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Bellenard
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Posted - 2011.01.26 05:51:00 -
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Hi i'm fairly new to the game, but it feels pretty underwhelming playing this game i am having a hard time finding things to do as i train for skills that i am interested in having!
any suggestions?
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Apollo Gabriel
Brotherhood Of Fallen Angels
Etherium Cartel
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Posted - 2011.01.26 05:54:00 -
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welcome, there is a lot to do, but to be fair, we get many people who casually pop in ask questions and then never return to read the replies. If you are serious, head to the EVE New Citizens Q&A right above this on, read up a little bit, then post there, we'll be happy to help.
Best regards,
Apollo Gabriel
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Bellenard
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Posted - 2011.01.26 05:55:00 -
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Thank you very much i will do that.
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CCP Spitfire
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Posted - 2011.01.26 08:40:00 -
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Moved from EVE General Discussion.
Bellenard, you might want to have a look at the EVElopedia profession page and the career guide.
Spitfire
Community Representative
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Lutz Major
Austriae Est Imperare Orbi Universo
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Posted - 2011.01.26 08:45:00 -
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 Originally by: CCP Spitfire
Moved from EVE General Discussion.
Bellenard, you might want to have a look at the EVElopedia profession page and the career guide.
Ahhh ... career guide .. my favourite 
Read it and enjoy it!
Afterwards download EVEMon! Don't forget to create your API keys here
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Serge Bastana
Gallente
GWA Corp
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Posted - 2011.01.26 08:48:00 -
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Have you completed the tutorial missions yet, they give you a very general idea of what each broad type of activity can involve. You might consider looking around for a player corp too, one that is willing to help new players find their feet and let them figure out what they like to do in the game by offering advice and such. If you find a corp where corp mates are willing to let you tag along you can probably try a few things, pvp, exploration, etc.
Any questions just fire away in here and we'll try to help where we can.
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mkmin
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Posted - 2011.01.26 08:49:00 -
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First advice, there's always something to do. If you run into a tutorial dead end where you need skills, start a different tutorial and come back and finish the others when you finish the skill needed. Should only take a max of 15 minutes anyway.
Longer term, the game itself doesn't have a lot of themepark style depth. The depth comes from the interactions with other players, and that's the way the game was designed. Find somebody who's doing something you think sounds fun, and ask to tag along. They may invite you to join their corp which adds another layer of depth. Figure out what people are doing and how you can beat them at their own game. Either build something up, or break something down. Enjoy the big social experiment of EVE and see what people would do. Best thing that happened to me early on in the game is my first mining/missioning corp got wardecced and we had to figure out how to fight back. Even bad things are good things if you figure out how to make them happen to other people. :)
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Flesh Slurper
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.01.26 09:53:00 -
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One thing that helps to consider, is that rather than only focusing only on a long term goal, also think about baby steps in between.
For example, if you start out and decide that you really want to fly a carrier, and set your skill plan only for that, than it will be boring waiting on all of the long skills. However, you could set the long term goal of a carrier, but train interceptors, bombers or something else small first, then you will keep yourself occupied while you are still on the eventual path to where you want to be.
Also, although you will want a lot of skills to V eventually, when you start out, think of the skills that have the most bang for your training time and make yourself well rounded. You don't need to have maxed out skills to get in to the game, although they do help you later on. Knowing how to properly fly your ship goes a long way in addition to raw SP amount.
Lastly, bigger isn't always better. Although a that battleship may look like the most badass thing in space when you start out. You will come to realize that all ships large and small have their place. Small ships can kill big ones when flown correctly. Even cheap T1 frigates have their place in large fleets.
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Louis deGuerre
Gallente
Malevolence.
Imperial 0rder
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Posted - 2011.01.26 10:19:00 -
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A very satisfying thing to do for new people is to learn how to ninja salvage.
- It takes short time to train the skills
- It is very lucrative yet very safe
- You will be grieving veteran highly skilled PVE players (* nom nom tears *)
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Jovan Geldon
Gallente
Lead Farmers
Kill It With Fire
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Posted - 2011.01.26 11:46:00 -
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Originally by: Louis deGuerre
highly skilled
Originally by: Louis deGuerre
PVE players
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Lost Greybeard
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Posted - 2011.01.26 12:39:00 -
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Join a corp. Makes the game more interesting.
If that corp sucks, join a different one.
When you're new is the best time to do this, since you don't have any resources they can scam you out of that you won't get back with a couple hours' play and getting blown up means nothing until you hit 900k sp.
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Khun SP
Paramite Factories
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Posted - 2011.01.26 13:04:00 -
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It's a very common feeling amongst new players.
After 1 month will be gone, and within 3-4 months you will find the game is not that massive and gets very repetitive in a way. So don't worry about it just learn and try and learn and try...
