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Jame Jarl Retief
Murientor Tribe Defiant Legacy
1025
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Posted - 2013.01.28 22:26:00 -
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Cyrus Zane wrote:I am brand new and I have played many MMOs and they are about progression. It seems like skill training is slow, is this game meant to be played maybe 1 hour a day or so you can train and set queues and log?
Just trying to figure the game out.
No, it's not meant to be played 1hr a day. It's meant not to be played at all.
You pay CCP the $15/month. You log in and queue a skill. You log off. You log back in and queue next skill. Repeat for a few years.
After you've done that, you can actually start playing the game.
Seriously though, this game is very, very slow. Insanely slow in fact. Glacial. It is not the kind of game where you can log in for 10 mins when you have free time and have some meaningful gameplay done.
People who tell you skillpoints don't matter probably have been playing so long that they forgot what it's like to have NO SKILLS at all (as a new character). When literally everything needs to be trained, and that training, a few hours each, quickly adds up to months of training where you are essentially hamstrung by your low SP. However, personally I feel at 4-6 million SP mark (3+ months of training) you can reasonably start throwing your weight around in-game. Until then, you're fodder. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise - they want you...as fodder...for themselves.
Don't trust anyone. And always observe the 11th commandment: "Do Onto Others, Before They Do Onto You".
Welcome to Eve! |
Not Politically Correct
Veerhouven Ventures
99
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Posted - 2013.01.28 22:32:00 -
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I have a character who needs 287 days of training to be an FC - E. She will never be an FC - E without the training. Put on your 'big boy pants' and go for it. |
Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
83
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Posted - 2013.01.28 23:30:00 -
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Super spikinator wrote:Caldari Citizen 20120308 wrote:Mag's wrote:The main thing to remember, is that player skillz are just as, if not more important as skills are. Take the time to learn the game while you build up the required extra skill sets. Edit: Oh and welcome to Eve. How is player's skill just as important as sp. What skill is involved in Planetary interaction? What skill is involved in hauling goods from one station to another. If it's the pvp aspect, maybe. To the Op's question, don't rmember much when I first started other than plopping some skills into queue and logging. Did do a few missions here and there but didn't play long starting out. Granted they did improve on the introduction for new players and the tutorials so you might want to check that out. cool, so I'm just going to haul plex in a shuttle out of jita through the fastest route to a system in lowsec to sell to a station where there is a guy who is also selling plex for 10% less than I am even though there is a buy order for 10% more than the regional average. I mean who sells something lower but has a buy order for higher, does he hate money?
I have a strong suspicion you will be learning about Eve's harshness in the near future Oderint Dum Metuant |
Rebecha Pucontis
Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic
9
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Posted - 2013.01.28 23:48:00 -
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Not Politically Correct wrote:I have a character who needs 287 days of training to be an FC - E. She will never be an FC - E without the training. Put on your 'big boy pants' and go for it.
You can FC in a cloaked frigate. In game skills have nothing to do with being a good FC. Perhaps your thinking about being a fleet booster which is a lot different. |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation RAZOR Alliance
3596
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Posted - 2013.01.28 23:55:00 -
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Jame Jarl Retief wrote:People who tell you skillpoints don't matter probably have been playing so long that they forgot what it's like to have NO SKILLS at all (as a new character). Uh no, we're pointing out that there's a distinct difference between skillpoints and skills.
Someone could have 40 million SP and be absolutely useless for flying even T1 frigates, and someone else could have 15 million SP and be an excellent T3 pilot. Malcanis for CSM 8 Phrases like "you can't nerf / buff X EVE is a Sandbox" have the same amount of meaning as "If this is a sack of potatoes then you can not carrot." - Alara IonStorm |
Spurty
V0LTA Verge of Collapse
771
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Posted - 2013.01.29 00:05:00 -
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EVE doesn't care if you're unemployed, unwashed student or single mother with two jobs.
You more or less level at the same speed
World / Universe is better for it --- GÇ£If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.GÇ¥ GÇò Philip K. **** |
Not Politically Correct
Veerhouven Ventures
99
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Posted - 2013.01.29 00:26:00 -
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Rebecha Pucontis wrote:Not Politically Correct wrote:I have a character who needs 287 days of training to be an FC - E. She will never be an FC - E without the training. Put on your 'big boy pants' and go for it. You can FC in a cloaked frigate. In game skills have nothing to do with being a good FC. Perhaps your thinking about being a fleet booster which is a lot different.
What do you think FC - E means? I'm almost interested.
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Balthisus Filtch
RISE Inc.
27
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Posted - 2013.01.29 00:46:00 -
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You can play as much or as little as you like.
