Commit to a certain ship (I'd recommend starting with a frigate cause they are cheap). After balancing pretty much all ships are viable, choose one you like, research fits and go out there fly it till you know the ship in and out. After you've done that you usually have a good idea what kind of playstyle you like and what ship you want to progress to as well as good idea of what other ships are capable of.

Commit to a certain ship (I'd recommend starting with a frigate cause they are cheap). After balancing pretty much all ships are viable, choose one you like, research fits and go out there fly it till you know the ship in and out. After you've done that you usually have a good idea what kind of playstyle you like and what ship you want to progress to as well as good idea of what other ships are capable of.

Stop being a soloer and either get friends or alts.

Pause the TV before you enter the plex.

GET LINKS

GET LINKS

Links are not good for solo. You are better off putting something that does dps in the high slots.

Rub one out before pvping, it will center you mentally.

Train up your falcon alt and booster alt before undocking. Solo refers to one person, not one character.

Install fraps or some alternative for recording your fight.

Spend first 10 fights forgetting to turn it on.

Finally remember to turn it on.

Go back and watch your fights and analyze. Figure out where you f'd up. Look at the notifications flashing across the screen and learn to process them. See if you can figure out a counter for what your opponent was flying. Etc etc.

Actually, I want to change my answer. Do this! If you are like me and always forget to start FRAPS then use the loop setting so it is constantly recording but not filling your hard drive.

Don't rush your training into battlecruisers and battleships. Train the proper support skills and learn to PvP with frigates.

Just because a ship says 'Battle' in it's title doesn't mean it appropriate for every situation.

Dictate range.

Good solo pvp is about as common as that super hot girl in the white bathing suit swimming through her monthy visit with no issues.

Here is the greatest tip for a new player to EVE : Don't bother with playing this game, Sadly the game and company CCP are dying the death of a thousand cuts from listening to their fanbase instead of actually having a real vision of what to do with EVE.

Check out the amount of players online averages ----> its declining at an increasing rate (Right after a big patch too mind you) and since this is now it's their only source of income (unless you wish to count Dusts pathetic 5k or less average player online as sizeable income potential) before the launch of legion and Valkyrie which has their entire future riding on it which I don't think will be some super smash hit they hope it is.

Do a new player a favor don't let them waste time on a MMO that won't last another 2 years specially not this Time = Skill points game... do him a real favor direct him to one that will still be here. Personally I'll be enjoying the show of CCP going down in flames slowly like the Hindenburg and eventually shutters the doors.

Then again I may be wrong I'm sure plenty have made this claim before me but mine doesn't come from some sad loss or anger over it blagh blagh blagh infact I enjoy the game and the metagame (which is like 80% of the game) I simply am smart enough to see the writing on the wall hence why my corp members and I are making plans to move on to a new MMO as EVE simply has the stench of death attached to it with the same players, no new faces and most new accounts being alts of the same old players

Its simply hard to walk out on games that you play for years but clearly the Kronus patch didn't even cause the average player base to rise a little is another one of the glaring warning flags usually the expansions could be counted on an increase in players for abit + this whole them cutting the team members and going to smaller content six week updates screams downsizing and cost control measures to get their quarterlies back up from the abysmal last showing they had... not good signs

Links are not good for solo. You are better off putting something that does dps in the high slots.

I'd advise them to read evedarklord.blogspot.com/ so that I could say everything in one conveniently packaged "tip."

Even better: just don't give a f*ck about losing your pod. Fast trip home!

Learn the difference between loose and lose as there seems to be an issue with the word lose here.

Advise I was given was take a cheap ship, get someone in your corp to vet the fit, know roughly what ships you should target then attack them all, and learn from each encounter.

Make friends. All challenges can be overcome by making friends.