Ironically there's always something new to do or to train. Ive been playing for 2+ years and am still a noob on several areas. EVE is so great 
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Louis deGuerre
Gallente
Malevolence.
Imperial 0rder
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Posted - 2011.01.26 13:17:00 -
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Originally by: Jovan Geldon
Originally by: Louis deGuerre
highly skilled
Originally by: Louis deGuerre
PVE players
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Takeshi Zakharov
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Posted - 2011.01.26 18:58:00 -
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Best way I've found to get into the game is to find a corporation that is active, and is willing to get you involved. EVE is a very social game, and trying to play by yourself will get boring fast.
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Lady Googa
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Posted - 2011.01.26 19:41:00 -
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Originally by: Takeshi Zakharov
Best way I've found to get into the game is to find a corporation that is active, and is willing to get you involved. EVE is a very social game, and trying to play by yourself will get boring fast.
Exactly. Well I mean...everybody plays for different purposes. Some play to grief people, some play for socialization, some play for power, some like to explore.
But in the end, ultimately I think socialization is what brings people to the game. Joining a corp is a good place to start.
For myself, I just left a corp and came back to one of the newbie starting corps. Which (luckily for me) is actually pretty chatty and active! Some of us are experienced players just helping newbs out, some people are practice pvp with one another. Overall though, the reason I'm in the npc newbie corp is because it's free of constraints and expectations. I don't have to be on teamspeak or join in fleet battles if I choose not to.
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Disteeler
Perkone
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Posted - 2011.01.26 21:18:00 -
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Edited by: Disteeler on 26/01/2011 21:18:01
Look at this, it's a super chart of eve activities you can do:
http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/
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Drahreg
Amarr
Slap and Tickle
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Posted - 2011.02.03 11:59:00 -
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Edited by: Drahreg on 03/02/2011 11:59:46
Originally by: Lost Greybeard
1.Join a corp. Makes the game more interesting.
2. If that corp sucks, join a different one..
I agree with both. But I've been with numerous corps in EVE and I found out that most corps prevent you from playing the game as you want to. Some corps are real bureaucratic monsters or have almost military structures. Some say that EVE is no place for friends but I found some friends in EVE that have been loyal to me regardless of the corp they were in and this is what really counts. On the other side I have been cheated by corps-mates several times.
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Thorian Baalnorn
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Posted - 2011.02.03 15:05:00 -
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eve has a rather large learning curve. Its skill list is massive and no player has ever been able to max out all skills. It also starts out slow. The main two things you want to do as a noob is come up with some way to make isk. Me personally i would start out learning about and doing some combat missions in your local area. And you want to focus on skills. Mainly support skills.
I would highly recommend finding a noob friendly corp( Eve University?) to help you get going.
The game gets more interesting as you get older( if you dont overplay it and get bored with it first). Once you get support skills up and can make 10s of millions an hour and understand the basic game mechanics the game is a lot more interesting.
The reason eve feels underwhelming is because you dont understand it yet, When i was new i wouldnt even warp to an asteroid belt ( in a 1.0 system) because i didnt know who could shoot me and where. It is really important you take the time to learn the game. Take the time to learn about EVE, how it works, the general rules, The various professions( dont think of eve professions the same as other game professions. Professions are more or less how you like to make your money. your not stuck to any one of them) , Learn about the various outside tools ( Evemon and EFT), and websites( Eve survival, Eve mission agent locator), Etc.
This game takes time to learn but its worth it.
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Mara Rinn
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Posted - 2011.02.03 21:44:00 -
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Originally by: Bellenard
... having a hard time finding things to do as i train for skills that i am interested in having!
What are the skills you're interested in having? As has already been said, think about the steps in between. The other end of a two-year long training queue is two years away. There are things you can do with your character until then which might still be fun.
If you're interested in flying a battleship in the long term, it helps to learn how to fly frigates and cruisers in the short term. Flying ships with sub-par character skills is a great way to develop your player skills.
If you're interested in research & invention in the long term, it helps to learn how to use the market in the short term. You don't need to have perfect trade skills and NPC corp standings to make a profit.
If you're interested in flying a capital ship in the long term, start by making friends with lowsec or nullsec corps who would have need of a capital ship pilot. Make yourself known, then buy a capital ship pilot from the Character Bazaar.
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Zanzbar
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Posted - 2011.02.04 15:30:00 -
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Originally by: Mara Rinn
then buy a capital ship pilot from the Character Bazaar.
if for some reason you decied to go this rout then i would advise waiting to acualty do so until you have an idea of how capital ships are actualy used. join fleets that have capital ships in them and see them in action first hand, otherwise your likly to just lose an expensive ship due to ignorance as to how its actualy used. the caracter bazar may be a nice way to obtain a good alt quick but too many people run around eve with old characters but no actual idea as to how to use them .
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