ok n00b alert run for the hills

[Airalith]

Ive been looking into eve (for about 30 seconds anyway)
can any1 tell me, is it all about cash=better ships or is there some form of leveling? Like do u kill other ships for xp (i dunno pirates of sumint?)

EvE just seems so weird to me....

AHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Embattle]

Well you will need isk to buy ships, however to fly better ships you generally have to train the relevent skills which can take some time depending on what you are training on.

[Ilienwyn]

and seems skills need time to train. and can be trained while you are not online!

well, i am checking it too, so one of the few things I found out

[Tallen]

Skills require time only to train, as such some players complain that those older players are of a skill level unattainable to new players.

This is not entirely true, in 2-3 months you can train enough combat skills (for example) to be very competitive in pvp combat.

The problem for some with EvE is that there is no instant pvp action, you really have to build your skills, join a corp, save some cash and buy a better ship (train the skills to use the ship), then train the skills to equip it, buy the kit to equip etc.

Going to "low-sec" space with a low lvl ship can be fun, but don't expect to kill anything. More likely you will be at the whim of player priates and corp fleets, not to mention npc pirates, that will eat you alive.

The game only really gets kicking when you join a good corp and start 0.0 stuff, thats where the real meat of the game is, and its tremendous fun!

[Malena]

first tips dont use the n**b word in eve then your dissed
right away as rude.

sec.. in EvE you dont wanking "grinding" exp all day loong

one thing I left 8 daoc accounts 1 neocron account 2 WoW accounts
1 EverQuest II account

I hate the Exp grinding thing now days

I would first get me a hand over a trial account and test the
game EvE isnt for everyone for some wierd reason.

Read the manual EvE guide

[Ilienwyn]

One question though: how come you can only train skills in only 1 char in the account?

[Tallen]

Originally Posted by Ilienwyn

One question though: how come you can only train skills in only 1 char in the account?

It's to stop players levelling multiple characters and to stop a huge influx of "alts" which can be used to grief, cheat, steal and generally do nasty things, then get away scott-free.

The "police" in EvE are not the devs, nor the CSR's, they are the players. If you anger the community, expect a backlash. I find that this is unique to EvE in that no other online game i have tried have such a sense of community spirit.

If you, as a a new player, gets ganked by a player pirate well over their level, all it will take is to mention this in system chat. Guarantee someone will see it and go and even the score for you

[Malena]

tallen got a point there the player base are "nicer then other mmorpgs

I forgot too mention pm me here or make a post if you want some ingame help

I gone too be soo old in the game soo my online time fun is too help new
players

pm me ingame isnt good as I never know wht account I play on

[Ctuchik]

tried the game a few times. the very first corp i joined got a war on their hand from one of the biggest most badass pirate corps in the game at that time (think it was M00's alliance) and i couldent even undock from my station coz there were always 20+ enemies around there hehe so i just logged on and clicked cancel in my sub the second time i tried it out it went a tad better, got in a nice and friendly corp. then exodus got released and all of the sudden i were the only active player left... i might give it another try later on but i'm not holding any hope at this point

[L_Plates]

I dont undestand why exodus was hated by people, i think it was a good patch.

The only thing i dont like about eve is the they are making my role in game harder every time they patch

[Malena]

EvE shall be hard againts the hard hehe

[Tallen]

Originally Posted by L_Plates

I dont undestand why exodus was hated by people, i think it was a good patch.

The only thing i dont like about eve is the they are making my role in game harder every time they patch

I agree, i like Exodus.

[Ctuchik]

i never had a problem with exodus either. i kinda liked that patch alot. especially the new ships got me one of those Amarr battle cruisers or whatever they are just before i quit.

only problem i had was that i never dared to fly it anything hehe. i'd go bust if i'd loose that thing

owell.. might give it another go next week just to see whats up.

[Malena]

right now I invested in some transport ships and well all I can say it did
abit of a hole in my alt char economics they costed me 170m isk each.

well all I can say I drive them with no insurance hehe I cant insure them for 170m isk the system wont allow me too.

[Ctuchik]

Originally Posted by Tallen

It's to stop players levelling multiple characters and to stop a huge influx of "alts" which can be used to grief, cheat, steal and generally do nasty things, then get away scott-free.

i dont think thats a viable argument anymore. the game is so old that most ppl thats been playing 2+ years already have 3 (or more) alts with many and good skills.

it might have been a good idea a few years ago but now it wont matter anymore imo.