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bobafett573bobafett573 Member Posts: 50
in EVE Online
ok well i downloaded the eve online trial back in october 2005 and i hated it.  i remember that it used to take 30-45 minutes to do each delivery job and all i did was sit there and watch my ship fly.  i briefly tried mining but i kept getting blown up by pirates (they kept coming in sets of 3) and i LOST money because the veldspar i mined wasn't worth crap.  then i did some combat missions and those were a bit better but it still took me like 10 minutes of flying to get to the combat area with the npcs and then i had to kill them and fly back for another 10 minutes.  i couldn't make money at all.  i remember some really nice veteran gave me some isk so i could buy an imicus but other than that i didn't usually have more than 10k isk on me at any time.  i just read the post about what you should do in your 14-day trial but i'm not sure how that is different from what i did (other than the fact that i didn't try pvp mainly because i couldn't find anyone).  can anyone tell me if i played the trial wrong?  cuz i know this game is rated really really good so i must be playing wrong if i can't see the excitement.  any help would be appreciated because i'm currently bored of SWG, Planetside, and just got done with WoW so i need a new game to play...

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  • KnightblastKnightblast Member UncommonPosts: 1,787
    Eh the combat missions for level 1 should mostly be in the agent system or 1-2 jumps away.  In a frigate, it should take you a minute to a minute and a half per jump, so that shouldn't take you so long.  Try to find an agent who gives you kill missions that are close to the agent base.

    If you want to run hauler missions, it would make sense to bookmark five jumps or so in all directions from your agent station ... that should cover most hauler missions and virtually all combat missions, and really dramatically cut down on your travel time.  A pain to set them up, but once they are set up they save a huge amount of time.


  • bobafett573bobafett573 Member Posts: 50
    i believe i could only take out 1 agent mission at a time...
  • Stumpy26Stumpy26 Member Posts: 189

    Nope mate not true. Did you play the tutorial?  If you dont want to get killed by rats(u call pirates) mine in .8 or above they are safe.  I myself started with tutorial then did the training mission alone on that i made 200k + so yes Id say u doing somthing thing wrong somehow. 

    1. Play tutorial

    2. Do training missions (u get a +1 implant at the end which u could plug in or sell)

    3. Get urself into a player corp cos they will help u on ur way.

    U can message Sinder Ohm in game IF you have completed the tutorial. I will give u some tips and help if u still need some.

    Good luck in EVE mate

  • bobafett573bobafett573 Member Posts: 50
    ok yeah wow the game has changed a ton since i played a year ago.  money is a ton easier to make and so the game is fun cuz i can actually get equipment.  i like it now actually and i'll probably get the full version.  my only problem with it is the fact that it's based on how long you've been paying rather than how long you've been playing.  i mean i made 1.5 million isk today after playing for 3 hours and i still can't get a rifter because my frigates III is taking 1day 12 hours to learn!!!  that bothers the hell outta me but oh well.  right now i just need to find a corporation that does stuff cuz the noob corporation doesn't do squat.  i also wanna get into PvPing as soon as possible but I have not a clue how to go about doing that.
  • stone-seraphstone-seraph Member Posts: 376

    also, train up and use afterburners and microwarpdrives, they make getting from place to place much faster

    Make of it what you will.
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  • PegasusJFPegasusJF Member Posts: 268

    Originally posted by bobafett573
    ok yeah wow the game has changed a ton since i played a year ago.  money is a ton easier to make and so the game is fun cuz i can actually get equipment.  i like it now actually and i'll probably get the full version.  my only problem with it is the fact that it's based on how long you've been paying rather than how long you've been playing.  i mean i made 1.5 million isk today after playing for 3 hours and i still can't get a rifter because my frigates III is taking 1day 12 hours to learn!!!  that bothers the hell outta me but oh well.  right now i just need to find a corporation that does stuff cuz the noob corporation doesn't do squat.  i also wanna get into PvPing as soon as possible but I have not a clue how to go about doing that.


    Glad to hear that you're enjoying the game more. Be sure to give your learning skills some love to speed up your training time.


    As far as PVP. Well, first I would post on the recruitment channel in the EVE forums and simply state that you are a new player that wants to get into the PVP game. I imagine that there will be a lot of like-minded corps that would like you to grow with them.

    As far as solo, well if you don't mind risking your ship, you can either run around in low sec systems and try to kill pirates, or do the opposite thing and be a pirate. Just stay clear of gate and stations while you have your offender counter on.

    Welcome back to EVE, hope you enjoy your time here.

  • Agricola1Agricola1 Member UncommonPosts: 4,977

    Originally posted by bobafett573
    ok yeah wow the game has changed a ton since i played a year ago.  money is a ton easier to make and so the game is fun cuz i can actually get equipment.  i like it now actually and i'll probably get the full version.  my only problem with it is the fact that it's based on how long you've been paying rather than how long you've been playing.  i mean i made 1.5 million isk today after playing for 3 hours and i still can't get a rifter because my frigates III is taking 1day 12 hours to learn!!!  that bothers the hell outta me but oh well.  right now i just need to find a corporation that does stuff cuz the noob corporation doesn't do squat.  i also wanna get into PvPing as soon as possible but I have not a clue how to go about doing that.
    Want to get into PVPing and get some general help? Contact "Agricola Augusta" in game, send me an evemail and if you want you can join my corp which is part of an alliance. We're always at war or fighting someone so there's always combat and we use ventrilo for better communication. The only qualifications you need to PVP with us is no fear of death.

    "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"

    CS Lewis

  • squeeesqueee Member Posts: 722

    Originally posted by Agricola1

    Originally posted by bobafett573
    ok yeah wow the game has changed a ton since i played a year ago.  money is a ton easier to make and so the game is fun cuz i can actually get equipment.  i like it now actually and i'll probably get the full version.  my only problem with it is the fact that it's based on how long you've been paying rather than how long you've been playing.  i mean i made 1.5 million isk today after playing for 3 hours and i still can't get a rifter because my frigates III is taking 1day 12 hours to learn!!!  that bothers the hell outta me but oh well.  right now i just need to find a corporation that does stuff cuz the noob corporation doesn't do squat.  i also wanna get into PvPing as soon as possible but I have not a clue how to go about doing that.
    Want to get into PVPing and get some general help? Contact "Agricola Augusta" in game, send me an evemail and if you want you can join my corp which is part of an alliance. We're always at war or fighting someone so there's always combat and we use ventrilo for better communication. The only qualifications you need to PVP with us is no fear of death.
    GOONS?!?
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