Introduction
The
beauty of Eve Online is that it has a multitude of choices and
options for a player. The path you take could be very different from
the next pilot. To support this variety of choice, the game has to
be complex and far reaching. A new pilot may find this complexity
daunting to begin with so the first advice I'd give to a new pilot is
to do the introduction tutorial and Career missions. This is because
the tutes do more than teach. They set you up for your life in Eve.
The
Tutorials and Career Missions give you equipment, ships, skill books
and a decent amount of money to get you started. You will have made
your first million ISK by the end easy and have half a dozen ships.
In fact the Career Missions and Tutorials give you just about
everything you need to finish all the Career Missions. You shouldn't
need to buy anything except a skill book or two and some minerals.
After
the Career Agents there is the obvious question: What do I do now?
To do everything you want to in Eve you will need money. Earning ISK
is your first task. You want to get to a point where you can earn
reasonable amounts of cash for a fair effort.
Each
career has a skill set to learn and ships suited to that career.
There are entry level options you can try out while your skills train
and earn some money for it.
I
suggest everyone learns a little bit about combat as it has effects
on most facets of the game. Even market tycoons are selling to
combat pilots. You may also want to protect what you have earned with
your hard work.
Please
read the “Things You Need to Know” as soon as possible. We are
trying to stop you making the basic mistakes that often give new
players a bad Eve experience. This game is a sandbox with few rules
and people will take advantage of you sometimes or just kill you.
Starting at the Beginning
The
first Tutorial is given by Aura, the AI “voice in your head”.
This mission set is called “A new life: Your First Days”. You
can find it in the Eve Help > Tutorials window if you lose it
somehow. Work through the windows Aura gives you. Aura talks as well
as gives text information. Make sure you turn on the sound.
It is a
good idea to read the full text of a window or tutorial before doing
anything as your actions can progress the tutorial before you have
finished.
You will
be given a copy of the Repair Systems skill book during these
tutorials. You should train at least to level 1 straight away as the
tutorial instructs you. Its important in the Starting Tutorials to
organise your skill training. If you don't do this you could waste
days of play. You do not earn skills in Eve like in other MMOGs.
You train them in real time. Even when you aren't logged in. So its
a good idea to fill up your training queue with skills so you don't
waste precious time. The last item in your skill queue can be any
length you want so queue up some short skills inside the starting 24
hours and put a 2-3 day skill on the end in case you don't log in the
following day. There are some specifics about skills you will need
to know later but for now this is enough.
All but
the last missions will be in the solar system you started in. No
need to go tramping around the galaxy to find your ship. Its in the
system you started in at a bookmark the agent gave you.
Bookmarks
are locations in space, like a set of co-ordinates. You can save
your own bookmarks but the important point is that agents and Aura
will give you bookmarks to the mission zone. To see the bookmark
launch into space, right-click on open space and look for the agent
or mission name (usually at the bottom of the list). If you hover
over the mission name it will give you two options. One is the
station where the mission giver is located and the other is called
“Encounter” which is the place where the action is happening.
Hover over Encounter and you will get an option to “Warp to
location within 0km”. See the image to get an idea what it looks
like. Its a good idea to always check for a mission bookmark when
doing a mission. Some of the Career Missions require you to get your
ore from a specific place to make it work. Sometimes missions sites
will be in another system. Aura goes into this and explains that the
right-click is only available in the relevant systems.
After
the starter tutorial from Aura you will be sent to a station where
there are Career Agents who will continue your training with Career
Missions. It would be a good idea to read through the Things You Need
to Know section when you reach the station. You are now in the big
Eve galaxy of New Eden and there are people quiet happy to prey on
you. Don't let this happen. Arm yourself with knowledge.
Do the
Career Missions before doing the other tutorials. Relevant tutorials
will pop up as you need them. We'll discuss Career Agent Mission
later in this blog.
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