometimes tell new players to not fly what they can't afford to reasonably replace or maybe better said shurg off. If you are going to get emotionally upset by loosing the ship that you are flying or the grind to earn the isk to get it replaced is going to be self-defeating then I would say don't undock in it.

You should be able to just jump into another ship and not worry much about your loses. Some people can loose a very expensive ship and spend the next week grinding the isk to buy another one just to loose it again without any problem. Some people will want to cry if they loose T2 frigate. Some people might have a rough time ( emotionally speaking ) having to replace a T1 mining frigate.

So it's very subjective. The main point is to play the game and fly ships that if they blow up you'll jump into a replacement without much problem.

Thank you for your generous gift. I will spend it to improve myself until the last penny.

Well there is a zKillboard entry this week where a 1.6 million ISK Iteron MkV was popped and dropped 51.5 BILLION ISK!
Even experienced capsuleers get it (very) wrong.

Anyway, certainly do the SoE and career agent missions for ISK and ships and above all, enjoy it, never let making money and worrying about losses become a chore.

In my experience, there is no "magic formula" for how to gauge risk. It depends on the person and how comfortable they are with the idea of loss.

Some people are not comfortable with risk... so they operate conservatively until they can afford to fully replace what they fly.
Others prefer to live by the seat of their pants... flying as hard and as fast as they can while accepting that if they do lose, they have to go back to square one.
Still others will fall in between the above two extremes.


Regarding the ships themselves...

Understand that different ships handle and operate differently from one another. And/or they have different requirements for how to be used effectively.

In a sense... they are "tools" in the same way a hammer, screwdriver, and ratchet are.

So you either pick the best tool for the job or you get all of them and take them with you wherever you go for maximum flexibility.


To give you an idea on what you are looking at:

Atron: Fast, agile, and capable. This ship's strengths all more or less center around speed and firepower.
It won't win any durability contests, but that doesn't matter for people who play to its strengths. Fitted with blasters and with nominal skills, it can potentially "punch" above its class.

Incursus: Take the Atron's weaknesses and strengths and flip them. This ship may not hit as hard or be as fast, but it is definitely more durable.

Tristan: Not as fast as an Atron, not as tanky as an Incursus... but offers a good balance between the two. Its biggest strength? Versatility.
Drones can do the "heavy work" (see: combat) while the rest of the ship can be fitted for a completely different task.
The Tristan's pitfall? It has one less fitting slot compared to other in-class ships (as it customary for all drone-centric ships) and It requires a lot more and higher skills than the other two to get the most out of.

You are also in probably the most active and organised NPC Corp. Ask any questions in your corp chat tab. I am sure they will be very willing to help and/or direct you to information.