Find your own balance and don't listen to what any of us say :)
The game is quite tough and is renowned for having a steep learning curve. Try not to let that put you off. |
Ildryn
The Inf1dels
77
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Posted - 2013.01.29 00:48:00 -
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Caldari Citizen 20120308 wrote:Dewa Cinta wrote:If you are lost try joining EvE University, it is a player-made corp in the game dedicated to helping new players out. Good luck trying to join. Screening process takes a week with a written application and voice chat with someone. Next thing you know you're getting a call from the CIA's secret service.
Which is actually a good thing. Because a lot of corps get theives/corp killers because they did not do some simple background checking. |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting Home Front Coalition
307
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Posted - 2013.01.29 04:17:00 -
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Regular dayjob here, I simply can't play for hours on end. During the week maybe 3-4 hours on a lazy evening, but I can have the client open all weekend sometimes. It's a fine balance between my IRL schedule and the developments in Eve. Don't tell my boss I browse dotlan during work hours sometimes! |
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ISD Flidais Asagiri
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
46
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Posted - 2013.01.29 04:31:00 -
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Welcome to EVE
EVE is a grate game and you have come to one of the best places to get information. The best advice I can give is that it starts slow but get exciting really fast if you want it to. There are a lot of good suggestions here in this thread and in the forums as a whole.
Unless you are a lone wolf. Get into a corp as soon as you are done with the tutorial and epic arcs missions. EVE UNI and Red vs Blue are great starter organizations.
Good Luck and stick with it EVE only gets better. ISD Flidais Asagiri Lieutenant Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department |
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Ai Shun
843
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Posted - 2013.01.29 05:57:00 -
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Caldari Citizen 20120308 wrote:How is player's skill just as important as sp. What skill is involved in Planetary interaction?
Go ahead, drop some random crap on a planet and see how well you do.
Caldari Citizen 20120308 wrote:What skill is involved in hauling goods from one station to another.
All that player skill that shows you how to avoid being blown to space dust.
EVE Ambulation and Avatars as a separate game - see here |
Jack Miton
Aperture Harmonics K162
1341
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Posted - 2013.01.29 06:36:00 -
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lol, EVE to many is a 20h/day job. by its nature you can play it as much as you want. there are days when i dont log in at all and other days where i pull all nighters with a slab of beer and a bunch of mates camping out a system with me, as well as everything in between. |
Naes Mlahrend
KINGS OF EDEN Sev3rance
45
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Posted - 2013.01.29 07:03:00 -
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EvE is a great game as you can do what you want, when you want. I was kind of lucky I had friends in a competent corp and I was brand new tackling **** in my T1 fitted punisher. Great time and now that my skills have increased I can fly bigger and better things which gives more options.
The skills continue to train day and night, unlike every other MMO where you have to grind and grind for that next level.
Loved this game so much I invested in an alt account so now, I PVP on this toon, play the market, mine, run PI and all sorts of good things on my others.
Do the tutorials, good learning experience for me. The scanning one pissed me off to no end, hence why I thought it was one of the best tutorials because when I nailed it I felt great. Haha
Good luck and welcome! |
Tub Chil
Last Men Standing
26
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Posted - 2013.01.29 10:15:00 -
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Playing? open up EFT and spreadsheet |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
543
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Posted - 2013.01.29 10:18:00 -
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Eve definitly is a long term relationship.
"Also, your boobs " -á CCP Eterne, 2012
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Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
801
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Posted - 2013.01.29 10:21:00 -
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ISD Flidais Asagiri wrote:EVE is a grate game and you have come to one of the best places to get information.
It is also a great place for learning how to spell things incorrectly.
EvE Forum Bingo |
Jahso Secundus
State War Academy Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2013.01.29 14:13:00 -
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The first time I logged into the EVE universe, I had no idea what to do and I did not know anybody or anything. I just wanted to fly in space.
I had a great time. So my advise: 1) don't speak to other players, they will tell you, what you do wrong. And you will feel stupid to fly with your weapon mix and shildbooster + armor repair and cap-booster fitted dronecruiser without drones. I like to remember my misfits :) and how much fun it was to figure out a fitting that could sustain 0.5 beltrats They will also tell you how much money they make and all your efforts to make a few millions will seem no-good.
2) do not look for stuff that is not available to you ... T3 cruiser may be great but just ignore this stuff. the cruiser is what you wanna fly.
3) stay in high-sec unless you want to loose your ship.
4) do not read the forums... too much spoilers. ____________________________________ stay in that single player bubble for 2 to 4 weeks: run mission, do mining or ratting or try to find some anomalies.
If eve starts to get boring, start to interact with other players. chat with them, shoot them or help them... now join a corp. Now you will get told all the wrongs you did and you will start to discover a new eve with skill plans, fittings for every purpose and a lot of other stuff. If you are lucky you have invested in the right skills ... if not it will take some time to get started again. |
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