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Looking into EvE...time commitment?
-_Lavos_-
Member Posts: 11
in EVE Online
Hi Everyone,
I am looking into playing EVE and was just wondering what type of time commitment is required to be a decent player. I have played a lot of MMO's in my day but with a new semester in college starting up and time being limited more than usual, I am looking for a game that I can play casually throughout the week and maybe a little more on the weekend.
Please let me know your thoughts and any advice you have!
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Yup, like the guy said above me, you don't really need to spend endless hours on the game, as you don't "Level" by grinding, you simply set a skill to train and it will tell you the amount of time that's needed to train it (skill training continues even if you're offline), then you train it to the next level, or train a new skill.
Oh, and follow the tutorial it's very useful.
-iCeh
Skills are just half the story though. It does take some practice and experience with the world to be competent, and not get blown up. 90% of that you can do via just reading or listening to corpmates, and becoming familiar with the game. (Know how to use the map to look for gatecamps, what's safe to ship around and what's not, how to watch for pirates, etc.)
The forums are astonishingly useful, and generally full of helpful people. (Although a bit flamey if you just whine or fail to at least check the stickies, but who can blame them?) Find a corp to join, fly some missions with friends. The thing to remember is that there are no set goals. You have to find something in the game you enjoy, and make your own. It's very open and intimidating at first, but it also means that no goals: no end. As long as you find playing fun, there'll be something to do.
In eve you can play one hour a day 5 days a week and do well point is to set goals my goals are currently....
When it comes out get the new Tier 3 caldari battleship.
Get a high level 4 reserch agent [im currently 50% there].
Win the tech 2 BPO lottery.
And corner a regional market in say tech 2 ammo. $£$£$£$£$£$£
-iCeh
tier three caldari battleship and tier 2 BC first on the list of things to do after kali
good idea on the research agent
lol have fun with the lottery
roflmao you have a btter chance at the lottery if you are trying this by urself with out 5 or 6 macros (note i hate macros if you are one pls tell me where you destroy the eve economy ill pay you a visit)
Live, Breath, Cause. HaVoK
I can fly more ships than I can afford. The thing you will miss is ISK by not playing more than others. It's not the end of the world if you aren't filthy rich. You will still have guns, a ship and all the things you need. More than enough to match AI.
If you plan to meet PvP players of a vet nature, you will want to devote more time to banking cash. If you want to mine while you do homework, pick .9 security and mine junk in an Industrial. It's still an income. The thing with Eve is, you can be playing and not really paying much attention if you have other things to do.
Train 24/7. Your actually in a bit of an advantage if you don't mind skilling up and keeping the account active and never really playing the game. You are less likely to get bored silly if you aren't waiting through the early skills for something interesting to do.
On the other hand, to have fun you need large chunks of time, you need time to get to know people.
Cant really make those social connections on 10 minutes a day.
What the game does well is make you feel real lonely, so people really stick tight to friends, like you'll make 2 or 3 friends, and get real close to them because space makes you feel really isolated.