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Cereberus
Member Posts: 139
in EVE Online
a quick question, I just started a 14 day free trial of eve and i wanted to know what should i do to allow my gaming style i.e what race, ship, where to start.
basically i want to be a miner/scavanger type but i am also a loner player so I would like to have some defensive capabilities....
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see http://fightingcats.freeforums.org/index.php for a guide to Eve which will help you create a good character
A common choice is Caldari Achura Industry as they have very good stats for industrialist characters.
For ships it's a decision between barges / battleships. If you want to be a complete miner, going barges for the Hulk, the best mining ship, is the way to go. However, Battleships can mine as much as barges up until the Covetor, which is a decently long train. Going battleships also gives you a better tank and, in the case of the Dominix (Gallente Battleship), a decent offense even with all your mining lasers running.
As a miner you'll definitely want to train for the Hulk at some point, no ship matches it in terms of mining. It's just a decision between sacrificing all else to get to the hulk faster, or giving yourself a bit of freedom to do missions / PvP and mine decently well with a Dominix and train for a Hulk later.
You'll also want an Industrial ship, or hauler, to carry all your minerals back to the station. The gallente Iteron V is the best choice here.
My advice for a new player is to join EVE University. Lots of instructors and classes on damn near every aspect of the game. Some corps even require it before you join.
Best of luck out there!
"If we don't attack them, they will attack us first. So we'd better retaliate before they have a chance to strike"
EVE U is a great place to start.
Also if you are older then 25 years of age in real life feel free to look up what I am in.
www.theoldergamers.com/content/view/46/33/
TOG has groups in just about every MMO and online FPS. Great bunch. Well organized mature gamers.
In EVE TOG has 3 corps. A industry corp, a empire space (high sec) corp for training, and 0.0 PVP based more experienced corp you can graduate into.(the one I am in)
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