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One long tutorial

sololocosololoco Member Posts: 542
in EVE Online

I downloaded the free trial to check out the game but my god, the tutorial lasts an eternity!!!  I know it's to teach you and all but it seems I was on that for a few hrs and finally I left.  It wasn't even finished but I was getting bored and sleepy and when that happens you don't pay attention the way you should.

I'll give it another shot later today, right now I was just glad to turn it off.  Besides, I don't think you get all that with just one time, it's a lot to take in.

Hopefully, when I relog if I do, I can access the tutorial again, if not, then so be it.

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  • njainjai Member Posts: 77
    Youll have lots to learn... I don't think the tutorial even teaches you 1/10 of the stuff thats possible... The interactive tutorial will get better (Players)

    Darkfall for now.

    Quit bashing games YOU don't like! Including WoW, you know you liked it before you got burned out.

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  • F'larF'lar Member Posts: 60

    you can acess the tutorial whenever you want to.

     

       But really it is pratically required to go thru the tutorial.

  • RuthgarRuthgar Member Posts: 730
    The first time I played EVE, I stopped halfway through the tutorial. I was so sick of it, I uninstalled EVE.

    A day later, I reinstalled, and went all the way through the tutorial. As painful as you think think the turotial is, bear with it.

    The game is very good  and you really need to learn things taught in the tutorial.
  • derf26derf26 Member Posts: 123
    IIRC the tutorial took me about half an hour to do. And tbh, if you're not prepared to spend that much time on a tutorial, or if for some reason you manage to take as long as several hours, then perhaps Eve isn't for you. I say don't bother getting into Eve if you're not ready to play the game in the long term, because instant gratification is not something you get in Eve. Though tbh the only instant gratification worth it is sex, and you don't get that in games anyway, so you might aswell dedicate yourself to something meaningful (join a corp, Eve University is a great help to new players, as are many others) and play towards a goal close to heart.



    Eve is a very complicated game at first, so if you CBA or just aren't ready to dedicate to it, then don't play. Personally I played for three years and those were the most (and the only, tbh) fun MMORPG years of my life. The 1-2 years I spent playing some other MMOs were all short term gratification, boredom after about 20-30 hours...not my thing. The best part is that if you play right in Eve, you can not only avoid the skills grind, but even the ISK grind (join a socialist corp or something).
  • ChicoBTDChicoBTD Member Posts: 84
    you are really honest
  • damian7damian7 Member Posts: 4,449

    what derf said is pretty on the money.

     

    honestly, if you don't do the tutorial, you will be asking a LOT of questions which will have pretty much everyone asking you, "um, did you do the tutorial?"  once you finish it, you should have a grasp on a lot of the basics, plus you'll get a mission to get your first implant.

    could we please get correspondent writers and moderators, on the eve forum at mmorpg.com, who are well-versed on eve-online and aren't just passersby pushing buttons? pretty please?

  • vingvegavingvega Member Posts: 577
    I did the same thing.  I went through the tutorial and half way through uninstalled the trial and was dissapointed.  You just can't jump in and figure things out yourself like a majority of MMO's out there.  It gave me a headache trying to absorb every bit of information about how to play the game in a half hour.  I just don't have the patience to wade through tons of information at one time.  I want to play and experiance it for myself.
  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087

    EvE is one of the most detailes best games out there you know and thats why the tutorial is so......long as there is a lot you need to learn. I like to think that the Tutorial is EvE's first test of whether you will both like EvE and whether yuo will be able to succeed in it. Dont feel bad if you cant do the tutorial in the end this shows that you cant hack it and at least then you wont wast your time with eve when you can just play a easy game like Everquest 2 or WoW.

    This Tutorial also helps prevent Leet Kiddies from infesting EvE like they do in other games

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  • KeoghKeogh Member Posts: 1,099
    Originally posted by LordSlater


    EvE is one of the most detailes best games out there you know and thats why the tutorial is so......long as there is a lot you need to learn. I like to think that the Tutorial is EvE's first test of whether you will both like EvE and whether yuo will be able to succeed in it. Dont feel bad if you cant do the tutorial in the end this shows that you cant hack it and at least then you wont wast your time with eve when you can just play a easy game like Everquest 2 or WoW.
    This Tutorial also helps prevent Leet Kiddies from infesting EvE like they do in other games
    Read your own post, and take a look in the mirrior. If you do that, you'll looking at an "elite kiddie".

