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Eve online 14 day trial - Newbie tips and tricks
akimo
Member Posts: 4
Eve online is the longest i have ever played in a mmorpg , i have been playing the game ever since genesis beta and i can say at some times i have been very frustrated with the game . For all the new people trying out the 14 trial here are some tips about the game . Please keep this responses to whats missing and not a flame flest
1- Eve online is some what complicated to start off in , and the learning curve is extremely high . If you like to roleplaying , the choose of your race is very important in how you roleplay. Also choose your starting skills depending on wether you want to research . mine or fight .
2- Wen you start off you will be placed in your races starting system with a tutorial drone . Do the tutorial and once you are done , head off to an asteroid belt and mine some low end minerals with your newbie frigate . The first goal you should set yourself is to get a heavy frigate . Imicus if you like to mine or a rifter , merlin , punisher or tristan are all excelent mining craft and fighter frigates . To make quick money do level 2 agent missions of your respected races , with an imicus and cargo expanders and some micro warp drives you can easily run cargo missions all day and make 500k on your first week of play .
3- Find yourself a corp and imerse yourself in a corp and the eve community , Wen looking for a corp it is better if they are part of 0.0 space alliance . Curse Alliance , Stain Alliance , Pheonix Alliance and there are plenty more wich will allow you and your corp to get a free pass in 0.0 space and allow you to mine the good stuff
4-No mans land also known as 0.0 space is the most dangerous place in the world . Blockades , Epic 100 player battles and pirates are all in this space . But all of 0.0 space is claimed by alliances and is a very dangerous place to roam . This is why you and your corparation should join an alliance , this will give you acess to the riches of 0.0 space and will allow you to enjoy the true fun of eve .
5-Skills are very essential and wich ones you train could be importante on wich path you would rather start in . What is beatiful about eve is that there are no mistakes in skill training , so if you want to change your skills you can do it with no consequences. But it will take you lots of time to catch up to some of the other players who have been playing much longer then a person who has just begun.
I hope that this helps all you people trying the 14 day trial and that it will allow you to play eve and enjoy it . Many people play the game and dont like it beacuse they only do the very boring things and the very few things that this massive game offers . Hope this mini guide helps , if you have questions drop an eve mail ingame for akimo or give me a conv). Good luck!
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Playing: City of Heroes/ Dark Age of Camelot
Upcoming: EverQuest II
Not all of the 14 day trial members will be looking into the game specific forum for help though , im just posting something small for people that are missinformed about the game or who want to try the 14 day trial and want an easier way to do it.
Playing: City of Heroes/ Dark Age of Camelot
Upcoming: EverQuest II
A valid thought, but these are good previews for outsiders (like me) who occasionally wonder about the game and don't care to wade through miles of posts (most of which are drek) to get a feel.
best trick
pay and dont play wait ur essential skills are maxed
LOL I got the link to the trial from a friend but for some reason the trial cd key I got from here isn't being accepted any idea why? I made a post in the eve forum didn't think to check here for a post on it
Hopefully I can get the trial to work it sounds like a fun game but I'd rather try it before I sink money into it.
edit: Scratch that tried again and it took the key yay
you cant get out of your ship...
but its still A TON OF FUN
i just got the trial and im really enjoying it simply because its so different than any other mmorpg ive tried (never tried a space one before). This game is a ton of fun it has pvp total player run economy the community is definitly awesome seriously check it out.
ITS A TRAP
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If anyone would like some help in the game, I've been playing since Beta and would be happy to help.
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That's also one of the problems I had with the game as I posted my opinion here
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/setstart/11/loadthread/16346/loadforum/430/loadclass/141
It just seems very empty, fair enough i've only played for a few days so far but appart from a good community there's just nothing else to the game that I found interesting. And if all I wanted to do is chat all day then i'd just do it on IM or IRC
Let's hope that some expansions come out and make the whole thing a little more interesting.
// Carl
Currently Playing : anything to keep me occupied until EQ2 comes out
// Carl
Currently Playing : EQ2 of course
you said you could help well i need it bad!!!!!!!! LOL
i recently installed the game but the writing is so small i cant even read where im puting my skill points do you have any idea whats wrong am i the only person it's happernd to pls help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you have NVidia GeForce then you will want to downgrade your drivers to 53.03. There's a serious problem with mipmapping in Eve Online and the GPU on GeForce cards. I can't begin to imagine why this problem is allowed to exist considering the sheer numbers of GeForce cards in the marketplace, but downgrading to 53.03 solved the problem for me today (after spending hours trying everyting else...I am really irritated at having to downgrade my video card driver).
EVe wont or will ever have expansions that you pay for.
All of the updates are free and it will continue like that. Eve is 1 world. That wont change. And they patch all the time and add new stuff. Look at the Shive Features page the next "spansion" type update. It adds alot to the game like owning outposts etc.
another thing when i log onto the server it tales like an hour and then it disconnects my internet
why