Alexei Khrazhya
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Posted - 2011.01.13 22:14:00 -
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1) Missioning does indeed become tedious. L2s are alright, but I recently started L3s and they're fun as hell! As far as corps, try the Corp Recruitment channel. It's mostly filled with spam, but you can read the info on tons of different corps there. Things to look for are corps with lots of members who also have a public channel so you can chat and get an idea of what they're about. Also be sure to check the tax rate! I joined a corp once that had a really high tax rate and was basically missioning for nothing for a while and didn't realize it!
2) The great thing about EVE is that a new player can truly start contributing to most corp activities within only a couple days of playing. Some made a great list of things you can do to help out. Also keep in mind that while training times increase exponentially (each new skill level takes longer to train), the benefits of those skills increase linearly (only 5% increase with each level trained). This means that sure, the guy playing for a month may have Small Projectile Turrets and Trajectory Analysis to level V each, and it took him half of his entire month to train those! But you got those two skills to only to level IV each, but it took you only 5 days, leaving you plenty of time to train other critical skills! And on top of that, he only has a 5% edge over you in each of those skills!
Sure, there are specialty skills that take time to train, but those aren't even game-breakingly huge as you would expect. In my limited experience, anyway.
3) Played WoW on and off for 5 years (more on than off), and EVE on and off for the past 2 years (more off than on, but usually had skills training). Upon my latest return, I decided it was finally time to make something of all the bits and pieces I picked up and started getting serious about missioning and solo low-sec PvP roams.
I trained Destroyers and did a bunch of L2s in a Thrasher, and then started L3s in a Hurricane. L3s are where it starts to get fun! Not to mention the money becomes substantially more worth your time. After completing a mission (or each "room" in a mission with multiple acceleration gates), be sure to bookmark one wreck. After completing the mission, get into a cheap ship equipped with Salvagers and Tractor Beams if possible, and as many Salvage Tackle (rigs) as you can. Between mission rewards, loot (reprocessing it for minerals), and salvage, I'm currently making about 4 million ISK per hour. I think. Not to mention when I get a Worlds Collide or The Blockade mission (whatever the name of the uber-long tough mission for L3s), I get 1.5 mil ISK just for completing it, plus LOTS AND LOTS of loot and salvage!
I'm just now about to start figuring out manufacturing to make rigs and ammo, which I'll try to turn into profit by playing the market. It's fun!
For my solo PvP roams, I've been flying around in a Rifter, learning to scan down potential opponents with the directional scanner (getting pretty good at it now, can scan a target down in only moments!), and mostly just learning to identify ships and get a feel for what kind of fit they tend to run, and whether or not I can take them on. I finally ran into a killable target and almost had him, until his friend warped in and finished me off before I could get the kill. =\ This guy had been playing for years and I almost had him!
My favorite read so far for someone just starting out in PvP is http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/wensley/The_Rifter_Guide_Solo_PvP.pdf
He gets really into detail about the basics, touches on more advanced tactics and strategies, and gives great ideas and hints as far fitting ships. (Note: recent changes to rockets make them pretty good now, this guide is somewhat dated in that regard.)
Sorry for the length, I tend to get carried away when discussing this game!
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