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[Eve] Guide #1: Newbie Guide to Eve-Online / Ask any questions you have here
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This is my third time trying out EVE!
Started in 2008 and for 3 or 4 months sat in station and skill trained because I was playing WoW at the time. Trained for unbelievably random things for a new player but they certainly will come in handy now, have a couple of skills at level 5 (Min frigate & I think spaceship command) and had high enough weapon skills.
Resubbed in Jan for 3 months, started a new character to run some of the starter missions again and get a feel for the game. I then realised that my original character had all these amazing skills which I could benefit from and switched back. Trained myself up for some hauling, sitting in an Iteron Mark V, I joined E-UNI and sat wardecked for the bones of a month and jumped on an alt for a few simple missions. Eventually left the Uni after the 4th straight wardeck and my sub finished.
Third time is a charm! I resubbed over the weekend and jumped into a Thrasher for L1 missions. Have it setup with 5 guns & 2 salvagers. I have a Rifter which is comfortable for L1 missions as well but I wanted the option of salvaging as well without compromising my firepower. It's overkill and I am completely mincing L1 missions and pulling in some salvage as well as a side income. Ran a couple of courier missions as well as taking a few contracts. The ISK return for the contracts wasn't great (low capital for me to put down any deposit over 3m) but it was AFK money in high sec when I wasn't at the PC.
So yeah, for a "new" player would you have any recommendations? My current plan is:
- Keep going with L1 missions security to get used to basic PVE. I'm still learning, like yesterday I got completely locked out by being chain scrambled so couldn't lock a target. Had to back out and try pull smaller groups and hit them between being scrambled.
- Get some ISK and do some more high sec hauling
- Setup a jump clone or two tonight -- joined a free jump clone corp recommended on the forums.
- Try to latch onto some mates doing higher missions and salvage for them
So Hauling and Salvaging with some basic security kill/salvage missions. I'm going to rejoin E-Uni as soon as I sort the jump clones out but if they keep getting war decked I will have to look elsewhere. I have no idea what to train for at the moment as well
Character name is deiseman (wish I could change it but happy to have the SP)0 -
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Yeah it was very frustrating to move from one war dec to the next to the next!! Glad something is being done about it.
Cheers for the offer, I might take you up on it in a week or so once I get my head back into the game a bit and get a dedicated salvaging setup. I think T2 is beyond me income wise, 100% would not be able to replace what I lose currently. I'm considering buying a PLEX and selling it just to give myself a kick up the arse income wise to get myself in gear 0 -
That's why I got interested in WHs. It's one of the few ways to pve during wartime. You can't mine roids or clouds in the wh, but you can run the combat sites and RADAR and gravis.Yeah it was very frustrating to move from one war dec to the next to the next!! Glad something is being done about it.
Cheers for the offer, I might take you up on it in a week or so once I get my head back into the game a bit and get a dedicated salvaging setup. I think T2 is beyond me income wise, 100% would not be able to replace what I lose currently. I'm considering buying a PLEX and selling it just to give myself a kick up the arse income wise to get myself in gear
Tbh, if you want to get invites to WH groups without either decent dps or covops, both of which are long enough trains, you should train decent salvage skills and invest in a noctis, and enough cloaking skill to fit prototype cloak, which is level 1 or 2, a lot lower than the t2 cloak.
Salvaging in level 1s is... subpar, at best. Tbh you'd be better off concetrating on missioning your way up the standings, even if you get to l2, which is doable in a cruiser or AF, the salvage will be more worthwhile.0 -
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Yeah I have my sights on a Noctis and should be in one in a while. When I started it was to play with a few mates and they advised me on skill paths, because I never really played I just trained and kept going with some skills to level V. One of the skills I did train to level V was Salvaging so I'm golden on that side of it
Just looking there my Level 5 skills are:
- Electronics
- Salvaging
- Gunnery
- Small projectile turret
- Gallente Industrial
- Minmatar Frigate
- Spaceship Command
Just need to sit down now and plan out a proper salvaging skill plan for things like cloaking skill which I never considered.0 -
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Yeah the guys I started the game with were rather experienced at the time and pointed me towards some of the skills below. The corp they were in was called "Salvage Junkies" if I remember correctly. To start me off they wanted me shadowing them on missions and salvaging but long term I did express an interest in PVP. So to get me into the PVP side of as well they were goign to run me as a jammer of some sorts before I got my core shooting skills up and running. Hence the somewhat weird mix of salvaging, electronics and gunnery skills The other skills I trained because I had them and they looked somewhat useful. What they didn't bank on was me completely not playing the game and just training. So here I am 3 years after the character was created with 6m+ skill points and a nice array of skills to keep me going.
