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Planning on trialing EVE? Read this.
leshtricity
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EVE Online is the most complex, hardcore, unforgiving, and intimidating MMO to date. With that said, it's also one of the best. Before you play the trial, here are some INCREDIBLY USEFUL tips you absolutely need to know before beginning.
-JOIN A CORP. This is the most important aspect. "This game seems like a grindfest." It IS a grindfest if you're not in a corp. If you're just harvesting resources or killing pirates by yourself, and selling the loot, what good does that do anyone? Put those resources to use in a corp where your skills are appreciated and you can assist a corp's warmachine, or alternatively their diplomacy or production or industry...the options are nearly limitless. Don't mistake one thing though: Well, like it or not, PvP is the center of EVE Online. Even if you're not engaging in PvP directly, you still have a big impact within a corp. Want to be an industrialist? You make combat ships for your corp. Want to be a miner? You're mining supplies for ammunition, ships, upgrades, etc for your corps pilots. If you're not in a corp, your individual impact on the universe will be minimal. There is a CORP RECRUITMENT channel in the Channel Listings tab. Go there and find a corp.
-READ THIS. It's a guide explaining everything newbies need to know about EVE. It took away alot of the confusion that was involved in the initial learning curve for me. hammer-eve.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html
-USE THIS GUIDE. www.eve-online.com/guide/en/
-READ THE FORUMS. There are hundreds of guide posts there regarding ship configurations, skill training, the nuances of ship-to-ship combat, and more. Invaluable resources. myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp
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The gides probably belong in the stickie at the top.
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
-- Jean Rostand
I'd just like to add:
DO THE FRIGGING TUTORIAL!!!
It's not long, it's not hard, it's not boring, and it's the first real guided practice you'll have with the complex UI.
Good links.
Also, the game gets funner as you play longer. There is no way you will be able to grasp the concept of fleet PvP, territorial battles and equipping a ship with lots of slots as a new player.
I second that!
Also, if you need help, people in your noob-corp. will help you out... at least, they did back when I first started playing. ^^
-iCeh
Also know that there is a newbie channel with a lot of players willing to help. You can learn a lot from people in the newbie corp too.
Also know that there is a newbie channel with a lot of players willing to help. You can learn a lot from people in the newbie corp too.
they pared down the tutorial a lil thankfully
RIP Ribbitribbitt you are missed, kid.
Currently Playing EVE, ESO
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.
Dwight D Eisenhower
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Henry Rollins
Also know that there is a newbie channel with a lot of players willing to help. You can learn a lot from people in the newbie corp too.
they pared down the tutorial a lil thankfully
The new tutorial is the best I have done in any MMO. It teaches you all of the basics. Part of it throws you to an agent to do 2 missions and then he moves you to another agent nearby who you do 10 for. Pretty darn good.
You forgot .. found a reason to play ... at all.
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one ..." - Thomas Paine
I applaude any one who makes it through the Tutorial.. bring a fork because you'll have more fun poking ya eyes out than going through that snooze fest, I keep EvE installed for the times I just cannot sleep, I turn on the tutorial and BANG! Im asleep.
I cannot comment on the game its self but the Tutorial is a joke and is probably the reason EvE is not as big as it could be.
And I know I lack the intelligence to even play EvE and I should go back to WoW, I saved you guys from saying it.
I Played the tutorial for eve awhile back. It is sooo boring that I found myself sleeping on the keyboard. Why spend 1000+ hours on this god forsaken game? Aoc, and Warhammer is where its at.
Funny this is the only game that made me fall asleep halfway through tutorial. Kudos lol i have never thoguht tutorial in any mmo is as this boring as Eve.
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"Its sad when people use religion to feel superior, its even worse to see people using a video game to do it."
--Arcken
"...when it comes to pimping EVE I have little restraints."
--Hellmar, CEO of CCP.
"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
--Exar_Kun on SWG's NGE
Then he is doing something wrong.
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
-- Jean Rostand
Then he is doing something wrong.
QFT. There are plenty of corps that will take new players and teach them the ropes. New players are just as valuable a resource as anything else, as they can be taught how to play, and since the game isn't based on twitch-tactics, you don't need to be uberskilled to be good at it.
What if no corp will take the player?
Then he is doing something wrong.
QFT. There are plenty of corps that will take new players and teach them the ropes. New players are just as valuable a resource as anything else, as they can be taught how to play, and since the game isn't based on twitch-tactics, you don't need to be uberskilled to be good at it.
Yep. There is whole section of the forums dedicated for recruitment if you can´t find corp ingame.
Check this: myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp
Either make a post saying your looking for corp or contact one of the corps recruiting there.
ok you play those and well play a game that requires thought go back to WoW newblet
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ok you play those and well play a game that requires thought go back to WoW newblet
Wow... I guess Cuptertino was 110% dead on about the arrogance, elitism and intolerance of some Eve players, then, with this comment in his post:
"And I know I lack the intelligence to even play EvE and I should go back to WoW, I saved you guys from saying it."
Pretty bad when the response of some of a game community's members becomes that predictable. So, I guess Eve Online has become the game some people play to feel intellectually superior, then?
And, for the record, while I think Eve's a pretty cool game, I do agree that the tutorial is a yawner - wayyyyyyy too long and drawn out. I felt like I was watching Forrest Gump all over again.. Just when you think it's over... I ended up cancelling it part way through and just got on with the game itself.
and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
ok you play those and well play a game that requires thought go back to WoW newblet
Wow... I guess Cuptertino was 110% dead on about the arrogance, elitism and intolerance of some Eve players, then, with this comment in his post:
"And I know I lack the intelligence to even play EvE and I should go back to WoW, I saved you guys from saying it."
Pretty bad when the response of some of a game community's members becomes that predictable. So, I guess Eve Online has become the game some people play to feel intellectually superior, then?
And, for the record, while I think Eve's a pretty cool game, I do agree that the tutorial is a yawner - wayyyyyyy too long and drawn out. I felt like I was watching Forrest Gump all over again.. Just when you think it's over... I ended up cancelling it part way through and just got on with the game itself.
Just filling you guys in. The tutorial was very recently shortened quite a bit. You don't have to spend 2 hours following commands from the tutorial drone anymore if you just want to finish the tutorial. They cut it down by like half or something.
- - "What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?" - -
I'd just like to add: