Greygal
Redemption Road
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Posted - 2013.12.04 00:10:00 -
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I wish I knew right from the beginning how vibrant the community is, how the community is the real content of Eve. I didn't know the forums even existed at first  I would emphasize the wealth of resources available through the larger Eve community. I think the community at large does a much better job of educating new players than CCP does (no offense!) - and I also think that is how it SHOULD be. This is a social game more than anything else; it should be on us players to educate the young, and those new players who get in with a good corp willing to get them up to speed are the ones who develop the strongest social bonds in Eve.
So as others have said, I would also emphasize the importance of getting into a player corporation as soon as you can, how to do it, where to go to find good corps. Most new players get the message real fast about how dangerous Eve is, that you can't trust anyone, but many don't get the message that if you want to really enjoy the game, you have to trust someone eventually.
I got lucky and learned early on that despite the scammers and griefers some of the most kind and generous people in the universe play Eve, and I learned the hard way - twice - that this game can break your heart.
Echoing what others have said about bigger ships NOT being necessarily better Many new players come into Eve expecting to grind so they can level-up - that just isn't Eve. The tutorials DO need to better explain that each ship has something it is good at, that it's not about grinding to get to the best ship, because there is no one "best" ship, they are all "best" at their particular role.
As others have said, emphasize the importance of focusing your skill training, don't try to be a jack-of-all-trades. heh... I also didn't understand about how attributes work when skill training until I was several months old... it shames me that my alt (who is about 6 months younger than me) now has more skillpoints than I do :)
Tanking needs to be explained MUCH better. I was three months old before I 'got it' about resistances and the difference between passive and active tanking! /embarrassing
And don't try to fit a ship for every possibility!! Jack-of-all-trade fits are fail!
What a killmail is, where to find it, and that you don't get it unless you are final blow on it, and how killboards work. As someone who has spent the last two years taking new/newer players out on fleets to kill and get killed, it never ceases to amaze me how often the question comes up, "What's a killmail?"
I wish I knew sooner that PVP is NOT to be avoided at all costs. I took an Agony PVP-BASIC class when I was six months old, and it changed Eve for me, forever. Too many new players get this weird idea that avoiding conflict and playing safe is the way to go... how boring...
What you do for yourself dies with you, what you do for others is immortal.
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