I'm running a few L1 missions still in my Thrasher and salvaging as I go. Up to 10m and made some investment in drones for an alternative Destroyer. On the advice of a mate I am looking at a Caldari ship for a missile boat or a Gallante for drones. This is just to give me a few options for missions and to see different styles of fighting, Right now my experience is numbed somewhat by jumping in and two shotting most of the pirate ships because my Thasher is too powerful. No doubt the other ships are as powerful but at least I get to experiment with different styles without getting blown up
I should have the skills trained for all of them tomorrow and will start working on some for the Noctis setup I have in mind. I can hop in a Noctis at the moment but saving up to buy one, by the time that happens I should be a good deal more comfortable at flying and keep it for longer then a day.0 -
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Not that I know of. At least not in Irleand. You can either sub directly from the eveonline.com site, or buy a game time code from one of their resellers and redeem it in game. The game time codes can be sold to other players in game however, while the sub from the main site is just that, it only adds time to your account.Looking at starting the game after going through about 5-6 trial periods
Just a quick question: can you buy the game time cards in stores, like you do for WoW etc. ?
Yeah, the noctis is kind of fragile. Definitely not something you want to be losing on a regular basisYeah the guys I started the game with were rather experienced at the time and pointed me towards some of the skills below. The corp they were in was called "Salvage Junkies" if I remember correctly. To start me off they wanted me shadowing them on missions and salvaging but long term I did express an interest in PVP. So to get me into the PVP side of as well they were goign to run me as a jammer of some sorts before I got my core shooting skills up and running. Hence the somewhat weird mix of salvaging, electronics and gunnery skills The other skills I trained because I had them and they looked somewhat useful. What they didn't bank on was me completely not playing the game and just training. So here I am 3 years after the character was created with 6m+ skill points and a nice array of skills to keep me going.
I'm running a few L1 missions still in my Thrasher and salvaging as I go. Up to 10m and made some investment in drones for an alternative Destroyer. On the advice of a mate I am looking at a Caldari ship for a missile boat or a Gallante for drones. This is just to give me a few options for missions and to see different styles of fighting, Right now my experience is numbed somewhat by jumping in and two shotting most of the pirate ships because my Thasher is too powerful. No doubt the other ships are as powerful but at least I get to experiment with different styles without getting blown up
I should have the skills trained for all of them tomorrow and will start working on some for the Noctis setup I have in mind. I can hop in a Noctis at the moment but saving up to buy one, by the time that happens I should be a good deal more comfortable at flying and keep it for longer then a day. 0 -
Looking at starting the game after going through about 5-6 trial periods
Just a quick question: can you buy the game time cards in stores, like you do for WoW etc. ?
As Nevore said you are looking at a credit card pretty much. I think I paid 70 euro or so for a 6 month sub to get me into it. Any member can offer you a 21 day free trial if you want another longer trial before committing. The benefit if you do sign up is the person who gives you the trial gets a months free time or a PLEX which can be sold for 400m or so. I'd happily give you the trial and half the ISK if you subbed, nice kick start for two new players to say the least 0 -
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Thanks witless1, I'm up and running
One question though:
When I start the game and either alt-tab or quit my screen is dark, as if someone turned down the power settings of the laptop.
I saw there's a patch to fix a black screen issue, is that what this is for ?
This is where I found it:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=10721330 -
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No probs, happy flying
The only issue I have had since I started playing was random disconnects. Happened mostly when I jumped and happened a lot more when the game wasn't the main focus on the screen. Even happened a few times during missions which is very annoying. It was well documented though and 2 mini patches later I am still getting disconnects but very very rarely.
I haven't seen a black screen issue or any graphical problems when playing or alt tabbing to be honest. When I start the game the screen goes black and gives a flicker or two before the login screen appears. That's the only time and I presume that is normal for the game starting?
That link you posted btw is for 2009. Maybe turn down your video settings and bring them back up slowly to see if that resolves it? Failing that a good old driver update might do the trick.0
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