    "Don't corpse-camp that idea. Its never gonna rez"
    Bladezz (The Guild)

  • mmofanaticmmofanatic Member UncommonPosts: 136
    I only did the tutorial about halfway through the first time. The next time i logged in i found a very helpful Corporation to join. And they answered every question i could think of didnt even need the tutorial. And you can access the tutorial at anytime, if i forget how to do something i open it up and start it from where i need.
  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by Keogh

    Originally posted by LordSlater


    EvE is one of the most detailes best games out there you know and thats why the tutorial is so......long as there is a lot you need to learn. I like to think that the Tutorial is EvE's first test of whether you will both like EvE and whether yuo will be able to succeed in it. Dont feel bad if you cant do the tutorial in the end this shows that you cant hack it and at least then you wont wast your time with eve when you can just play a easy game like Everquest 2 or WoW.
    This Tutorial also helps prevent Leet Kiddies from infesting EvE like they do in other games
    Read your own post, and take a look in the mirrior. If you do that, you'll looking at an "elite kiddie".

    maybee so but its still true. If you cant do the tutorial you probably cant do the game.

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  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    Originally posted by mmofanatic

    I only did the tutorial about halfway through the first time. The next time i logged in i found a very helpful Corporation to join. And they answered every question i could think of didnt even need the tutorial. And you can access the tutorial at anytime, if i forget how to do something i open it up and start it from where i need.
    Yea this is how i learned but of course back then the current tutorial didnt exist.

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  • trentonxtrentonx Member Posts: 147
    it's true, The tutorial actully just got shorterned and revamped a  bit in the patch.



    and they will be continuing to make it more helpful

    but in the end just join up with EvE univerity in-game. They seem to be where all the new players have been going now-a-days.



    oh and just be glad your getting 800k skill points, it use to be 40k. lol



    yes yes I know the expections, but that's not the point.
  • sololocosololoco Member Posts: 542

    Someone hit it on the head when they wrote if you don't like the tutorial or like going thru' it the game is probably not for you.

    I recall about 2 yrs ago, I downloaded EVE being I was looking for a new game and I also left the tutorial but that time I didn't even leave the docking base where the game began at.  At least this time I left after leaving the docking base so I'm improving.

    Some days you're really not in the mood or mode of just sitting while going thru' a boring lecture. While there are days you don't really mind and you do soak it all in.

  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087

    Actually in my day the tutorial was like this......

    Target asteroid

    Mine it

    Target moving drone [next to asteroid].

    Blow it up

    Dock at station [didnt tell you how to find it].

    Congratulations tutorial finished.

     

    In the end in those days you had a lot of people looking for newbs to take on into there corp. So finding a corp to teach you properly wasant too hard.

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  • PhotecPhotec Member Posts: 27

    Aye tutorial is long, but it introduces you to most things you need to know to get started playing. It is far from comprehensive enough to teach you very much, but at least you will have done most things at least once. It also gives you a leg up towards getting a new ship so you can start getting into the game(startup ship is utter crap).

    Even after doing tutorial you will have problems with the game unless you have a better memory than me. I constantly faced situations I had encountered in tutorial but couldnt quite remember. Asking in rookie help channel was a big help then, since they didnt need to spell it out, just give me hints that made me remember from tutorial.

    For a game of this complexity, the tutorial is pretty spot on. It is, unlike the tutorials in most other mmorpgs, quite helpfull. I`ve played AO, CoH, WoW to endgame and AC, EQ, EQ2 sporadically, and I`ve never come across a tutorial as helpfull as this one :)

    Veni, Vidi, Vomite

  • MoobkradMoobkrad Member Posts: 308
    Originally posted by LordSlater


    Actually in my day the tutorial was like this......
    Target asteroid
    Mine it
    Target moving drone [next to asteroid].
    Blow it up
    Dock at station [didnt tell you how to find it].
    Congratulations tutorial finished.
     
    In the end in those days you had a lot of people looking for newbs to take on into there corp. So finding a corp to teach you properly wasant too hard.
    I did a tutorial like that.
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